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"Huh?" She blinked as she stopped cutting the mushroom, staring at Scarlet for a few moments, beginning to examine her all over again. After a few moments, she just gave Scarlet a gentle, warm smile and shrugged once. "No, why would I? Magic can do all sorts of things... and I kind of like the idea of you being older - which I hope isn't rude of me." Her smiled turned into embarrassment for a few moments. "No, it's not disgusting. It's just a different type of magic... though I don't know my feelings on demon pacts... you're really nice to me and you seem like a good person. How you look isn't that important, even if you are beautiful." Annora replied in a causal manner, acting as if it wasn't such a big deal or more accurately, she actually seemed a bit more impressed now.

She stood up and tucked the pieces of mushrooms in their own private pouch as to make sure they didn't mix with anything and just smiled at the witch again. "People would be silly for thinking you creepy just because you look younger. I actually feel kind of privileged to be in the company of someone older - oh!! I was right then! You are the wiser one, ha!" Annora jumped up and down a little, in a very girly manner and grinned, completely pleased that she had unknowingly guessed something so correctly.

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Annora was fairly quiet, letting the witch talk and just smiling as she followed and started to cut pieces of the mushroom. It was surprisingly rough and hard, nothing like she imagined normal mushrooms being, but that made sense after all - if a mushroom burned enough to sustain a fire, it only made sense it was a bit tough than the others. As she continued to cut the mushroom, she would look up at Scarlet every so often and smile. She wasn't so sure if she really liked her or not, but she was slowly starting to admit small bits of interest. It was easy not to let it go out of control though, since it was unlikely Scarlet was into women herself as it was.

Still, after a moment she just said, "you're pretty amazing, you know." She kept this friendly, genuinely impressed tone to her words. "You know so much about everything.. I feel like I'm a student learning from a wise teacher, hehe.. I'm glad you decided to travel with me. I'd probably be lost, haha!" She grinned at Scarlet and just cutting at the plant until she was told otherwise. She had to admit, the idea of camping and resting would be nice... just sitting around a fire, spending time with a new friend.

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The red magi tilted her head at Scarlet saying what she did. Was she being serious? Annora had never had someone try and find her a partner before - that was entirely new. She kind of felt fuzzy though, knowing that maybe the witch would. It seemed like Annora had all the trouble in the world trying to find someone who saw her just for her. If she really did manage to pull it off, it was be easy to truly call Scarlet a friend. She did take a moment though, to realize they seemed to be getting along fairly well! And the fact that she was so good and knowledgeable about everything... it was strange for Annora to think that anyone would really hate her. So what if she was a witch? Maybe the magics she practiced weren't the most accepted, but she seemed like a really good person.

Annora was shaken though as she was told to drink, which she did with absolute haste, not even questioning the witch's intentions or motivations. Maybe someone else would have looked at her with suspicion, but Annora just felt she had no reason to not trust her. It was probably naive of her, but so be it - she enjoyed the feeling of trusting someone and feeling like she had a friend. Both of those feelings were in extremely short supply in her life. Her eyes found the glow though as she approached the mushroom field. "Never realized how dangerous the tunnels could be... I guess we're even now?" Even though it wasn't exactly a joke, she couldn't help but giggle slightly. For some reason she find amusement in that - maybe because no one else would've trusted either of them in the end and yet they trusted one another.

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Annora smiled as she was hugged, gladly returning it and sighing slightly in relief - it had been such a long time since she had a hug and it was even better with a beautiful woman. She smiled and took the potions, examining them for just a moment before tucking them away as well, her smile turning into a playful smirk. "Well, if you can find me a woman who'd want to romance me, haha..." She grinned at Scarlet, obviously unaware or uncertain that the witch herself would be interested in women. "But really, you don't need to repay me... I'm just glad you're safe," she continued in a more genuine tone.

"Yeah, I saw the illusion though... that was... definitely unique." She pondered on it for a bit and just shook the thought from her mind. She didn't figure there was much else to say about it - it was dead. It didn't help since she wasn't fully aware of how truly grateful Scarlet had been, to Annora it was only natural to want to save someone in danger. So instead of focusing on it, she just walked up to the wall and started to make a human-sized tunnel around the spider's web, which didn't take long or look terrible hard for the red mage despite any comment she made. This type of thing wasn't exactly minor or anything, but it certainly wasn't the limit of her magic either.

Afterwards, she looked back at the fellow mage and smiled, patiently waiting for Scarlet to come out and lead the way again. "I'll save the potion for when I really need it... I can do a bit more... might as well make full use of it, right?" She actually felt.. happy.. for now anyways. She was content on ignoring the small demons in her head telling her that it wouldn't last.

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Annora seemed just as surprised as Scarlet was and just stood there for several moments before she snapped out of it and watched the witch stand back up. At first she just kept quiet and looked at the new wall in front of them and then back to Scarlet and pursed her lips for a few moments. "Uh... yeah, heh.. well, um, you're welcome..." She smiled shyly and just shrugged after. "If I hadn't seen the shine on it's own web... but it looked metal and figured.. well, yeah.. anyways." She was actually damn proud of herself for thinking so quickly and so cleverly. Still, the witch was right - well, partially so anyways.

"I can't do it very often mind you, but... if you're intent on this path... I could probably make a small tunnel around the spider..." She could've done it probably more often than she'd care to admit, but Annora was rather cautious about saving her energy - even more so now that giant spiders could come and try to eat their brains... or whatever.

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@rivaan Hope I did well for the first fight, haha... not trying to be a glory hog, btw... just Annora's natural reaction. =3

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The red mage smirked and nodded. "Yeah, I know, hehe..." The coo she heard come from Scarlet's lips made her blush a little again and she smiled as the witch called her a friend. Though Annora couldn't truly call her a friend in return, not yet, it still felt nice to hear those words. After just a little while though she leaned back a little in surprise as Scarlet mentioned the tunnel having been longer. She could only tilt her head as the witch approached, before her eyes widening to the illusion failing and a giant spider coming down. Just the sight of the giant spider made her tense in fear and her first reaction was just to run away... but Scarlet was right in front of her! She couldn't just leave someone in danger, after all.

Her mind raced for a few moments, her eyes glancing at everything before she reached forward and tugged Scarlet away from the spider. 'Damnit!' she cursed at herself and tensed her fists. She had a suspicion that this spider might be one of those magical charged ones, but what else could she do? She had no blade or weapon... a sudden plan formulated in her head as the spider started to scuttle forward slowly, as if stalking it's prey. Gathering energy in her hand, Annora shot it at the ground, commanding a wall of earth to completely seal off the tunnel - but she wasn't done. Instead of leaving it as is, both her fear of spiders and wanting to keep them safe, she made the entire wall move towards the metal-like web. She could only hope that maybe the earth would crush into the web and squish the spider in between them - if anything, it'd injure it and the tunnel would still be sealed.

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You were clear. That's why I'm still here, despite it being slow lately - which is okay with me. At least I don't feel lost with my character. I know where she is, what she's doing, and it's obvious it's heading somewhere. Even if she's not a special elemental persons, hehe.

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"For hours?" Annora replied in slight surprise. "I don't even know if I'd want to..." she commented with a giggle. It wasn't far from the truth, but it also wasn't because she didn't enjoy having sex, she had just been a girl who had always been more interested in romance. She was probably strange, but had accepted it a long time ago, enjoying the thought of cuddling almost more than being pleasured. Annora had to admit though, she had been thinking of something in particular lately, ever since seeing a slave and her master in one of the towns a few weeks ago - despite being a slave, the owner was so nice and gentle to her. It made Annora smile... and at times she would even imagine herself in a collar... it was somehow both sexually and romantically pleasing to her at once, though she'd never want to be an actual slave. Maybe just for pretend. She wasn't sure.

She had been thinking all that as Scarlet went on about the surface world. It wasn't that Annora wasn't listening, but she figured it was possibly a moot point. No one had been to the surface in ages, so why did it matter if it had somehow found life in the cold wasteland or if there was nothing? She shrugged at the quick thought. However it was nice to hear someone being grateful for her company. Even more surprising that Scarlet claimed she would've been treated as a duchess, which was an interesting thought. She had never enjoyed politics, but to finally be treated with respect would have been a nice change of pace... after all, it was not her fault she inherited this magic.

It was interesting that the witch knew so much though! In a way, Annora felt really impressed by all this knowledge. Maybe one day she would share how she knew it all. Annora loved to read books, but had only managed to read fictional stories, nothing like what Scarlet knew. However the admiration was suddenly interrupted as she found herself staring right into the witch's eyes, a growing heat flushing across her cheeks as she stood perfectly still, unsure why the woman was getting so close... in truth... Scarlet's eyes were stunningly beautiful and seemed to capture Annora's absolute attention. Then just as quick, the witch was walking away with a knowing smirk on her lips, making Annora shiver slightly. Shaking herself from the hold, she quickly paced after her new companion, biting her lower lip for a moment.

"Thank you for the compliments on my magic..." she finally managed to say after a few moments. "No one has ever said that about it..." She was grateful, though she sometimes wondered if anyone saw her and not her magic. "Would be nice to be treated nice for once... but I guess... you are treating me nice. Like I'm a real person." She then smiled happily at the thought, watching Scarlet's red hair sway gently with each step.

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The red magi smirked curiously at Scarlet as she went on and on, finding it somehow comforting that the witch was such a chatter box. Maybe it was because it gave Annora time to be quiet and just focus on something else outside her new problem of being exiled, or she just liked hearing her voice for some reason.. it did have a smooth sing-song quality to it, now that she thought of it. She just smiled, letting Scarlet talk until she was finally distracted by a mushroom and watched her scrape it off the cave walls. "Aphrodisiac?" she replied in a gentle voice and bit her lower lip for a moment. What a strange thing to find so suddenly, but it was hard not to think of romantic thoughts, of being with another woman - with being someone who loved her.

She shook the thought from her head and looked away, deciding it best to ponder on the other question given to her. "I don't see why there wouldn't be a surface... though it might not be anything like it once was... but it's not like the whole surface could've been turned into a cave. Maybe it's a wasteland now, even more so than it is down here... filled with nothing but cold and death... or maybe it's had time to regenerate... who knows." She finally looked back to the witch and offered a soft smile. Annora did enjoy daydreaming a lot, after all.

Suddenly, her thoughts turned backwards though and she stared at Scarlet for a brief moment, just long enough to make the witch question why. "Maybe one day you'll find the secret... it sounds hard, that type of magic... I suppose it's a good thing you have a companion for now though, hm?" Again, she gave Scarlet a soft, pretty smile. "My magic might drain my stamina a little... and it might not be as powerful, but I can use some black magic.. without danger.. well, they call it black magic anyways. It's not like curses or anything~!" She laughed, somewhat out of being nervous and somewhat out of embarrassment, before just falling quiet.