The next big quest with everypony in it is coming soon (TM)
>>175784Kira shakes her head. She returns to looking at Neela, blush slowly fading. "No, no, I'm good, really. Gluttony can be very bad for a lamia, it slows us down and makes us sluggish, turns us into easy prey for the other predators of the plains. At least that's what's taught to us really early on in our hunter training. Oough...gonna have a hard enough time moving around as is." She slowly starts to slither towards the door to the enclosure, moving sluggishly and with effort. "Nnnf..."
>>175785I think it’s a nice, creative idea, but I will hate deciding on an actual outcome of that>>175786“Nagini’s can’t be preyed upon. The god and goddess won’t let them.” She says.
She watches Kira try to move past and out of the enclosure
>>175781I would like to finish the encounter before the end of Labor Day weekend, if possible.
She can't have that many hit points left. I just need to stop her from killing the priest before that.
>>175787"Tell that to the...nngh...the tribe." It's a slow process, far slower than her normal slithering speed, made worse as she has to very carefully navigate the bulge in her snake section through a gap that's not very much wider than it. "It's why I'm even here in the first place. The Talons, with their technology, were faster and more powerful than us, and we turned from predator to prey." She has a rest by the fence as she manages to fully exit the enclosure. "Oh sweet Ouroboros we have a long we to slither..." She looks over at Neela. "'The god and goddess'? Who are they?"
>>175784Heeey, wait a minute, what do I hear about a mystery pertaining to a lich?
This sounds like a job for a licensed Necrologist.
[1d20 = 15][1d20 = 6]>>175788You know what, let’s just say the two attacks land.
>>175789Once Kira’s free of the enclosure, she knows it’s only about… 3 miles or so to the row house.
“Oh, well let’s not” she looks down “let’s not focus on that.” Then back to Kira “Talons. You mentioned them before. They are like predators?”
When Kira is stopped, Neela comes closer to Kira. Then even closer. She comes right up to Kira’s mid section and taps onto Kira’s stomach, presumably trying to feel the outline of the gist underneath. Then she does it again.
“Ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Neela has a bout of laughter, looking at and feeling Kira’s snake body, especially her bloated mid section.
>>175790Well what do (You) want?
>>175792Okay
Posey's slam damage
[2d6+8 = (3+8) = 11]Ghoul bite
[1d8+3 = (5+3) = 8][1d6 = 5] + paralysis
I am really glad I put that Necrotic cyst in her, or this encounter would have been a lot harder.
>>175793>>175792Surely, any quests involving a lich would seek the help of a licensed Necrologist, right?
>>175792Neelas continued responses to Kira's way of eating continues to confuse the poor lamia. She's never seen anyone respond this way. Neela can feel something hard, presumably Hopper the goat, through the firm muscles and scales of Kira's snake body. If her touching the lamia there makes Kira feel uncomfortable or painful, she doesn't show it.
"The Talons. They're griffons who moved in and settled a colony near my tribe. Talonsvaal. They haven't been there long, they've only been around for our recent history. They got into a war with a nearby zebra nation, Roam, and to everyone's surprise the Talons won. We really didn't think it would happen, the Roamans greatly outnumbered the Talons, but I guess now we know they had a technological advantage that gave them the edge. At first we were grateful, the Roamans really didn't like lamias and we were worried they were going to attack us after they dealt with the Talons and wipe us out. Then some time after the war the Talons built a gold mine on our lands, and started dumping poisons from it into the river we used for our drinking water. A bunch of angry lamias kicked the griffons out of the mine against the wishes of the chief, and the Talons responded by launching an attack on the entire tribe." Her ears fold backwards. "I'd call it a declaration of war, but we never stood a chance. Guns, and artillery, and airplanes...we had nothing that could match them. Mom sent me off with some valuables to get help from the mythical Equestrians for our tribe, while she rallied what was left of the hunters to protect the remnants of our tribe, and...now I'm here."
>>175792Does the Priest respond to Zuggtmoy rudely interrupting our sacrifice to a completely different rot-related demon?
Gloomy begins drawing something with his Crayola crayons in the corner
>>175798No. The monster will triple in HP before Gloomy is safe enough to color with crayons.
>>175796poke“Equestrians weren’t so mythical after all, were they? Griffins and gold, can’t say that surprises me. We have a similar problem with the ponies here, attacking and dominating. Can’t say I’ve seen very many griffins that weren’t also downtrodden. There’s a few wealthier griffins, sure, but they hardly seem like predators to me.”
The farmer walks up
“Are you - are you done?”
>>175800"There are griffons here?" Kira's eyes go wide, and she looks almost afraid. The farmer coming up snaps her out of it, and she looks over at him. She blushes, and slightly nods.
"Ye...yes, it's done."
>>175799He is frantically drawing a seal to activate his class feature which takes a whole minute to activate.
Anyway, who's turn is it?
Are we still doing this tonight, GM?
Back
[1d2 = 2]>>175801Neela:
"Of course. Didn't you see that catty bitch with Lash at my apartment, Girka? There's quite a number of them here."
The stallion looks down at Kira's midsection
"Is that... Is that the goat? You ate it?"
To be fair to the stallion, the goat is very nearly his size, if a bit shorter. If Kira can swallow the goat, she probably could the farmer too.
>>175803>>175802Falling apart, the creature charges at the priest with a "ryah!" He jumps out of the way and draws a sword. The creature misses all together.
>>175805>He jumps out of the way and draws a sword"Oh good, you brought a sword. I was going to bring mine, but it's so complicated to bring past customs." Posey says, almost casually as plans her next attack.
I take it means that it's Posey's turn now?
>>175807Okay, Posey has 6 lvl 1 spell slots left. She's hit this thing with two lvl 3 spells, and one lvl 2 spell. She has no way of knowing how many HP it has left, but she knows that with her cyst inside it it cannot withstand her attacks for long.
Posey commands the ghast to grapple the monster
The ghast charges as it grapples, flanking with the priest
Touch attack to grapple
[1d20+9 = (14+9) = 23]This provokes an attack of opportunity
>>175808Going to follow that up with an opposed grapple check
[1d20+9 = (3+9) = 12]
>>175809drat...
Okay, Posey then proceeds to attack the flanked monster herself, casting Chill Touch
[1d20+10 = (19+10) = 29]
>>175804Oh. Right. She had honestly forgotten about her. Kira looks away from the farmer, and continues to blush. She speaks in a small, meek voice.
"...mmhmm..."
>>175808AAAYIH!It bites at the ghast with teeth like splinters
[1d20+11 = (5+11) = 16]>>175809blinksAre you opposing yourself?
>>175810Well, Posey has in fact touched the creature
>>175810I'll follow that up with a damage roll
[1d8+1 = (6+1) = 7][2d6 = 6]DC 18 to avoid Str damage from chill touch, it takes a -2 penalty to the save due to Posey's embedded cyst
>>175812Rolling the grapple against the monster
... Unless I'm mistaken. 3.5e grapple rules are a mess.
>>17581313 damage from Posey's attack
>>175811Neela rolls her eyes up
"I wish I could forget her..."
The farmer asks
"Do you uh, need anything else?"
he's still clearly unsettled
>>175814The monster rolls its own opposed grapple with its own modifiers
>>175815Did the ghast have damage from its touch attack, or did he strictly just grab?
>>175817It's just a regular grab. The touch attack was to start the grapple, the 12 was to hold.
Unless the monster rolls lower than a 12, the grapple fails.
>>175817"No, I'm all good, thank you..." She looks back up at the farmer, meek and embarrassed despite all that Neela told her about accepting who she is. "I know this isn't ever a...pleasant transaction for a non-predator to make with a predator, but...thank you. Truly. You really do provide an invaluable service for us." She extends a hoof towards him for a hoofshake. "I know it's weird, calling what just happened a transaction, but...I hope I can call upon you and your farm again in the future. It won't be for a while though, trust me. This should do me for at least a month, maybe longer." Finally, she smiles at him, and despite the fact that she currently has a goat in her belly, she does her best to look as friendly and nice as possible.
I'm going to have to sleep soon.
Does Posey's attack wither the creature away? Does it look close to dying?
>>175822The creature screeches, and its rear limb falls off. It's forearms, already cracked and sundered, slinter down the middle. It cries, and then bleeds more black vile - from the cyst, surely - out its mouth, followed by white mold spores. It stops, and falls to the ground
>>175821The farmer smiles, but its yet another wide, teeth-showing smile that betrays a sense of awkwardness in a social situation.
Neela taps her. Not on her belly, but on the side of her pony chest. She leans over and speaks into her ear.
"Ask him for a ride."
>>175823Posey discharges 6 of her remaining 7 chill touches on the monster for good measure.
And one on herself, for giggles.
"Well, the ceremony didn't quite go as planned, but she IS dead now, so..."
Posey looks expectantly towards the peacock idol
>>175824"A ride...oh!" Kira nods to both of them. "Yes, do you have a motor vehicle? If so, can we have a ride back home, please?"
>>175825>>175825>>175827The fungus finally dissipates, and dies
It helps that the lighting is so low. Several streams of orange light flow upwards towards the peacock's head in waves, until the feathers glow in the colors of the rainbow. Then a white light glows around the statue, like St. Elmos fire, and the statue is ready to give out the Angel's blessings
>>175826"Oh, uh. you don't already have a vehicle, yeah, I can, I can uh transport you back. Where do you live?"
He presumably starts walking towards his vehicle
>>175828Kira follows slowly, giving the kind farmer their address just a short couple miles away.
"We're just go there ourselves, but...nngh...I'm a bit slow right now..."
>>175829"Oh... It's harder for you to move after eating... I see... Just like a snake with a rodent. Sure." He walks up to a partly rusted red pick up truck, and lowers the bed.
"Just climb in the back. I...
think it will hold ya."
He tries to ask questions like "How many of you are there?" and "Here in Equestria" as well as "How long have you been here?" and "Do you normally eat goats? Back home, I mean."
>>175830Hmm, not the best kept vehicle she's seen so far. Hopefully it holds her weight, as she gets up into the back.
If it does, and it seems to be a big if, she answers his questions.
1.) "Oh, quite a few, I came from a whole
city of lamias back home in Zebrica. I haven't heard of any here in Equestria, though I did hear about those winged serpents from a local pony. Those sound neat!"
2.) "Not long, I just got off the boat today, actually. It's part of why I was so hungry, all they had were bananas on board."
3.) "Oh yeah, that and sheep and all different kinds of livestock the farmers raised. We also hunted, but there's too many lamias to have that be the main source of food. Some of the poorer lamias had to resort to eating bread or potatoes to fill out their diets."
>>175828>Several streams of orange light flow upwards towards the peacock's head in waves, until the feathers glow in the colors of the rainbow. Then a white light glows around the statue, like St. Elmos fire, and the statue is ready to give out the Angel's blessings"Proof of our devotion...!" Posey says, mystified by the display, being herself just an arcanist used to making transactional sacrifices to nameless horrors
Her spirit refreshed, Posey repeats her prayer from above, requesting an audience with the great Avenging Angel to return Agire to us.
She turns to the priest
"Despite the intrusion of outsiders looking to subvert our offering, it appears our prayer has been heard. Fetch Agire's body, because it's time for the moment of truth."
Gloomy stops his Crayola drawing, with a disappointed child-like pout, the drawing looking something like pic related. He gives a disgruntled groan, and for a second it looks like cinders and ashes spouted from his nostrils
Posey conjures a Floating Disk and an Unseen Servant to assist the priest.
>>175831It may need to be a bit larger than a pickup truck of the era, but all the same, the truck can handle loads of feed, fertilizer, and some livestock. It can handle Kira - albeit only just barely, very noticeably sagging down on its suspension with Kira's weight, and requiring her to curl up. While she adds considerable weight to the vehicle, it does at least run. The pony notices, and is careful as he puts it into gear. He says
"But are you alone here?" And "Potatoes and Bananas? Then why did you need a billy goat?"
>>175835If she ever decides to invest in a motor vehicle of her own, Kira is definitely going to want something heavy duty.
"Yeah, I'm alone here. We're not really meant to be omnivores. Potatoes and bananas are really just there to keep us from starvation, but we need proper food we're meant for to actually live off of. It'd be like, well...I guess the opposite situation for ponies. Imagine if you literally had nothing to eat, and all you had was a goat."
>>175836"Uh..." It seems as if there's some kind of mental block preventing him from understanding Kira's point.
"Well, I know those ponies with tigers, or manticore as captive animals need goats and lams and pigs and such, and I know the gnolls and cats don't exactly need it, but they prefer it, so, I guess..." He replies
>>175837"There are gnolls and cats here too? Are lamias the only creatures that haven't been already let into Equestria?"
>>175838"Heh heh, I don't know. What else is there in Zebrica or some far place we don't know about? Seems like just about everything has come here though, mostly in the four years or so when Twilight was in charge."
>>175839"Hmmph. I wish she would have thought to make contact with us. It would make getting asylum so much easier..."
Does the Priest help Posey fetch Agire's body?
>>175842>>175833The Priest and his assistant walk down into the basement, and into the informal catacombs set up underneath the former church. They are down for more than a minute. The walk up slowly, chanting prayers in a mournful tone as they do so. The body is in a stretcher carried between the two. There is a white cloth placed over the body, hiding it from view. The distinct smell of decay, and a dark-red and brown stain on the white linen fabric tell that the time since the body was interred has not been kind. They lay the stretcher before the brass statue of the Peacock Angel, still muttering prayers aloud in a foreign language.
>>175840"No, it doesn't seem everypony, err, everycreature came. To be honest, I didn't know you were even there. I think a lot of ponies didn't."
>>175845Posey allows the priest to approach and is careful not to interrupt them; she may be an apostate by nature, but she knows better than to disrespect a priest within a temple during a visibly supernatural event.
As they finish, Posey subtly murmurs a repeat of her appeal to call on a Lilitu ally, but with some degree of defeated reservation and fear, as the light shows around the idol seem to indicate that the Angel is intending to show its blessing in its own way... It appears the reigns are no longer hers.
>>175846If Possy wishes to call upon
the other gods, she may do so, perhaps with, or without permission
>>175847Eh, I'll pass. Posey is interested in seeing whatever miracles the Kaftar's angel can conjure.
>>175848I'm confused. What's the issue? Is it that the Priest is seeking, and has
some kind of response from his own set of gods, which is different to the gods Posey is appealing to? What did you think was going to happen? Posey implied that she would appeal to the priest's god, and then went and did something completely different without clearly communicating that that was what she was going to do. Posey said get the body, and appeal to the Kaftar god, and then they go and do that.
>>175845"I guess we don't really get out much. I'm kinda surprised there are gnolls here, actually, they're far more insular than we are."
>>175850There is no issue, GM. I was just roleplaying Posey's apprehension towards a deity that she wasn't even certain existed 5 minutes ago, one that might turn her to ash.
I am actually interested in seeing what happens next. The family guy meme is just saying "the peacock is trying to do something; let's wait and see".
Posey steps back further from the idol to make room for the Kaftars.
She takes out a slip of parchment and begins taking notes on the supernatural phenomenon.
Gloomy starts scribbling as well, seemingly imitating her.
>>175850I didn't have any issues with this at all. I think you misunderstood me. Posey intended to make a sacrifice to a dark power to raise Agire from the dead, but whether or not the Angel of the Kaftar's actually accepted her offer was unbeknownst to her. The fact that this appears to have occurred means that her plan worked out better than she could have expected, and now she's intrigued as to whatever miracle will happen from the Angel's touch.
>>175856
"Well, gnolls really like to be among their own kind, they prefer it actually. They don't take well to outsiders usually. Or at least that's what I've heard. Most of us lamias don't mind outsiders, it's just none of the ones near our tribe are as friendly as ponies."
>>175856
Well, Posey can't precisely control whatever effect the Angel creates from her sacrifice. Her appeal was to call an audience with the Angel and to release Agire from the grave.
So, now that it appears that the appeal has been heard, does Agire's body respond? Does the Angel release Agire from the grave, alive or undead?
>What does Posey think a successful spell is going to cause to happen?
Mechanically, a DC 35 check is enough to call a Greater Planar Ally, with which Posey was aiming a Lilitu (a demon that impersonates Angels) to bring Agire back to life with a sp, but it's not guaranteed because every deity gives rewards differently according to their portfolio. Posey was aiming for that clear-cut, concise reward, as would be in-character for her transactional occultist background as a sacrificial celebrant, but she would have been willing to accept any reward that furthers her goal, so right now she can only stand back and unironically pray for a miracle.
>>175857Kira may poke her head, or even much of her body, through the window into the cab. Kind of like the truck from the furniture store.
"Oh, well yeah. They came in as refugees, kind of, after the fall of the Storm king. There was a ocean liner company that would bring 'em. They would come in big families. A lot of the employers here like them because they are nocturnal and would work night shifts in industry.
You lamias, you uh... How do I say this. I think you're kind of big for uh, for the number of widgets you could make in a factory. Not as economical, I mean, as a gnoll. Or especially a bat pony, though I think the local government started to be afraid of those. You look like you need a lot of housing space, and food..."
>>175855>>175858Well it's not intended to be
necessarily the entity the Kaftars built the idol to, but another entity that has hijacked the idol
I'm not sure what an "sp" is, but my understanding is that it's not true resurrection that's sought, but rather some kind of undeath. This makes more intuitive sense to me, and is more consistent with the religion of the kaftars.
>>175860>but another entity that has hijacked the idolWell, that's a discovery.
>spSpell. A Lilitu has Clerical spells through it's "mock divinity" ability, one of which is typically Raise Dead, for situations like this.
https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/block/Lilituhttps://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Lilitu>not true resurrection that's sought, but rather some kind of undeathThat was my plan for the DC 40 for Limited Wish, which as stated above wasn't actually very realistic because it required a nat 20, or the use of cheesy spells to boost the roll.
Of course, Posey would be very pleased if this happened, but it's not her powers at play here (she can't even cast animate dead for another 4 levels, let alone create intelligent undead).
>This makes more intuitive sense to me, and is more consistent with the religion of the kaftars.Well, in any sense, Posey isn't actually in control here, so it is up to whatever "entity" is responding for what effect it will create, so I guess it's really up to you to tell me what manifests.
Sorry for creating all this confusion and headache, referencing obscure rules and monsters from splatbooks and making my plans unclear and half-baked. I just thought an occult ritual to gain allegiance with the Kaftar's would be a cool mini quest while Kira was busy with her quest.
>>175859What fun! It's almost as if these windows were made specifically for this purpose for Kira.
"We've managed to support a good population of lamias without issue. We also don't need a lot of above ground space, we build a lot of our homes underground with only a small portion not being below the surface. And I bet we would be
amazing at making widgets. We can control our tails very deftly, and our tribe is even well famed for its goldsmithing. Like my bracelets!"
>>175862"Well they aren't importing as many laborers anymore" He looks over towards Kira's forehooves, to inspect her bracelets. "You have gold bracelets?" He tries to squint in the dim light. With no source of light within the truck, he is unsuccessful. He looks back to the road and stops the vehicle suddenly, slamming on brakes that lock. Kira's forebody is kept well enough within the outline of the window that she doesn't move much, except a little forward. Some of her coiled body moves forward, and against the back of the bed. The biggest movement is a "Hmph
squeak!" as Neela slides foward and into the back of the cab, and then another hundred pounds of snake follows that.
>>175863Kira lets out a little surprised hiss as her snake half moves suddenly towards the front of the truck. It certainly isn't helped that in addition to her normal body weight she's still carrying around an entire adult goat inside her.
"What happened?"
>>175864"Ah!" The driver is startled and unsettled by the hissing, and quickly looks back. In the slight delay, the vehicle is stopped on the road. He has to turn the engine back on to move it again.
"Oh, just - nothing" He places it back into gear and starts again. The vehicle did not hit anything, but it does appear he would have sped into an intersection
"Do you live in one of these row houses?" He asks, as they come upon the lines of rowhouses, having crossed the bridge and into the city
>>175866The panic having passed, Kira returns to her usual self.
"Yup! We just moved into one, we even got furniture for it and everything. Right Neela?"
>>175867Kira can feel thin legs and split hooves push against her tail, and then hear tapping sounds as Neela tries to stand back up
"Yeah, sure" Neela says
The farmer asks "So... do you two live together, or..."
>>175873If she can do anything, Kira tries to help her deer friend back up.
"Also yup!" Kira smiles. "I think it'll be fun having a roommate!"
>>175874The side of her tail by Neela is not in any position to do anything but push her against the cab, knock her down, or try to trip Neela. But if Kira were to bend her tail around, she could move the tip of her tail to under Neela's chest and belly. Should Kira chose to do this, Neela seems a little startled, though not enough to jump out of the truck bed.
The farmer chuckles
"Heh heh" He smiles back to her
"Well, I think we're about there. Seems like I might be seeing you in the future."
>>175875Neela has to remember, as Kira bends her tail around to help her up, that Kira is still full of goat and is very unlikely to even consider trying to eat more. The risk of suddenly turning into the lamia's meal is far smaller than it was even before she visited the farmer.
"Hehe, I suppose so. It won't be too soon, I promise you, but I'm very, very grateful that you'll continue to do business with me!"
>>175876If Neela is afraid of Kira, she is more afraid of jumping out of a moving vehicle.
“Oh yeah, my livestock go to all kinds of new creatures and beasts. I’ve never seen any one so exotic as… you, yet though. Not coming onto my farm. Mostly some pony or griffin or even a diamond dog will buy and animal for others.”
He pulls up to the house, slowing down to check the numbers on buildings.
“Is this it?”
>>175877When Kira sees her home's numbers, she calls out, "There!" and points it out.
"Well, this 'exotic animal' is a very satisfied customer, hehe!"
>>175861>>175860*nickers into the void*
GM, have we come to an understanding here?
If you're still working on the description, there's no hurry. Finish your thing with Kira.
>>175878He pulls up to the curb by the rowhouse, in that narrow little band that allows for a single vehicle to stop. He places the vehicle in park. Then he turns back and looks to Kira with a smile that at first is genuine, but then becomes that stressed, awkward, tooth showing smile Kira may by now believe us the normal expression of ponies.
“Not like - I didn’t mean it like that.”
Kira may get out now. Kira may hear a hopping sound, and a tap, as Neela jumps out of the bed of the truck, and lands on the ground.
>>175880"Oh I know, no need to worry about it!" She close her eyes and smiles at him equally as genuinely as he did at his. Before she hops out (not literally) of the vehicle, she turns back around to again ask the pony a question. "I just remembered, I never got your name! I'm so sorry, that was very rude of me."
>>175879Are you looking for some specific undead? I think you said you were
>>175881Kira slithers out of the bed of the truck, likely needing to be careful that Hopper doesn't simply fall off the bed, taking Kira with him. To Kira's left is a street light that illuminates her as she slithers past. The stallion gets out of the truck and walks towards the side, with the engine block still between him and her. He squints his eyes, and looks over at Kira, looking not just at her eyes but further down.
"My name is Bright Dye." He answers, rather warmly and with a smile.
Neela walks past, and Kira feels a split-hoof tap against her, a little below the middle of her snake section.
>>175882Kira smiles, and would offer him a hoofshake if he were on the same side of the truck as her. As it is, there is an engine blocking her.
"It was amazing to meet you, Bright Dye!"
She slithers around the truck to get on the sidewalk. She waves at the pony.
"I'd invite you in for tea, but I think we didn't pick any up at the store earlier. Maybe you'd want to come and visit sometime when we do have tea?"
>>175882>Are you looking for some specific undead?I did mention the Shoosuva (CR 8, 18 HD Large Undead hyena-demon; name means "The Returner", and it animated or comes up from the abyss to aid or advise gnoll tribes in need) and the Gravetouched Ghoul (LA +2 playable template that confers ghoul abilities to a character; "touched by the king of ghouls"), with links listed above: creatures that I dug up for their relationship with the d&d gnoll deity. I figured those would have required a higher DC roll (Posey rolled a 34, unless the increased HD of the sacrifice boosted her roll), but who knows?
Or to just raise him back to life normally (as Posey would have done if she successfully called a Lilitu), whatever is most appropriate for the entity in question. Beggars can't be choosers.
>>175883He moves around, presumably to come closer, but that's about it. He waves back
"Yeah, maybe..." he answers
>>175886He comes closer? Hmm...perhaps now is the chance. Kira tries closing the distance between them, hoof outstretched.
>>175887Leaning over, a hoof step, leaning over a little more... He extends a hoof
the hooves make contactAnd he shakes her hoof.
>>175888Perhaps Kira is just a bit overly friendly with the enthusiasm she shows for the hoofshake, but it is still a friendly hoofshake with no sense that she's trying to use it to lure Bright Dye into striking distance or anything silly like that.
>>175889He smiles, shakes her hoof, and looks her in her eyes
"Pleasure doing business with you. I look forward to seeing you again, Miss... Cubala."
Yeah, it didn't really come out as intended
>>175890Kira giggles at the mispronunciation of her name. "Kubana, actually. You can just call me Kira. And same here!"
>>175892"Oh, well, nice to meet you, Kira."
Kira can feel something touch the edge the edge of a part of her body, and then Neela moves up to her side, having stepped over her. She extends a thin leg and split hoof to Bright Dye
"Neela Pheeta"
He extends a hoof to shake hers, though perhaps not with the same intensity
>>175893Neela has really grown comfortable with being in close proximity to Kira, and Kira has absolutely taken notice of this. Whereas before she was much like some of the ponies who had wanted to keep what they thought was a safe distance away from her, now Neela seems to have no issue with touching, being near, or even stepping over Kira. Kira, for her part, actually enjoys this.
"She's a great friend!"
>>175894Neela's head is pointed away from Kira, but Kira can see her cheeks pull up, lips pull back, and ears go back in a blushy smile.
"That's sweet. How did you two meet?"
Neela does not rush to answer his question. Bright dye looks down at Kira's form, the diamonds on her back, and the massive bulge bigger than Neela that contains his goat, which tried to eat out of his hoof not 30 minutes ago.
>>175895The bulge is perhaps a bit...distracting, but other than that Kira's actually got a nice-looking snake portion, you know, compared to snakes. And Kira has been nothing but friendly to him and Neela. As long as he doesn't think too long on what's inside that bulge in her stomach, perhaps he could appreciate the novelty of her exotic form.
"We met in customs, when I arrived in the city! She's been showing me around, helping me out, and being just a good overall friend and keeping me company."