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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 5619579" data-attributes="member: 5675">The continuing tale of Brick aka Ruby the bardBecoming a BiomancerAfter arriving back at the inn, after our rather unsuccessful attempt to woo the king of Dassen we receive a rather ominous threat from one of the Troubadours. He had obviously been ensorcelled in some manner and informs us to flee the city or we will be killed. As our diplomat associate seems too ill to travel we decide to stay the night at the inn. Feeling quite tired after her busy day of playing the diplomat, Ruby settles down in one of the large chairs in her suite, with notebook in hand she continues writing her memoirs. “You never know” she thinks to herself “they could prove very valuable in the future”, with her journal up to date she places the book on the desk and decides to have a look out of the window. However when she attempts to stand she finds that her arm is stuck to the side of the chair!A feeling of vertigo threatens to overcome her and almost blinded by the bright light from window, she stumbles, until she finds herself a handheld mirror, bringing the silver surface up so she can look at her face. Her pupils contract and dilate; they seem to be taking the slit like pupil of a cat! She slumps to the floor, her brain trying to process these new changes, her hands naturally clasp and cradle her tails in comfort, and an icky sound from her lap suddenly grasps her new eyes attention. Looking down at her tentacle tail shows that a the stubby flesh at the end has unfurled to reveal a snapping mouth, which darts out and takes a chunk out of the desk she is sat next to. Another feeling of vertigo swallows her senses, a strange tingle from the side of her head and reaching up she can feel her ears changing shape. Another examination in the mirror she sees her ears now resemble those of a bat! As the new way of hearing suddenly assaults her senses she grabs a nearby bin and wretches until the world stops spinning. Closing the curtains to her room tightly she plunges the room into darkness, even with her new eyes she is amazed at the detail she can see in the dark and all the new sounds she had never noticed before and she begins to calm down!Taking charge she opens the curtains and begins to examine her face in the mirror, trying to decide the best way to accentuate her few features, thoughts of what color make up to try ripple through her mind when suddenly the pores of her skin seem to open up and erupt in slimy pus that melts her features like wax. She screams and scrabbles into one corner. The door is flung open and Cricket stands in the door, scans the room for an intruder, spies no one by the bard in the corner weeping into her arms “What’s the matter, fella?” he asks. She looks up expecting him to react to her ruined face but he just looks puzzled, quickly settling her nerves she replies “Oh nothing, I thought I saw a mouse". The Half-Orc shakes his head with disgust “Yer’ a grown man, you can handle a mouse!” he growl and stomps out of the room, closing the door behind him. Another glance in the hand to reassure herself “no puss, all good” she thinks.She begins to prepare for bed, but her tail seems agitated, causing her hips to sway back and forth as it sweeps from side to side like preying snake. Investigating herself she smiles “so there was a mouse after all” she grins, a snap of her fingers and she launches a low powered eyebite at it, stunning the small creature and fading from its view, she gently reaches out and picks up the little creature, it thrashes and wriggles in alarm. Her tentacle tail whips and snaps as the jaws unfurl at the end, slime dripping from the gaping maw. She tosses the mouse into the air, she turns letting the tail react on instinct as it catches the vermin and a loud snap of the jaws leaves no trace of the mouse. Having finished the tiny morsel the jaws retract and the tentacle, ripples more folds of flesh unfurl from its sides revealing suckers like that of an octopus. Experimenting she finds that she can use the tentacle and the suckers on her arms and legs as very effective climbing aids, she clambers up to the rafters in the ceiling she falls asleep.In the adjoining suite her companions are slightly alarmed at the strange sounds coming from her room but the Barbarian simply states “He’s dealing with a few issues, best leave him to it if you ask me”, no one else seems willing to try the door. A few hours later Lembit is standing first watch, and checks on the room, he gentle opens the door to see that all of the furniture has been knockedover and there is a slimy substance coating the walls and the floor. His gaze is drawn to the slimy trails that lead into the rafters, a large pod or cocoon pulses strangely.Stumbling back in disgust he takes a closer look at the pod. The sides seem to peel back revealing Ruby’s naked form. She is covered head to toe in a greenish slime. She gets up and wipes off the slime and puts on a dressing gown. She looks up at Lembit and says “You’re not going to believe the dreams I just had". With that she walks towards the bathroom, looking back towards Lembit she says "I think I might need someone to scrub my back!” and licks her lips seductively as she saunters into the bathroom leaving Lembit feeling as though someone had dipped his lower half in a vat of ice.The others, still quite eager to know what is going on come into the room and see Lembit standing there with a disturbed look on his face. "What happened" they ask, "I'm not really sure but I’m sure she will explain herself when she gets out of the bath" he replies.</blockquote>

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