Turn 6: Partial Credit"...another bar of lead, please."
Once I get the bar, put it in the fire to melt it, hopefully. In the meantime, see if I can actually figure out how the fire itself works, so I can use magic in that vein more directly later on.
"What do you mean, you already passed right?" she responds with barely-restrained glee.
Great.
Use Precept of Chaos + Particular of Flesh To allow my paralyzed body to move via partially warping the joints of it.
[2] You fleshify the paralyzed joints which just makes them all bendy. You're now paralyzed and articulated rather than paralyzed and statue-ish.
Still horribly mangled regardless.
Elven Delight -> Articulated Elven DelightUse The Life Precept and the Hallucinogen Particular to grow the hallucinogen to hopefully make the whole crystal hallucinogenic
[1] You render the crystal... uh... ever-shifting? You're not sure whether you're hallucinating while watching it or it's eternally changing around or what, but the crystal is now trippy to watch. It doesn't look very hallucinogenic to lick, though.
+1 xp to Chaos
Now +1 Novice Precept of Chaos!
Flowers now Fractally FlowingThis had gone the exact opposite as it should have for Celine. She was supposed to triumph over her rival and claim his corpse for herself, instead she was heavily burned by said rival and left too weak to claim her revenge for now.
Being left in this vulnerable state left Celine only one option, asking one of her rivals for help. She gritted her teeth as she walked up to Lyrica. "You! Fix my body and I won't horribly kill you! Do a good enough job and it might even be the start of a great and beautiful friendship!"
Nicely ask Lyrica to fix my charred body with her life magic.
[4] You implore Lyrica to fix your charred flesh with a quick burst of emotion. Rubbing her eyes, she mumbles okay.
[5] She regrows your skin as plants and falls back asleep. So... that's a thing.
+2 xp to Air, +1 xp to Persuasion
Badly Charred -> PlantskinLeave, then cast a death spell to drain the wombshell magic back to nothing.
Return back to Lyrica for now, only to find some burned abomination screaming at her. Proceed to Lifespandrain said burned abomination for (attempting) interrupting her sleep.
I somehow managed to literally jump two ranks in a magic I had no experience in, which is neat. Going to have fun with that a bit later.
[3] You siphon out the magic but it breaks down unevenly, falling to shards. Pointy shards. Inside you.
Moving is now awkward for a slightly different reason. You don't have time to also murder the plant-based interloper bothering Lyrica.
+3 xp to Death
Wombshell -> Wombshards"Okay, now some cool armour and I should be good for the Earth sigil.
Go smite evil with the crab thing, such as that giant elf death-mage, to fullfill the order commendation. Use Fire, Joy and Halberd-Elf. Target someone or something else if that elf won't count.
[1] You try to convince the crab to murder the giant elf death-mage, but he seems to like the cut of his jib and asks him to come along for the screams of the unworthy. Naturally, he accepts, and the three of you merrily head off to your destination. You are not sure you're in good company.
[5] Not until you reach your first victim, anyway, which appears to be some kind of Chaos Death Slime. It's very large, shaped like a skull, and composed of constantly swirling, sickly dark green goo. It's also in the process of de-marrowing baby squirrels, which is probably something Order disapproves of? Or maybe it approves because you're keeping the marrow separate from the squirrel bones?
...anyway, you and your crew try to murder the slime.
[1] You hurl yourself straight into its maw, where it begins both digesting and mutating you. So that's nice.
[4] Your crab-friend rams it with its new "armor," inflicting devastating wounds. Well, they'd be devastating on a creature with muscle and such. You have no idea how much being split asunder like that hurts a goo-thing.
[4] The giant elf death-mage slaps chunks of it away, the same absurd fighting style he used to absolutely no effect earlier proving weirdly effective against a gelatinous ever-changing mass.
+1 xp to Pastry Chef
Being digestion-mutated by giant slime"Victory by any means necessary. Now give me that shiny already."
(Life, Instinct, Alchemy) Brew some bullshit to eliminate my slowness by enhancing my instinct to compensate.
You and the giant elf take your well earned shinies definitely signifying magical skill. You proceed to look for some kind of alchemy station, while your mate wanders off to murder things with a giant crab.
[6] You wander into one of the buildings in the Water Arch with a cauldron in the middle and ingredients lining the shelves. A helpful octopus-thing attached to the ceiling even grabs things for you when you need them and locks the door to make sure you're not disturbed.
[6] You brew up something and slam it down. Your body tenses up, vibrating with energy as you constantly freak out to compensate for being slowed down. It's probably not healthy, but it works!
+2 xp to Life, Instinct, Alchemy
Now +1 Novice of Alchemy!
+Instinct Caffeine
Door still locked!"W... Well...!" Wylmir murmurs, gears turning in his head. "This... this can't be the limit. Maybe ice could 'freeze' the ripples?"
Leaving that thought for now, Wylmir suggests Maerith be first to go try with the water professor. Maybe her new abnormality may actually prove interesting to him? Flatter her and psych her up for it, as a wonderful example to her hard-working servant(s)!
Meanwhile, I want to focus on perfecting this female shift thing. Let's try injecting a little Serenity into it this time, to try and control the tidal nature of the transformation and help me focus on attaining girl-state for a prolonged time.
[4] You convince her to go for it. She's got this!
[3] She's sorta got this. She comes back dejected but with a coin, and with a rose bobbing in her bubbly shoulder.
+2 xp to Water, +1 xp to Flattery
Now +2 Apprentice of Water!Elora Wildbeast (ziizo)
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Earth (3/4)
+0 Inexperienced Precept of Chaos (1/2)
+1 Novice Particular of Flesh (1/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Unarmed Combat (0/4)
Articulated Elven Delight: Paralyzed outer shell with a gooey filling. Really satisfying to punch.
Hideous Agony: You're alive, but that might not be a good thing.
Deadened Senses: You feel less pain and less touch in general.
Sigil of Earth: A platinum coin?
Wylmir Wysendra (Xvareon)
Fake (no house)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Water (1/8)
+0 Inexperienced of Chaos (1/2)
+1 Novice Particular of Serenity (3/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Shapeshifting (1/4)
+2 Apprentice Precipitation of Flattery (3/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Deception (0/4)
Tidally Girl: Sort of a girl some of the time. The constant cycling is making you queasy.
Celine Valeheart (Hotfire)
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Air (2/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Hate (1/4)
+0 Inexperienced Particular of Fire (1/2)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Archery (0/4)
+0 Inexperienced Precipitation of Persuasion (1/2)
Plantskin: Your skin is assorted plants pressed flat.
Felidardinia Aslorvinaorvinia (ER)
Fake (no house)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Life (4/8)
+2 Apprentice Particular of Instinct (4/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Arguing (1/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Lovemaking (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Alchemy (0/4)
+0 Inexperienced Precipitation of Toadying (1/2)
Lost Time: -1 to effective skill level of actions
Instinct Caffeine: +1 to effective skill level of actions
Solanum Tuberosum (Dev)
Commoner (no freebies)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Fire (1/8)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Joy (2/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Metal (3/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Toymaking (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Flattery (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Architecture (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Weaponsmithing (1/4)
+0 Inexperienced Precipitation of Pastry Chef (1/2)
Songforge: This impressive silver forge is elegantly designed and can imbue its creations with song.
Silver Halberd: Mundane but serviceable
Cieri Gardenplanter (Naturegirl)
Commoner (no freebies)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Life (3/8)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Plants (0/4)
+0 Inexperienced Particular of Hallucinations (1/2)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Gardening (1/4)
1 Fractally Flowing Mediocre Hideous Neon Green Blended Crystalizing Hallucinogenic Flowers
Aelfi Aelvenguard (TricMagic)
Failure (no friends)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Death (3/8)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Order (0/8)
+2 Novice Particular of Time (4/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Knowledge of Ancients (0/4)
Borrowed Time: +1 to effective skill level of actions
Wombshards: There's pointy shards of barrier in your abdomen, making movement awkward if you don't want it to be painful.
Sigil of Water: Platinum coin adorned with a yellow five-pointed star. Symbol of commendation for the Precept of Water.
Auric Argentum (Glass)
Fake (no house)
+3 Adept Precept of Life (0/16)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (1/4)
+2 Apprentice Particular of Metal (2/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Robotics (0/4)
Slightly Sprouting
1 Bubbling-But-Not-Hot Lead Pool
Lyrica the Impassioned
Failure (no friends)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Life (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Plants (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Sleeping (0/4)
Comfy Flower Bed
Para Wormtongue
Commoner (no freebies)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Death (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Bone (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Democratic Governance (0/4)
Comedic Skeleton Sidekick
Cerennic of Cin
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Order (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Arcane (0/4)
+2 Apprentice Precipitation of Research (0/8)
Theoretical Text
Arkaras the Harbinger
Fake (no house)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Destruction (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Maces (0/4)
Sigil of Water
Maeric Thornmantle
Bastard (no freedom)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Fire (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Fire (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Smug (0/4)
Sparking Ember Wand
Maerith Thornmantle
Bastard (no freedom)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Water (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Ice (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Smug (0/4)
Emotive Skin
Sigil of Water
Ythra Moltentongue
Fake (no house)
+1 Novice Precept of Earth (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Horror (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Treason (0/4)
Daelyn Fangsong
Commoner (no freebies)
+1 Novice Precept of Air (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Song (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Hunting (0/4)
Cart of Silver Bars
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Topic: Elf Academy [Turn 8: A Good Thrashing] (Read 16846 times)