Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-37629772-20190428115013/@comment-26380985-20190515201033

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Alister: Too bad, you reminded me of something I did not want to move. If you had just been quiet I would not have to get to that point.

Valli looked curious.

Alister: I offer you this sacrifice, oh goddess of darkness.

Alister's cane fell and touched the ground the ritual was fulfilled, several of their spirits began to scream in pain, out of nowhere.

Valli: No ... what did you do?

The spirits were consumed and formed a black mass that joined and formed a hideous creature, almost amorphous. Valli tried to fight the creature, but she was very fast and resilient and he had most of his spirits consumed.

Valli screamed in pain as his arms and legs were devoured.

Valli: How ... HOW?

Alister: This is one of the goddess's cubs in the dark, she got really friendly with humans after she became a monster girl or something.

Valli: The goddess of darkness ... impossible.

Alister: I just wonder how you should feel.

Alister recovered his magic from the monster's copy.

Alister: So that's how we're going to do it. You accept my terms or your body will be consumed piece by piece.

Valli was in a desperate situation, his attacks were useless against that thing. The human in front of him, barely looked like a man, after all he did not get to feel an ounce of remorse or regret coming from him, he was enraged, but I could see that it was for another reason.

Valli: What are your terms?

Alister smiled, a smile that might be comparable to one of a demon.

...

Candala was gathering every bit of ashes she could find of that poor child, fortunately when Alister burned it, she left a little clay in place which preserved most of it in a pile.

Candala: I hope there's still time.

With that thought in mind, Candala flew on her way to the city. On the way she is surprised by Alister who was moving fast through the earth with the help of a Dorome.

Alister: Have you picked up the ashes?

Candala: Yes, if we take ...

Alister: Great, we can still get out of this situation.

Candala: What are you thinking about?

Alister: In giving that mother, exactly what she wants.

Candala: Can you bring the dead to life?

Alister said nothing, just smiled, Candala hoped it was an arrogant smile as usual, but there was something else there.

Alister and Candala arrived in the village just in time.

Yaga: What have you been up to this time?

Alister: You can screw me all you want later, old witch, for now I think we have more to worry about.

Yaga nodded, reluctantly, but nodded.

Candala explained the situation to Yaga, who looked ugly at Alister, the two exchanged glances for an instant that seemed like an eternity. Yaga looked very upset.

Yaga: Are you sure it will work?

Alister: It depends on how much this thing likes the puppy.

Yaga snorts.

Yaga: Do what you have to do.

Alister: Faerie, you're going to help me.

As the monster approached the town, close enough for him to see the three adventurers, Alister invoked a golden wand with a blue jewel. When Candala asked he mentioned a mimic. As he wielded the wand the ash heap shone and formed the Mothman's rebuilt body.

Alister: Hey, big one, we got your pup here.

Candala translated the message.

Candala: She said she wants the child back.

Alister: Great, so we understand each other.

Alister pressed his cane against the child's head.

Alister: Tell her that if she does not want to lose this little one again, she'd better be ready to accept some terms.

Candala did the translation, reluctantly, it took some conviction from Titania, but that mother seemed to have accepted.

Candala: She wants to know the terms.

Candala was furious with Alister, but the village came first.

Alister: She's going to sign a magic contract, accept it, and I'll give her the child, without any scratches, let's set three points on that contract.

1. She will not attack any human being or monster girl under any hypothesis, never again, nor even try to harm in any way.

2. She will not attack properties or communities this includes towns and cities.

3. She will do no harm to this child.

Candala passed the terms to the Mothman who accepted and with the contract signed, word given is word fulfilled.

The monster left the city carrying her unconscious child in her arms.

Candala: I'm glad everything turned out fine, but I did not understand one thing.

Yaga: What?

Candala: Why make a contract?

Alister: Because even if we returned her cub, that did not guarantee that she would not destroy the village as revenge, and even if that was not the case, there was no guarantee that it would not be a problem later on.

Candala: I see. Well, at least the mother was reunited with her child.

Candala thought so, but there was a worried look on Yaga's face and a smile on Alister's face. It made her uneasy, as if she'd missed something. The contract! Why would Alister put it as a term that Mothman would not attack the child? What would he gain from it?

Yaga: Come with me. I want hear you relatory

Minutes later, Yaga and Candala were in the office, Candala wanted very much to speak everything she thought about Alister and immediately propose his resignation from the guild, yet she maintained her professionalism and waited for the right time to speak.

Yaga: Let me tell you a story.

Candala nodded a little confused, it was a very strange time to tell stories.

Yaga: A long time ago, when I was still working as an adventurer, a friend of mine retired prematurely, she had married a merchant, as you can imagine I wished her happiness and all the formalities these occasions ask for. I wanted to have paid more attention back then, maybe I could have avoided it, but I was still young and wanted to know the world, to have adventures.

Candala: What happened?

Yaga: My friend's husband accumulated debt, long before they were married, even all the money she saved quickly sold out just to pay off the debt, but that was not enough and they both lived through many difficulties years later her husband disappeared and left the debts for her to pay and what was worse, she was the mother of a three-year-old girl and a boy who will not even be born yet.

Candala swallowed hard.

Yaga: It was not long before she had to run after money just to support herself and the kids. She worked hard, but she eventually gave in to exhaustion and ended up dying leaving the kids alone. Fortunately her girl was smart and knew how to take advantage of the most unfortunate situations.When an opportunity appeared she grabbed her, but she could not take her little brother with her, so she left him in an orphanage. He was only 8 years old. Years passed and this boy was adopted, but practically as a slave, and bad food made him grow weak and rakitic. Meanwhile his sister rose from life and became the lover of a bourgeois, a day the two were reunited, it seemed fate.

Candala: What happened?

Yaga breathed heavily.

Yaga: She spat at him.

Candala Bufed.

Yaga: She spat at him and then knocked him to the ground, said that he was worthless and that he would only bring her down. The poor man went into shock and so his master hurt him so much that he permanently injured one of his legs.

Candala tried to say something, but her throat seemed to have dried suddenly.

Yaga: You imagine what might have happened to that child later.

Candala: What happened?

She asked, but did not know if she wanted to know the answer. Yaga gestured to the window, Candala watched and she saw Alister talking to the merchant.

Candala: Was it Alister?

Yaga nodded.

Yaga: After a long time so I do not know that boy changed his life, but everything he had to go through left him bitter and insensitive. I'm not saying to forgive him, but he understands that better than anyone, Alister saw the evil of the world, he sees it every day and laughs in his face, but incredible as it may seem, that child is not really mean, believe me I've seen a lot of evil guys and Alister is not one of them, even though he's not good either.

Candala: Where's his sister?

Yaga could not imagine what Candala hoped to achieve with that question, but she answered anyway.

Yaga: She's alive, but in her case this is bad news.

Alister: Hey, old woman!

Yaga: What do you want?

Alister: I just came to deliver the report ... Why are you crying?

Candala wiped her tears and left the room.

Alister: What did you tell her?

Yaga: No matter, but since you're here, tell me, what did you do there?

Alister: I just used a resurrection wand, it allows you to bring the dead back to life, of course they are much weaker than they were before, so you can not use it with people of the races, they would just die soon after they came back.

Yaga: That part I understood, but that's not all, is it?

Alister: Yes, that particular wand allows me to take control of those I bring back with her.

Yaga: Really? Where did you get an item like that? In the black market?

Alister: I found it, that's all I'm going to say.

Yaga wanted to lecture him, but it would be like talking to a stone.

Yaga: So what do you have to tell me about?

Alister: I'll leave that to my new servant.

Alister stamped his cane twice, his shadow growing and expanding across the room, out of which came a monstrous figure with a goat's head, Valli. He was bound to a leash similar to the spirits Alister enslaved, but unlike them, Valli seemed conscious. Alister put the monster under the influence of a contract, a contract that prevented Valli from killing someone without Alister's express permission or attempting to harm his own, in any way, was also barred from trying to get rid of the servant contract, or take any action to nullify it or help others to do so. The contract was also open allowing Alister to add more rules if necessary.