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You wake up the next day between the arms of Brass Compass, who’s now twice your size after your romp of last night.
As a result, you’re still unable to escape the larger mare’s embrace. Trying to wiggle out of her grasp, you fail to not wake her up, and she lazily locks you in a big hug once more, surrounding you with her warmth while she purrs in the delight of sleeping in.
“Last night was wonderful.” You whisper as a good morning. “I’m glad you don’t seem to have regrets about the size either.”
“Mmh…” Brass Compass squeezes you a little tighter against her fur. “I’m trying to focus on the good parts of it, and I must admit hugging my little plush bard is doing wonders for it. I’m surprising myself with how calm I am to be honest. Are you sure you didn’t put a spell on me, Hearty? Aside from the on that made me larger I mean.”
“I’m not sure it counts as a spell...” You reply, accepting your condition and nuzzling the mare’s neck. “But maybe you’re starting to adhere to my artistic vision.”
“Maybe, yeah…” Brass Compass says as she visibly intend to drowse in bed some more, looking you in this activity too as a result.

“I’ve taken a decision about what I want to do next.” Brass Compass announces later, after you came out of bed and while you now share some breakfast. “The next place I will travel to is the capital, Sky Diamond. There’s just too much new spells I want to study, so it will be better to do so in the flesh rather than getting it all mailed to me. Especially since I need to find some magic to deal with this new body too, now.”
“Oh. I see...”
“Ahem. Well, I meant to learn some manner of glamour actually.” She chuckles at your disappointment. “I actually don’t want your efforts to go to waste, Hearty, but I should do something to avoid scaring other ponies with how big I am too. Some illusion magic is what I’m after. Also, I’m not in a hurry to go. I’m probably gonna spend one more day or two in Starpoint Keep at least, and do some more quests while I’m at it.”

>What do?
>Travel somewhere?
>Visit a shop?
>Visit a pony you know in Starpoint Keep?
>Go on a quest?

>>42587629
>Here are the available quests.

Predator migration
>Client: Warden Autumn Leaf
>A pack of worgs has arrived in the region, probably driven away from the mountains they usually inhabit. Regardless of why they came around here, the beasts are aggressive in their search for a new territory, and for the safety of the community they need to be eliminated or at least driven away. Sightings indicate there’s about half a dozen individuals, with at least three adults.
>Reward: 90 xp, 60 coins
>You'd be attempting this quest along 2 other adventurers: Autumn Leaf the warden and Red Yew the spear bearer
>Expected challenge: medium

Spider extermination
>Client: Intendant Emerald Shine
>A giant spider took residence in one of the abandoned rooms of the prison under the keep. The pony-sized arachnid isn’t aggressive in itself, but it appears she laid eggs, and now her tarantula-sized offspring is running everywhere around the castle. Kill this creature and her brood. Getting the spiders to relocate outside the castle and city would be acceptable too.
>Reward: 50 xp, 100 coins
>You'd be attempting this quest along 2 other adventurers: Chara the fire scion and Scorpion Sting the huntress
>Expected challenge: medium

A dare
>Client: Moonweaver, fae of the night
>Oh adventurers, seekers of thrills and riches, arrogant beyond measure, pathetic tools of inconstancy. Our treaties forbid me to hunt you like I used to, unless you willingly accept to pose as my prey. Therefore I challenge you to a ‘game’. Survive my hunt from dusk to dawn, and my treasure shall be yours. Lose, and you’ll serve as my toys for the coming month. I will not kill you, but aside from that, be ready for anything. Come, fools. Let your greed cloud your judgment once more so your despair may entertain me like in the good old days.
>Reward: 100 xp, 300 coins, choice of fae magic item
>You'd be attempting this quest along 2 other adventurers: Shimmersteel the blade dancer and Boarora the tusked huntress (plus her faithful animal companion)
>Expected challenge: hard

>Brass Compass, Barkmane and Knifepoint are still around. They appreciate you enough you may ask her to go on a quest with you.
One of them would replace any other adventurer partaking in the quest of your choice (unless that adventurer is also the client of the quest)

>You picked the following ability for level 3.
>Toast to reunited friends
>If you've travelled at least once AND completed at least 1 quest without a given mare since the last time you met her, the next time you grow her will cost no mana AND be doubled.

Last night with Brass Compass : https://ponepaste.org/11383

>>42587629
Nice job with the intimate night Hearty and Brass had together Growfag I love it especially of the picture of seeing naked Brass with the juicy crotchboobs of all her glory wish we could've also see the image of them kissing when they were having sex at least it won't be long until we see that and one where the stallion will suck on a giant mare's milky crotchboobs soon I'm excited to see those pictures someday. Furthermore, I like how you made them making out intensely full of powerful emotions, causing Compass to gently push him down as she trying to tightly hold him in a kissing hug enjoying the moment as much and long as possible, the bard feeling her teats on his body as she on her back while he thrusting into her vagina mating press which then turn into missionary position with Brass filling her with all our mana and cum inside her as a bonus so she triple her sizes thanks to the double dose of Ode to perfection which made those two kiss passionately some more with Whispering heart on top of her giving her all his undivided attention of loving the tall mare he has just created for the past couple of days.

Tell Brass Compass that he would like to go with her to Sky Diamond capital and continue going on adventures with her because he enjoys being around her in a party together and admit he wants to love her as his beloved marefriend as he looking forward to have more special intimacy moments like the one they had last night Ask Brass was he good being her first time in bed? Is she happy being with him? and would she like to do again tonight or the next day? After hearing her response embrace her in squeezing snuggle cuddle nuzzle and kiss her luscious lips one more time for a few more minutes before we go get breakfast together.

I vote we go do A Dare quest and replace Boarora with Brass Compass we may need her for that hard job plus it would be good practice for her to learn how to not be afraid dealing with difficult pressures on a dangerous quest. But we should go do that after seeing how the zebra mare Star Flow is doing first to make sure she okay after what happened with the fight against the poison mushroom fae.

>>42587629
Honestly? Want to go to Meadowburg already to test our reunited friends passive and meet Brass Compass there. We can't entirely rely on staying together with Brass to take advantage of frequent travel back and forth to certain locations. That, and to be entirely honest, Brass Compass doesn't scratch the growth itch if she's not willing to grow her body curve-wise and wants to hide it with glamour. We can use one mana to grow Barkmane before leaving, if she wants it. Knifepoint is our second choice if Barkmane doesn't want it.

Tempted to stay and take that dare quest, but it's too risky when we have a rat companion to entertain frequently. Don't think they'd appreciate waiting a whole month of doing nothing while we get played around with. Gotta keep our rat promise.

>>42587629
Hey Growfag there was a typo in part of my comment in my first post the first question it was supposed to say Ask Brass was he okay being her first time in bed? Not was he good being her first time in bed.

Also I forgot to mention this about the second image you show in this thread it very sweet and hot an art of two adventurers sleeping in each other hooves without their clothes on hearty certainly enjoy tasting this unicorn essences with his tongue hehehihi!
>>42587952
Don't worry about Brass she just need a little bit of time to prepare herself when he ask to grow her curves again next time I'm sure she'll come around feeling comfortable to the idea of having bigger assets at somepoint and also the dare quest that's only if we fail in case we mess up badly with the random DC rolling but with our mana boosting it gives us an edge so we still have a chance to come out successfully winning the fae hunting challenge. Only if other anons want to do the hard quest though if a majority vote doesn't think we're ready to do one yet dealing with the easy and medium quests for a while isn't so bad.

>>42587629
Its early in the morning our party members can enjoy a little reprieve from their journey. Go visit our friend Star flow to check up on her and see if she would like to go with us to the Seeker's Guild Headquarters to spend part of the day there with Brass compass.

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>>42587630
I vote for spider extermination. The part about relocating lead me to believe the mother is actually sapient. As for the hunt, way too much risk and why would we want to be hunted?

On a side note, I'd rather do quests, level up, and get more skills than bounce between settlements for cheap growth.

>>42590017
>On a side note, I'd rather do quests, level up, and get more skills than bounce between settlements for cheap growth
But we'd still do that while traveling as opposed to not having quests? The passive encourages both travel and taking quests while in another location and wastes little time when it literally only involves only one quick travel post and a roll from what we've already seen. It's a waste not to make use of the passive while we adventure. Also, we won't be spamming it either after just one quest, if that's the fear. The economy as is prevents us from wasting too much money when there are valuable items to save up to buy.

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>>42590017
You're not sure what you want to do at this point. Going with Brass Compass to the capital is something that's certainly on your list, but you don't have to rush it there. You think she wouldn't mind going back to Meadowburg right away since it's on the path to the capital, and you could meet some of your other friends there. You could even do the trip without Brass Compass, and she'd arrive a day or two after you if she does some more quests around Starpoint Keep like she said she would.

The quests offered here do pick you interest too, especially the one about a dare from a fairy. However, the prospect of defeat does make you think twice about it. Disappearing for a whole month would be really harmful to the friendships you're trying to build, and let's not talk about your rat-friend who would be left on her own. Perhaps this quest about spiders would be more appropriate? There are lower stakes here, but still some good coin and experience to be earned. Decisions, decisions…

One thing you can do for starters is checking on Star Flow. You've been meaning to do that since she got in a bad position during the quest you did together.
Asking around, you hear that the order of the Flowing Hoof uses the training ground of the keep for their morning routine. You walk to the stone castle and find that you're free to get through the gates and beyond the wall. Inside, you quickly see a group of twenty or so zebras, as well as a couple ponies training their barehoof fighting skills. At this hour, they're ordered in four lines and all synchronously repeat the same jumping and bucking motions while an older zebra watches and calls for the next movement in rhythm.
It's easy to spot Star flow in the group, since she's noticeable taller than the rest. She's diligently performing the moves like all of the others, a look of focus on her face.

After a dozen minutes, there seen to be a pause for all the disciples. After bowing in unison to their master, they break their orderly formation. You wave at Star Flow at this point and approach her. She seems a little surprised to see you, but not outright displeased by your presence.
"Hey there!" You greet her. "So I guess this is what the order of the Flowing Hoof is like. You're all very impressive."
"Ahem, thanks." The mare nods at you slightly. "We do this every day to keep everyone in shape and foster discipline among us."
"Say, are you doing alright?" You ask next. "After the adventure we had I mean. It looked to me like you were… quite shaken by the fight against the fae."

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"Well…" The muscular mare sighs. "You would be right. Thankfully the fae's poison didn't have any lasting consequences on me, but still, I feel ashamed I got incapacitated so easily. I felt like I was in control on the situation back then, but just one moment later the enemy had we in her grasp. It just went so fast… Anyway, right now I feel like I must work more on the fundamentals, so next time I can either react in time or free myself quickly enough form that kind of trick."

"Are you sure you don't need a change of scenery perhaps?" You offer. "I plan to travel to Sky Diamond, the pony capital, with a friend of mine in the coming days. She just got accepted in the Seekers, a group of adventurers who works with the royal academy to recover and protect history all around the world. Would you like to come with me?"
"Oh, uhm…" The zebra mare shakes her head. "That sounds prestigious, but I will decline your offer, bard. As I said, I still have much to learn here, with the order. I can't abandon my training like this."

You don't think you'll be able to convince Star Flow to leave Starpoint Keep any time soon. There's a chance she might accept to do some quests again though, if you can ease her into the idea.

>What do?

>Chat with Star Flow some more?
>Travel to Meadowburg? (Brass Compass and/or Knifepoint would accept to do the trip with you.)
>Accept Spider extermination?
>Accept A dare? (Barkmane would NOT accept to go on this quest)

>>42590830
I vote to go after spiders. Make sure we have somebody who can speak spider tongues in our group. If Chara and Sting can't, maybe the druid can?
The black fairy quest would only worth it if Moonie agrees to up the ante: if we win, instead of our part of the proposed reward she’ll serve as our maid, compere and confidante for the next month. Add some poetic substantiation to it to make it fey-like, maybe something about money can't buy freedom, only other freedom can. If by any chance she agrees to that, it takes priority over spiders.

>>42590830
Cool we can bring the zebra Knifepoint with us to Meadowburg when we leave Starpoint Keep I say yes to that have knife tag alongside us with brass in tow need to continue connecting with her after all the more the merrier to expand our team. Also let accept the spider extermination with the ponies it already has we can do that one without Brass; instead Compass can help us with the Predator migration quest after this switch Red yew with her and while hearty is busy with the spider problem ask her to find out more about the pack of worgs in her book so she can have counter measures ready to deal with them when we go off to fight or drive them away later in the afternoon.

Tell Star it's not her fault we had no idea the fairy would have tentacles coming out of the mushroom on top of her head. That's the part and pascal of adventure quests its the unknown unpredictable outcome happening out of nowhere unexpectedly we can't account for every possibilities and we never blame her for getting caught so she shouldn't feel guilty, harsh, and ashamed with herself about it too much. It worries us that she feels this way and we don't want one bad quest to cause her to push her fellow adventurers away shutting us out by being distant and cold. Mention that this is the second time this has happened to us we dealt an undead pony guarding a magical lock treasure chest and he suggested using his friend's Brass knowledge to handle the threat carefully, but we took too long to find the right spell to stop it and one of our teammates got injured and as a result she smashed it to pieces with her pickaxe and it didn't came back to life turns out it was a weak product of necromancy so we didn't actually had to take the smart way but brute force, while for this one we nearly had the situation contained using violence yet the fae manage to usher a come back maybe we could've talk things out with her instead of going at her with our hooves. The point he's trying to make is this we adventurers are not always going make the right call to succeed at controlling the outcome of the situation to our favor all the time and that's okay we can learn from those encounters to have new experiences to better ourselves and the most important thing to remember is that when your out in a quest make sure you and your companions come back alive in the end whether or not you get the job done survive and live. Ask how is she enjoying her new beautiful strong body we made for her has it been very helpful to her so far?

>>42590830
Take the spider quest and ask star flow if she would like to have drinks with whispering heart and his friends tonight at the tavern, she miss out the last time.

>>42590830
Spider quest

>>42590830
If we're going to do the spider quest, we should bring Brass Compass with us and replace the huntress. It's a medium difficulty quest, so we should bring a big mare with us in case things go wrong.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Rolling for who replaces Scorpion Sting for the spider quest since anons want diferent stuff for this detail
1 = Barkmane (who can talk to animals)
2 = Brass Compass

>>42594072
To late to cast a vote for bark?

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>>42594840
Sorry, a bit late
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"I'm sad to hear that." You tell the buff zebra mare. "But you know, I don't think it's possible to always be in total control of everything. Especially in our line of work. As adventurers, confronting the unexpected is our daily grind after all. Just like the other day, I and some other adventurers were faced with an evil skeleton, and at this moment our mage companion couldn't find her banishing spell fast enough, and so the mean bones took a bite at another one of us. But that didn't stop out party, and when magic couldn't, a hearty swing of a pickaxe brough the undead down. And so the quest was a success in the end! Just like ours. What I mean is… don't feel down because of a single mishap. That happens to everypony, and taking you out of a bad step is what companions are for. Also, once you were cured from the sleep spell back then, you kicked that big fae down better than the rest of us ever could. How are you doing with that new body of yours, by the way? I figured a brawler like you would make the best of my enhancing music."
"Hum, it definitely improved my capacities." Star Flow nods, hardly repressing a proud smile, and then takes a few glances around before whispering the next part to you.
"It's permanent, right?" And after you nod back. "Mh, I wasn't sure at first. Of course, a master of the Flowing Hoof will be a formidable warrior regardless of its size, but at my level at least, this is a huge boost for me. I can't spar with my fellow disciples as usual anymore, not without having to hold my strikes back at least, so the Master offered to train with me while this lasts instead. I feel a little like I've cheated my way through a couple years of physical strengthening, and I plan to make the most of what he teaches me and to be worthy of this chance. I… I should thank you, Hearty. I wouldn't have such an occasion on my hooves without your help."

"This my pleasure." You smile at the bulky zebra. "Anyway, my offer still stands. And even if you don’t want to accompany me on a trip or on a quest, you can always join us for a drink at the tavern tonight. No need to answer me yet. We'll have a spare seat for you."
"Alright then." Star Flow nods. "I'll think about it."
"I hope to see you tonight." You say as you leave.

But before you can taste victory and ale, there's some adventuring work to be done. Namely, spider extermination. How very mundane for your trade to vanquish dangerous creatures for the sake of the local lord.
Brass Compass accepts to accompany you on this by-the-book errand, and you meet the other mare that signed up for it.

"Hey there." The zebra waves at you as you approach "I'm Chara. I'm ready to turn these spiders to ash…" And as she looks up to you very tall friend. "Unless you plan to squish them first maybe? Both will do."

>You may discuss with your companions as you embark on this adventure to get to know them better.

>>42595031
Huh this zebra mare looks cheerful and kinda an eccentric person with a pleasures for theatrics actions this mission will be something also whoa Brass triple body size is a sexy sight to watch maybe she has the same size as the spider mare we'll encounter unless she taller than her and brass is close or half the pony-hyprid spider size when we see her.

Greet her with first name basis. Ask Chara to tell us about herself what made her into a adventurer? What is a fire scion is that a fire mage for zebra? What kind of fire spells can she do? Ask Chara to hold off on picking a fight with the Spider queen for now because the report said she isn't aggressive, so let's avoid provoking her and try talking with her first in negotiating about relocating her children outside the castle we'll only fight if they attack us first and point out the idea to the zebra that we're literally about to walk into a giant spider den filled with hundreds or thousands of tarantula-pony hybrids occupying the castle keep abandoned prison there will be a whole army waiting for us and ready to die protecting their mother from harm. As we're walking ask Brass to look into her book to find anything information that can help us deal with the spider queen in case we have to fight and on how to persuade the queen to move her entire colony so we don't cause genocide to an entire family. If Chara is impressed with our large comrade say that it was our work we have the power to enchant any mare and we can do the same to her if she wants later or if the situation gets desperate and out of control we'll power her up so she can assist Brass in battle against the spiders in equal terms.

>>42595031
Converse with the team about the spiders goal. Are they searching for an artifact hidden inside the Castle? Looking for prey as food? Exploring their new home? Or do they just want to scare ponies and zebras coming into the castle?

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