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Kylie shot up in bed when she came to, before calming down and seeing the note, and then Giselle, bearing some heavenly smelling breakfast. Despite the aroma, Kylie still couldn't shake all of the gloom that had settled over her mind, but at least the food provided a much needed distraction, and Kylie found herself smiling at her lover as she scooted into bed to join her, and pulled the breakfast closer.

Tucking in quickly, though not with her usual voracious appetite, Kylie was nibbling on some bacon while she thought about things. But try as she might, she couldn't dwell on the nightmare, the images of her possible children bleeding into her mind and forcing her spirits to raise.

Kylie still managed to nibble her way through breakfast quickly despite everything, and soon wriggled against Giselle to peck her on the cheek, before squirming away to drag the drawing table and supplies closer. Sitting on the edge of the bed, Kylie held that image, of their family, tightly in her minds eye, before giving her lover a treat, and sketching it all out for her, Hope as she grew, their children, their home, a little light to banish the darkness perhaps, but after about a half hour of skritching on the paper, and humming happily to herself, there it was, a still picture of them all together, children bouncing around in the grass, Hope being, well, Hope, and leaving Kylie smiling softly as she leaned back into Giselle, and looked down at her swollen belly. So... yea, she could handle having children...

Still, with everything that had happened in the early hours of the morning, Kylie still had to suffer through the realisation, that there was a nightmare stalking around her life, with the power to take it all away, if something wasn't done... And that meant getting these eggs out, and finding Hazel... and Training. At least she enjoyed training.

 

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Giselle smiled at Kylie when she saw her starting to brighten up after the incident earlier that morning and started eating along with her. When Kylie leaned over and kissed Giselle on the cheek before getting up to pull the drawing table closer to the bedside, Giselle smiled and helped her to do so, apparently still quite worried about her and wanting to make sure she was alright before going to do anything. As she drew on the paper she had, Giselle peeked over her shoulder, though she didn't speak at all so as not to disturb Kylie in her drawing, looking quite intrigued to say the least at the pictures she drew. When she realized what it was that she was seeing once it was all finished, Giselle leaned in and buried her face against Kylie's neck and kissed her there, leaving a little hickey on her neck.

"That's beautiful Kylie, I didn't realize that you were that good at drawing, I mean I watched you draw our house the other day and all, but you know what I mean. I've never been able to draw that good," Giselle said as she hugged Kylie from behind, holding her close. After a few moments, Giselle noticed Kylie glancing down at her belly and kissed her on the cheek again. "Don't worry about those Kylie, they should come out sometime later today or in the morning sometime most likely," Giselle said reassuringly to Kylie, rubbing her belly gently and protectively.

With that it was really up to Kylie what to do for the day, as Giselle didn't seem like to leave her side unless she asked her to do so.

 

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Kylie giggled as Giselle kissed her neck, blushing slightly as she leaned back further and sighed. There's a lot of things you can get good at, if you live underground. Kylie whispered, tilting her head slightly to kiss Giselle's cheek. And the eggs don't bother me, it's... the time. There's a lot to do that needs done, and training is looking to be the least of it. Thinking a little clearer now, and not much has changed, I suppose it's high time I stopped playing at being relaxed, and regain the edge I had before coming here days ago, because it seems to have dulled quickly. I was just... Am. So happy to have found you, and your sisters and our friends... I forgot what I was for a moment, lost sight of certain things in grandiose plans. Kylie whispered, staring into space for several moments.

Shaking her head slightly, Kylie blew lightly on the ink, to ensure it had dried to paper, and very carefully rolled it up, and used a thin smudge of ink to seal the roll. Taking the picture, Kylie stood slowly, and started walking through the house, slowly making her way down to her treasure trove in the basement. Once there, Kylie fished out one of the small chests, and poured it out, the gems and coins inside tinkling in a rainshower of metal and stone. Running her fingers along the small box, the ornate metalwork covering the dark red, cherry wood. Kylie placed the drawing in the chest, and closed the lid, before tucking it in with the rest of the wealth.

Hide and Guard your treasures. Even if all you have is Hope, and a Dream. Kylie whispered, hugging Giselle tightly, the small chest almost impossible to make out amidst the mass pile of wealth, and the drawing surely to be discarded during a theft, as safe as she could make it, without burying it under ground. Heading upstairs, Kylie finally opted to get dressed, a simple white cotton tunic, and breeches, before pulling on her boots. The tunic she left untucked, due to her pregnancy, it would fit better when she was back to her old self.

I suppose... if I must. We should go see Hazel, get this over with, see it through. Kylie said, scratching her head, before noticing her hair was wild and in knots. Sighing, Kylie started the chore of untangling it, before looking at Giselle, and forcing a smile.

 

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Giselle smiled sadly at Kylie's words, where she pulled Kylie over and hugged her close. "Is it so bad to be relaxed? I know that this... Atropal or whatever Hazel called it is after you, but it doesn't know where you are right now. Besides, believe me when I tell you that it isn't good to be so tense and take everything so seriously all the time, it only leads to heartache in the end," Giselle said, sounding as if she spoke from experience, which Kylie would probably remember after a few moments about Giselle's past.

When Kylie got up to head downstairs, Giselle helped her to stand and followed her down, obviously intent on staying by her side no matter what, at least until she had given birth to the Darkmantle eggs. Giselle helped Kylie to dig out one of the small chests of their treasure they'd found and empty it by tipping it over and dumping the platinum, gold, silver, and gems out into the rest of the larger pile, where she watched Kylie place the picture she'd just finished drawing into it and she dug out a spot for it in the coins and gems for Kylie to place it in, where she helped her cover it back up afterwards.

Giselle followed Kylie back upstairs and helped her to get dressed and got dressed herself. When Kylie started messing with her tangled hair, Giselle smiled kindly at her and took her by the hand and gently pulled her over to a mirror with a desk in front of it. "Come here you, let me fix your hair. You seem to have never really bothered with keeping yourself very well groomed in the past from the looks of it, so I shall do it for you for now," Giselle said, sitting Kylie down on the padded chair, where she pulled out a hairbrush and began brushing Kylie's hair, getting all of the tangles out for her, where she then pulled out some lipstick and offered it to Kylie after using it herself, giving her lips a light shade of red. Once Kylie had decided whether or not to use the lipstick, Giselle would help her up and over to wherever she decided on going.

 

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Kylie harumphed, pouting as Giselle yionked her over to a dressing table and a mirror, brushing out her hair, and any rodents who paid rent, as Kylie was taken from wild thing that lived in a house full of good looking women, to something that resembled the mousy, brown haired girl that had shown up. She almost missed the blue to be honest, but that was almost. She was far more comfortable as she was meant to be, unless she was goofing around with her big bag o potions.

When Giselle reached for the lipstick, Kylie shook her head, make up not something she had ever really used, nor did she plan to. In fact, if anyone wanted to really doll her up, they were going to have to catch her first unless what they were carrying was black face paint.

But at least now she looked presentable, rather then a short step from completely insane, and, standing up, Kylie hugged Giselle and fidgeted around for several moments, before walking towards the door, snagging the single remaining dagger from the succubi ordeal, and her bow along the way. I miss Hope... If we're doing what I want, then I want to go see her and the others... put some distance between myself and this nightmare for a bit... Kylie said softly, probably the most well armed pregnant woman on the island, and that never likely to change...

 

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Taking extra care with Kylie's hair so as not to rip any of it out, Giselle quickly brushed her hair out and prettied it up, and when Kylie shook her head no about the lipstick, Giselle giggled a little bit. "Oh come on Kylie, it's not like I'm trying to put all different kinds of makeup on you or anything, it's just lipstick. But if you really don't want it then I'll put it up," Giselle said, using some of the lipstick herself and putting it down unless Kylie went ahead and used it. "But you should really use this at least, it'll help your lips and keep them from getting chapped," Giselle added, handing Kylie another thing of lipstick, though this was practically colorless and apparently for chapped lips.

"I understand Kylie, I want to see her too, so since it's so early in the day and everything, we can go down to see her, though she may be curious about why your belly is so big now. And it probably would do you some good to get over there and away from here," Giselle said when Kylie hugged her and got up, saying she wanted to go see Hope again, admitting that she wished to see her as well. "Come on sweetie, let's go. I'll set you some clothes out that'll fit and then go tell the others where we're going, so that they'll know in case something happens to us so that they'd know which trail we're on," Giselle added, setting out some clothes for Kylie to wear before heading downstairs, leaving the pregnant Kylie to get dressed so they could go.

 

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Kylie sat there with only a minimum of grumbling as Giselle sought about fixing her wild tangle of hair, soon having it properly tamed, though Kylie stalwartly refused any such lip adornment to the bitter end.

Nodding as Giselle said she wanted to see Hope and the others as well, Kylie slid into the outfit Giselle had laid out for her as her lover ran downstairs, soon plodding clumsily after herself, and simply moving straight towards the door, snagging her bow along the way since going unarmed anywhere here was stupid.

If there were no further hangups, Kylie would sneak around the back of the house, and usher the Darkmantle outside, fully intending on riding it the distance out to the Alraune camp, rather then killing her feet walking, and perfectly prepared to shoot anyone who threatened her friend. Besides, she was due to pop soon, wouldn't do for the "Father" to not be there. Besides, the sooner the Alraune knew of her pet at the very least, the better. She still didn't want to reveal it to the town proper until she had the little ones properly tamed.

Mounting up, Kylie was content to float around like that all the way to the Alraune camp, whistling happily as they snuck back out of the village, and headed towards their goal.

 

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"Alright sweetie, you don't have to wear any, just suggesting it is all. Besides, I think you'd look better with a bit of lipstick and a tiny bit of makeup myself. Would make you look even sexier and more desirable than you already are. But it's your decision sweetie, and I'm not going to force it on you, but keep some of this with you just in case, so if your lips get chapped up or something, it's very good for them and keeps them from cracking and whatnot," Giselle said, handing Kylie a small tube of the lip balm to carry with her in her pack.

"We'll see you two later on Kylie, Giselle's already outside a waiting for you, said she'll help you all the way there if you want," Delilah said as Kylie went past the living room and outside, waving bye to her as she went.

When Kylie got outside, Giselle followed her around the back of the house and helped her get the Darkmantle out of the cellar, which as soon as they entered down into the dark place they would see that it had buried itself mostly under the massive piles of coinage and gems they'd collected the other day, making the creature look pretty comical as they entered the cellar to get him out. "Are you sure you want to risk taking him out of here Kylie? He could go after some of the village girls after all, though... darkmantles aren't one of the kinds that will normally keep you for eternity with them for the most part. They'll usually let you go after you give them their eggs they laid in your womb and leave you alone, though on rare occasions they won't. I mean you shouldn't have to worry about anyone killing him out of hand really, but the townspeople may try and drive him off if he threatens any of the people, especially the younger women. They... don't normally go after women that are underage, but you never can tell with some of these monsters really nowadays. So... just giving you fair warning and whatnot alright," Giselle said to Kylie as she helped her get mounted up on her new friend when they brought him out, where Giselle then grabbed a long rope and began tying it around the creature in a way that it wrapped around both sides once and she then gave Kylie both ends of the rope. "There you go, that should do for reins... at least I think it will anyway. Just pull the right side to go right and left to go left. Most of these monsters are fairly smart and quick on the uptake, so I think he'd understand what you're trying to tell him to do... though there's still no guarantee that he'll heed your directions of course, so be careful alright," Giselle went on to say once she'd fixed Kylie some makeshift reins around the darkmantle.

With that Kylie would see Giselle closing the cellar door and locking it back, where she then hid the key around the yard in a loose stone next to their well that didn't even look loose... even when standing almost right on top of it. Kylie would have mistaken it for a solid stone if Giselle hadn't moved it. Once she'd done that, Giselle was ready to go and she hopped up behind Kylie after grabbing her pack and spear, where she scooted up behind Kylie and wrapped her left arm around her belly in a protective manner. "Lead us on sweetie, I'll be the knight and protect the poor defenseless and in this case pregnant lady, hmhm," Giselle said with a giggle, gently tickling Kylie's belly a little as the darkmantle floated along with the pair riding atop it, looking like quite the sight indeed.

It took them only about an hour or so to get to the alraune camp from there instead of the hour and a half to two hours it normally took, as they had to go out of their way a little in order to ford a fairly large stream, though the darkmantle merely floated straight across the water as if it were nothing. After that they easily made their way to the alraune camp, as there as virtually nothing else standing in their way really at this point.

When they arrived at the alraune camp, the red alraune as usually stopped them, half a dozen this time instead of the normal two or three, all of them with spears at the ready when they saw the approaching darkmantle with the pair riding the thing. "Halt travelers and... creature. State your business and... Kylie, Giselle? is that you?" one of the red alraune said, challenging them before she realized that it was Kylie and Giselle.

Kylie would notice that it was the same red alraune that challenged them before, and she looked quite curious about the darkmantle the two were riding. "Hey Sheila, it's alright, he's... mostly harmless at the moment... I think, he's Kylie's friend. We're here to see Hope, if that's alright," Giselle said to the red alraune, who lowered her spear a bit, though not all the way.

"I'm sorry, but we can't allow you to bring that thing inside of the main village where the little ones are. You'll have to dismount and leave him here with us if you wish to proceed further on into the village. You have my word that we won't... kill this beast... unless it attacks us first that is, if so then it's free game, that's the only promise I can make you unfortunately," the Sheila the red alraune said, lowering her spear the rest of the way as she allowed the two to dismount and enter the alraune village, where Giselle helped Kylie to dismount and tie the darkmantle off onto a large nearby tree unless Kylie wished to say anything else herself or do anything else that is.

 

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Kylie just huffed up all big and ridiculous when Giselle mentioned someone even thinking of hurting her friend, pointing at the bow across her shoulders, which she was CONVINCED she could still shoot pregnant. Anyone who hurts my friends answers to me, their ability to speak a verbal language not withstanding. And that's the end of it. Besides, they're gonna need to get used to the idea if we're going to be trying to tame the young ones. I have no illusions about papa here, he's going to be as he is, hopefully with a little more restraint then usual if I keep him happy, he's been well behaved so far, but I will not abide someone injuring him, especially if the attitude here is "Let him give me a dicking, and he'll go away." Seriously, I find that mindset a little disturbing, but if there's no real danger, then fuck it. Kylie said, losing steam quickly but determined to protect the darkmantle if she had to.

As they mounted up and rode off towards the Alraune camp, Giselle happily hopping up with her and cradling her swollen midsection, the only thing to really get Kylie's attention was the poke to the ribs, resulting in a short, but brutal tickle/poke fight before Kylie inevitably fell back into deep thought. To expect her to shake off all the problems she was dealing with right now would be cruelly unfair, but she was trying. The more she tried though, the deeper in thought she fell, trying desperately to put all the puzzle pieces together, to understand how anything useful could come from such a nightmare, and always, she wound up at two conclusions, the Atropal had to die, and she had to find that blasted book.

It seemed Kylie's musing were not to go uninterrupted however, and this time, it was the red alraune, demanding they stop before recognizing them, and once again, saying that they would be forced to hurt her friend if he did anything untoward. Is that so. Well, if he attacked you, I'm sure it would be nothing more then a little tumble, and you ladies stand guard here all the time, are you telling me you'd really mind the release? I doubt it, regardless, he'll behave himself, and you'll do nothing to provoke him. I count you all as friends, him included, and I will not tolerate my friends fighting, besides, you hurt him, and my pregnant ass has to walk all the way back to the village on foot, and I'm really not in the mood for that, Trust me. Kylie answered with a scowl, before dismounting carefully and tying off the makeshift reigns to a tree before turning the darkmantle to look into her eyes.

Look, I'll be back in a little bit, I promise, just relax here, and don't test the nice alraune, and I'll find someway to reward you for being a good boy, okay? Kylie whispered, kissing the darkmantle above his eyes and giving him a soft pat. Turning, Kylie just gave a skeptical look to the red alraune. Seriously ladies? You can't tell me one of you really minds keeping him entertained if he gets antsy? Look, if he really gets out of hand like that, come find me, I'm carrying his brood, I can get him to calm down. Kylie added, exasperated as she started to make her way into the camp, hoping that Hope, would lift her spirits. She loved all the children... but Hope would always be special.

 

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"Very well miss Kylie, we will... refrain from harming him unless we absolutely have to, for you Kylie, our friend. But remember that it was you that told us to keep extra guards about after the other day and it was you that said to be careful about what is allowed near the village for the sake of the little ones, so that is what we're doing. There are extra guards about because of what you said to the matriarch, we are only doing as you pretty much demanded of her," Sheila replied to Kylie when she was through speaking to both her and the darkmantle, waving her companions off where they all lowered their weapons and allowed them to pass and leave the darkmantle there, though a couple of the red alraune kept a close watch on him for the time being, but they didn't seem overly menacing towards him.

Heading on into the alraune village, Kylie and Giselle were greeted by several of the arlaune they'd met over the past few days since Kylie arrived here on the island. Eventually, the pair was able to make their way over to Hope's little island in the middle of the stream, where they didn't see her at the place, though her little bed wasn't fixed up and the mossy blanket pulled down, so she was probably around here somewhere, they just needed to look for her.

After only a minute or so of looking around for her, Hope was found sitting on a log next to the matriarch Ayane, who had a bowl of what appeared to be porridge Kylie would see when they approached them. It seemed that Ayane was trying to get hope to eat the porridge, which Hope didn't seem to want to eat. "Now little one, you must eat this... it has some healing herbs mixed into it so it'll help heal your arm and leg quicker. Please little one, eat it... it took me a good long time to come up with a recipe that was good for you while remaining easy to make," Ayane said to Hope as she started towards Hope's little mouth with a spoonful of the porridge, to which Hope nudged it away with one of her little tentacles and shook her head. "Hah, I don't know why you're being so difficult all of a sudden, but I can't say that I shouldn't have expected it to say the least," Ayane added as she put the spoon back into the bowl.

Moments later, Ayane looked up to see Kylie and Giselle coming towards them. "Ah hello you two, come to see Hope have you. Well I wonder if you could get her to eat this porridge here, because I'm having no luck. She just doesn't want to eat it for some reason," Ayane said to the two as they came closer, greeting them cheerfully. In front of where the two were sitting, Kylie and Giselle saw there were quite a few of the little ones running around and playing, and over near the center of the village around the main firepit were the newest little alraune being fed by the pink alraune through their root tentacles.

 

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Kylie paused at the Reds' statement, taking a deep breath and nodding slowly. You're right, I did, and in hindsight, it may have been foolish to bring him along, apologies on that count. But really, he's been docile, but he's still what he is, an egg happy floating squid. Look, if I think he'll do harm to the little ones, I'll do it myself, have no fear, I've not forgotten my priorities, but it's not in the right to punish an animal for it's nature either, and I sincerely doubt he'll do anything untoward while I'm carrying his brood. I plan on training them actually, domesticating them if I can with the help of Giselle and her sisters, try and make them useful because they'd be a powerful asset if we could pull it off. He's just the start, and so far, as I've said, we've had no problems, he's content to live in the basement without any complaints as long as he's kept happy just like any other animal. Look, if he does cause any problems, just send a runner and I'll sort it out quickly, my word. Helena said, her voice far calmer then before, an apologetic look on her face before they continued into the camp.

Greeted by the familiar sights and faces of the little paradise, Kylie waved to everyone, before they made a predictable bee-line for Hope's island. But she wasn't there, which led to a little more searching, until they found Ayane, trying to feed an apparently stubborn Hope. Sighing, Kylie nodded at the matriarchs request, immediately scooping up Hope and blowing a raspberry on her belly, before hugging her.

Now what's this I hear about my little sprout not eating huh? You know better then that you little rascal, and you know mama Ayane went to a lot of trouble to make that for you, like your medicine and all. So how about we try again huh? Just you and me. Kylie said softly, kissing Hope on the cheek before settling her on her rounded belly and taking the porridge. Stirring it about a little, Kylie immediately scooped up a small amount of the food and held it in front of Hope. Come on now troublemaker, open up, the sooner it's finished, the sooner we can play okay? Please? Kylie said, poking Hope's belly gently.

 

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"Very well then friend Kylie, we trust you, so as long as you are willing to take responsibility for him and any actions he makes, then we shall keep him safely here until your return, and we shall send a runner if he gets out of control," Sheila said, bowing her head slightly to Kylie.

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"Heh, good luck Kylie. She seems like she doesn't like that porridge one bit," Giselle said as Kylie sat down on the log next to Hope and Ayane and scooped the little one up and blew the raspberry on her belly, which made Hope giggle like mad as she wriggled around in a futile attempt to get away from the tickling, her one good arm and one good leg, as well as her little tentacles all flailing about as she giggled.

"Well I think maybe the problem is that it's a little bitter because of the restorative herbs I mixed in with the food, but it's a very good blend of everything that a young alraune needs to grow up strong and healthy, as well as heal any hurts that a person has, be they alraune, human, or some other being. She took one bite of it earlier and wouldn't take another, I've been trying for about ten minutes or so now," Ayane said to Kylie as she took Hope in her lap along with the bowl of porridge after kissing Hope on her little cheek, where Hope kissed Kylie back on the cheek.

When Kylie said what she did to Hope, the little alraune looked up at her with a pitiful look on her face as she pooched out her bottom lip, though when Kylie mentioned that as soon as they got through there that they could play, she brightened up and smiled up at Kylie as she opened her mouth and ate the porridge as she was told to do. It seemed that her want to play overpowered her dislike of the food. As they sat there with Kylie feeding Hope the porridge, Giselle sat down just next to Kylie while she did so, reaching over and pinching Hope's little cheek a little as she ate.

After a few minutes, Kylie had gotten Hope to eat all of the porridge, though it took her some doing after about half of it, as the little alraune really didn't seem to like it all that much at all really, but she struggled through it anyway. Once the porridge was gone, Hope looked around for a moment or two before Kylie would see her little tentacles extend out towards the tree next to where they were sitting, where they coiled about a low hanging tree limb that she used to pull herself up to hang a foot or so above where she'd been sitting in Kylie's lap. Hope began swinging around a little bit as if she were on a little swingset, giggling as she swung around in front of Kylie.

 

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Kylie, displaying yet another new skill, diplomacy with young children, did indeed manage to convince little Hope to eat ALL of her porridge, but whether that was through the bribery, or some natural motherlike quality she held for Hope, she was unsure, but that simple act, of feeding her like that in her lap, had Kylie sitting quietly, and smiling, a look of absolute happiness on her face as she hummed softly, at complete peace for the moment.

When the food was all gone, and Hope swung herself up into the tree, giggling madly and swinging back and forth, Kylie leaned in and kissed her cheek Thank you for eating all of it Hope, that was very good of you. she said, smiling widely before giving Hope a gentle push, and setting her swinging from the branch before she turned to Ayane. Suppose if this stuff is bitter, a little honey could sweeten the batch without damaging anything you put in it. Trick is getting it from the bees, which I hear here are a bit oversized, and friendly...

 

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Hope just swung back and forth there in front of Kylie on the tree, smiling brightly now that the porridge was gone and all as she looked over her shoulder at Kylie as the young human gave her a gentle push to set her swinging back and forth. Kylie could tell that Hope was having fun just from the look on the little thing's face as she swung.

"Hmm... I suppose we could try that, it's been done before with some of our more... vile tasting medicines. Though getting the honey isn't too troublesome for us so no worries on that part," Ayane replied to Kylie's mentioning using honey to sweeten the porridge some.

As they sat there with Hope swinging around in front of them, giggling a little bit as she did so, the little alraune looked up into the tree as they heard something rustling the branches above where she saw a little bird land on the branch that she was hanging from. Her curious little face was so damn adorable as she pointed up at the bird with her good arm while looking at Kylie, as if asking what it was exactly. Looking a little closer, Kylie could make out that it was a woodpecker as the thing began pecking at the tree, which caused Hope to jump a little with a start, though more out of surprise than fright.

 

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Kylie chuckled softly as Hope noticed the bird, her heart melting all over again, as it never failed to do around the little Alraune. Woodpecker Kylie said softly, pointing up at the bird, and then repeating the word a few times, watching the red breasted bird go about it's business almost as attentively as Hope was, taking a simple pleasure in it for a moment.

Well Ayane, if it's not a problem for you folks, then excellent, it would probably help a lot with getting Hope to actually eat the stuff enthusiastically. I mean, it's no excuse for her to not be eating, but she's still young, and bound to be a little picky. Kylie said, not that it needed saying, just rather out of reflex as Hope enjoyed her swinging, and her bird, Kylie content to let Hope play however she wanted.

Looking around at the other children scurrying about, Kylie ushered them over, the entire giggling swarm, and tried to quickly think of a game they could all play, before simply pointing at Giselle. Get er she said, flat faced in a mock seriousness, before taking shelter near Hope to watch the inevitable fireworks, Ayane joining her as they watched the children. Tell me Ayane, how much do you really know about Hazel, more and more happens, and I only get more and more confused, and unsure what to think about the succubus, and it's becoming devilishly hard to trust her. Kylie whispered, her eyes distant for a moment as she lost focus, her hand idly stroking Hope's little head.

 

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Re: Kylie (Courage Wolf)

"Hmhm, yes she is going to be picky at that, and there's little we can truly do about it really in the end other than just try and persuade her to try new things as often as possible," Ayane said as Hope was let go to swing at her leisure, where she began slowly pulling herself upwards into the tree to get a closer look at the woodpecker, trying to repeat the word after Kylie spoke it a few times to her, though it was obvious that she hadn't grasped the ability of speech just yet from the sounds of it. Though she stopped if Kylie noticed her and made her stop going up either with words or with simply pulling her back down. If Hope wasn't stopped though she would get all the way up to the tree limb next to the woodpecker as it pecked away at the tree, that cute and curious look plastered on her face as she hung there mere inches away from the woodpecker as it pecked away.

Regardless of whether or not Kylie stopped Hope, while the little alraune pulled herself up into the tree with her little tentacles, the rest of the younger alraune that were running around and playing gathered around Kylie when she asked them to do so. When she pointed at Giselle and told them to get her, the entire gaggle of little alraune ranging in size from Hope to half of Ayane's size attacked Giselle, easily taking her to the ground and pouncing on her and wrestling around with her as they tickled her and everything. A few of the older ones kept having to pull some of the little ones off of Giselle's crotch as they tried to worm their way into her clothes to tickle her in some... inappropriate places, much as children liked to do for some reason.

While they did that, Hope explored the tree more and got closer to the woodpecker, having pulled her hand back a little scared after reaching out for it. "Hmm... well I do know that Hazel has been around here for a while, not as long as I've been around but I know that she comes and goes. Sometimes she'll be here for months on end, and sometimes just for a few days to check on things. Always told me and my predecessors that it was because of the one she loved that she kept coming, despite not wanting to leave her beloved's side. She's one of the most powerful sorceresses that I know of too, likely the strongest on the island if not the entire world. One thing I can tell you about her though is that you can trust her, she's never led me or my people astray and she's helped us ever since we arrived here, and she'd never turn her back on anyone in need if she could help it. If she's asking you to trust her then you're safe enough, relatively speaking. I mean she can be a bit... lewd and naughty at times, but her heart is very much in the right place to say the least. But all the same I'd trust her with my life... I'd even trust her with little Hope there," Ayane said in response to Kylie's question about Hazel. It appeared that the alraune trusted Hazel as well, and she couldn't sense any deception in Ayane's voice, so surely she was telling the truth.

When Kylie got through talking and Ayane answering her, the young human assassin would look up at the sound of Hope whimpering, where she would see that she'd gotten up close again to the woodpecker, which then moved over a little bit as it noticed her and pecked her on the forehead a couple of times. This made Hope give a little eek of pain and surprise as her little tentacles didn't grip the treelimb as she fell, landing right in Kylie's arms when she undoubtedly reached out to catch her. Hope looked up at Kylie with tears in her eyes, that cute look of curiousness gone now and a look of sadness in its place as the tears welled up and she sniffled, her bottom lip pooching out. Hope began crying sadly as the woodpecker flapped its wings and flew up and away, out of sight, while the little alraune wrapped her tentacles around Kylie and hugged her.

"Oh little one, shh shh... it's okay, you're alright. You just have a tiny little bump on your little head," Ayane said, trying to comfort Hope as she caressed the back of her little head, but Hope just buried her face into Kylie's chest and kept crying.

"M-Mama... m-mama," Hope whimpered as she cried, her face buried against Kylie as she called the young human assassin mama.

 

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Re: Kylie (Courage Wolf)

Kylie sighed, and nodded, finally accepting that she'd have to let her distrust of Hazel go, a decision she was not making lightly considering everything that had happened. For her own good her ass...

She was shaken from her confusing little side tangent as she glanced up, watching Hope get closer and closer to the bird, before, *Whap Whap Whap* The woodpecker made it's feelings quite well known on the situation, and little Hope was knocked from her perch in the tree.

Cursing softly, Kylie had to shoot over about a foot, her arms reaching out to snatch Hope out of the air, holding her gently as the little Alraune wrapped her tendrils around her and hugged herself to Kylie's chest for all she was worth. Cooing softly, Kylie was about to second what Ayane said, gently cradling Hope back and forth and murmuring gently It's all right little one, I've got you... Before Hope spoke.

Hope saying her first words, would have been an incredible moment for Kylie to witness all on it's own, but to be called mama, was enough to floor her, Kylie hugging Hope just as desperately as tears welled up in her eyes, unbidden. I've got you little one, Mama's got you, shhhh, shhh shush shush. It's all right. I'm right here Kylie whispered, calming Hope down, and after a moment, raising her up to look at her forehead, seeing a little bump.

Leaning in, Kylie kissed Hope on the forehead, and looked into her eyes. New things are pretty, and fun to look at, but now we know to be careful, don't we Hope. Kylie said softly, pulling Hope back in against her chest gently, and looking at Ayane as if a spear had just been rammed through her chest, confused and unsure. I... I never.. I love her so much. Kylie finally stammered out, having never imagined, that this would ever take the turn that it had, and finding, selfishly, that she didn't want to let Hope go, not for anything in the world.

 

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Re: Kylie (Courage Wolf)

Hope cried for a couple of minutes before Kylie was able to calm her down enough to get her to look up at her and loosen her tentacle's grip any, though she did stop crying when Kylie raised her head up to look at her forehead, where she'd see the little bump there from the woodpecker's beak poking her. It wasn't a bad bump, but one that would likely be there for a day or two give or take, depending on how well the healing herbs that Ayane had in that porridge. Hope's eyes still had tears in them and there were still plenty streaming down her cheeks, but she had stopped crying outright now thankfully, though only after a few more whimpers of mama from the little alraune as she clung to Kylie. Also, Giselle, being always helpful, had gotten out from under the pile of little alraune and came over where she grabbed a handkerchief from her bag for Kylie to use for Hope, handing the cloth to her beloved so she could dry Hope's tears with it.

When Kylie raised Hope's little head up and kissed her on the forehead where the bump was, the little alraune listened to what Kylie had to say, still sniffling slightly as she spoke. Hope nodded her head when Kylie finished speaking to her, hugging her again and burying her face against her chest, still sniffling a bit. "Well now, that was... unexpected to say the least. I didn't expect her first word to be directed at you like that, though I knew she'd gotten attached to you for some reason, though I didn't suspect it had gone quite this far to say the least. I... I think that once she's healed up that we'll move her roots nearer to your home, or wherever you'd like. If you can make some arrangements so that she can be indoors if possible so she doesn't have to be out alone outside, but near to you, and protected," Ayane said to Kylie while she held little Hope, apparently more than a little surprised that the little thing had spoken and had called Kylie mama like that.

"Well I believe we could get her something worked out inside the new house when it's done. Don't you think so Kylie? Should be pretty simply to do really, just make out a small grove in one of the ground floor rooms that's got a bit of the floor built up so that the dirt underneath is in a portion of the room for her roots to be in, somewhere next to a window that gets lots of sunlight of course," Giselle said, suggesting something helpful as always. Hope meanwhile had stopped sniffling so much and had finally pulled away from Kylie a little bit, where she looked around again, her one good arm still holding onto Kylie's clothes while a couple of her little tentacles stayed coiled around her, while her other two tentacles both reached out for Ayane and Giselle, as if she wanted to pull them closer. Ayane of course leaned down and kissed Hope on the forehead where the bump was, and Giselle did afterward, where Hope seemed to cheer up a bit, the small bump on her head already starting to go down a bit as she looked back over at the other little alraune that had come a little closer to see what had happened to their sister. Once they saw that she seemed to be okay, they went back to playing, with a couple of the littler ones like Hope going over to a small patch of flowers where they grabbed one a piece and brought them over to Hope.

"D-Don't... cry... sis," one of them said as they gave her the flowers, which instantly cheered Hope up as she smiled brightly at them and took the flowers with her two free tentacles, bringing them closer and sniffing them before hugging the two other little ones.

 

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Re: Kylie (Courage Wolf)

Umm y... yeah, of course. Anything she needs or you think is best Ayane. Kylie stammered out, still in a little bit of a shock. Watching the other children come over to check on her, Kylie set Hope in her lap after she'd wiped away her tears and Hope had gotten the kisses from Ayane and Giselle that she was after, starting to cheer up a bit. Wiping her own tears away quickly, Kylie giggled as the other children brought Hope flowers and went back to being little spazzs, Kylie feeling a little sad for Hope that she couldn't join in like she wanted to. Still, she'd heal up soon enough and be more then anyone could handle, Kylie was dead certain.

Kylie couldn't join in either, being of a particular round frame, and just relax, humming softly with Hope in her lap, urging her to go back up into the tree and explore a little more, to have fun. It was unwise to coddle for too long, and she wanted Hope to play. Just stay where we can see you Okay? she said as Hope tentatively scrambled back up into the tree to swing around, knowing she'd learned her lesson about birds.

Sooo... Damn, need that house up don't we Kylie finally said, laughing softly and closing her eyes as she shook her head. Now I'm just going to want to stay in the Grove all the time, but we can't. We can't leave the darkmantle on it's own for too long, or it WILL get into trouble, and I do need to see Hazel. Hope~! Come down here and give me a hug sweetheart. I have to go again. but I'll be back okay? She called up, holding her arms out after she stood.

Thanks Ayane, I needed to talk to someone first before I approached Hazel, you've done a lot to quiet my nerves, and little Hope here has turned a sad day around. I love you Sprout, now be good for Ayane and remember to eat all your food. Good bye little one. Kylie said softly, kissing her little head and handing her back to Ayane as she started to make her way back to the entrance, hoping she wasn't going to find three red Alraune moaning and squirming inside a rape squid...

 

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Re: Kylie (Courage Wolf)

"Thank you Kylie, for now I believe it best that she stays here, at least until she heals up and possibly a little longer after that so that she gets the chance to play with her sisters," Ayane said, bowing her head a little to Kylie as she thanked her for her words about knowing what was best for Hope.

When Kylie urged Hope on back into the tree, telling her to stay in sight of them, Hope looked up at Kylie, where she wrapped two of her tentacles all around her again, using the other two to continue holding the flowers she'd been given. "L-Love... m-mama... n-n-no c-cry," Hope said softly as she hugged Kylie again, clinging to her a little before pulling back and giving Kylie one of the flowers given to her as one of her little tentacles reached up and wiped one of Kylie's remaining tears away, where she then let go and carefully and tentatively went back up to explore the tree some more, using her tentacles to pull herself around while holding her remaining flower in her good hand.

Hope got back up to the tree limb she'd fallen from where the eased herself up to sit on it, looking around to make sure the mean old bird had gone away and wouldn't peck her again as she did. After making sure she was in the clear, Hope began crawling around on the tree limb, going towards the tree trunk, with Giselle following along under her, whispering to Kylie that she'd keep an eye on Hope for her so she could talk with Ayane some. "Don't worry, I'll be there for her m'kay," Giselle whispered as Hope went up into the tree again.

"I assure you that Hazel can be trusted though Kylie, I know this because she's told me many things over the years, since I became the matriarch of the alraune here on the southwest quarter of the island. My people are numerous on this island, it was in fact claimed by Crimea especially for us to thrive upon because it has virtually every kind of wooded area on it. We have quite a few villages here on this island, as well as in mainland Crimea far to the west of here. The matriarch of Crimea brought us to this world back around the time when she created her country, which has thrived since then into a magnificent nation where all are welcome to get a fresh start, provided they follow the laws and such of course. Hazel is an important person there, but... I shouldn't say any more about her than I have, not while she isn't present at least, as it's rude to do so, and she may not wish for me to tell you for some reason or another. But she can tell you more if you ask her about it, I'm sure she wouldn't mind," Ayane said, telling Kylie that she could and probably should speak with Hazel about most of those things and that the huge breasted succubus would be helpful and would answer all she could.

After a couple of minutes of exploring the tree, Hope came back over to the place she pulled herself up at, coiling a couple of tentacles around it again and lowering herself down when Kylie told her to come over and give her a hug. "L-Love... mama," Hope said in her soft little voice as she hugged Kylie, her little tentacles coiling around Kylie as she clung to her for a few moments. Ayane tried to take Hope from her after a few seconds of hugging, so that Kylie could go on, but again like last time, Hope clung to Kylie a little more than she ought to, not wanting to let her go, but Ayane got her to by telling her that she'd be back as soon as possible, which gave Kylie the chance to leave if she so wished.

Giselle was ready to leave as well when Kylie got up, and when Kylie told Hope that she loved her, Hope smiled up at her, saying, "Love... mama... bye bye," Hope said to Kylie, waving her hand at her and sounding a little sad that she was going, but she wasn't crying this time or whining about it or anything like that.

As Kylie and Giselle headed away from the clearing that the alraune children were playing in, if she looked back at Hope and Ayane she'd see Ayane tickling Hope, making her giggle like mad as her little tentacles flailed about. When the pair reached the place they'd left the darkmantle, they would find that they had in fact not come up to see it raping several red alraune, though it seemed to be getting a little frisky with Sheila, the leader of the group. A couple of its tentacles were rubbing up against Sheila's inner thighs and butt, and while she was trying to ignore it, it was apparent that she couldn't completely ignore the thing as she stood there leaning against the tree the thing was next to. She could obviously quite easily put a stop to it, from what Kylie knew about red alraune in general at least, but she seemed to be enduring it for some reason, likely to keep from possibly hurting Kylie's new pet, but she'd probably have to ask her about it if she wanted to know exactly.

"Ah friend Kylie... you've returned. As promised, we didn't hurt your pet, but he has been... trying to persuade us to ignore our duties, so I sent the others a little ways away while I stayed here to keep him busy," Sheila said as Kylie and Giselle approached, and as Kylie looked around she'd see that the next nearest red alraune were at least 20 feet away to the left or right of their position.