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Apricot wakes up thinking she just claimed the Orb of Happiness when she ends up throttling Autumn by mistake

Definitely Apricot, we've followed plenty of fairies, but only one bird.

Autumn wakes up from a nightmare in which Apricot tries to eat her! Shocks her so much that she wakes up flying away from Apricot, and hits a window. Ow!

Apricot

apricot

>>1124719
Daww.
Cute.
Autumn is an honours graduate and definitely the kind to wake first and get things ready for her partner

Autumn!

Apricot

Apricot, they don't call em early birds for nothing!

Autumn wakes up first

An unrelated third party who has yet to be introduced!

Yay, the adventure returns!

Autumn, she's the responsible one.
The only one who remembers how to handle nagical artifact known as the Fedex.

It is said that if the Fedex is mishandled even ONCE, it will curse the deliverer, who will no longer be able to work with that or any Fedex again, and is relegated to lesser deliveries from then on.

Such a clumsy, cursed deliverer is apropiately known as... an UPS!

Apricot 2026/04/08(Wed)05:03 No. 1124836 ID: 89e385
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I wake up at exactly the same time as my fairy companion. Gosh, we’re so in sync, it’s why we make such a good team! That and the contract, but that’s just paper. Autumn is such a nice fairy, and none of the stuff my friends back home said I should worry about ever came true. I’m so glad Autumn and I are friends!

Big streeeeeeeeeeeetch… today’s gonna be great!

I hop off the bean bag, being careful not to catch my talons on it. I can’t afford another one… not right now. I need to save up to buy another pair of snip-proof shorts after Aífe stole my last pair. She’s NOT my friend right now. Maybe Taranis can convince her to give them back to me if I ask nicely. I shouldn’t have spent so much money on this nice nightie… but it’s so cute!

“I’m gonna go take a shower!” I chirp to Autumn. She doesn’t respond. What’s up with her? She’s holding a new envelope that got shoved under the door.

“Ah… um, c-could you wait a minute, please?”

I pause halfway out the door. “But it’s so early, I’ll have the shower all to myself. I’ve got super bedhead”

“Well, I guess, but…” Autumn clears her throat. “Um, no! This is… really important, actually!” She holds out the letter and it’s marked:

EXTREMELY URGENT

“Whoa, nelly!” I gasp. “That must’a come in overnight! No shower for me. C’mon, gimme! We gotta deliver that before the sun comes up so we can get the overnight deliver bonus! We just gotta go inter-city, right?”

“Well, yes, but… do you want to go out like that? In… your nightie? And…”

“C’mon!” I urge. “Really, how many people’re gonna be out before the sun even comes up? And you don’t know any godmothering spells, it takes forever to help me get dressed.”

Autumn wilts at that. She hates when I bring that up. I feel a bit bad at that, but it’s true. I really do appreciate the help she gives me getting dressed, it would take even LONGER than forever to get dressed in fancy city clothes without her help.

But WE GOTTA GO! It’s URGENT!

What do I say next?

1. “C’mon, the more time we spend talking, the longer it’ll take! No one’s gonna see us! Grab on and let’s go go go go go!”
2. “I’m sorry, I didn’ mean to make y’ upset. Could you please help me put something on? Working t’gether we’ll be quick n’ be done in a jiffy!”

1, EXTREMELY URGENT means there's no time to waste.

1. wrap blanket around shoulders for extra cape fashion. you'll still be fancy!

1

1! Urgent is urgent! No time to waste!

You need the traditional delivery uniform: A cap, and a purse worn on the side.

1
Explain to her that not only it’s too early for people to wake up and see you, you will both be flying! Who looks up often anyways?

2) You're a team, and there's always someone about even at night. It only takes one sighting to start a reputation.

1

1. The waistband of a pair of panties is just barely visible at the edge of the frame, so we’re properly decent! Even if we get flustered after we’ve left when we realize our panties are a little embarrassing.

1) If society thinks doing your job is less important than doing it fancily, then society is sick
Don't be sick

1, get a move on!

0, no clothes, they will only slow you down

>>1124836
It is a cute nightie

1.
Sooner you deliver, sooner you get paid, sooner you get snip proofs.

Apricot 2026/04/14(Tue)04:34 No. 1125328 ID: 89e385
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“Um… but… but…”

Autumn is clearly VERY nervous about me going out in just my nightie n’ panties. I mean, sure, the design on the butt might be embarrassing, but no one’s gonna see it unless they lift my nightie AND my tailfeathers and even in the big city that’s a big deal!

“C’mon, the more time we spend talking, the longer it’ll take! No one’s gonna see us! Grab on and let’s go go go go go!”

She FINALLY slips the letter into her inventory and grabs on to the scruff of my neck. I throw open the windows and off we go!

“So where are we headed?” I ask, gaining a bit of altitude (but not too much). “Les’ get it over with! This pre-dawn air is CHILLY! Whoo!”

“Um… the instructions said we have to pick up a package first as part of the delivery,” Autumn says. “It’s light, just a kilo or so. Um… it said we’re picking it up from Eve’s Essence… it’s a clothier on the other side of the City Park. And then we need to fly further over there… and then fly back here or somewhere to get clothes… or something…”

“What?!” I squawk. “Ah, shoot! I’m not dressed for this! And that’s so far away! Double shoot!”

“Um…. I can go down and pick up the package,” Autumn offers.

I gotta go FAST! But if I fly too high, I’ll be visible from further away… and worse, the City Guard might notice me if they’re looking inwards from the walls, but that’s not gonna happen, right?

What do I do?

1. Fly high. Risk of being spotted, but the sun isn’t up yet so I’ll be fine. Right?
2. Fly low. Slower and takes more effort, but I won’t be that slow since I just woke up. Right?

Fly high. No one ever looks up!

1. fly high!

1) got to commit. If Autumn goes ahead and ties a loop of twine or cord around the package, then you could swoop down and grab it without having to stop. or be seen by anyone

1. Flying up high also reduces the risk of anything snagging the nightie and tearing it! Not that it’d be that big of a risk anyway, cuz your early morning flying is SUPER GREAT! Still, better to be safe than to end up with your cute loungewear all torn and tattered.

2

>>1125333

Excellent point. Flying low opens the door to more shenanigans, which you'd rather avoid. Fly high, and avoid snags!

>>1125328
Cute!

Fly high, even if they do look up youd be so far away theyd just think you were a bird or something.

Hey, autumn.
If you do run into someone, dont worry!
You can fly between their eyeline and the most vulnerable embarrassing bits of your partner!
Your glow will hide the naughtiest buts. You can be a floating fairy modesty flash.

Fly low

hmmm 2. don't want to attract the city guard's attention.. who knows how they'll slow you down

Just zig zag until you crash into your adresse's window like the elderly owl of an impoverished wizard family.

Apricot 2026/04/23(Thu)04:08 No. 1125797 ID: 89e385
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We gotta go fast. Fast means less time for the sun to rise. Fast means we get our bonus. Fast means nobody sees us!

Autumn grabs the scruff of my neck and tucks herself in under the neckline of my nightie, and I tug it down in front to help hike it up in back. We fly!

Oh no

It’s COLD up here

Plucking my feathers to be a big-city bird feels like a BAD IDEA right now. But sacrifices have to be made in the name of fashion… just remember your roots, Apricot. Remember what it’s like to be warm, and push through it.

The warm glow of the fairy on my neck helps too. She’s so sweet.

We get most of the way to the stopover at Eve’s Essence before I catch a glint of something below us. At the guard tower, a bit of something reflective. Please, please please don’t be paying attention, not with a spyglass! Maybe we got lucky this time?

I’m shivering by the time we arrive at the stopover. We’ve got to pick up the actual package from the store, and it’s not there outside.

“The instructions say to tell the password after knocking to pick up the package,” Autumn says. “Such secrecy…”

Ugh! If I go down there I might get seen like this by anyone walking around this early… and I’d definitely get seen by the shopkeeper! But if Autumn goes down, she would have to carry the package up using her inventory magic, and she’s not very efficient at that kind of magic. If the package is too big and heavy she might lose her mana – and her dust with it.

What do I do?

1. Go down to pick up the package as a team
2. Send Autumn down herself and then she flies back up to the roof

Leave it to Autumn. She's not the only one who might be exposed out here!

>>1125797
A team!
Not many people around.
Autumn can use her glow to do the floating fairy censor bar maneuver.
Just hover between their line of sight and you most embarressing bits.

Go as a team. If anyone makes any comments just point out, they're paying for speed

2 for lewd bad decisions later. It’ll make the return trip more exciting if Autumn doesn’t have enough fairy dust to help us later when it is lighter out and more people are awake

Also if the gaurd spotted you, he could have saw where you landed and is coming to investigate, you gotta hide for now while Autumn does her thing

1) Ask for some rags on the way out.

Go as a team. It's not like you're naked anyway. You're covered in feathers!

be a team and play it cool. people are less likely to notice you if you look like youre supposed to be there

Apricot 2026/05/26(Tue)04:14 No. 1127205 ID: 89e385
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We both flutter down to the doorway and give the secret knock with the secret password: “Under the Veil.”

“So mysterious,” Autumn breathes.

No one answers.

“Grrr!” I huff and scratch on the door and give a knock. It hurts- my wing bones aren’t as sturdy as humans’ and this wood is thick. I scratch with both wing talons. “Ugh! Come on, Under the Veil!”

Boots behind me! I let out a squawk and cover myself with my wings. Autumn positions herself between me and the big, scary morning person- he’s a human I don’t recognize and is carrying a big rucksack. He does a double take and DEFINITELY notices me.

“This is normal!” I squawk. “No one has time to get dressed when there’s a speedy delivery!”

He makes a sound like a snort and keeps walking but there’s a spring in his step and I just KNOW he’s going to be telling people about how dumb I sound and look and UGHHHHH

FINALLY the door opens to reveal the stupidly late proprietor of Eve’s Essence. She blinks a few more times than necessary, we repeat the password and she hands over the delivery instructions to Autumn along with a rectangular, thin, light package. It feels insubstantial- and given where it’s from, I guess we’re delivering some kind of special garment.

“Ah,” she says, “Your outfit must be part of the special package, then.”

“YES!” I say. “Of course! Thank you, goodbye!”

The door closes and wait, but that means I can’t ask for any more clothes to cover myself UGH



Autumn opens the instructions.

“It’s to the Church of Censorship a minute or two away by flight,” Autumn whispers. “Or we could fly low… but we’d be close to the rooftops. And… wait, don’t the Church of Censorship hate lewd things? Apricot, you really don’t want to get spotted by any of them. Even if it’s the delivery target, they might punish you!”

“That’s not fair!” I whine.

The sun isn’t cresting the horizon yet, so I can make the delivery time, but how much time do I have left? And if I fly high, the guards might spot me (again)? And it is COLD up there and I am getting VERY uncomfortable.

This STINKS!

Do I:
1. Fly High
2. Fly Low

I have to fly to a specific window at the Church of Censorship! Should I try and borrow some clothes from clotheslines so I can be decent? But that’s stealing… and the guards won’t like that either!
1. Steal
2. Be Lewd

1, Have Autumn fly in front of your face too. If a guard decides to use a telescope or something to see you, they won't know it's you since her glow will cover your face.

2. No steal. the less censors that see you when you arrive by flying high, the better.

2 and 1, Fly Low and Steal. The Church of Censorship will NOT respond well to you showing up in a nightie, and you don't want organized religion on your ass.

2,2.

Fly high and be lewd.

I feel like the Censors would be begrudgingly understanding, id you explained the japery that led to your current state. That being said, flying high is clearly uncomfortable. Let’s fly low for a while, but no stealing! Lewdness might annoy the Censors, but stealing is worse! Just be careful not to flash that embarrassing print on your tush to anyone! Not that it might be an issue, realistically, but a good thing to look out for regardless! It’d be sooooooooo embarrassing and not fun for anyone to potentially draw! (Please pardon my nonsense, I just really wanna see it lol)

2,2 you aren't naked, the church has nothing to complain about.

2 & 2

Bruh, just wrap your blanket around your chest so they don't see your nippies. Use a bit of fairy magic to hold the blanket in place if you have to. It ain't rocket science heavenly wizardry.

Fly high and be "lewd", Miss Binary Choice.

2-2) When you get to the door ask for free clothes and claim the client specifically told you that 'wearing this is part of the package' which you really didn't want to do.

>>1127205
Autumn.
Autumn.
You have to step up.
Spread your wings wide, glow bright and lodge yourself in apricots cleavage.
With the wide wings, youll be her emergency bra!

Apricot 2026/07/05(Sun)20:06 No. 1128990 ID: 2a27dd
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Thievery would get me in LOTS of trouble if I got caught (but could be fun if I didn’t) and the guards might see me if I fly high, too… so no stealing right now, and no flying high. I don’t wanna get caught in this!

Autumn hops aboard and we take off nice and low, we have plenty of time to get there before the deadline and these city streets aren’t busy yet and-

GAH A CLOTHESLINE

I dodge the first.

AHH ANOTHER

I dodge the second! But I have to flare my tailfeathers and I’m really hoping no one is looking out their bedroom windows! I go even lower to dodge the clotheslines and-

And then my luck RUNS OUT THERE’S SOMEONE COMING UP AHEAD and there’s a clothesline RIGHT IN MY FLIGHT PATH

It’s… a fox spirit. Dotti! No, not the Dotti!

She’s going to work at her bakery super early and I’m about to fly right in front of her and flash my super embarrassing panties if I dodge this clothesline… and this WON’T help her appetite for me I KNOW it

Or I could just power through the clothesline, but I’d probably lose my nightie… I could come back for it later of course, it’d get stuck in the clothesline probably, yeah… but I’d have to deliver this package to the Censor church in just my panties!


1. Lose the nightie for now, come back for it later!
2. Dodge the clothesline and keep the nightie but risk Dotti seeing me and my Deviled Egg panties- and all the consequences that her seeing them will bring later. VERY RISKY

2

1. At least the Church won't see you in your nightie.

2

As much as I want to do 1, 2

maybe if you fly fast enough, you'll be like a blur to dotti

hmm 1

1 just to piss off the censors

2

1/3 Apricot 2026/07/06(Mon)01:13 No. 1129005 ID: 2a27dd
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AHHHHH I don’t wanna make this delivery in just my panties! I gotta keep the nightie!

“Hold on tight!” I tell Autumn, I swoop as low as I can get under the clothesline and Dotti is RIGHT THERE

oh no

2/3 Apricot 2026/07/06(Mon)01:27 No. 1129007 ID: 2a27dd
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I flap as hard as I can as she lunges at me, greedily going for my Deviled Egg. Ahhh!

I pull up just in time, tucking my legs, and my talons pass over something- did I accidentally cut her>?

She lets out a big fox scream.

Oh yeah I think I definitely cut her…

“I’m sorry!” I plead as she yowls at me and I feel awful but it’s her fault!

“She’s really mad!” Autumn says as we race for the delivery window.

I’m gonna regret this, I know it.

Apricot 2026/07/06(Mon)01:27 No. 1129008 ID: 2a27dd
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I don’t see any blood on my talons, thankfully, when I alight on the windowsill. There aren’t any guards- and for some reason I can feel the wards let me pass through. It feels tingly. Too tingly. My whole body shivers and I hope everything is proper.

We arrive just in time before the sun crests the horizon. We did it! And… oh no.

It’s a full-fledged Censor waiting for us.

“Oh, now this is a treat,” the Censor says, smiling, hands outstretched. She’s the recipient?!

“Um…” Autumn opens up her inventory. “There’s a password.”

“Under the Veil,” the Censor says, a sly grin making its way across her features. “You’re just in time, too. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had the chance to wear this for the blessings… Not a word from you two, understood?”

Oh wow. She is INTO this. Did we just become secret-keepers?

We bob in agreement and receive the HEFTY payment. The Censor looks me up and down and I realize I’m not fully decent.

Awwwwwww this SUCKS

“Is… your outfit part of the delivery package for intimates?” the Censor asks, clearly interested.

Oh no

If I say yes, then she’ll definitely hire us again, I can feel it. And that’s LOTS of money.

But is it worth it?!

Do I offer the nightie special again?
1. Yes, the pay is just too good!
2. No, I respect myself too much to fly around like this again!

1: Depends how well you tip me.

1. It pays well and you can just fly high again, can't you?

>>1129008
Tell her this was unplanned, so she'd have to pay extra.

1, *siiiiigh* strip and Give her the nightie, but be clear the panties stays on!!!

oh wait, when she asked if that outfit was part of the delivery package for intimates, did she mean just as a spectacle and not a literally part of the delivery for her to have? shit! GIVE THAT BAAAAAAACK!

1, Oh yes, definitely. That money is so good!

1 good for business

1 yes but itll cost you twice next time. today was a promotional special

Yessssssss more nighty special!

>>1129008
Mmmnh.
Its such a good promotion.
And! Its only important the nightie is on when the delivery is made.
Some easily sheddable outer clothes and you could pull that off with minimal risk.

Also, cute cute nighty.
Very daring.

Wait! This is a nun who pretends to be in favour of censorship, but is secretly sus.

If people like that can thrive in this church, it will become more and more nonesensical and harmful over time.
In 50 years it will be full of angry nuns lashing out at anything lewd other than themselves, young priests chocking themselves with their censor wands for fun, and gay fuschia bandit goats!

2) I'm sorry, but true happiness comes from things money can't buy: summoning a goddess just to tattletale on a naughty nun.

the outfit is one of the random possible surprises you get when you pay for expedited delivery, ma'am

Apricot 2026/08/29(Sat)22:48 No. 1131457 ID: 8d91b3
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This Censor is freaky. It says bad things about the Church when these are the people running it. What will happen fifty years from now? People choking themselves for fun, while cracking down on short skirts in public?

Maybe.

But what’s not a maybe is that I really want this all to be worth it. And I need new shorts. And money.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhh

“No, this isn’t part of the delivery service,” I say, “Because… it’s a special. And it’s one of many, uh, possible surprises. The next time you want this service, uh… it’ll cost triple.”

“Done,” the Censor says, without a whiff of hesitation. She hands over the fee and a VERY nice sweetener to Autumn.

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I just want to go home. I just want to go back to my room at the adventurers’ guild RIGHT NOW. The sun is just barely coming up and my nipples are out and it’s WEIRD and I can’t HANDLE this any more, I am LEAVING. Before I know it I’m flying ahead of autumn and just going straight back.

I really hope the town guard isn’t watching out for me. I think they saw me earlier.

Autumn is flapping behind me. Shoot, did I blow it already?

“Um, we gotta do something, fast!” she says. “There’s guard coming, I heard something, uh… we can try and hide in some rafters, or… or claim sanctuary in the Church of Eirene, or… or just go really fast, I don’t know! Apricot, why are you so… so hasty?!”

“Because I get things done, okay?!” I huff. Why is she picking right NOW to argue with me? She’s not supposed to argue with me! I’m the one who works hardest here! I flap all day and train hard and take risks!

Autumn is being unfair!
1. If you got a problem with results, just say so!
2. I got us paid!
3. In fact, this extra tip is all my money, since I’m the one in the nightie!
4. All of the above

I’m upset!
A. Keep flying
B. Keep flying
C. Keep flying
D. I’m not listening!

Well, you got paid didn't you?
Hide in some rafters, you fussy raptor.

4 and fly so high they cannot catch you!

4? 4!

1. No time to hear the other stuff, it'll waste time. Just hear the important stuff autumn wants to say.

3) you worked hard in trying circumstances. Autumn should have been out in her nightie too.

Now that you aren't on the clock, do you want to fly? couldn't you flit from roof to roof, keeping low and hidden?

Definitely 4, and keep flying!

Be mad! Autumn wants you to hide so bad? Crash through an upper story window! Or if you’re not quite mad enough for that much self endangerment, just like, violently break in without breaking the glass. Either way, curl up into a ball of upsetness and REFUSE to engage with any of your surroundings, ESPECIALLY AUTUMN!!!




…Then cry. Cry a lot.

1, 2, A, B, C, D

4.
Fly home like partially nude lightning
And then

>>1131469

This.

Because its been an overwhelming day and it hasnt even started.

But remember.
Despite telling them about it, You dont have to take deliverys to the church of hidden perversions.

Autumn 2026/09/07(Mon)21:53 No. 1131749 ID: 8d91b3
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Yeah… yeah! I worked hard, and I deserve the money. I’m gonna fly home FAST and get it over with. Autumn doesn’t understand how to get things done. Only I do!

“If you got a problem with how I get things done, then you gotta do ‘em!” I declare. “I earned this payday, so I decide how I spend it. And I decide how I end it, too!”

I’m upset. Really upset! So upset I don’t want to change my mind on ANYTHING! I just want to go home right now and get this over with!

-------

The spirits are now influencing AUTUMN.

-------

Oh, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad…

“W-wait, Apricot!”

It’s no use. She’s flying really fast and not listening to me. I can barely hold on to the scruff of her neck, and our contract magic feels just strong enough to keep me close. She’s really pushing it.

“Apricot, please don’t fly too high, the guards will see you again and… and… and you might go to jail!”

I don’t want Apricot to go to jail! She’s a good girl! They’ll eat her alive!

Oh dear sweet summer she’s diving straight for a window she is NOT a good girl

I have to convince her to not commit a crime, and for her to let me just go get her some CLOTHES and STAY PUT

Please don’t commit property damage!

I have to say something!
1. I’m sorry!
2. I should have been in a nightie too!
3. I’ll do whatever you want, just stay put and don’t commit crimes!
4. Other

2 & 3.

2) Solidarity is the best way to stick together.

1, 2, and 3. an apology, sympathy, and bribery are the perfect ingredients for an effective persuasion check

4. you got fairy dust, perhaps you can use it to temporarily shine a huge light around Apricot so nobody will see her high in the air, or that it is her doing property damage. the light will blind everyone.

Sure you'll lose some fairy dust, but that's a sacrifice you have to take.

The only thing I can think of to stop her in her tracks is to say something really shocking??? Apologizing is good, but might actually make the upsetness MORE upset, since Apricot is very much in “Run Away Frantically” mode. For now, just brace for impact and be ready to be there for her once she breaks down.

>>1131749
3

1, 2, 3

4 and 1: Burst into loud sobs, stopping her dead in her tracks outta shock and guilt, and then apologize for letting this get so out of hand. Then express your concerns and plead with her not to start committing crimes for quick cash.

4) Strip naked and say you're sorry you put Apricot through all of this and you'll suffer alongside her but she can't let this drag her down

>>1131749
2
Its enough of a non sequitor to cause her to pause,
Maybe give you time to explain why youre worried and come up with a solution to her nakedness,