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A New Light Amongst The Stars (CitrusArms and LadyAnnaLee)

Very well. Well, let's see about dreaming up something new, shall we?

A New Light Amongst The Stars (CitrusArms and LadyAnnaLee)

If there's anything I can do next time around, please lemme know.

A New Light Amongst The Stars (CitrusArms and LadyAnnaLee)

Fair enough. Another story; shall we draft up something new? It feels a waste to throw away all the work you put into your setting... Another angle, or something new entirely?

A New Light Amongst The Stars (CitrusArms and LadyAnnaLee)

Fair. Like I said, drastic measures. That was a strange suggestion for me, actually. Hmm.

There are more geodes, Lyra has some on her ship. Another character can come to the fore and we can explore the process a little more. Without knowing exactly what's wrong, though, this might be tricky to puzzle out.

If you like, I can write us forward some amount of time, maybe you'll find an entry for a new character or something?

A New Light Amongst The Stars (CitrusArms and LadyAnnaLee)

I mean, for putting Zarah and Zigma from the spotlight. The gathering power could have attracted the attention of some lone maverick Scourge from under the sea. Comes out of the sea at around the same time they go to Lyra's camp, bang, zoom, taken care of in maybe a grim way. :X

Could say that, in the aftermath of the sealing, the millennium before, a fight brought a cruiser or whatever and some Scourge assets here, and they crashed on the other side of the planet, and that's where it came from.

Like I said, that's... Drastic.

A New Light Amongst The Stars (CitrusArms and LadyAnnaLee)

Hmm. Well, that is unfortunate. Maybe you're just not vibin' with her. We can change direction and focus, if you like? You've an array of other characters already set up to choose from, we can shift Zarah and Zigma more to the rear.

Depending on how drastic you want to be about it, I might have an option.

Avalia

Aiko Yume

Time: Evening
Location: River Port, Aiko's "Flat"
Interactions: @dreamingflowers Nur

She opened up just a little, in return for his own abridged story. He'd happily draped an arm around the beautiful form as she spoke, idly stroking her hair is twirling a lock of it. It was relaxing, just snuggling up like this, talking. It didn't seem like she was giving him the whole story, but that was fair enough. It sounded like her story had many more twists and turns than their own. Honestly, Nur hadn't said too much, but it was a start.

"If that is something you want, I think you can find it. Who's to say we can't find love?" That little story about herself, brief a it had been, was informative. She was quite different from the other demons she'd grown up with. Aiko felt a certain comraderi with her. Though they were both demons, it didn't seem like either of them were very demon-like. Not what people thought of as such, anyway.

Suddenly, Nur pushed herself up and turned to face them, putting her hand on his chest as she propped herself up seductively, the way succubi were prone to do. She suggested they might both have something in mind, then shot to her feet and sprinted for the bed, "nope. I think we might have different-" they were interrupted by a pillow to the face, and a particular request hitting their ear, "... Ideas."

A particular request, indeed. They had to forgive her, they had purposefully avoided the topic. Luckily, they were feeling particularly malleable at the moment. They'd have to clear up the matter soon, however. That aside, she wanted a pillow fight? A smile curled their lips as they reached up to take the pillow in hand, pulling it down to reveal a different face and body.

"I still weigh the same, yknow. I suppose it is distributed differently." She offered a smirk, rising from the couch and taking a moment to adjust her kimono. Their body had softened, traded a little bit of muscle for a greater softness and volume in the right places. "I have to admit, I didn't expect you to request a woman's form."

She gave a the pillow a low toss into the air beside her, giving it a good spin as she sauntered closer before flinging it back at Nur, more to distract the other succubus while she dove in for more pillows.

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They were both eager to see her ship; the technophilia wasn't limited to just Zarah. She took that as a good sign, though she could feel Jessica's growing weariness. Her voice of caution, but Lyra had little to really fear from these people, that she'd seen. There was even a freely formed Aeva among these people. If they had more geodes, would they have formed more? Or was Zarah an interesting exception?

Lyra heard their complaints. Back by nightfall seemed to be the theme. At the very least, they preferred not to travel at night. There were plenty of illumination tools at her disposal, but they had the right idea. Once they got to her ship, maybe she could even provide them with some tools of their own.

"No list of chores today, but I can't imagine it will stay that way," Lyra gave a wave to madam baker, offering a pleasant smile. The mother seemed to be satisfied with Lyra's work.

She was listening in, too, though that was perfectly within her rights in her own home, with some stranger about, "no chores today, that's no way to treat a new guest. Sounds like the lot of you already have plenty on your plates, anyway." Mrs. Traveil eyed them wearily, most of her caution easily directed at Lyra. "If you must be off, then off with you."

"Oh, thank you." She hadn't expected the courtesy, but she'd have to repay it somehow. She turned to her forming party, "I'll get my gear. Mrs. Traveil, I'd take it out myself, but-" she stopped to a dismissive wave from the woman.

"Just go, you're wasting daylight."

"Yes, yes, moving," Lyra offered a short bow before ducking into the guest room she'd been permitted. She had an idea to discuss with her exploration party once they were off. No need to mention moving her ship places where that might raise tensions. Just to the top of the cliff, so they wouldn't have to climb down. Jesse could use the pack to reach out to it, from a certain distance. Line of sight helped greatly, so the top of the cliff would certainly be in range.

On her way out the door, Mrs Traveil stepped in front of her and deposited a basket of bread into her arms, before giving her a final push out the door before she could say any more. This one liked to take her time when they were already late to start traveling.

It isn't like you to hesitate.

No, I suppose not. I have no idea how these folks will react to anything.

Well, if I were the elder, I'd probably get worried you
loaded them up and took them away, if I saw it.

When they were out of earshot from the village, and a little while after, Lyra turned to her companions while they walked, "so, question. I could bring my ship up to land on the cliff, once we get over there, but I think your elder, or anyone else that saw it, would probably freak out. Opinions? And did anyone bring jam? She may have even included some in here..." Lyra began to dig through the picnic basket, just a bit. She could fly back and source one, if needed, though Zarah might have more success there. Maybe Mrs Traveil included one...

Avalia

Aiko Yume

Time: Evening
Location: River Port, Tipsy Tavern
Interactions: @dreamingflowers Nur

"Most of the furniture's not mine, just the couch and the bed." He grabbed a beer from the cube and settled onto the couch, next to her, "so don't get too impressed. As it should be, my bed is where most of my spending has been. I'm, ah, not hitting on you." He stopped himself from laughing more than a chuckle, "you must be so used to that being some kind of come on."

"Me?" She was going to turn this around in him, was she? He popped the cap off of his bottle with a shadow. He'd intended for her to talk to him about her troubles, but, if that's what she needed to relax, they could start there, "well... I suppose the first thing would be I grew up in an orphanage in Domoros, among demi-humans. I escaped, after a while. I didn't even know I was a demon then," he adjusted his position on the couch, leaning back to lounge and offering her to snuggle up and get comfy, "except that I kept getting into other people's dreams. Not until I had a run in with my mother." A thought occurred to him, "my mother, not Mother." There was more affection for Lilith in his voice. "Somehow she convinced me to try living on the mountain. Worst time I've ever had, it didn't take me long to decide to leave again. I've been bouncing around from place to place ever since. Been here for a little bit."

"The trip to the mountain was good for one thing, at least. I'm a Dreaming Succubus, not some demi-human," be chuckled, that he'd ever been confused about that, "would explain why I change sex." He glanced at her empty glass and remembered his own hands were empty, as well. If either of them wanted something to drink, he'd have to fetch it, "I have other tea besides chamomile, of course, I realize that's all I offered. And there's booze in the cube."

A New Light Amongst The Stars (CitrusArms and LadyAnnaLee)

Lyra looked up from the bowl she was holding steady for Jesse to spy Zarah, Zigma, and another villager. She waved as they washed up before turning back to the bowl and pitching it this way or that, to get all the scraps off the edges and into the mix. Zarah was, predictably, excited about seeing something new. The barrage of questions elicited a grin from the Terran, so charmed by Zarah's zest for unknown technology.

The Terran giggled, her tail flicking like a cat's, "I can tell; it's something that's so adorable about you." She gave Zarah a sweet smile and George a nod, before she turned back to their mixing, "it's a good thing Zigma's here to introduce me, ey?" She extended a hand to take George's, turning her head to look at him, "seems everyone knows my name already. Good meeting you, George. I don't mind if you tag along at all."

Once pleasantries were out of the way, she'd turn her mind to Zarah's questions, "let's see, in no particular order... It's powered by me, it's called hardlight, it's not collapsible, but it doesn't need to be. You want to touch it?" A sphere of the hard yet lightweight "material" formed in front of Zarah, "here." It was hard and smooth, like glass, but warm to the touch.

"No idea where they came from, but an Aeva is, simply put, a kind of spirit. I guess you could say they come from crystals, like the one you found, but I don't think that's what you were asking. The crystal you found was a material we call Aevon." She'd finished mixing the dry and wet ingredients together, and grabbed a loaf baking tin, to fill with batter and shove in the oven. She began to pour, "when you wore the crystal, you began to give to it. Eventually, you gave enough and the energies in the crystal mixed and reacted, forming Zigma."

If she wasn't careful, this one would ask questions and render the careful dance around the subject of the Scourge useless. They were a few layers of questions away, yet. It wasn't a pleasant topic, and was liable to scare poor George. And Zarah. And Zigma. And that wasn't condusive. Lyra would probably be better off throwing out a bunch of chaff, "sure, we can go see my ship. It's probably not what you're expecting, we don't build 'em like we used to. You know, Zigma can probably do hardlight, too. Most Aeva can, to some degree. Hardlight and holograms are pretty common. Have you tried it before, Zigma?" Lyra looked up from her pouring for a moment, only briefly.

When Lyra was done pouring, Jesse reformed the hardlight beaters into a vague scoop shape, scraping up the batter from the bowl and pushing most of it into the form. The rest went in Lyra's mouth again. The fox reached up to where Jesse was perched on her shoulder and rubbed her back carefully. After that little bit of affection, she'd take the bread form and pop it in to the oven at last.

"If you want to go see my ship, it's down the mountain face, in the forest. It'll be a bit of a trek, but I was planning on making a trip either today or tomorrow."