>>148625
I really hope Nir is strong enough.
>>148628
I start moving faster. Gods damnit, if Nir's tribe is dead, I'll never forgive myself!

>>148631
Not much you can do about that now. Just be careful, riding fast through a forest at night is a good way to make your mount break a leg and make you break your neck.

>>148638
I'm being careful not to ride too fast. The sun is barely starting to rise.

Say, do you think you could form a shield from white magic?

>>148643
Do you have any poisoned arrows that would work against an ogre?

>>148653
Ryth told me paladins can form a protective shield, but it's only visible when it's repelling attacks. I wouldn't know if it was successful until I got attacked.
>>148659
I try to always keep a couple on hand. I should be almost there.

>>148661
Will it kill the ogre or just tranqualise it? I don't really care either way but you yourself might want to avoid killing.

>>148663
I used to have it so the poison kills, now it only paralyzes. I arrive at Nir's tribe. I don't see an ogre anywhere.

>>148673
Go look for any kobolds and Nir then. And where do the ogre tracks lead?

does anything look broken, if not then maybe they overload it with cute and turned it nice. or Nir already won.

>>148680
>>148679
Nothing looks broken. The footprints don't show signs of fighting of any kind. It looks like it just passed through here. I check all the kobold huts. All of them look fine. Gods damnit... I was so worried. I was so scared that the tribe would've been all dead...

wait... where's Nir?

>>148689
Nir was in his bed sleeping.
Nir:"Rojo?"
Or he was. Nir walks up to me.

>>148704
Can it be hugs time now?

>>148709
I hug Nir. He hugs back.
Nir:"Why are you crying?"
I was crying?

>>148715
Explain about the ogre tracks, and how worried you were.

...do you think of Nir as more than a friend?

>>148723
Rojo:"I was so worried about you... I saw some ogre tracks and thought you might've been killed. I was so worried. I didn't want to lose the person who helped me turn my life around."
Nir:"It's okay. I'm safe. I'm here."
I... I really don't know if I think of him as more of a friend. I just don't know. I just didn't want to lose him. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost him.

yep. you (little l) love him. one day big L? only time will tell.

>>148741
I love him? I can't love him. He's too young. And he's not a foxfolk.

>>148742
I think he meant the platonic kind of love. Non-sexual. You obviously care about him deeply. It doesn't have to involve physical attraction to be called love.

Would it really be that important for him to be a foxfolk anyway? As for his age, I think kobolds mature faster than most other races. I guess you could say that the naivete is an issue, though.

i said little l!!

besides, magun loves iffy and she ain't human.

>>148744
Heheh, yeah. And it's not the platonic kind of love either.

>>148743
>>148744
Platonic love? You... you mean like the love between a parent and a child? And... I think foxfolk only like to date other foxfolk. I think. I'm not sure.

>>148747
Platonic just means non-sexual. So I suppose the love between mother and child would be platonic.

You're not sure about foxfolk? Well, it shouldn't really matter what other foxfolk do, anyway. It's your choice.

the only one we have seen you show any interest in like that is Xom, but the BEST you could get out of going after him is a one-night stand. not a real relationship. one time someone told him know and he considered blowing up a village once a year on that day from then on. that is until another god stepped in and told him 'big whoop, someone told you no, don't throw a fit'.

>>148748
>>148749
Noted. I guess he is like a child to me. I guess... he's my little child.
Nir:"How'd the ring thing go?"

>>148750
Tell him the ring is destroyed.

Ask him about the Ogre and where the other 'bolds are.

...send us to one of the kobolds other than Nirblim.

>>148773
Rojo:"Are the other kobolds safe? Did you see an ogre?"
Nir:"We're safe. No, I didn't see any ogre."
Rojo:"Magun destroyed the ring."
Nir:"Why'd he do that?"

it is the lich's soul hiding place. if it was still around he would just be back later if you beat him. with it gone you just have to beat him once and he will go away forever.

>>148882
Rojo:"It's the lich's soul's hiding place. If it was still around he would just be back later if you beat him. With it gone, you just have to beat him once and he'll go away forever."
Nir:"So, the lich is bad? How do you know that? Did the guidance spirits tell you?"

>>148889
What, did he forget about Mary Shaw already?

Tell him Mary Shaw was one of the Lich's servants. She's evil... so he is likely just as bad.

Nir might be possessed or something. Hey, can you see his sister anywhere? We should probably ask someone else if he's been acting weird.

>>148891
Rojo:"But what about Mary Shaw? Have you forgotten about her?"
Nir:"No, I haven't. Mary Shaw is Mary Shaw, not the lich."
Gods damnit, how can Nir say suck things? Everyone knows that all liches are evil!
>>148896
Rojo:"Mary Shaw was one of the lich's servants. It's likely he's just as bad as her."
Nirblilm:"Oh. Okay. I'm sorry I didn't know."
>>148897
Rojo:"Nir, where's your sister? I have to ask her something."
Nir:"She's in the hut to the left of mine."
He points to a hut.
Nir:"So she's in that one."

Well, Mary Shaw has been invading his dreams occasionally ever since that first time.

Maybe he didn't manage to resist screaming. He was just sleeping, wasn't he? Hmm.

>>148899
Nir's told me about that. So have you.
Rojo:"One last thing. Did you scream in your dream that you currently had?"
Nir:"No. I just had a dream where you were carrying me on piggy-back somewhere. It was nice."
Should I go to the sister's hut now? Or is there something more to ask Nir?

Can't think of anything.

>>148908
Okay. I walk into Nir's sister's hut. She's still sleeping.

...Is she adorable

>>148940
She does look a little adorable. Should I wake her up?

>>148950
Nah. Honestly we don't have any real reason to be suspicious of Nir. He isn't acting that differently than normal. You could send us over to him and we can talk to him for a bit to calm down the paranoid spirits amongst us.

>>148952
yes. 've been saying they all have massive paranoia.

>>148940
>>148950
Okay, I'll send you to Nir.

...

...

I really don't understand why she was so worried about me.

How are you Nirblilm?

>>148981
I'm a little sleepy. Rojo's crying woke me up.

She was worried because she deeply cares about you. I guess she didn't realize that an ogre probably wouldn't have been any problem for your magic.

...Probably. How is that going?

>>148987
She cares about me that much? Sorry, I didn't know that. And I don't remember seeing any ogre. I don't even know what an ogre looks like. I guess I should thank her for caring about me so much.
>>148989
It's going okay. I think my mana balls are getting stronger. I kind of want to get more abilites.

Best way to do that is experiment. Have you tried killing blades of grass with your mind and stuff?

>>148992
I don't see how useful that can be. I try anyway. It doesn't seem to work.

Hello "Nirblim." Good to see you're doing well.

>>149005
Um, Hi guidance spirits. Why are you telling me it's good to see you?

Because we were worried an ogre wrecked stuff. And stuff happened while you were here. Lich only has 3 minions now.

Oh, Nir? Your sister is asleep. Would you go up to her? There's something you should try.

>>149016
Okay. I go into Armi's hut. Both she and Rojo are asleep.

...Next to eachother?

>>149019
Well she rode through the night to get here fast. I bet she is sleepy.

And Nir, in that dream where Rojo was letting you ride piggyback on her, you didn't by any chance scream with joy? Also weren't you worried about the Lich before?

>>149021
No. Armi is sleeping in her bed and Rojo is sleeping sitting up on the floor.
>>149028
No, I didn't scream. I was just very comfortable. I was laying my head on hers and smiling.

Okay. Try to enter your sister's dream. Maybe spooning with her would make it easier.

Or Rojo, I don't think either one would mind.

>>149032
I'll try to enter Rojo's dream. The world swirls in a variety of colors for a moment. The colors stabilize into a... a room of some sort.

Your goal is to find and hug Rojo, or possibly noserub her. What's in the room?

>>149045
Can you recognize the room?

>>149052
No, I don't recognize it at all.
>>149049
The room has a table surrounded by some chairs. There's a couple of openings where it looks like doors should be. There's also a metal pot in a fireplace. There are wooden things sticking out of a somewhat large box thing. The wooden things are going down horizontally. There's also a couple windows and books in here.

Read off the titles of the books, and quickly check what's in the box.

>>149056
Most of the books say 'cookbook'. I have no idea what that means. Why are they all different shapes if it's the same story? I open the box. There are plates inside.

>>149055
Nir this is your sisters dream correct? Has she ever seen the things that are present in this house? Have she ever heard of books?

Proceed with caution and try to find her.

>>149061
...This is Rojo's dream. Nir, you may see some horrible things. But don't forget this is just a dream.

Open the pot.

>>149061
I went into Rojo's dream.
>>149063
Yes. It's just a dream. I open the pot. There's some soup in there. It smells good.

Don't have any. Can you see a kitchen? Go there.

a cookbook is a book on how to cook things, different books have different foods. like one may tell you nothing but how to make cakes, while another would have pies.

look at the different doorways.

>>149067
Oh right. My bad. Still go look for her.

>>149068
I don't know what a kitchen is. Sorry.
>>149071
One doorway leads to some room with a lot of boxes. The other leads to a somewhat larger room with lots of different things in it. There's a chess set, and a big ball, and some small things that look like tiny people. There's also a small bow and a weird-looking arrow.
>>149072
I look around some more. There's a room with a toilet and a large white container in it. There's a room with a large bed and a dresser and a mirror. As I approach another room, I think I hear crying.

Go into that room.

>>149079
I enter the room. Inside, there's a person crying on the bed. I don't know who it is. It looks like Rojo, only smaller.

it's little Rojo. she is dreaming about when she was younger. ask very kindly, 'rojo, are you okay?'

Awwh... Cuddle with her a bit, turn her nightmare into a nice wetdream.

>>149085
Nir:"Rojo, are you okay?"
She turns to me. One of her eyes is closed shut, blood is coming out of her nose and mouth, and I think some of her fur is cut off.
Rojo:"Wh- who are y- you?"

Tell her you're someone who won't be mean to her. Then give her a hug.

>>149088
Nir:"I'm someone who won't be mean to you."
I take a step forward and she backs away. She continues to cry.
Rojo:"Y- you'll o- only h- hurt me... S- stay away..."

Make a mana ball in your hand. Tell her you're a black mage, you wouldn't hurt her for wanting to be just like you.

>>149094
no no no!!! bad idea, that may just scare her. besides i don't think magic works in dreams.

ask why she thinks you will hurt her. and ask what you can do to prove you are telling the truth.

>>149096
The reason she's crying is she wanted to be a black mage and her village hated her for it and beat her up. A black mage wouldn't attack her for that, so some proof could help. Nir, TRY to make a mana ball, but if it doesn't work, ask her why she's crying.

>>149094
>>149103
I try to make a mana ball. It works. Rojo looks at it.
Nir:"I'm a black mage. I wouldn't hurt you for wanting to become one."
She's silent and just staring at the mana ball.

Make it go poof.

>>149106
The mana ball disappears. She looks at me and stares at me for a moment.
Rojo:"Why a- are you tr- trying to m- make fun of m- me?"

Tell her you're trying to cheer her up. Do a pratfall, try to get her to laugh at you.

>>149110
A pratfall by the way, is when you fake falling to try to be funny.

>>149110
>>149111
I try to fall down and make her laugh. I don't hear her laugh.
Rojo:"Y- you think i- it's f- funny? Wh- what do y- you think i- it's doing t- to me?"
I guess it didn't work.

Ask her what she means. Tell her you're sorry.

>>149114
Nir:"I'm sorry. What do you mean?"
Rojo:"You're t- taking your turn l- lashing out at m- me. I- I want t- to see you cry- crying with your d- dirty butt in front o- of me, m- meanie!"
She starts to cry again.
Rojo:"I- ill b- burn you... I'll burn i- it all..."

Sit next to her on the bed. Make a mana ball again and let her play with it if she wants, ask her why she thinks you would want to hurt her.

>>149118
I sit next to her and make another mana ball.
Nir:"You can play with this if you want to."
She looks like she reaches out for it, but then she pulls back.
Nir:"Why do you think I want to hurt you?"
Rojo:"Ev- everyone always makes f- fun of me, just b- because I want to b- be a black m- mage. I... I can't t- take it anymore..."
She's crying. I hug her.

tell her you will teach her to be a black mage if she wants to learn.

Tell her you're a kobold, everyone made fun of you when you wanted to be a black mage, you know exactly how she feels.

>>149125
>>149124
Nir:"I'm a kobold. Everyone made fun of me when I wanted to be a black mage. I know how you feel. I can teach you how to be a black mage if you want to."
Rojo:"R- really? You... you're not t- trying to make f- fun of me?"

Tell her she's had enough of that, you just want to see her happy again.

no, i'm not, but be warned it will be hard. took me 7 months to become an official black mage. once we start you can't change your mind.

>>149128
>>149129
Nir:"You've had enough of that. I just want you to be happy again. It'll be hard. It took me 7 months to become a black mage. Once you start, you can't change your mind."
Rojo:"Oh, th- thank you, who- whoever you are. You- you're l- like a true fr- friend to me... I... I won't burn d- down everyth- thing... Thank you..."

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Rojo:"I h- hope we stay fr- friends forever..."