>>2549936
Correct.

>>2549936
Here

>>2550087
aaaaaaaand testing the replies, and it looks like its working fine.

***

"Hn. You're pretty clingy." - we comment while Lyann leans in against us from the side with a hug
"Uuuh... I haven't see you at all today." - she complains softly
"We got up together, love."
"That was in the morning!" - she protests as she clings even harder
"Yes, yes." - we smooch her
"Hmmm... "

She starts untying the knot holding her sash around her waist. As she's just wearing a kamisk, we can already guess where she's going with this.

"Lyann!"
"Its okay, isn't it? Even if I'm nude, noone minds as long as I have dancer on..." - she says in a dangerously amorous tone
"I mind!"
"That's the point." - she replies while storing away her sash in her [Item box]

>FF mentioning some lewd
>Lewd
>Stop her and FF
>Other

>>2550115
>>FF mentioning some lewd

>>2550115
>>FF mentioning some lewd

>>2549936

>FF mentioning some lewd

Also dose anyone rember the frist thread when we started to give the dickings??
Been going though all the old ones and its a long read.

>>2550166

We let her do as she wishes, and hold her tightly, our hands caressing under the loose cloth barely covering her, enjoying the feel of our sweetheart's curvy body and soft skin as we kiss.

"You wouldn't really go nude." - we kiss her
"I would if you wanted me to." - she kisses us back
"Do at least keep your shoes."
"Yes Master."

It is quite hard to pay attention to the helm during our shift today, but we still just barely manage after our redhead moves in front of us and down on her knees for the rest of our shift.

Coming out of our shift and heading down to see what Grumnir did with the new materials,

"...it was a good thing I swallowed that pill..."
"What pill?" - Miiyau greets us as she opens the door for us
"Ah, a vitamin supplement."
"?" - she probably wonders what vitamins are, but doesn't ask

"So, what do you think?" - says Grumnir as he shows us the new stingers

It looks like he tried something different, and the stingers are much smaller than the knight-like lances most of our pets use as weapons.

"These are for your harpies, right? Large and heavy weapons would just get in the way, and even more so since they need to fly with them." - he explains

We look at them with our [Ring of Knowledge] and find that they have enhancements for extended range, as well as heal on-hit effects, and max critical chance by default.

As usual from Grumnir's high quality work, they each have 6 empty [slots].

"What sort of enchantments would you like to have added to them, or will you do that yhourself?" - asks our friend

>I'll do it myself
>Suggestions

>>2550307
>Also dose anyone rember the frist thread when we started to give the dickings??

Well, someone mentioned it was this one time when we were outside on the gazebo at our garden and Lyann climbed unto our lap and we started kissing, but that was literally all it was, just cuddling and kissing.

If you are asking about actual sex, it was shortly after finishing the drama in the Heavenly empire with Mako, Ren and the minister of the right that was trying to usurp them. It was a cool but nice night on a sandy beach, when we promised Lyann we would always love her over anyone else, and then we did a fade to black.

>>2550332
>I'll do it myself

>>2550332
>>I'll do it myself

>>2550441
>>2550368
>>I'll do it myself

Alright, so which kind of enchantments do you wanna add? I assumed you'd give suggestions

>>2550456
I think there was one to convert a portion of damage dealt into MP. Another to cause status ailments (Frog or Stone would be good).

>>2550456
I can't think of any thing so I'll support >>2550473

>>2550533
>>2550473
We'd need to customize one if we want the weapons to cause statuses. I guess we can either leave it to Lyann, since her thesis is about enchanting gear to begin with, just ask for her cooperation since shes a bard (singer/dancer final class) and that means she can cast all the status effects, or do it ourselves.

The weapons current enhancements (natural abilities) extend range by 178% (even though im the one that added that weird limit, i cant remember why. I think it was additively multiplicatively), and heal hp and mp by 135% of damage done already, so we could just get fancy on enchantments

Which status do you wanna apply? We currently have
Frog - turn enemy into a frog for 1d3 rounds (1 damage per attack, and makes it tiny, but doesnt change its defenses or hp. It also reduces speed to just 1 square per turn)
Poison - 10% of current hp dealt by turn for 10 turns (notice it cant kill you)
Heavy Poison - 10% of max hp each turn for 5 turns. (this one can kill you)
slow - attack or move each turn, not both
reduce resistance to [x] - change absorb to immune, immunity to resistance, resistance to normal, normal to weak, weak to crippling
charm - causes taret to slowly advance towards caster for 1d3 turns, unable to take other actions
silence - pretty typical status
blind - ditto
Berserk - can only physically attack for 1d3 turns
Addñed - must repeat last turn's actions for 1d4 turns. Can be useful if someone just healed themselves to full hp and you want them to waste mana, or if they hit you with a type of energy you absorb, or if they just moved, etc. Pretty situational

I think those are all the negative statuses. You could change "poison" for "burn" but its the same in the end

Other than the statuses, you could get fancy, like having weapons repair themselves or such

>>2550654
Silence and Heavy Poison

>>2550654
How many wore made?
Lets have them do differnt things that would combo very well

Ef. One dose posion and slow, other dose blind and silance, one dose charm and frog
Etc

>>2550774
Two, IIRC? We asked Grumnir to make two

Well, maybe add burn (fire poison) and reducing fire resistance?

>>2550654
Lets get one doing reduce resistance (charm) and the other one doing charm?

Should be able to kite people all day every day and they should be able to hit more the one poerson as well

>>2550807
I dont see a problem with having both enchantments in the same weapon to be honest.

Charm is strong but doable
And if you'd mention reducing resistance to the very rare charm debuff, I dont think anyone would blink, sounds good to me

***

We thank Grumnir, go to our cabin and start working on the stingers. They're amazingly light and the materials take to the enchantments very well, so we're done with them by the time Lyann comes down from her shift at the helm.

No, she's not nude. Well, of course she was just trying to tease us.

>Tease her gently
>Troll her
>Nevermind, ask for her help with the enchantments
>Other

>>2550995
>Nevermind, ask for her help with the enchantments
We can sexual tease her as shes going about it then when she wants it leave...

>>2550995
>>Nevermind, ask for her help with the enchantments

>>2550995
>Nevermind, ask for her help with the enchantments
Heh, denial play.

>>2551110
>>2551092
I mean she is a toy right.
Toys dont pick when they get played with

>>2551015
>wants it leave
what?

>>2551110
>>2551092
>>2551015
>>Nevermind, ask for her help with the enchantments

"If you aren't jungry yet, how about giving me a hand?"
"Ah... yeah, I couldn't eat anything right now..." - she says while blushing, a slightly lewd smile on her lips
"..." - we keep the 'thanks the gods' comment to ourselves

After talking with her for a couple of hours, we decide on the best way to apply the effects on each weapon.

One will reduce its target's resistance to [Charm] with every hit, a effect stackable up to 10 times, and automatically cast [Charm] as a 100th level bard (1/3 of Lyann's Bard level) every 3 hits.

The other will simply cast [Deadly Poison] on-hit, each time refreshing its duration. Since it always deals 10% of its target's max HP, there's no point in reducing a target's resistance to it.

"So, who gets which?" - she asks
"The poison one is for... "

>suggestion

"....and the charm one is for...."

>Suggestion

"Alright."

>>2551340
>Poison
Nikita (Assassin)

>Charm
Janice (Blue Harpy of Happiness, Seducer, dodge-based tank)

(alright guys, lets continue tomorrow.)

>>2551375
Im cool with this
>>2551340
I was trying to say we tease her till she wants to dick then we go no and walk away.
Its what she gets for beening a cock tease

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>>2551597
ah, sounds fun, but you probably forgot, she's a tease and into the slave-roleplay because she's actually ridiculously weak against romance, mushy stuff, and cutesy love-making. She gets excited and embarrased to amazing levels, so she prefers the lewd play because she can roleplay it instead of being her.

Sorry for being so late. I went to the hospital in the morning, got exhausted and when I came back I took a nap and just woke up.

***

Im not sure about Janice having the charm weapon. I mean, she wants the enemy to attack her and lose their turn that way. If she has a weapon that charms the enemy, that means she's wasting her turn attacking insteaf of using taunt to provoke the enemy. Well, technically is not wasting her turn, but the thing is that she's just doing the same job and loses an option

Uhmm let me think

Normally she has
Attack
Move
Taunt (can even taunt a nearby group of enemies)

You guys want her to go down to
Attack (w/charm) a single enemy
Move

It seems a downgrade to me. I think a sniper would do better with it since the enemy would move 2 squares to her, which doesnt really puts her in danger, but pulls the enemy out of cover into the open.

You guys sure?

>>2553450
No, change it from Janice to Lyudmila, the Sniper.

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>>2553477
Alright, so we give the poison to Nikita (the assassin) and the charm to Lyudmilla, the sniper.

I think Janice would like any armor or accessory that increased dodge, instead, since that's how she 'tanks,' by using taunt to provoke the enemy into a berserk-like state specifically against her, and having a high dodge against them, thus making them waste their turn.

I guess we could make her a more traditional tank if we drop heavy armor and a thorn-like effect on her so her attackers hit themselves when they hit her, but its the difference between

Attack her - miss - wasted turn (and she doesnt takes any damage)

or

Attack her - hit - hurt themselves more than they hurt her (but she's not 'tanky' in the traditional sense to begin with so she doesn't has all that much hp)

By the way, jus reminding you that her dodge is 55% with +25% against taunted (or berserk) enemies, but skills and spells target her normally, so we may want to address that somehow? Anyway the dodge is applied AFTER deciding if the attack would normally hit her to begin with, so she still has the same base chance as anyone else to dodge an attack, THEN her class/racial skill comes into play.

***

We assign the stingers to our assassin and our sniper, respectively, summoning them so they can equip the weapons.

"Ah! I got a gift from Master...!" - Nikita

The petite, black haired/feathered harpy happily equips the new items. Of course, as magic items, they adjust to her perfectly, and she goes around the room doing a "banzai!" gesture over and over, taking tiny hops as she celebrates.

"I-is this really alright, Master?" - Lyudmilla is a lot more skittish, which fits her surprisingly well as she tries to stay hidden even during combat.

Un. I wonder if her personality caused her to evolve in that direction to begin with?

"Yes, this is your weapon now, alright?" - we rub rub her hair softly, and she blushes with a smile while covering her round little face with both hands.

Ah, that was sort of dangerous, her 'stingers' almost poked our eye out when she did that.

Is alright, is alright, its not like she did it on purpose. These things extend the physical space her arms use, so she'll need to get used to them over time.

>Have them try and play patty cake or rock/paper/scissors with us with a smooch as reward. (the idea is to get them used to the new 'lenght' of their arms)
>Unsummon them
>Let them chill in the room for a while and FF
>Other

>>2553522
>>Have them try and play patty cake or rock/paper/scissors with us with a smooch as reward. (the idea is to get them used to the new 'lenght' of their arms)

>>2553522
>>Have them try and play patty cake or rock/paper/scissors with us with a smooch as reward. (the idea is to get them used to the new 'lenght' of their arms)

>>2553627
>>2553604
>>>Have them try and play patty cake or rock/paper/scissors with us with a smooch as reward. (the idea is to get them used to the new 'lenght' of their arms)

"Yes!" x2

And with the cuties happily playing, it takes them no time to realize the issue with their reach. Well, its just so relaxing and refreshing to watch them play.

"..." - Lyann looks at us from the bed in silence.

After a bit, she seems to give up on something, and just lays back, props up with a pillow, and enjoys watching us interact with our pets.

We continue to travel with such a routine every day and finally enter into the Bastion region. It is on the colder side, but we are flying over a deep fortest. Makes me think of pictures of Canada...

>Lets go pick up Kya now
>Wait until we've helped Stella first
>Other

>>2553743
>Wait until we've helped Stella first

>>2553743
>Lets go pick up Kya now

>>2553743
>>Lets go pick up Kya now

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>>2553815
>>2553781
>>Lets go pick up Kya now

>>2553763
>>Wait until we've helped Stella first

With the time zone change, we're having breakfast with Mako, Aritsu and Miel every 'morning,' then going back to the ship for our evening shift.

After that, it is finally time to treestride back to Albion and pick up Okaba's sister, Kya. We'll reach the city today, and she does want to help Stella in her attempt to help the enslaved beastkin.

Let's hope it all goes alright.

~O~

Showing up at the orphanage, we are let in by Dusk, and find that Kya is dressed in what looks like adventurer's clothes (of high quality, of course), with a matching, lightly armored robe that would be better described as a battle dress, with her staff at the ready.

...she looks somehow adorable, but lets try not to chuckle or laugh.

>We're already about to dock, so you don't really need those
>Well, let's go
>Other

***

I thought about this for a long while, but I haven't been able to decide. Normally as GM I would just decide on my own, at least by tossing a coin, but as QM, I think its fair to ask you guys what do you prefer.

Should Stella be posing as a powerful adventurer and using our family name to try and influence the opinions of the local nobles in a political way, or should she be posing as Alard's slace so she can infiltrate the slave's society and help them run away?

>Noble
>Slave

Either way, I want her to have grown a lot due to the needs of those around her, so she'll surprise us being a lot more mature. Until we're alone with her and then she'll go full-strenght ahead little sister mode and try to get us to pamper her, and we'll get to pick between letting her be our cute little sister in private, or tell her that growing up is a one way street and that she should be strong and that we respect her a lot more like this

>>2553968
>Well, let's go

>Noble
I think that the other women, especially Mako and Ren, would have instilled in Stella and Zoe a tendency for permanent solutions rather than feelgood stopgaps.

>>2553968
supporting >>2553991

>>2553968
>Noble
As just having the slaves ran away wont change anything the nobles will just start getting more

>>2553968
>Well, let's go
Something something katty perry

>>2554044
>>2553991
>Well, let's go

We politely skip on teasing her about her wardrobe, and [Treestride] back to the ship.

"What should we do now?" - asks the princess as she emerges unto the deck
"We should be able to see the city any minute now, so for now, just make yourself comfortable."
"Nn. Understood."

Honestly, her adventurer's clothes and armored dress are much better than those high-exposure fashions for nobles from her homeland at these latitudes.

Not that we would mind enjoying the sight of Kya's feminine figure, but she's freeze. Even more so because we're quite high... ah, come think about it, their palaces -are- quite high, and it does feel pretty fresh whenever we go visiting, so perhaps her people have a natural resistance to cold?

I wonder is we should recommend to her to go change into some more 'noble' garments, to enter the city as the princess of a exotic faraway land, or go with her to a local tailor so we can all dress in the local style.

When in Rome, and all that.

>Have her dress in her land's traditional clothes
>Let's go visit the local tailors

Finally, the city comes into view, a wide modern settlement with a history of barely half a millenia, quite recent for the standards of most nations.

The buildings tend to be on the taller side, but they're no skyscrappers, being at most 4 floors high.

The rockitship docks are located atop a specially built structure, much wider than taller, as it looks like the local architects do not build higher than a certain point, with a few merchant ships already using 1/2 the available docking sites.

"Since we notified Stella and Alard of our arrival ahead of time, they're surely waiting for us down there." - says Lyann while looking down as if she was trying to spot them among the crowd

The streets appear to be pressed dirt for the most part, but there are several main roads paved with stone, and the city colors tend to be on the bright side, with many light green, white and blues everywhere.

As we head closed, we can see the dock, and a land crew hurries to signal us from the ground, pulling us in towards an empty space.

It is quite behind when compared to Silverspire, but I guess it is reasonable, for this world.

We finally approach the dock, and sure enough, we spot Alard and Stella on the ramp taking to our docking spot. They're dressed in the local style for nobles, it seems.

1/?

>>2554140
>>Have her dress in her land's traditional clothes

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>>2554140

Alard is wearing long pants and coat under a long overcoat with short black fur and a fluffy neck. It looks quite warm.

Stella is dressed in what looks like the local style of a fine, long dress in a spotlessly white, light dress with a large cleavage exposure, and a overcoat as long as fluffy as Alard's, albeit in white, matching her dress. Her hair is, as usual, a soft-looking, short and fluffy style, albeit it is now orderly brushed and parted to the side, with no accessories.

Her normally pale gold hair is currently snow-white, though we remember hearing some species of beastkin change the color of their fur depending on the latitude, so she's probably adapted to the north without having a say on it.

The contrast of her snow-white hair and clothes against her shining, soft dark skin gives an impression of clean and proper, yet slightly sensual, though we quickly dismiss the last bit, as Stella is, after all, our cute and cuddly little sister, and we can already see her (currently white) fluffy tail energically wagging behind her as she raises a hand to hail us... and then seems to catch herself and just politely waves as she welcomes us to the platform.

"Big brother, welcome to Bastion." - she says with a calm and elegant demeanor...

>W-who are you?!
>Yes, thanks for coming to pick us uo.
>Good girl. - pat her head -
>Other

>>2554189

>W-who are you?!

>>2554259
I guess we're done for today. Ill check on sunday and reply if there's more posts

>>2554140
>Have her dress in her land's traditional clothes

>>2554189
>Yes, thanks for coming to pick us up.

>>2554189
>>W-who are you?!

Our Imouto Can't Be This Grownup!

>>2554189
>W-who are you?!

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>>2555500
>>2554887
>>2554259
>>W-who are you?!
>>2554713
>>Yes, thanks for coming to pick us up.

~O~

"Beloved big brother, please do not jest. I know my hair looks different, b-but I even cut it down again so I w-would look more the way you know me t-to,,," - our little sister tries to sound cool and elegant, but she breaks up a little here and there, with the tinniest tears hanging from the corner of her eyes at the idea we don't know her
"Eldric, Lyann, friends, welcome to Bastion. I hope your journey was enjoyable." - says Alard

Then he sighs and tells Stella

"Honestly, I think your long hair looked beautiful. I told you it would have made a big impact if you kept it..."
"B-but a beastking's fur changes according to their environment, so it had always been short before..." - now the tears are getting bigger

"Ah, no... I know its you, you just looked so beautiful and grownup I wanted to tease you a little bit..." - we calm her down

Stella shakes her head briefly but firmly to get rid of the tears in her eyes, then coughs softly and takes a deep breath.

"Beloved older brother, please do not tease me! Hnn..." - there was a cutesy child like pout at the end, uh? Well, she is really doing her best
"Ah, I wonder if it would be alright to smooch this grown up noble lady, or if I should just say hi...?"
"A-a small peck on the cheek would be completely fine!" - ah, she's breaking up a little bit again at the idea we won't kiss her - "It is normal for family members in local culture, you see!?"
"Nn." - we pull her into a hug and just rub rub her back for a bit

Ah, her fur coat makes her feel extra fluffy, and she still smells of baby sister. Its a double premium platinum feeling.

"Uuuh..." - she sounds really happy
"You have been doing great, good girl, good girl."
"Big br-brother, meanie!" - ah, her grown up image broke down - "I even cut my hair for you!"

Stella with long hair, uh? I bet she looked beautiful. Ah! If she grows long hair, she can wear ponytails... well, that's just our preference, though.

Lyann greets Alard with a kiss on the cheek and a squeeze of both hands, then introduces him to Kya, Grumnir, Miiyau and Dusk, in that order.

"It is an honor to make your acquaintance." - says our cousin
"The honour is mine."
"Nice to meet you, young one."
"Nyace to meetcha!"
"Please think of this one as your servant."

We walk towards the reception section of the docks, and take care of our paperwork.

Once we leave the docks and leave public sight as we board the closed carriage, Stella immediately goes back to full-on imouto mode, though, trying to hug us and sinking her pretty face on our neck from the side as she was her tail hoping for headpats.

>Spol her. She's been working hard
>Very gently tell her that she makes such an elegant and beautiful noble young lady, and that she should keep it up from now on. (still give her gentle headpats though)
>Be more strict, no headpats.
>Other

>>2555616
>Spoil her. She's been working hard
Honestly, being too focused on "acting like an adult" probably means you're not an adult.

>>2555726
well, she's 11yrs old... ah, wait she's aaaaaaalmost 12 now.

>>2555616

>Spol her. She's been working hard

>>2555616
>>Spoil her. She's been working hard

>>2556039
>>2555726
>>Spoil her. She's been working hard

"Yes, there, there. You've been a good girl,. haven't you?" - we gently rub her sides and smooch the top of her head while she wags her tail and tries to sink into our chest as she hugs us
"Stella's done her best to show the nobles that beastkin are not animals, organizing banquets,
balls and dinners, making connections and going to social events as much as possible to show herself of, you know?" - contributes Alard as she looks as our imouto with a warm expression

It must have been hard to let herself be stared at and seen as some weird bug on purpose, specially since Stella has always been the free-spirited tomboy type. Representing all beastkin and trying to do so as best she can must have been tiring.

"Uuuh... sometimes, nobles reached over to feel me up. It was more awful because it wasn't really sexual, they were just checking how firm I was, like I was some fine mount, you know?" - she complains while talking into our chest

Right, the locals breed beastkin for plenty of reasons, including petshow-like events, right? I am sure they would be interested on our Imouto on multiple levels... I do feel like breaking some fingers, though.

>Its important that you don't give them the impression of a violent animal, so good job putting up with them.
>You should stop them with a smile.
>At those times, you should just break their hands
>Other

>>2557794
>You should stop them with a smile.
One that says il brake your hand
Couse at this point im thinking the nobles find it funny like shes a trained monkey

>>2557794
>You should stop them with a smile.
She needs to show she's not just some docile trained animal.

>>2557805
Since she is our sister back home which makes her a noble in her own right
And they should be treating her as such.
They wouldnt like it if we just started felling up there girls.
I want to make a big entrance about how we are lightbringers

>>2557805
>Couse at this point im thinking the nobles find it funny like shes a trained monkey
At the beginning, yeah, that-s why she had to force herself to keep smiling and being polite and educated no matter what, so she would continuously get invited to more and more events, where she would go through stuff like that over and over, but she still had to just smile and bear it and slowly change their minds. If she snapped and broke someone-s hand, she would make enemies and not get invited to as many events. She-s going for maximum exposure in order to slowly change their minds.

They know that beastkin are strong. They regularly use them as combat slaves, so just being strong isn't going to help change their minds at all, and if she snaps, well its just another brutish beastkin being dull and brutish. Even tensing up and jumping at times like that would also be read as being unused to being in polite society so its sort of a catch-22 for her.

>>2557812
>>2557805
>>You should stop them with a smile.

"Hh. At times like those, you should laugh it off and gently explain to them that such a thing is wrong, alright?"
Stella nods nods "Ye~es."
"Well, of course I've done everything to stop such things from happening. Its gotten a but better as of late, but I think its harder and slower than it could be." - Alard lets out a large sigh

>We should organize events aiming at the older generation, the ones who have the power
>We should aim for the youngsters, as they are the most open to change
>Lets just continue organizing as many events as possible to interact with as many people as possible
>Other

>>2557837
>Lets just continue organizing as many events as possible to interact with as many people as possible

>>2557837
>>We should aim for the youngsters, as they are the most open to change

Having done a bit of work in civil movements, working with younger generations is always easier regardless of what the message is.

>>2557837
>We should aim for the youngsters, as they are the most open to change
And they will be the ones takeing over.

I ment not so much as jumping and hurt people but more slaping there hands away and politely tell them not to tuch her (with a brak a hand smile)
That was all

Reminds me of the Playboy Mansion coffee/bar/restaurant. If you grope one of the girls, they just turn towards you, smile and say clearly in a playful tone "Ah ah ah... no touching the bunnies!" and that's it.

Alright, so working with the future generation to m,ake them understand beastkin arent animals, then. It doesn't really matters if they become Stella's friends, or see her as a rival for whatever reason, so long as the idea that they aren't animals and are in fact people gets ingrained into them.

Of course its better if they become her friends, or even admirers, but either way, it will take 2 decades or more before they replace the current generation in power.

It will probably work, but it will be slow.

Anyway, go with it, right?

>>2558580
I would have preferred to snag some of the more reasonable older generation as well by trying to get as many people as possible, but I'm outvoted.

>>2558635
Well, since we're organizing events for the young, what sort of event should it be? There's dozens if not hundreds of young nobles/wealthy merchant sons and daugthers, so taking them to dungeon runs to be friends with them is not feasible.

Just parties? Book clubs? Chees clubs? Maybe create something new just for them, like a rockitship yatch club? I could see "bike races" becoming fashionable and attention-calling.

Suggestions?

>>2558662
Yacht Racing Club with special small rock-it ships built for speed would make sense.
Eldric would also be behind the creation of rock-it airbikes and races involving them.
Tea and cake parties that bring new delicacies and pastries from across the world could be something that Stella could host.

Game Clubs where chess and other games could be played. Maybe, we finally make that collectible card game we've been thinking about making since we were a kid?

>>2558680
I wonder if we should rip off MtG. I played that for like 20 years until I became too blind to read the cards, so I al super familiar with the cardboard crack.

Or maybe something more roleplaying-like? I think there's a system where you play 1 character and can equip it and have it do special actions for combat and such... could have a beastkin character that is a mage or a politics/special ops hog on its way to victory, to help spread the idea that beastkin aren't muscle-bound idiots?

Also, how about starting an orphanage and/or technical school for beastkin to have them grow into technitians and engineers for the fast rockit boats?

It would take a few years, but we're already taking the long route anyway.

>>2559056
The orphanage can be part of the technical school. It could train not just engineers and arcane mechanics, but also nurses and teachers.

>>2559248
Sure, but I don't think people would want beastkin teaching their children or taking care of them until their opinion has changed already. Its gonna take a long while.

Anyway, we can open a new orphanage/school and link it with the one in Albion with a honeydaery colony. Would have to house the bees in a greenhouse, though.

Sounds good to everyone?

>>2559274
Yes. And the nurses and teachers could first be for other beastkin and for the orphanage; there shouldn’t be opposition from the locals if they’re teaching orphans right?

The carriage takes us to the upper section of town, where Alard and Stella have purchased a small state.

The manor is on the small side (as far as such buildings go), but it still has quite a large ball room, which probably was why it was chosen. The house staff is, unsurprisingly, all beastkin that Alard and Stella bought and then freed, though as born and breed slaves in a culture where such is institutionalized, it has been a slow process getting them used to the idea of being able to choose by themselves.

For the time being, they are working at the manor, and there were plans to later send them west and help them find a job there, albeit now they may instead help take care of the children if the manor is repurposed as an orphanage.

Well, its almost certainly too small for that, so a different property will have to be purchased for it.

It stands out that they are all felines... I wonder if Stella missed Zoe that much?

"Welcome back, young mistress, young master." - the house staff greets Stella and Alard on their return
"We're back. This is my big brother, Eldric. His fianceé, Lyann, and their friends..."

Stella introduces our group, and they bow politely.

"Please show them to their rooms, then notify us when dinner is ready." - says Alard, and we're guided towards our rooms.

Lyann and us got separate rooms... I guess Alard arranged the room placement? Our rooms -are- across the hall from eachother though, so its more like we got a double room.

The maid taking us to our room has white and pale grey spots on her hair and tail, which makes us think of a snow leopard or such. Her uniform is quite long, and makes us think of a traditional english maid, though it hugs her waist gently, giving her a distinct hourlgass figure all the same.

"I am Janna, please call for me if you need anything, young master." - she explains, then waits by the entrance for us to dismiss her

>Question her on her life in the manor
>Send her away
>Other

>>2562731
>Question her on her life in the manor
>Other: How does she and the other servants feel about the reforms that Stella is trying to carry out. In particular, how she feels, as a former slave, what the slaves themselves need to not just be free, but actually make use of that freedom.

>>2562768
Supporting

>>2562731
>Question her on her life in the manor

>>2562731

>>2562768 covers about everything I wanted to say too

>>2565827
>>2563572
>>2562901
>>2562768
>>Question her on her life in the manor
>>Other: How does she and the other servants feel about the reforms that Stella is trying to carry out. In particular, how she feels, as a former slave, what the slaves themselves need to not just be free, but actually make use of that freedom.

"T-this sla- hh... this one doesn't really understand what master Alard and lady Stella talk about most of the time, but... they treat us really nice, so this one would like to stay in their service forever." - she says after a moment

We say nothing, but nod, and ask her to stay still for a moment.

"Yes sir." - she replies right away, with a bit of eagerness in her voice

We scan her with our ring, and realize that, just like Zoe was when we met her, she's a baby, just a year old.

Stella (or Alard, probably) bought her fresh out of the breeder farm, so she doesn't really has enough experience to answer our questions properly.

There's nothing wrong in a maid calling the owner of the manor 'master' so that's alright, but she called Stella 'lady' and not 'mistress.'

>Ask her about it
>Ask her about 'the farm.'
>Other

>>2566641
>Ask her about it
>Other: ask her who is the oldest servant in the house

>>2566641
>Other: ask her who is the oldest servant in the house
Headpats and send her on way

>>2566733
Supporting

>>2567385
>>2566733
>>2566694
>>Other: ask her who is the oldest servant in the house

>>2566694
>>Ask her about it

"Ah... hh....~" - she blushes a little but looks quite happy as we rub rub her head gently
"Then, who's the oldest servant in the house? Could you call that person for me?"
"Yes~ " - she replies gently

She looks like she starts 'melting' as soon as we pet her, going from a serious maid to a pet or young child being spoiled.

She leaves the room then, and after a short while, a young-looking panther beastkin comes up to the room. She is wearing the same uniform as the leopard girl, but as we scan her discreetly, we see that she's 7 years old.

"What can I do for you, sir?" - she asks politely after coming in
"Is it alright if I ask you a few questions?"
"Of course, sir. You are the master's family, after all." - she says with a cheerful expression

>Please tell me what you think about what Alard and Stella are doing
>Tell me about the breeder farm
>Tell me about your future plans
>Other

>>2567406
>Please tell me what you think about what Alard and Stella are doing

>>2567406
>>2567406
>>Tell me about your future plans
While indirect, this is a better way to tell how well Stella’s plan is working.

>>2567406
>>Please tell me what you think about what Alard and Stella are doing

>>2568049
>>2567617
>>Please tell me what you think about what Alard and Stella are doing
>>2567652
>>>Tell me about your future plans

"This one is glad young master and lady Stella have acquired mostly young ones, since they are so much kinder than any master this one has ever met."
"I see. So, purchasing the young ones is better, then?"
"Or course. This one can teach them how to work seriously for the young master and lady Stella, without them picking up weird habits in other households first."
"Ah. No, I meant, what do you think about them promising you freedom in five years."
"Hh..." - she frowns a little, and seems hesitant to answer
"You can tell me."
"Uhnn... t-this one is worried about such a thing... this one likes living and working here... what will this one and the little ones do when we have to leave?"
"Ah, no, no, you won't -have- to leave, you just -can- leave. I am sure they will be happy if you decide you want to continue working for them."
"Is that so?" - she relaxes visibly for a moment - "This one is relived, then."
"Is that all?"
"Yes, that is all. Can this one assist you somehow else, sir?"

The dark skinned, black-haired panther beastkin looks at us with a friendly, but quite serious, attitude, her mood seeming much more relaxed than when she first came into the room.

Come think about it, we only decided to start the orphanage and training center during the ride here from the airship docks, so noone has informed the house staff about those plans yet.

I guess we could do so now, and ask for her opinion, or let Alard and Stella do it properly at a later date.

>Do it now
>Let their master & mistress do it officially later
>Other

>>2568119
>>Let their master & mistress do it officially later
Let Stella take credit for the idea; it’ll be good for her reputation.

>>2568119
>>Let their master & mistress do it officially later

>>2568119
>Let their master & mistress do it officially later

Still got thay slave mind but there also right in theres not really anything for them to do if they did leave atm

>>2569102
>>2568171
>>2568126
>>>Let their master & mistress do it officially later

Right, originally, Stella was simply organizing as many social events as possible in order to change the opinion of the locals bit by bit. The idea of the orphanage and the school hadn't taken shape yet, and of course, there was no intention to build a race track or light rockitships, so of course the servants in the manor are still unaware of it.

Well, it is only obvious that their master and mistress should be the ones to give them the news, so we thank the head maid for her help, and dismiss her.

"Please call if you need anything, young master." - she says as she leaves

"Hm. It will take more than just a few years, you know? It may take a couple of generations, even." - comments Lyann
"A subtle and peaceful civil rights movement is probably better than a sudden change enforced by force."
"Oh, you sound older all of a sudden, but I think its nice."
"I did tell you about my past life..."
"Hmm... aren't men just grown up boys?" - she smiles as she walks over and stands on tiptoes to give us a kiss

Lets see,,, with time zones, even though its almost time for dinner here, it should be the middle of the day in Alquia, and a little before sunrise in Mantequira.

Should we

>Go to bed and cuddle with Lyann
>Go to a dungeon
>Show up EARLY at the office in Mantequira

>>2570601
>>Go to a dungeon
We can just FF through it. Maybe this time we should choose a dungeon big enough for Squidward?

>>2570601
>>Go to bed and cuddle with Lyann

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>2571295
>>2570836
Rolling a dice

1 - cuddle
2 - go to a dungeon

>>2571857

The rather cure staff in Stella and Alard's manor serves us a delicious dinner. The meats and drinks are of course, local, so its all new to us.

Well, it doesn't give us any buffs, but it is quite delicious.

"Big brother, are you enjoying the meal?" - Stella asks us with an eager smile
"Yes, it is very good."

She nods with a smile, and resumes eating in silence.

?

"Stella ventured herself into the local foodgeons yesterday and the day before in order to secure the best ingredients." - explains Alard
"Cousin, don't tell them!" - oh, its surch a rare sight to see this cute tomboy's blushing face

>You did very good, it is all delicious
>You should have let your servants purchase the food at the market. You want them to be seen, right?
>Other

>>2572674
>>You did very good, it is all delicious
Praise her.

>>2572674
>>You did very good, it is all delicious

>>2572674
>>You did very good, it is all delicious
>>Invite imouto to cuddle.

>>2573817
No, no. We cuddle when Stella sneaks into our bed at night.

Stella smiles and blushes a little bit as she goes "Nn!" and nods.

Well, her skin is beautifully dark brown to begin with, so its hard to tell when she's blushing to begin with.

"I can guide big brother to the local dungeons later..."
"Stella, you promised Sur Gerald to meet with him after dinner..." -Alard reminds her
"Ah... yes~"

"Mister Gerald is a local merchant prince, and he's the one that has helped Stella purchase all of the house staff, since it was hard for us to get acquainted with the old nobles." - explains Alard
"I see. Sounds like you owe him quite a bit."
"But... uuuh~" - she takes a small breath and calms down- "Yes. In that case, tomorrow..."
"Alright."

>How about introducing mr Gerald to us?
>I think we'll retire early tonight. It was a long trip
>Other

>>2574944
>How about introducing mr Gerald to us?

>>2574110
>How about introducing mr Gerald to us?

>>2574944
Hows "Stella acts like a big girl" as a thread description?

>>2575727
How about "Stella the grown-up little girl"?