1) Just make sure it isn't trapped and all that, but you have to take some risk to hold this relationship.

>>925762
If stalling was an option, it would have been listed.

>So platonic Domain Partners is a thing? Can we ask if she would be into that without it sounding like we are trying to friendzone her?

Platonic Domain Partners are quite a thing. Once you choose to join a suitor in union, you will Ascend together and faerie spirits do not divorce; you're better to pick someone you think you can live with for a very long time.

>>925770
idk if it should be platonic, more like a best friend, but you are also a friend with benefits. So like a "normal" relationship but without the romance portion of it.

I think we should take it, but we should try to offer something in return. Something that puts us on more-or-less the same level, but with us slightly more on top just for security.

>>925771
Oh! If we do go with her, we should get down on one knee and be like "will you be my fuckbuddy?"

(attempting to be funny)

If we formed a domain with her, would most of the domain end up being games? and would that be terrible?

>>925783
I think it will be a big unknown regardless of who it is. People arent that two dimensional.

Accept, also the smell is competitiveness, or a drive to win
Which would explain her being willing to offer the heart shard so easily as she's taking a big risk but she'll do what she has to to win in games or love
I think we found a winner

>>925756
Accept.

>>925790
except, if that is really the case, then that means that this may be a high-risk effort to hack us.

Smik 2019/03/14(Thu)21:23 No. 925804 ID: 8d26c4
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You accept.

She smiles.

You let the memory wash over you. No strict details, just sensations. Being alone together. No watchers. She tries to impress you with her gaming skills. You're amused, those skills are just a well honed distraction but the effort and idealism is adorable.

You push down upon her. She lets you. You're both just playing roles according to the shared memory.

You feel the heart shard push deeper into you. The smell of cumin and savory spices fill you. You let your mass fall upon her and engulf her. She's nervous, maybe even scared...
but willing.

Smik 2019/03/14(Thu)21:28 No. 925805 ID: 8d26c4
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The sensations become more physical. You pin her arms down. Her heart opens and slides into you. The gaze of your third eyes penetrates hers, giving away.

Something new.
Something frightening.
Something warm and wonderful.
She doesn't know what's happening, she's confused, awestruck and euphoric.

A piece of her heart is inside you. It feels wonderful. It feels like summertime. You can smell food cooking next door. You hear the game demo. All these familiar things while something strange and new is happening to you. You're changing.

Smik 2019/03/14(Thu)21:32 No. 925806 ID: 8d26c4
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That was only half of her creation.

The other half was the betrayal.

Shortly before death.

Smik 2019/03/14(Thu)21:35 No. 925807 ID: 8d26c4
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never again.

A hard earned lesson.

never again.

You would never betray someone again. Betrayal begat betrayal, and both ended in death.

Heart-wrenching, soul-crushing death.

never again.

You learned your lesson.

You would never betray anyone again.

Smik 2019/03/14(Thu)22:00 No. 925810 ID: 8d26c4
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When you come to, the Nostalgic Suitor is clinging to you like a lost child, head against your breast as you hold her head comfortingly.

Streaks of black ichor -- regret -- still cling to her cheeks and the trails of their journey down from your third eye have stained your face.

The Nostalgic Suitor is not hurt but she is exhausted. She mutters how lovely and soft your breasts are.

You learned her second secret.

She is not just the Nostalgic Suitor.

She was formed from Nostalgia and a Hard Earned Lesson. There was a terrible betrayal. It changed everything. She will never make that mistake again. She will never betray anyone.

never again.

And... she has a stolen name.

Few spirits have a name. Names are only for those who have a Domain. Her name is mired in the regret from her hard earned lesson. You don't know what her name is.

And you realize how you have been altered.

You have learned the hard earned lesson of the Nostalgic Suitor: never betray a loved one.

And while she has not hacked you, this lesson will make it extremely difficult to deny her as your choice.

Please make a suggestion.

1. You have not been hacked, but you have been tricked. You lean upon your DOMINANCE and you will condemn this suitor to the Queen's mercies. You will acquire a BITTERNESS but you will be free to invite other suitors.

2. You have not been hacked, but you have been tricked. You... are impressed! What a risk! How could you NOT reward such cleverness? You will join with this clever, sentimental girl. After all, you now know for a fact: She will never betray you. Your DOMINATION trait has mutated into one of AMBITION.

3. You are touched. To be born with a hard lesson is a difficult life, and you don't think she knew that passing on her hard earned lesson would more or less force you to choose her. Besides, she can never betray you now. Your DOMINATION has become MOTHERLY trait.

4. You know... almost everything about her now. You must know her name! She has a stolen name, and you need to know more. You must choose her? Fine. It's the price to pay to satiate your curiosities. Your DOMINATION trait will mutate into TENACITY.

5. Something else?

>>925810
Curious Princess learns Intolerable Burning Truth: Mother Before Daughter. (You're supposed to be fae, not an infernal, dear).

>choices
I'm thinking 2. She turned her weakness into a strength and a trap, without employing any hacking. She played her hand very well, in a manner most satisfying to a being driven by curiosity. That's the kind of person you want around to challenge yourself, and who will always keep things interesting.

Leaning towards 3, 4, maybe 5 (you still have gifts remaining, go claim some to experiment with your Hard-Earned Lesson)

She wanted to let you know that she can be trusted, that she would never turn on you. That is communication, not a trick. 3.

>5 (you still have gifts remaining, go claim some to experiment with your Hard-Earned Lesson)
I like this, but it might add caution. Does Dominance + Caution = Paranoia?
Or maybe a focus on experimentation could double-down on our curiosity for mad emotion-scientist?
Could we give one of our gifts to our suitor without breaching some terrible taboo?

3

3

3

In addition if 3 is picked enhance snuggling

Smik 2019/03/15(Fri)12:29 No. 925863 ID: 8d26c4
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You have made up your mind.

You will join with the Nostalgic Suitor when you Ascend. She is complex and clever, romantic and loyal. Her Nostalgia might occasionally manifest in looking to the past with rose coloured glasses but it's hardly the worst weakness to have. You have a need to protect her now anyway.

Naturally, you will be the dominant one upon joining. She is clearly happy with the arrangement. It will make building a new Domain easy for you.

Now all there is to do is to decide on gifts.

You already have your mother's gift of STRENGTH.

You still have the Stalwart Suitor's gift. You believe it is of FERTILITY.

The Nostalgic Suitor's gift is a mask. Understandable now. She has the ability to conceal the truth behind a facade. Fae are remarkably bad liars so they rely on half-truths and illusions. The mask is both a defensive item and a useful hacking tool, allowing you to conceal your Domain better than others and keeping your agents hidden when infiltrating someone else's Domain.

The Nostalgic Suitor's gift of Heard Earned Lesson and the Stalwart Suitor's gift of Domination (now Motherly Nature) have altered you, but such is the nature of a fae. They are not proper joining gifts.

Your Queen may still offer her gifts, but you think you might have been altered enough. You've not been informed of the offerings the Ambassador Prince and Princess have for you.

Please suggest an action. These are not exclusive actions, but choosing a gift requires a minimum of three votes.

1. Choose to take the Stalwart Suitor's gift of FERTILITY.
2. Choose to take the Nostalgic Suitor's gift of MASKING.
3. Talk to the Ambassador Prince.
4. Talk to the Ambassador Princess.
5. Talk to the Queen.

(I suppose I should note that since the Nostalgic Suitor has been chosen, she now gets a princess dress too)

2 and 5.

Masking is FAR too useful to just pass up and since that'll put us at 2/3 gifts we should get a second opinion from Mom before we do much else.

>>925863
do 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in that order. If possible, offer to share the gifts with your companion. Maybe get some combs. (srsly)

>>925867
Oh, and grab that question mark and strengthen your curiosity.

2 3 5
Fertility would be nice for mook hordes, but an imp behind every tree gets stale. Besides, spooky grassland isn't done enough.
Masking sounds like a rare and valuable protection, and it is important to have something of our partner. Secrecy shouldn't be much of a detriment.
The ambassadors probably feel useless and rejected, we might like to get some associations with other domains, and every getting any form of male contact might add some balance to our efforts.
But don't overdo it.
And always say goodbye to mum.

>>925863
Take both gifts, and then we're going to talk to everyone.

You should at least see what the Prince and Princess are offering before you decide if you've been altered enough. Gotta satisfy your curiosity!

And we can't not talk to the Queen before we go off to form our own space.

>>925878
We took Mother's gift of strength, putting us at 1/3rd capacity. If we take the nostalgia suitors gift AND the gift from the dearly departed longhorn suitor, then we'll be at cap and can't take anything from the ambassadors.

>>925863
If it is a hard limit of three intentional gifts, then could we give some gifts to our friend here? She could get altered as well.

>>925863
1 cause we need dat fertility

>>925931
We'd have to ask Mother about that, but it's probably not a good idea. The Nostalgia suitor has made her case and won us over her history, it'd be a huge dick move to declare "but one last thing" and have the loyal and clever romantic fae spirit altered by using someone else's gift meant for us on her.

We also don't know how it would alter her.

>>925944
She can't take any gifts. It's a hard limit.
The reason why will be clear when the time comes.

>>926035

Fiiine.

Do 3 and 4 to get all our options out in the open. Then we can decide on what we keep.

2

Smik 2019/03/16(Sat)23:54 No. 926117 ID: 8d26c4
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You have decided to take The Mask as your 2nd gift.

Perhaps anticipating your request (she knows you well; she made you after all) the Queen has already summoned the Ambassador Prince and Princess.

The Queen kindly informs you that she will no longer offer a hard earned lesson or a piece of her dream as you have been altered too much already. A second hard earned lesson would be too much bitterness for anyone as young as yourself, and having chosen your suitor you will need to create your own dream now. She hesitates to even offer another piece of herself; your third eye was altered by the Stalwart Suitor. The only gift she feels appropriate now would be flight.

Smik 2019/03/16(Sat)23:54 No. 926118 ID: 8d26c4
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The Ambassador Prince steps forward.

The Ambassador Prince tells you that as the Nostalgic Princess is from his Domain, he can strengthen her gifts. You know now that this is no threat; she can not betray you. He can alternatively offer you a gift of History: you will be able to draw upon his ancestry if you need help creating your new Domain.

Smik 2019/03/17(Sun)00:04 No. 926119 ID: 8d26c4
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The Ambassador Princess steps forward.

The Ambassador Princess explains that she held sway over the Stalwart Suitor and will be able to recover either one of her wishes or some of her form.

Should you choose to recover one of her wishes, you will be able to gain INSTINCT (appetite and will) or IMPISHNESS (clever and mischievous).

If you choose to recover some of her form, you will gain more of the Stalwart Suitor's form -- larger and muscular, but you will lose some of your bust.

"I will not recover her entirely," The Ambassador Princess informs you, "She had ... desires that could be satiated only here and you are best off without them,"

Smik 2019/03/17(Sun)00:12 No. 926121 ID: 8d26c4
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It is time to choose.

Once you have decided upon your final gift, you and the Nostalgic Princess will be joined within your new Domain.

There will be no turning back.

What do you choose? One choice only.

1. The Stalwart Suitor's gift of FERTILITY.
2. The Queen's gift of FLIGHT.
3. The Ambassador Prince's gift of ENHANCING the NOSTALGIC PRINCESS's strengths.
4. The Ambassador Prince's gift of HISTORY.
5. Ask the Ambassador Princess to restore the Stalwart Suitor's wish of INSTINCT.
6. Ask the Ambassador Princess to restore the Stalwart Suitor's wish of IMPISHNESS.
7. Ask the Ambassador Princess to recover more of the Stalwart Suitor's FORM.

1. The Stalwart Suitor's gift of FERTILITY.

>your bust ... you are best off without them
7 Every power couple needs, well, power. Nostalgic is a bit... elegant... and so we will have to pick up the slack when an unruly guest needs to be broken in half.

5.

The nostalgia suitor's gift set is the perfect counterbalance to our gifts of strength and hard lesson.

The only thing left is MORE WILLPOWER.

3 - You've been hogging all the presents. Come on, let your new wife have a few!

Also can someone deal with the remaining suitors before they fill explosives in the tin cans on the car?

>>926127
[N]

1

>>926121
The gift of fertility

Smik 2019/03/17(Sun)20:40 No. 926183 ID: 8d26c4
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You decide that your final gift will be the Stalwart Suitor's FERTILITY.

The Queen and ambassadors nod in agreement. It is time.

This place I've been in has always been different from the other parts of the kingdom. Dark. Mysterious. The Queen leads me through the fog, deeper into the dark. After awhile, she stops and tells me that my Nostalgic Princess and I must make the rest of the journey alone.

Soon it is so dark that the only light comes from us. I take her hand in mine. We are alone. The Queen's presence is gone. The gentle beat of the land is silent.

It's time to join.

I'm thrilled and terrified, but the Nostalgic Princess has already embraced me. I feel her warmth seep into me. She kisses me gently at first, then grows hungrier. I feel it too, wrapping my legs around her until they coil. I crush her against me, the pressure building until I finally myself give way.

She's inside me. I'm vaguely aware of her unraveling and twisting me up with her. Our thoughts begin to get jumbled. We feel like we are falling upwards at terrific speed.

I briefly find out her true name before we discard it. It's not our name anymore. We have learned from it, but we will not be lead by it.

We will create our own name.

The falling stops and we drift.

Smik 2019/03/17(Sun)21:13 No. 926186 ID: 8d26c4
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Clay: ... it's a girl! A healthy, baby girl!

Clay and Nem clean up the wailing newborn. Macha yells "EWWWW!" a bit too loudly.
Barry gives Lilly a kiss and tries to rub her shoulders but she pushes him away gently and just lies back. The majority of the chaos is done.

Lilly: Thanks Bear-bear, but ya not going near my vajayjay again.

Nem gives Lilly a kiss as well.

Nem: You were AMAZING!

Lilly sighs and smiles.

Lilly: Not as bad as ya made it sound. Still fuck'n terrifyin', though.

Macha: MIMI SAID A BAD WORD!

Nem sighs.

Nem: Yes, she did sweetie. And you can say it too the day you have a baby too.

Macha looks over at Lilly and begins to puff up her lungs to scream "EWWW" but Nem quickly covers her mouth.

Nem: And that is how mommies an daddies make a baby. That could happen anytime you and a boy get naked together.

Macha: I AM NEVER HAVING SEX!

Barry: C'mon princess. You've learned enough for one day.

Barry leads his daughter away from the lab. Nem smirks.

Nem: I don't believe that for a second. I wonder how I would have reacted at her age.

Clay: I'm surprised you let her watch. Good parenting in my opinion, better to teach them the truth, get rid of the mystique. But still, given the backward way you were raised...

Nem: Oh, I refuse to do to her what my parents did to me. I got a whipping for trying to peak in on the midwife doing her job, and it wasn't until I was working for the Department that I even learned the specifics on how babies were made. She wanted to see, so I let her. Maybe it will keep her out of trouble.

Nem helps Lilly get comfortable and cleans her up, while Clay gives the baby a quick once-over one more time and wraps her up warmly.

Lilly: I can't believe I pooped.

Nem: Why? You've seen me give birth twice now and saw what happened both times.

Lilly: But my bum's not supposed to work like that!

Clay sighs.

Clay: That's because you were never really born until fairly recently. You're nearly fully mortal now. And you've been eating more mortal food. It's only natural. You will eventually grow old and die.

Lilly ignores her and beams at her new baby.

Nem gives Clay a cold glance: It's better than outliving one's children.

Clay sighs. She knows better than to go over this again, but she can't help herself sometimes. The new baby is beautiful and healthy. Her third eye will probably open around adolescence, and the heterochromia is not especially unusual for a naturally born first generation half-blood.

She glances at the family. They're happy at least, and she supposes that's what really matters. She envies those with short, happy lives when they don't terrify her.

Did... did we just create a crossbreed between Lilly and Freddy? (ow my eyebrow)
Wait a minute...
>Curious
>+Nostalgic
>=Archaeologist
>*Busty=
Oh @#$%, we just made Monica Villarreal. The world is not ready.

Congratulations! Quest Complete. Smik 2019/03/17(Sun)23:19 No. 926206 ID: 8d26c4
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You have assisted in Lilly's daughter being born!

She names her Abigail.

Puberty will hit Abby like a truck. A truck filled with boobs. (Cause: Strength, Fertility and Nostalgic Suitor choice).

She will be a loyal and steadfast friend and family member due to the Nostalgic Suitor's hard earned lesson.

She will love the simple things in life and not be materialistic due to your choice of the Nostalgic Suitor.

Because you chose the Queen's Strength, she has an interest in physiology and testing her own physical limits. And boobs, although she generally prefers men.

The gift of the Mask has given her great creativity but also causes her to put a different face forward to the world, and only people she trusts ever gets to see the real her.

Your choice of Fertility also gives her outstanding energy, creativity, and an extremely healthy sex drive rivaling her mimi Nem's.


SECRETS DISCOVERED: 2/3

If you have questions you may post them here. The illustration is a possible future Abby who may/may not get her own quest sometime later, but at least Lilly finally had her kid. Not all questions can be answered as they may be important if I decide to do an Abby's Quest.