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>>40996849
In the end, you couldn’t find sleep, mostly because there are questions in your mind that you can’t leave unanswered.

It’s been a couple weeks you’ve arrived in this place. Times have been hard, you’ve faced many foes, and you’re yet to fully understand how to even get out of this cursed place. But you’ve held fast. You, and of course, all the mares that are in this village with you. You’re even starting to have some comfort in this little place, and coming back from a day of slaying monsters feels a bit like coming home by now.
But… it’s mostly the presence of your friends that make this place home. Frog Chaser’s cheerfulness, Sand carrot’s gentle smile… and her wonderful cooking! There’s also Graces’s serene voice that soothes you whenever you hear it, and Chord Care’s tunes and gossips that are livening up the town. Hell, you’re even warming up to Scoria’s abrasive attitude.

You’d definelty call all those mares your friends, but at this point you’re wondering if there could be more than just friendship between you and them.
If that wasn’t clear enough, Chord Care spelled it out for you. In several ways, some of these mares have feelings for you, but what the musician mare left out for you to figure out is how to deal with the feelings you have and those directed at you.

Right now, it’s Verdant that’s on your mind in particular. The guardsmare has been fighting alongside you lately, while you went out in the woods to hunt beasts, and you feel a very strong bond with your sister-in-arms. As you’ve been entrusting one’s lives to each other, it’s an understatement to say you’ve become close. Movover, last night you spent the night along Verdant during her watch, and the kiss you shared wasn’t one between mere friends anymore. According to Chord Care, the guardsmare will not let her feelings show out of her sense of duty, but she’d be likely to let your relationship blossom should you take the first step.

If you want to reveal her your feelings, Verdant is keeping watch in the tower just above you, two little ladders away. However, Verdant is not the only mare’s you’ve had ideas about. There’s Frog Chaser that you’ve shared a lot of good times with, and Chord Care told you the miner was ready to try to get you, and Graces intrigues you a little too. You’re not so sure about the others, but it’s absolutely certain that Verdant will be deeply hurt if you confess to her but then show interest in other mares.

>A: You haven’t sorted out your own feelings for now, you should try to get some rest.
>B: Got talk to Verdant. Tell her you’d like to keep watch with her, and tell her you’d like the two of you to be together.
>C: See Verdant. Be honest about your feelings, but tell her in all honesty that you still need time to sort out your ideas.

>>40996850
>C

>>40996850
Just going to quote what I mentioned in the last thread a while back.
>She deserves to fully know the situation we're currently in. Stress that we're not leaving her if she starts to suspect that we'll go after another mare. We're together, but the problem is that we're inevitably going to need to let the others know in a gentle manner.
Better to get a feeling on what she thinks about mares having a crush on us before finally deciding what we're going to do about them. Maybe we can convince Verdant to share with another mare down the line, but certainly don't push it too hard. We've had a while to think about our choice. The sooner we make a choice the better, because dragging it out with choice A or C is just going to extend the stress for everyone unnecessarily.

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>>40996889
No, you have to be talk with Verdant. You can’t repress of your feelings, and you can’t keep her in the dark either after the time you shared with her yesterday.
In the quiet of the night, you climb off the too-big bed, and start going up the ladder toward the watchtower. As you head emerges from the floor, Verdant turns to you slightly and gives you a little smile.

“Hey.” You reply with a smile of your own. “Mind if I keep you company a little, Verdant?”
“I don’t mind at all.” She replies. “Just make sure you get enough rest, though.”

Like the day prior, you motion to sit next to the guard mare. She raises the blanket that she uses to keep herself warm so you too may stave off the cold, and share the heat of her body in the process.
As always in this place, the night is quiet, only the occasional bug and the crackling of the fire bellow breaking the silence at times.

“I’m really glad that we took the time to finish that wall.” Verdant says after a minute, and you feel the larger mare lean against you a little more. “Now that we have that line of defence between us and the forest, I feel a lot more at ease during the night.”
“Then this wall is doing its job well.” You can’t help but to lean back on her, your side touching her warm coat, and you head against the muscular neck of the mare-at-arms. “Say, Verdant, I need to talk to you. What do you think about the other villagers?”
“Huh?” She seems a bit surprised. “Well, I really appreciate them. Ven if we got stuck into this hell, we somehow ended up facing it along some respectable ponies. None of them let the situation get to them either, and everypony’s doing their best to help. I could certainly call them all my friends at this point, and I’m proud that they trust me to protect them all.”

“Any reason you’re asking me this?” Verdant calmly asks after a little pause

The truth is, you’re buying time right now. You’re still a bit undecided about whether telling Verdant you want to make the two of you official to your friends, or on the contrary admit that you’re still attracted to other mares I addition to her.
Maybe you could ask Verdant some other stuff to figure it out and test the grounds?

>What do?

>>40996985
We should tell her now that their are other mares who feel the same thing as verdant does for us Sand carrot, Frog chaser, and Grace. Verdant trusted us to allow her help in combating the monsters, so let's trust her with this information about the other obstacles that lance is dealing with right now so she'll be in less pain. After all burdens are lighter when share with someone you trusted!

>>40997054
Besides our reassurance to her that we're still going to be with her if she starts to get worried, this. Makes me curious if she'll doubt our word that the others are attracted to us. Do we cite Chord's observations if we have to?

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“The thing is… I feel like I should be honest to you about something.” You start, feeling a bit apprehensive about Verdant’s reaction to what comes next. “There are other mares in the village that have feelings for me at the moment. Namely, there’s Frog Chaser, Sand Carrot and Graces.”
Verdant recoils slightly at your words so she may look at you in the eyes, but at the same time she seems troubled, and her own eye is darting away anxiously at times.

“Well… I had it figured about Frog Chaser, but… Why are you telling me this? Do you mean… I’m… one mare among these four?”
“No.” You immediately reply. “We’re together, Verdant. You and me. What I wanted to do is be honest about this situation, and just like you trust me to keep you in view in the forest, I’d like to trust you with another situation of my own. My problem is that I’m not sure how to deal with the affection of our friends.”
Again, the guardsmare blinks in confusion in reaction, but this time it ends with a little chuckle and a smile blooming on her face.
“Y-you… you should work on your confessions Lustre Lance…” Verdant is relieved now, but what you said before was visibly worrying her. “I mean, I’m happy that you said it out loud, but… in that case we have to make it clear to everypony! That’s the only way to go, right? If other mares have feelings for you, then we have to tell them first thing tomorrow that we’re, erm…” You see the mare blush in the dim light. “…like you said, so there’s no more ambiguity, right?”

>What do?
>If you say yes, officialise this with a kiss?

>>40997220
Absolutely officialise this with a passionate love kiss so verdant can be on board with us having a herd with other mares in lance love life, so we can have an easier time to bonding with the others without a whole lot of repercussions so they can be one day open to the idea of sharing with lance!

>>40997220
Go for it kiss the mare make sweet love to her all the way let Lance become Verdant first time you know what this calls for Can You Feel The Love Tonight!

>>40997220
Tell her we just worry about their reactions. We care about them, so the idea of saddening them with the news hurts us a little.
May as well tell her of our hesitation of hurting them.
>>40997259
Guessing this is joking?

Taking a break, coming back in a few hours

Yo, it lives. Nice

>>40997220
I'm all up for the harem route path these mares need some loving in their lives and I do hope the next picture we see lance and verdant kissing will be up close and personal this time around for the last one we saw only a small figure of them kissing while the picture showed mostly of camp's background layout.

>>40997220
Man, must be rough being desired by so many beautiful mares. Well obviously we have to say yes. Can't just back out now. That would be completely retarded. Give 'er a kiss, lad. At least. I mean really, if you wouldn't kiss that, you are literally actually gay. Fucking commit. Do it, faget.

>>40997220
Kissu mare

Coming back tomorrow

>>40997220
Locked in so soon? Guess we aren't gonna be able to cuddle Grace anymore. That is unless we get the blessing of the god of monsters and bring herds back into style.

>>40997220
Stand up and put our fore hooves on her throat so we can reach up high enough to nibble on the tip of her ear. Then whisper our answer into her ear before giving her a smooch.

>>40998129
Yea. Not sure I would have gone and got hitched just like that, but I'm just along for the ride. Anyway, here we are. Might as well enjoy our mare.

>>40998519
>>40998129
It was early, and there was talk of who to get with before it happened, but the watch alone with Verdant was too tempting and perfect to not make a move on her. That, and being a cowardly faggot that can't commit to a move is usually never good. That said...

If the (new?) goddess of monsters were to offer us a herd, which sounds like a dominant action they would accept, would we accept it? Personally, sounds like a very tempting option that would be hard to resist, if the mares we personally like accept it. If they grow more powerful, can they grant such a thing to us?

>>40998606
We will inevitably end up sleeping with all the mares as time goes on. Like entropy, it is going to happen. We are the only stallion. It's just a matter of how long it takes. When there is only one well, you must all draw water from the same bucket.

>>40998606
I can see Carrot sincerely enjoying herding because it means she gets to have a bigger family, and we can easily corrupt her because she believes she has committed adultery with us already in her heart. Frog doesn't give two fucks either way. Chord may join the herd just to see it from the inside because she's secretly a sadistic freak and loves drama like nothing else. But why would Verdant be interested? Ever? If we commit to her, and her alone, now, and bring up herding later, she'll think we've got corrupted by something in the forest, and she'll try to fix us. Personally, I don't mind: failing to build a herd and getting fixed by an increasingly desperate mare is an interesting route to explore.

Am this anon. >>40998451
I would like to do a herd, but also I just wanna do things. I don't want to be jumping through hoops for what would be most optimal.
I am fine with either putting this off or going for something else entirely, but also this is a very good moment for a kiss.

We really need to decide if we are going full fuckboy, or not.

>>40998677
I wouldn't be sure of that. Growfag's quests in the past have never really done herds so easily. Closest was the quest with giant amazons invading, but that came with the caveat that they sought others as well. Mostly mares, but still males. Other growfag quests either force monogamy or make it fair by having the mares sleep with others.
>>40998760
I'm willing to trust on Chord Care on how she pictures the situation. She didn't really mention them being open to it, in fact she seemed disappointed at the idea of making a herd. We ask her for more info on how everyone feels after revealing our relationship with Verdant (some might not be deterred) if we want.

>>40998854
Well, and I don't mean we have to do nothing and we'll end up with a harem of cute mares. I mean, we will eventually, but that is very long term. Of course there will be conflict I am sure, but let's be real here: there are a bunch of mares and one stallion. If we do nothing but float down stream like a leaf in the current, we will at some point bed them all given enough time. Or most of them. Perhaps the priest and the married mare will remain chaste.

At any rate, I only brought it up to say that we shouldn't not love our warrior mare because we are worried about not being able to love the rest of them. I myself and not sure I would have gone straight for Verdant. Grace intrigues me. She seems like a very sappy, sweet soul. An injured, delicate flower desperate to love and live. I like that, and I think I am much the same in some ways. That said, Lance here has made his choice, and bound himself to a mare who loves him in return, and there is no reason not to embrace that, especially if it's just because you are thinking about how to get away with slutting around.

I am not unhappy with how things have played out, even if I might have done things differently, but we are here now, in this situation. We should embrace it I think, not worry about what could have been. We shouldn't shy away from our future out of fear of it.

>>40999054
Who said any of them were married? None of them remember anything before coming here.

>>40999242
Sand Carrot, right? She fears it at least, doesn't she, and so considered herself basically a married mare, yea? Isn't that enough for you? Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. It's been a while. Someone was worried about being unfaithful as I recall, and I think it was her.

>>40999253
Rather than act based solely on uncertainty, lets just ask Grace. For all we know, we might already have a mare waiting for us back home. Let alone any of the mares.

>>40999374
That's an interesting thought I guess, but we pretty much already told Verdant we're a thing. Not sure Graces could gather anything from the outside world anyway, but an interesting thought.

>>40999383
Us telling her how we feel doesn't guarantee that she's single either.

>>40999395
No, you're right, but the important thing is she has no reservations. It seems like Sand Carrot doesn't really have any more reservations either, for that matter. All I was saying in reference to the earlier post is that once she sees us with another mare, she may not be the type to share. Same with Graces. Not that I am advocating certain actions to achieve a
harem. I am not. I'm a Graces guy. The harem thing is not important. By bringing it up I was really just trying to alleviate any hesitancey to engage with Verdant, which is obviously the path we are taking. Lance literally just told her that they're a thing. I'm mostly just an observer, but I wanted to throw in my two cents, so I did.

Like I said, as far as I am concerned Lance and Verdant are already together. Growfag left the last post as he did just because he wanted to hear us say "Now kiss!" It is already done.

As for why I would have gone for Graces? I think that of all the mares here, it would mean the most for her. For the rest, I feel like our love would be as a bright light in a dark world, or a warm fire on a cold day. A comforting good amidst a great bad. You'll manage without it, but it would be wonderful to have. They are still trying to escape a terrible situation, they just have the warmth and comfort of a lover now.

I feel like Graces would be different. All she wants is love. For her, I do not think that being with us would be like a warm fire on a cold night, I feel more like it would be a bright sunny spring day. That she wouldn't be trapped in some sort of Hell, but at home in her own little heaven. If we were to take her as our wife, and love her as our mare, and even make her the dam to our foals-- could such a thing even happen here-- I don't think she would view herself as living in a dark place with a great light by her side. She would simply be living in a great light. Fulfilled as she could ever be.

While I think it would mean the most to her to have us as a lover, I also think she is the safest to leave alone. As Chord said, she is convinced that her love for us is the love all ponies should feel for each other. I think that of all the mares, she will take our being with someone else besides her the best. She will continue to love us in silent stoicism. Tragic, I think, but it also makes her the safest to ignore. And as we have already given ourselves to Verdant, I will simply have to take solace in that.

Boop

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>>40997520
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>>40998451
>>40998129
“Of course.” You nod. “But you know, I don’t like the idea of hurting their feelings….”
“Come on, now. We’ll tell them together tomorrow. They’re our friends. They’ll understand.” Verdant chuckles. “I’m not good at talking about this kind of stuff either, but this is something we must do. It’ll just be one short awkward moment.”
“Mmh, you’re probably right.” You nod. “We have to say it. But that’s for tomorrow. Right now, I’d rather enjoy what we’re getting worked up about.”

Gently, you place your hooves on the side of the mare’s head. Verdant jumps ever so slightly under your touch, raising one of her own hooves to cover yours. She lets herself be gently pulled toward you, and as she gets close her smile puckers up for a kiss.
Verdant lets out a pleased whimper as your heads meet. Through her lips, you feel her warmth and just a hint of wetness that carries the mare’s musky taste. You don’t get any naughtier than this at this moment, but the mare closes her eye to savour the instant anyway.

“Lustre Lance…” Verdant whispers, an enamoured smile on her face after breaking the kiss. “If we keep this up, I might not be able to keep watch at night anymore.”

>What do?
>Spend the night cuddling with Verdant?
>Attempt to initiate MORE than cuddling (and more than nibbling her ear)?
>Proceed to tomorrow?

That's gonna be it for today, but unlike usually, I'm gonna extend this thread and try to post at least one time each day.

If you wouldn't mind, I humbly asks for some bumps from you for when I'm at work. No biggie if the thread falls anyway, I'll make another one.

See you tomorrow

>>41000812
Oh boy heck yeah Lustre Lance must attempt the initiate more than cuddling and more than nibbling her ear. Lance sniggers a little while forming a smirk''Oh is that so...''!? The stallion then tackled into the larger mare causing her to lay down on her back with him on top

''Lance''!? Verdant feels shock and utterly surprise about lustre sudden actions looking at him somewhat bewildered and face blushing more pink

''I want you so much badly, Verdant please let me be your first I love you''! Lustre Lance growls as he feels his primal instincts taking over and privates getting harder waiting to claim the strong mare as his own

All Verdant could do is smiles and nod''All right, make me yours Lustre Lance and don't hold back give me everything you got''!

That all Lance needed to hear, so he dive back into Verdant's mouth mashing her lips hard and passionately with his using tongue to collided and entangle it with his partner as the stallion thrust himself inside her wanting to claim the mare as his beloved in a night of passion love

>>41000812
Woah, hold on there buster if we're gonna have sex with Verdant it will be better to do it inside her tower house on her extra large bed so these two lovebirds can be comfortable and have total privacy without the risk of someone watching them and waking everypony in camp up in the middle of the night from their intense love making as they're doing it to each other! Show some Dignity man!

>>41001004
I mean, it would certainly be one way to announce to the whole camp that they're an item. The bed probably would be comfier though.

>>41000812
Good thing there's a wall now.

>>41000812
Hmm...I wonder if Verdant has crotchboobs too like Grace's teats or big ones like Black Fang's Ooh we have got to find out let these two have sex inside the house so Lance can see and feel every part of her naked body, fondle over her boobs during their foreplay, and taste them like a special treat to satisfy Verdant sexual pleasures and needs.

>>41001594
Considering her bodybuilder aesthetic, she's most likely flat as a board.

>>41000812
>Attempt to initiate MORE than cuddling (and more than nibbling her ear)?
Yus. Big girl needs a big treat.

>>41000812
I vote for normal cuddles. Don't want to move too quickly.

I dunno. We just had a hard day of work and a completely restless night. But I suppose that's never stopped anypony.

>>41002769
>get jiggy with it
>fall asleep halfway through

Rolled 9 (1d20)

Boop

>>41000812
Cuddling.

>>41000894
I understand your point (unf) but bro, we are very smoll

I wanna see some sex bring on the love!

Unfortunately I had more stuff to do at work than expected in addiciton to some plans I couldn't postpone

I'll have to come back tomorrow, this time for sure

>>41000894
>>41001004
>>41001410
>>41001594
>>41001665
“Oh? Is that so?” You chuckle, and leave a quick peck on the larger mare’s snout. “A good thing we finished that wall then.”
There, you attempt to pounce on Verdant and put her on her back, but the mass of muscles you hit doesn’t give way to you despite the owner’s confusion.
“Hey, what do you think you’re doing?” The mare chuckles as her reflexes of a warrior kick in. Not only does she push you away, but with a swift movement she wraps a hoof around your neck and pins you under her heavy body.
“What now, Lustre Lance?” The mare over you says with a smirk, her cheeks still burning red. “Is this where you planned to end up?”

“Mgh…! That’s not too bad…” You manage to articulate while showing a smile, despite having twice your own weight of mare atop you. “But just you wait until I get you off me!”
You attempt to wrestle you your way out her grip, but the guardsmare has you firmly under her custody right now.
“Mmh… I don’t really feel like it.” Verdant comments. And from the serene look on her face, you’re gonna need a look more force to make her budge, but you’re a stallion that likes a challenge.
With great effort, you start to wiggle and eventually achieve a twist in Verdant’s grip, but the mare still has you tightly under her, and you just managed to make yourself face the ground. That gets a little giggle out of the mare that tries to lock one of your hooves behind your back, but you manage to turn and this time roll over and throw Verdant off balance. For a second you find yourself atop her, straddling her toned midsection while her hooves are pushing yours away, her face sporting a determined look. After that, with a giggle she rolls to get you under her grasp again, moving your weight around like it is barely anything.

You keep resisting Verdant’s holds, thrashing around whenever you’re close to being completely immobilized and regaining some room to breathe, but the mare is always quick to get you in the ropes again. You can only momentarily escape her before your leg is caught by her hoof again, or that your neck gets smothered against the mare’s chest. The advantage of size is just too significant in the kind of wrestling you’re doing. How can you expect to overcome a body lock when Verdant’s muscular thighs around it are each as thick as your chest? The few times in these twenty minutes of endurance fighting when you get the advantage are short, and then completely countered by the bigger mare. In retrospect, she might have let you have your fun at these moments, only so she could then impeccably remind you of the physical gap between you and her and throw you under her in an instant.

>>41004701
Regardless, after a while you and Verdant are both left panting, drenched in a mix of both your sweats, and a big smile on each of your faces, enthralled from the thrill of a friendly tussle. Even with the few bruises from wrestling on an uneven wooden floor. And of course, it’s still Verdant that’s on top of you, her face over yours while she holds you on your back, one hoof gripping your leg, while the other imposes most of her weight on your chest.
“You should learn when to give up, Lustre Lance.” Verdant breathes out. “You deserve some praise for giving me a good workout, though.”
“Alright, strength won’t work, I get it.” You concede. “But I can still persuade you. You know, your big bed is a lot more comfortable than this old tower. How about you let me go and we take it to there for another kind of wrestling?”
“Lustre Lance…” Verdant chuckles, her blush returning. “You… you’re really gonna make we miss a watch…”
Again, the guardsmare goes for a kiss. Slowly, Verdant and you then make your way toward the bed. You’re still having a mockery of your friendly wrestling match on the way, pinning the other against a wall or the floor whenever you can, but this time with more giggles, and with the one that is caught getting showered with smooches and nuzzles from the other. Verdant is much less resistant to let herself fall into your embrace with such a prize.

You eventually make it to the bed, where you’re able to test how robust it is. Verdant bounces up and down on it with you in between, which makes a few worrying creaks from the wood, but not enough to get you to stop. Then, your own pushes aren’t as likely to break the furniture, but it is righteously enrapturing to be able to slam yourself into a big body than can take all the thrusting strength you can muster and then some.
You’re not sure how close to dawn you are at this point, but after such a workout you’re finally ready to sleep.

While you drift into a repairing slumber between the arms of Verdant, you wake up by a nudge of her from next to the bed. The guardsmare still finish her night of watch after your ordeal it seems.
“Hey. The sun’s up.” Verdant says. Her usual serious demeanour has taken root again, but not without a certain tenderness in her eyes when she looks at you. “Sand Carrot is done preparing breakfast already, and then we better get some rest if we want to attempt an expedition in the afternoon again. Also… I think we have something to tell our friends, right?”

>What do?
>Ask a blessing or some insight from Graces?
>Ask your fortune of the day from Chord Care?
>Ask for some relationship advice from Chord Care?
>Tell Chord Care the detail of yesterday after the announcement?

MAde the best of my insomnia I guess. I O U a drawig of this scene, but it’ll come later

>>41004702
Since there's a chance of either of us having somebody waiting for us and we can only ask one question a day, Lets ask her if anypony here isn't single.

>>41004702
Right, and we'll do it together as promised! Verdant thank you for last night I'm so glad we're finally together, looking forward to our next wrestling match and I want you to know that confession about the other mares having feelings for me was also a way for me to show you that I never want to hurt you Verdant physically or emotionally. I want you to understand that what I feel for you is special along with the others and I don't want to break that, so please allow me to be there for them as I am with you that way we can stay unite in unity instead of divide and seperate! We all need each other together if we're gonna have any hope and chances to get out of here alive.

We should go to Graces and ask for a blessing of Peace I don't think we're ever pray for that so let's give that a try!

>>41004702
Let's see if Verdant will show even more of her fond side by sharing a morning tender kiss with her.

Ask for peace. Would be interesting to see what effects it brings. Hopefully it isn't just insurance in case we fall, because if that's the case the other options would be more preferable.
After that, reveal our relationship with Verdant with everyone. Regardless of how that goes, share Chord Care what happened yesterday and ask about what her impressions are for everyone's reactions to the reveal of our new relationship. Depending on that, we can choose fortune or for her to analyze someone.

>>41004861
Bit of a long speech for something she probably knows well by now. Less is better in a case like this.

>>41004702
"Maybe we could tell them as we're standing so close to each other feeling the other coat's fur, having our tails wrapping intertwine together, and we both have one of our hooves holding the other tightly. So it will help out the both of us to feel at ease and less worry when we give our announcement to them Verdant proving our claim of us dating".
Next, before we leave the house lance should hug verdant with tears in his eyes and a happy smile saying"I Love You"!
Finally, going to see Graces to pray for Peace before meeting everyone for breakfast might actually be a good idea to do so the outcome of our character 's love announcement won't be too painful and sadden for the others.

>verdant walks in holding lance by the scruff
>sets him down in front of the table
>prances around to the other side like a happy school filly
Heh.

>>41005741
kek.

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>>41004805
>>41004861
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>>41005536
“Of course.” Standing up on the bed, for once you don’t have to crane your neck up to kiss Verdant on the lips. She’s only slightly surprised and responds with an appreciative hum while pressing her lips on your snout.

“So how do you wanna do it?” You ask after the shared gesture of love. “I think we should do it while holding hooves and resting on each other’s side. That should drive the point across, don’t you think?”
“Haha… Maybe, but I’m not sure I could talk without sounding like a mess if we did it like that.”
“Is that a no? I though we could have our tails entwined too.” You add with a smirk.
“Come on, are you stalling here?” The mare huffs in response. “I… kinda want to get done with it.”
“Yeah, I’m looking forward to our next wrestling match a lot more than this conversation with our friends.” You nod. “Then… let me just say, I really want to never hurt you, in any way, a-and I think we’ve got something special going that I really don’t want to break, and that’s why we’re gonna have this conversation with our friends, and…” You feel yourself getting a little confused in your own thoughrs here. “So… in short, I guess that what I mean is… I’m glad we’re finally together. I love you, Verdant.”
“Lustre Lance, I… Ah…” The flustered guardsmare that had been listening a bit quizzically until now can’t help but to shy away once before spelling it out. “I love you too Lustre Lance.”

Finding courage in each other’s presence, you come out together of the guard house and ask your friends to listen to for a moment. There, you start to explain that the two have developed feelings for each other over the fights and the nights watching over the hamlet that you shared, and thus you have decided to announce that you and Verdant were together, as marefriend and coltfriend. You didn’t go as far as entwine your tails, but you ended holding each other’s hoof for all the time you talked.

“Aw, what wonderful news!” Chord Care is the first to giddily gush over you once you’re done talking. “What a beautiful thing, for love to bloom even in this forsaken place. Truly the Light hasn’t abandoned us!”
“Yes.” Graces nods. “That we can still love each other in all forms is another proof that life will thrive through the hardships on its path. Lance, Verdant, I’ll give you my blessings how many times as you want!”
“And I’ll cook you something special if you want to have a date sometime!” Sand Carrot adds with an enthusiastic nod. “I mean, I have a lot of new recipes to try out right now, but I’ll figure out something even MORE special for the two of you if you want!”

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“Hey, can I have an extra special dish too even I’m not dating anypony?” Frog Chaser had remained silent and was looking a bit gloom before, but by now she managed to put a smile on your face. “Because you’re being totally unfair with the rest of us, Sand!”
“Yeah!” Scoria adds with a cocky smirk. “What’s the big idea about special treats for couples? I’ll get in a couple with Frog Chaser if that’s what it takes to get some good grub!”

You all share a laugh at the blacksmith mare’s claim, and the breakfast carries on almost like normal from here on. There are just a few questions about your relationship about how it came to be from Graces and Sand Carrot mostly, but it’s with Chord Care that you share the most details, once the meal is over and that you can talk one-on-one with her.

“So… how do you think it went?” You ask the musician mare at some point. “Our declaration I mean. Is everyone okay?”
“Oh, it went as well as it was possible.” Chord Care smiles to you. “The two of you were very cute, and you both look very happy together, so it would be hard for anypony to go against your love without feeling like a terrible pony. Which means that even if some of our friends were disappointed, they’ll do their best to get over it in silence.”
“Really? You’re telling me even Frog Chaser is alright?”
“Well, of course Frog Chaser saw some of her hopes being shattered back there.” Chord Care pensively tilts her head to the side. “That speech was painful for her to hear for sure, but she’s not a foal, and she’s got her pride too. I don’t think she’ll show anything to you unless you somehow rub it in in front of her. My guess is that she’ll act as though she always intended the two of you to be platonic friends from now on. I’d advise you left her alone for today, though, so she can weather the blow on her feelings. Aside from her, Graces and Sand Carrot are gladder to see you happy with somepony than they’re disappointed about missing their chance with you. And finally, Scoria just doesn’t care much about romantic stuff.”

>What do this morning?
>Verdant will sleep some more in the morning, in case you want to go on an expedition this afternoon.

>You asked Graces to pray for peace today.

>>41007157
Uh growfag you forget to put in the drawing of Lance having sex with Verdant just wanted to remind you.
"Hey Chord I wanted to let you know that even though I'm together with Verdant I'm still gonna try to have the others involved in my little harem I think I was able to convince her of allowing me to help sort out my feelings for them too so I can want them in my love life as well". "Plus I have a ominous question I want to ask you today Care if I were to die here in this world will my body in the real world die too Yes or No I have to know"?!

>>41007157
Hey this guy might be on to something we know that this world affect us differently than our friends here because only our subconscious mind is here not our body its in a magic sleep trance in the real world, while the mares are here both body and mind trapped in this dream. So that question should take pretense above all else as our top priority to ask right now what happens if we die here will we die for real or we'll we just wake up and can't go back there again?.

Come to think of it, if that's true then it will help lance give Frog chaser, Grace, and Sand carrot a valid and persuade reason into wanting to get more closer to him and have a herd with him. Oh we have got to ask that question and I do hope its a Yes. Lance needs all the ammunition's he can get in order to lure those mares to bond with him more.

>>41007215
>Uh growfag you forget to put in the drawing of Lance having sex with Verdant just wanted to remind you.
Pretty sure they're aware they didn't post it initially. A reminder isn't really needed when they outright said it's an IOU.
>I think I was able to convince her of allowing me to help sort out my feelings for them too so I can want them in my love life as well.
Where is this coming from? Where did Verdant show she was okay with such a thing when the opposite is shown from her apprehension?
>>41007508
Don't see how being unable to return after we fall in battle helps in building any sort of harem. Not like anyone is thinking we're safe from death judging from how much they worry for us. Even if they somehow learn that there's a chance we're not coming back, that's not exactly a reason to be with Lance and share him.

I'm all for herding, but that requires either downright savant-level charisma and persuasion, or a very tempting offer that we can reasonable take from our opponent from the forest. The latter of which hasn't or might not happen, and judging from what's recently said, the former... is just not happening at this rate.

>>41007157
Ask Grace for insight: >>41004805

>>41007157
What Scoria does care about, apart from craftmare's pride and good food? We still kinda don't get her.

>>41007157
Well Chord care is going to have quite the joyful expression once we tell her all the juicy details about lance wrestling love match with verdant it might even make her faint haha!

''Umm Care if I do somehow manage to get the others into forming a herd with me. I wouldn't mind having you included to if you want its your choice. After all you are basically helping me a lot to do that and if you're willing to get involve in somepony love life that much any stallion will lucky to have you. You deserve to be happy too''!

>>41007157
Happy mares

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>>41007215
>>41007508
>>41007602
>>41007616
>>41007691
>>41007944
“What does Scoria even care about?” You ponder out loud. “I mean, besides her craftmareship and good food.”
“Some ponies don’t need anything more than this, you know?” Chord Care shrugs. “The struggle itself toward a finely crafted blade is enough to fill a mare’s heart. But if you want an opener to talk to her, now that you’ve used her weapons and amor she could accept to hear some comments about that.”

“Mmmh…” You ponder. “Erm, I have another matter I need answers about, a very different matter. I’ve been thinking, what would happen if I ended up losing a fight in the forest. Do you think I would… actually die? For good I mean?”
“Well… that already happened once, didn’t it?” Chord Care raises an eyebrow. “I wasn’t there already, but I’ve been told that the witch in the forest knocked you out in a fight once.”
You do your best to not show anything, but then you remember that it is what you said happened at the time Black Fang fucked you silly. The wild mare did make you pass out after riding you, and you’re not sure what she did to you that time.

“When that happened, you reappeared the next day into the village.” Chord Care adds. “But some beasts attacked during the night while you were missing.”
“Ah, yes…” You pretend to think deeply about this. “That’s how it went that time, but I still wonder if that witch threw me back to the camp maybe, unlike a beast that could have finished me off.”
“Regardless, the best way is probably to play it safe during your expeditions if you ask me.” Chord Care advises. “Just make sure to come back alive, please…”

That encounter with the witch aside, you think about asking Graces about this matter. That, and whether anypony here isn’t single in the outside world are your main concerns right now, but you’ve asked her a blessing of peace already. You can’t have both, so you’d have to change your plans.

“A-anyway, enough with the grim stuff.” You change the subject. “Let me reveal you a little more about last night with Verdant. I didn’t tell you how me and her had a bit of a wrestling contest, did I?”
“Oh, do tell me please!” The musician mare eagerly asks. “I want to hear every detail!”

You decide to give all the saucy bits to the musician mare. Chord Care giggles madly at each new development you narrate, and utters some longing sighs whenever you recount the kind words you exchanged. To your surprise, the actual intercourse is probably the part that invests her the least, and on the contrary reciting the conversation you had this morning feels like the real climax of your time with Verdant to her.

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>>41010196
“…and you heard how it went at breakfast.” You conclude your story. “And now, since Verdant is fine with me sorting my feelings out, I think I’m gonna try to have the others involved in a harem of sorts.”
“Wait, what?” Chord Care does a double take and her eyes go wide at your words. “You better be joking, Lance! I can tell you for sure that this is the exact opposite of what Verdant wants. Going public this morning was precisely so you could not do that, because now everypony else know that they’d be hurting Verdant if they flirted with you. Listen, even if she likes you a lot, at this moment if you tried to hit on Frog Chaser, I’d say there’s… a fifty percent chance she’d give you a well-deserved slap to the face. Because that would be a horrible thing to do to Verdant, and she’s her friend. We’re all friends here. We don’t want to hurt our friends!”

“Ah, yeah, b-but of course I was joking! Haha…” You attempt to salvage this, but Chord Care still look appalled by your previous words.
“No. No you were not.” She frowns. “Not entirely at least, I can tell this kind of stuff. I can perceive, from the way you speak about it, that you’re still fond of the possibility. I told you loud and clear in the past already I believe. Going after several makes will beget suffering for all of them. And after what you said this morning, even ‘attempts’, would be betraying the trust Verdant has in you, and everypony in this village will realize that, except maybe...” But instead of finishing her sentence, Chord Care shakes her head. “No. You know, maybe I’ve given you enough advice for today if you’re gonna just disregard the most basic stuff. See you around, Lance.”

Chord Care walks away to go help Sand Carrot after that, leaving you speechless. Curses. You didn’t have the time to offer Care to get into your harem…

>What do?
>Ask Graces for some insight instead of the blessing of peace?
>Embark on an expedition?

>>41010200
We need the blessing of peace we haven't tried that yet or see the effects it can do so lets give it a shot!

>>41010200
So, uh, what's the sudden influx of horrible suggestions? Do anons expect porn logic to get what we want? Growfag went easy on us as offering Care to join our 'harem' would certainly have convinced her to immediately head straight to Verdant and tell her what we're doing. As it stands, seems like we've permanently lost services from Care until we can fully convince her that we're committed to Verdant (unlikely given that some of us still want more, and Care is perceptive) or enough time gradually passes by to only give our fortune.

>>41010296
Actually no we didn't lost care services she just needs some time to cool off thats all we'll give her some space.

>>41010200
What is wrong with you fucking autists!?! she is the first mare that said no polygamy and, even if she was interested, declaring to her that we PLAN on being unfaithful right after telling her our romantic story is an excellent way to make her, and eventually everybody else, hate our guts.

>>41010200
Woah I did not see that one coming from Chord care this just makes forming a herd with our other love interests more challenging. Game on this makes this story game more fun. There has to be a way to do that I'm sure of it. Looks like we need to be more subtle, discreet, and stealthily on how we approach and talk to the others and the types of actions we do towards them, so they can come onto Lance more willingly instead of lance coming onto them more.

Well, I think the first step we should take is Grace blessing for Peace there is clearly some hostile tensions with Care and Frog chaser so her prayer for that might be able to help lance resolved the emotional conflict situations.

>>41010200
Only an idiot would "offer others to join their harem". Are we trying to get everybody to despise us? Did having fun with Verdant last night starve our brain of oxygen? Well, we can now guarantee one mare that ain't going to give us the time of day let alone join any harem.

>>41010564
Are you purposefully being slow, anon? You should question any ability or attempt on your part on succeeding on creating any herd, if you failed to read Chord Care that badly. You don't even need to read Chord Care either to know what you suggested is against common decency.

>>41010200
I want to go on an expedition, but it may be wasteful to leave the village immediately. Is there anything we can do to help without approaching Frog Frogger? We may assist Scoria in her smithy, or cuddle with Verdant, or, I don't know, do the dishes.
>>41010557
It'll be fine. Chord is trying to teach us a lesson because she likes us, or at least considers us salvageable.

>>41010570
Hey in the earlier growing village threads when lance ask Chord Care what she thought of him she show normal amounts of emotion empathy for him, but said that she is curious to find out later on more about the type of pony he is towards handling mutiple mares by himself. So she had some fondness for Lance, maybe she might change her mind later on. And it all depends what our next moves are going to be from here on out.

>>41010632
Not anon, but her being curious on how we handle the affection of multiple ponies on us does not equal her supporting herding at all. She loves the idea of how those in love triangles, and so on, handle or choose the girl, with all the ups and downs that come with it.

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>>41010626
>>41010570
>>41010564
>>41010557
>>41010212
You’re not sure what you could do if Chord Care is around Sand Carrot and that you’d better stay clear of Frog Chaser for a little while. Since you don’t feel like trying to woo Scoria right now, the best thing you can do is probably to go take a nap with Verdant since you didn’t exactly have the most restful night either.

On the tip on your hooves, you get into the guardhouse again where there’s only the low sound of Verdant’s calm breathing. You carefully approach and then climb on the bed next to the bigger mare. She’s originally facing away from you, but as your weight makes her sink slightly toward you, she soon rolls around so she can face you.
“Hey there little colt.” She groggily mutters. “You need a bit of rest after last night too?”
“Ah, yes, sorry.” You whisper back. “I didn’t mean to wake you up Verdant.”
“Mmh…Don’t worry.” Slowly, the big warrior mare takes you between her arms to hold you closer to her, nestling your head under her chin while uttering a satisfied purr. “You’ll be a very good pillow.”

You’re a bit sceptical at first, but the large mare’s warm embrace turns out to be comfortable enough. Verdant returns to sleep in a minute, now hugging you a little more loosely, and you follow her in the dreamscape shortly after.

You’re woken up in time for lunch by your friends. From everypony’s attitude, Chord Care didn’t speak any ill about you, and the musician mare is even as polite to you as ever.

>What do?

Again, I'm gonna unfortunately gonna default on the picture for this one. Will try to draw more this weekend

>>41012735
Inventory check before we head out since we've already done all of the daily stuff.

>>41012735
>you don’t feel like trying to woo Scoria right now
Don't recall anyone suggesting we try to woo Scoria? Or maybe this is just to show the character consistency of Lance by having him think with his dick.

Check our inventory and head to the forest alone, though I won't protest if Verdant wants to come or if anons prefer her company either.

Fucking horny anons ruining everything

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>>41012735
After lunch we are totally grabbing our gear together with Verdant and going on the next forest expedition to fight who knows what new creature we may face this time around.

"Hey guys isn't it strange that every 3 days a new mare with a different talent shows up here and so far we haven't seen one that was a pegasus to arrive here".

"Something is not right here how in the world is this so-called monster God pulling ponies from the real world to this dream world, why only mares, are these random captures or specific ones, and what is the point of doing all of this; what's the creature endgame here"?!

Lustre Lance started to shake nervously,"More importantly, even if we do defeat this God of Monsters what's going to happen to this place and to us everypony? Will this world just disappear along with everything we just built in our growing little village and you guys upgrades too? Will we even remember any of this ever happened? Will we even see each other again, and Once this dream ended will we all wake up in different locations or in the same exact spot. I'm the only chance you guys have at getting back home".

Verdant place her hoof on his and gives him a sincere smile letting him know it's okay she got his back causing Lance to stop shaking his whole body and look at his friends with a serious confident but somewhat sadden teared face"But what I'm Scared of the most is Failing you guys and leaving you all trapped here under the hooves of a merciless Monster for all Eternity, no matter what happens everyone I promised you all I will free you from this magical prison cage even if it cost me My Life I won't let that False God use y'all like puppets in his twisted sick little game count on it I will be there for all of you when it matters the most May Our Hearts be Our Guiding Key"!

>>41014064
Not sure why we're trying to bring our, everyone else's for that matter, mood down before attempting to raise it up again by pointing out that we're their savior, something they already know full well.
A better way to show we actually care is to wait until Frog and Chord recover from our actions before asking around if everyone is doing well.

>>41013932

>>41012735
That quite the tactical move that anon is doing having lance speak out his concerns and doubts about the way this fantasy world works and the creature behind it all operating in the shadows and then make an inspiring heartfelt motivational speech that will boost up the entire team morale and touch the hearts of the other mares will show that Lance is coming off strong but not too desperate, so his other love interests can think and reflect upon what he has said as we wait on their next move resulting in us to act accordingly and efficient to their actions that can lead to them wanting Lustre's attention.

>>41014895
>his other love interests
Won't be too surprised if Chord Care easily sees through us and our intentions with our speech.
>we wait on their next move resulting in us to act accordingly and efficient to their actions that can lead to them wanting Lustre's attention.
Please help me understand, anon. What next 'move' are we expecting from everyone that listens to this speech, and what would be our 'optimal' move in a one to one talk with any of them? And regardless of how much we try to get away by being desirable to everyone without outright flirting, how do you plan to circumvent everyone's huge dislike of the idea around a herd (something which Chord Care has explicitly told us no one would like)?

Really hope other anons come to veto these two votes.

Since the next move will almost certainly be going on an expedition, I'll be taking today off since it's pretty late where I am already and I'd rather do all the battle posts in one go.
I'll come back in 15 hours and 40 minutes aproximately

>>41015019
Dude stop whining and picking on those other anons you're acting like they're committing a crime it's just a story game for fun and a game is more fun when the player take a different path that has more rewards from completing challenging hard tasks. I got your back on the herding path anons.

>>41015265
>Dude stop whining
Fair enough if you're talking about the first and last line, and the quotes (don't think it's whining, but whatever). Just frustrated on what I think are bad suggestions.
>picking on those other anons you're acting like they're committing a crime
...What? Besides the whining, how did I pick on them? I asked questions in the second post which I still want to hear answers for, and I even suggested what I thought was a better way to show others that we care >>41014282. I'm not going to just sit down and not veto suggestions I disagree with, and you don't have to be melodramatic by saying I treat them like they're committing crimes.
>a game is more fun when the player take a different path that has more rewards from completing challenging hard tasks
Agreed. Which is why I am for herding and supported it in the past. I just don't think these past few posts are doing it well at all, and in fact just leading us down needless drama from the damage it's going to cause which just ruins the fun for other anons.

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>>41012753
>>41012794
>>41014064
>>41014895
You have 2 bombs and 1 smoke-bomb left to use on your expedition.
You ponder about going alone on this once, but you think Verdant will want come along from now on.

“Alright. I’m ready to go on another expedition this afternoon.” You announce over lunch.
“Then I’m going with you.” Verdant immediately adds.
“Out in the woods to kill monsters?” Frog Chaser comments. “Sounds like you two are gonna have a fun date.”

“Fun, yeah…” You chuckle a bit unsurely. You encountered some scarily big beast last time. “I just hope I’m doing the right thing overall. Even if we were to kill every hostile thing in these woods, would that even bring us home? I fear that destroying this place might not necessarily mean that we could return to our world…”
“Have faith, Lustre Lance.” It’s Graces that speaks with conviction. “The Light shines upon your path, so what you’re doing is definitely going toward our salvation. As for our return, I trust that the Light won’t leave our beings trapped out of our real body once the grasp the grasp of this place on us is cut loose.”
“Don’t think about metaphysics too much, Lance.” Scoria adds. “It’s not like we can do much else but fight. Nopony here’s a genius wizard that could tackle that issue for sure anyway. So just focus on striking down them beasts, champ!”

“Heh.” You can’t help but to smile at the encouragements of your friends. “Alright, I get it. Sorry to bother you all with that. It’s just… I’d hate to fail you all.”
“Do not worry.” It’s Verdant that places a reassuring hoof on your back. “You’ve been a stallion we could all count on so far. I see no reason why that would change.”
“Yeah, moping around like that is not like you, Lance.” Frog Chaser adds. “You can do it! You’ve done it before!”

“Okay, okay, I’m fine.” You say with a chuckle. “Sorry for being a bit of stick in the mud, but now I’m ready to go on an expedition.”
“If you say so, I will believe it.” Verdant says. “But don’t be ashamed to rest for a day if you’re not feeling well about it. These expeditions are hard for you, and we all know it.”
“No, really, I’m okay. Want me to prove it?” You stand up, strike a heroic pose and declaim in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic tone. “I, the hero Lustre Lance, am ready to go kill some monsters! I won’t let this false god keep us as his puppets forever! May Our Hearts be Our Guiding Key!”

The rest of the mares all laugh at your faux-grandiloquent declaration, but indeed the doubts about your readiness to fight are dispelled by now.
Not long after, with Verdant slightly in front of you, you go out of the gates in the wooden wall you finished building the other day.

>>41017044
>>Fight!
Hard to tell if peace is causing lower levels mobs or not. Either way, it's fighting time!

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>>41017041
“Wouldn’t it be nice if this could just be a peaceful walk in a peaceful forest between the two of us?” Verdant comments with a smile while you walk. Only a dozen seconds later however, you’re far enough from the village that the ominous feeling of danger settles in, and soon a first creature comes out of the woodwork.

>It’s a wolf!

“Small fry again…” Verdant comments. “Not exactly peaceful, but we can quickly get rid if this one.”

>Fight!
>Escape! (55%)
>Drive it back!

>You have 1 smoke bomb you may use if you choose to Fight OR Escape
>You have 2 throwable bombs you may use if you choose to Fight

fixed some mistakes in your stats

Rolled 4, 88 = 92 (2d100)

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>>41017052
>Verdant attacks the wolf, dealing 35 damage.
>The wolf is defeated

>You collect 1 essence from the wolf

Almost immediately, another creature attempts to attack you.

>It’s a goblin!

“Again, this won’t be long.” Verdant says, reading another arrow.

>Fight!
>Escape! (85%)
>Drive it back!
>??? (Use 1 essence)

>You have 1 smoke bomb you may use if you choose to Fight OR Escape
>You have 2 throwable bombs you may use if you choose to Fight

>You have 1 essence

>>41017061
Let's go fight

>>41017061
>??? (Use 1 essence)
New option that wasn't there in previous goblin encounters that had us contain essence in our inventory without the mysterious option available? Sounds like 'peace' is an option thanks to the prayer. Don't really need to consider it an option just yet with a low-threat opponent, so let's >Fight!

Rolled 25, 13, 85 = 123 (3d100)

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>>41017070
>>41017073
>>41017075

>Verdant attacks the goblin, dealing 35 damage.
>The goblin is defeated

>You collect 1 essence from the goblin

The next threat appears from behind the trees.

>It’s a pony-eating plant!

“This one looks tougher, but we got this!” Verdant encourages you.

>Fight!
>Escape! (85%)
>Drive it back!

>You have 1 smoke bomb you may use if you choose to Fight OR Escape
>You have 2 throwable bombs you may use if you choose to Fight

>You have 2 essences

>>41017083
>Fight!
No better time to use a bomb on a highly threatening monster. Can we use an item and check in round if we want to use another, or are we forced to continue till one of us drops?

>>41017083
Throw a bomb at it let's see how the plant deals with an explosive attack Fire in the Hole!

>>41017101
>>41017083
Let's throw a bomb, we must progress further without any wounds

Rolled 68, 4, 76, 36, 40 = 224 (5d100)

>>41017099
>>41017101
>>41017105

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>>41017101
>>41017105
>>41017106
“Look out Verdant, I’m gonna use a bomb!”
You light up the wick of the hoof-sized sphere, and hurl it toward the threatening plant.

>The bomb explodes right when it connects with the enemy, dealing 100 damage!
>The pony-eating plant is defeated

The blast was loud enough to destroy your enemy in a single blow this time. You didn’t expect something so powerful, and you couldn’t keep your eyes on Verdant as a result.

>You collect 1 big essence

Soon, it’s a mare you know all too well that advances to fight you.

>You face the witch

“It’s power…” Black Fang hisses absently. “Give it back to me!”

>Fight!
>Escape!

>You have 1 smoke bomb you may use if you choose to Fight OR Escape
>You have 1 throwable bomb you may use if you choose to Fight

>You have 2 essences
>You have 1 big essence

>>41017120
Are we allowed to surrender essence? Reason I ask is because of conflicting thoughts. Want to attempt to save Black Fang if possible, but throwing a huge explosive at her would probably be counter intuitive compared to offering a single essence. Also curious on the mechanics behind her growth, since we forgot to ask why she seeks essence if she can just simply grow through combat with us.

>>41017120
Black gang is still under control we need to help her break free use the bomb again it did 100 damage on the plant right it so it may do 100 again if we use it on her and we haven't took any damage yet so fight her she needs our help to save her from the monster god!

>>41017134
>>41017140
I'll break the tie at random between attemting to give out an essence and throwing a bomb in 10 minutes unles the tie is broken in another way

>>41017120
>Fight!

>>41017120
Give her a small one to build up her appetite. More will cost her a dinner.

>>41017120
Use the bomb again thats the only thing that can help us eliminate black gang extra health or at least most of it to 80hp so we can strike her down with one more from our sword to win!

>>41017156
Fuck, didn't notice this, I'm >>41017161 I would rather fight I don't particularly mind using the bomb though it would be nice if we could save it.

>>41017134 (me)
>>41017156
Since it's confirmed we can give essence, and after some thinking, we should... throw a bomb unfortunately. There is little chance that the god influencing Black Fang will relent from attacking us out of satisfaction from only one essence, and using a bomb and our sword to finish her requires us to withstand at least one attack. Something we can't waste by risking it with an offer now.
Gonna have to explain after the fight that we were fully willing to give an essence if she was mainly in control.

Rolled 69, 94, 40, 91, 8 = 302 (5d100)

>>41017134
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“Hey, is this what you want?” You hold one of the essences in front of you. “I’m giving this one out to you!”
However, it is evident immediately that this won’t stop the witch’s aggression, so you substitute the little ball of energy for a more time-appropriate bomb.

>The bomb explodes right when it connects with the enemy, dealing 95 damage!
>You attack the witch, but miss
>The witch attacks you, dealing 37 damage
>You attack the witch, dealing 15 damage.
>The witch is defeated.

“Uhg… Oh…” The witch moans in pain as she falls to the grow. The red glow in her eyes weakens, and her mask falls to the side. “Ah… sorry… about refusing your gift, Lance.” She forces a smile on her face. “Really, you should have tried… the bigger one. It would have been a less painful way than this…”

An eerily familiar scene unfolds in front of you, as an unnaturally large pool of her own blood seems to pour out of the already big mare.
“But… thank you…” The wild mare utters laboriously. “You will have to run for now… but I’ll find you again. I promise.”

Despite her words, if it’s anything like last time, she’s still gonna lie defeated one the ground for a short while.

>What do?

coming back tomorrow

>>41017290
I'm sorry for causing you pain Black Fang but I had too if I was going to get you to come to your senses. At least on the right side you're have more resistance to the Monster God control I just hope that when you get back on your hooves again after your next evolution your body doesn't change too much that I can't recognize your pony self anymore.
Wait Black fang we have a little time to chat before you transform again so I need to know why are their more stronger monsters out here in the forest now is it because the more essences I give to my friends to becomer stronger versions of themselves its resulting in more dangerous foes to appear.

>>41017290
>Rape

>>41017290
Walk up towards her and sit down in front of her pool of blood and place a hoof to her face showing a face of full remorse and compassion"I wish it didn't have to come to this, but I don't want to see you become a Monster Black fang I promise you I'll will find a way to set you free from this God's sinister clutches permanently you don't deserve to live like this I want you to know Black Fang is that I am here for you and You can trust me to help you"!

>>41017290
Apologize that we did it the painful way. Seems like the slumbering god is as instinctive as ever if they are not satisfied with an easy exchange in their favor.
We asked this before, but why does she want to become the new goddess of monsters? She said that a god for monsters is inevitable, and that she may as well become it, but that doesn't answer why she willingly entered the dream to become that vessel in the first place.
Why is the god compelling her to attack us viciously for our essences anyway? Wouldn't it be more productive to let us build our strength to be a worthy challenger for her to wrestle down and have her way with, like the sensual hunt she years for?
Most importantly, how does time exactly work for her? Are our encounters minutes separate from each other, or are we leaving for several days and nights by her lonesome self with no opponent?
>You will have to run for now
Would we still be in danger if gave her all our essences though? (Definitely not set on this, so just curious for now)
>Lance
While it's heartwarming to hear us actually refer to our name instead of 'little colt' or 'warrior', where and when did she hear that name? We forgot to tell her till now.

Guessing the only way to get her to revoke being the vessel is to convince her that this god is flawed and in conflict with her beliefs, and that we care for her and her best interests, but could be wrong. We need to learn more about her.

Also, horny thoughts coming through, but judging from how she admitted that her form comes from her interpretation of how she portrays a monster in a sensual manner, willing to bet we have some influence of her form by just admitting what we see as desirable right before she transforms. She does want to gain our attention and our aid, after all. If that's the case, before she transforms, admit that a sensual threat should also have the flank and hips to support the image she's going for, along with bigger teats like she seems to be already aiming for. Milk would also be good addition. A tempting treat that leaks from her teats while she hunts would be very hard to ignore and resist. As for monstrous traits, we're biased for her tail obviously, but not sure what else to add.

>>41017290
I agree with this anon statement about having black fang crotchboobs teats producing out milk when she evolves again it will make lance and fang bonding time more sensual, tasty, and loving between the two when they have sex again. Though it also wouldn't hurt if black fang could make her scaly tail more soft than sharp and deadly as well and she has her mane not tie up in knots and is let loose so her hair can flow all the way down behind her head that way she can be more Beautiful!

>>41017290
Hug her, carefully. How much more does she think it's going to take until she's in full control of herself at all times?
I want to introduce her to the villagers somehow. An aspring god needs all socialization she can get. Perhaps we can interest her in Grace's services? Grace may not like the rest of Fang's plan even if Fang is right about everything, but even then she may agree to help her with mind control.
>>41017410
>we have some influence of her form
Right. What if this struggle of wills is just her interpretation of the process of becoming a god? We see her as somebody with enough willpower to win it but now, then. And something about slit pupils for fetish sake.

>>41017367
Not this. Black Fang as we know isn't a softie if she's willing to endure unimaginable pain to become this new goddess, and she volunteered herself to be under this god's control in the first place from what it seems.
>>41017937
>“If you do that, you might all die.” Black Fang retorts. “The shroud that is keeping you safe will be pierced, and you friends will be within reach of the beasts again.”
According to her, bringing her to the village would put everyone in danger. The thought is nice and wanted, but it doesn't seem it can happen, unless there's unexpected developments.

>>41018077
In the future, I'd rather run from her than actually defeat her in a fight since killing her only makes her stronger. At least until we're ready for the difficulty increase, and possible time reduction.

>>41017290
>>41017410
Can't believe I forgot to add this in my original post, but don't forget to give Black Fang one of our essences at some point. We did act like we were going to give her one during this fight, which made her very grateful. If we want to keep that trust, we should stick to that and not change our mind just because it benefits us.
Just not sure to give her the essence now, during, or soon after her recovery phase. Perhaps after we tell her of our recommended changes, to make sure she focuses that essence there? Would also be nice to see a clear a before and after with the essence. AKA learning how much influence or benefit the essence itself had.

>>41018614
She already guaranteed to dome back stronger and you want to make her stronger than that?

>>41018631
As long as we don't go overboard, it's a way to partially win her over overtime, and a way to show that we keep our word using this one instance.
It's a strange dynamic we have with her. We fight and nearly kill each other, but we're also very clearly trying to win each other over to change sides through our own forms of persuasion.

If you want my further thoughts, I'm partial to winning Black Fang only slightly over joining her. Why join her at all? It's a mix up of being the villain being more fun for a change, Black Fang being the most interesting character (I like our village, but we don't know too much about them besides personality traits), and I just like playing a cyoa in-character (prefer a much less dumb one though if we're that determined for a harem or something). Would prefer Black Fang offering something in exchange besides sex if we would to ever give essence to make the choice that much harder, but that's neither here or there.

>>41017290
Ask what her plans are if she becomes the new goddess of monsters. Will she have the power to summon or create them and bend them to her will? What are her plans once she does control or order these monsters, including those that still exist back in the real world? What will happen to ponies?

Realized something. Something tells me she isn't as evil as she appears or portrays herself to be. Because of what she said previously as pointed out here >>41018077
>“If you do that, you might all die.” Black Fang retorts. “The shroud that is keeping you safe will be pierced, and you friends will be within reach of the beasts again.”
Why did she warn us of the danger of bringing her back to the village as if she was concerned of what would happen? She could've easily allowed herself to been led there to allow the monsters to hunt us down. You know, like a true monster would attempt to do. She even told us to give her more essences so she can be strong enough to break ALL of us out of this dream when she first fell. She has no reason to not hunt down everyone, when she easily offers to hunt monsters with us, unless she has qualms with hunting ponies. Or maybe she wants to hunt ponies for sexual pleasure only.

>>41018077
There may be other ways to skin this particular cat. We can take anypony to the forest with us, or pass letters, or install a phone line. It's a dream, right? There's nothing wrong about having random phone boxes in a forest in a dream.
Unless the very act of passing information between Fang and them is inherently dangerous for the shroud regardless of the used method of communication. What if that's why we erased our own memories? Because the real world, metaphysically speaking, is just a bigger second village in this forest and if real Lance interacted too much with the dying good, no matter how indirectly, it could break that other shroud?

>>41019016
Her not being evil, but just a sexual deviant that has a fetish for dominance and 'hunting' would... explain a lot actually. When we had fun with her, she could've just captured and physically forced us to hunt for essence with her like any pragmatic hunter would, but she chose to carry us back to the village instead, or she could've attacked the village residents before we arrived with our mysterious barrier. She also had many opportunities to chase us for the essence we held but held back the god compelling her to hunt and only really attacks when we put ourselves in her presence. She still seeks us, but doesn't chase.
Going to wait until she answers our questions until judging, but it really sounds like her only problems are being too rough and being so engrossed in her position that she fails to mention her true motives.

>>41019289
Letters or passing the word is likely our best option for communication for now. There's really no indication of being able to create long distant communication either magically or technologically with what we can find. Seems like this god is just mostly focused on leaving traps and weaponry in the ground, while the effects of essence remain an unintentional boon for us.
Not sure why we lost our memories despite our preparation, but doubt it's dangerous to pass information. Her and Verdant easily fought and spoke without much issue either. I would say that this god intentionally messed with everyone's memories, but they seem a little... too primal to plan that far ahead for unexpected intruders? Nothing much about their control on Black Fang shows much planning.
Don't think it's wrong to get our village and Black Fang to talk more, but the issue that remains is that our village inherently distrusts her. Not hard to see when her first impressions on being controlled and having the motivation to become a goddess of monsters leaves a terrible impression. IF she isn't as evil as we suspect, or at least redeemable, we could try to persuade the village to give us messages or questions to ask her, but doubt that's going to be an easy as it sounds.

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You approach the defeated witch, kneeling in front of her so you may talk more or less face-to-face with the bigger mare.

“Sorry about that.” You whisper to her. “From my point of view, it didn’t look like there was another way. Now, say, it sounds better than ‘Little Colt” or ‘Warrior’, but I don’t recall telling you my name.”
“Your companion… I recall hearing her call you that way.” Black Fang laboriously replies. “Has a nice ring to it… Fit for a warrior like you.”

“Mmh…” You‘re still not exactly sure when that was, but you could have missed Verdant saying that. Or does Black Fang hear everything in the forest, even when she’s not here?
“Anyway, there’s a lot I would like to discuss with you.” You continue. “I want to understand why you’re doing all this. Why did you go so far as to trap yourself in this nightmare to become a goddess of monsters?”
“Please, now…” The witch chuckles, and coughs a bit blood in the process. “Don’t you think it’s cruel of you… to ask such lengthy questions while I am in this state? Come back later with this, will you? Next time, I promise… I shall lavish you with philosophy, warrior.”

“Then can you just reply to this one?” You start. “Will you be in control? You say I have to run, but won’t you be able to resist the old god’s influence with the strength you’ll acquire now?”
“I cannot refuse its will when I am being empowered… lest I would lose all the benefits.” Black Fang explains with some difficulty. “There’s even a chance I could die for good if I resisted. Sorry… but this once, I will let its will take me over.”

“In that case, let me just say this.” You start. “If you transform again, I’d still like to recognize you. But I recall you wanted to incarnate a more sensual aspect of the wild, so I’ll be direct about something. If you mean to rouse the desire of ponies like me, thicker flanks, wider hips and larger milky teats would help. Do you think you could transform toward that?”

You have trouble believing you could say that sentence out loud without flinching. Lecherous thoughts seem to be worryingly well-established in your mind, but that doesn’t faze Black Fang, and her toothy smile only grows in reaction.
“Ha… Ha… Ha…” The mare laughs, spitting a bit more blood. “Now that’s a prayer I’d love to indulge. Come closer. Help me conceive… this raw pleasure we both long for.”
Carefully, you hug the cultist mare, and close in for a kiss. After your hooves were are dipped in the pool of her blood, you feel its taste in your mouth as Black Fang greedily invades your mouth to wrestle your tongue with hers. The metallic flavour feels both slightly sickening and insanely arousing at the same time. And most importantly, overwhelming, just like Black Fang who holds you tightly against her despite her wounds.

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The moment is cut short as the mare’s body suddenly jerks up, and a moan of pain escapes her lips as she releases you.
“We’re out of time!” Black Fang calls. “Go. Now!”

You step back, but can’t advert your eyes from the writhing body of the witch. The excessive amount of life fluid is flowing back into Black Fang’s body, including droplets that fly away from your hooves and maw. This makes her body swell with new muscles, with new size. As Black Fang stands up, and up, she seems almost twice as large as she was before, and now also sports a pair of dark, bat-like wings.

You’re not sure how much it comes from Black Fang’s will, but your wishes were also granted. The giantess now carries teats that are each larger than your head, and you could use her ample flanks as a bed.
However, right now this killer bod seems geared toward pounding you to your death, without any euphemism for anything pleasurable in that.

You didn’t really have any time to offer an essence of any kind.

>Fight?
>Escape?

>What do you say happened to your friends back at the camp if you run?

>You have 2 essences
>You have 1 big essence

>>41020109
Defeating her seems to consistently make her a bigger problem, in a very literal sense.
Also, when something has tits that each probably weight eh same as you do, and they are still able to fight. It's time to abscond.

>Run.

Tell them we encountered the witch doctor mare again. But we found out more about how she ticks, how this realm seems to heal and recover her and how long it takes to do so. And she gets bigger every time she is beaten.

>>41020109
>Or does Black Fang hear everything in the forest, even when she’s not here?
Seems like it. Can't find any mention of our name when we confronted her with Verdant. At least it doesn't apply when we're inside the village.
>The giantess now carries teats that are each larger than your head, and you could use her ample flanks as a bed.
No leaking teats. 6/10 you tried.

Conflicted here. Will this god's control on Black Fang be calmed down if we give her our essence now, or will it continue to take over her? Not convinced she'll retain control to speak philosophy while we're carrying essence next time.

>>41020109
Hurry escape we done all we could here we need to return to base Now run for it before she has a chance to chase but if she does chase us this time use the smoke bomb to conceal our retreat in order to get away if we have to.

>>41020109
"Oh my god. She'll crush us alive with her massive butt"
>Escape
We will tell them that the last fight was too much for us.

>>41020109
Once we escape tell them the good news and bad news.

"Hey guys there's good news and bad news. The good news is I encountered the witch again and kicked her butt with the bombs I had it really saved my bacon and she thanked me for freeing her again and that she'll willingly tell me more about her plans, but here comes the bad news before she could tell me the monster god started to empowered her mind with his will again and now black fang is triple her normal size like Sand Carrot here and the worst part is she got bat wings so she can fly now"!

>>40996985
Hug bump

>>41020109
Run you fool!

Boop

coming back tomorrow

>>41020109
Okay, that's a huge bitch.
We should get going.

Also avoid Chord Care, in lieu of having to fight a mare as big or bigger(?) than her and being reminded of Fang's stare from the tree's canopy

Boop

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>>41025441

My bad, I need to take a longer break and refocus a little. Y'all can let this thread die for now.
I'll post in cyoa general and /mmp/ when I'm ready to make another thread. It won't be as long as the last break Hopefully

Thank you for playing

>>41026991
Ok thanks for keeping us inform can't wait for the next thread and you still owe us that image of verdant and Lance having sex you know from earlier!