Lucius Cypher

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Carrying the unconscious cultist as if he was drunk, Orchid smirked at the gathered party. He handed Brannor back his equipment and gave him a pat on the shoulder. "We do GOOD, eh?" There was still some other obstacles they'll have to deal with, but right now Orchid was just glad that everything was working out so far. Once he had given Brannor his desired equipment, Orchid looked to Parum. He's yet to actually figure out how nervous she is about this whole thing and thought she was a mastermind of some sort. She at least seemed to be good at tricking everyone, including Orchid, that she really is. "Okay. Go time." Orchid had also taken some time to stripe Davis of his uniform, or at least enough of his outfit to so Orchid could conceivably disguise a snatched Leosin as a mere cultist. Hopefully they don't run into any guards however, which while invalidates the need for a disguise, was better safe then sorry.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

The longer Orchid was here, the more uncertain and uneasy she got. While she was considering joining these goblins for her own well-being, it was fairly obvious these guys were primitive at best. She didn't know much about goblins even in her regular life, aside that they're fantasy creatures, short, and typically butt ugly. So far that seems spot on. But the way some were looking at her, and their general attitude... Frankly, Orchid didn't see a good future with them. At best she'll just be a hunter or something and have to just follow orders until she dies. Worse, she'll be made into some sort of sex slave. It wasn't a thought she wanted to dwell on, but ever since they talked about breeding it was a big concern.

And then they found prey. A mishmash of other creatures, lizards, flying things, and other stuff that Orchid wasn't able to identify. Bot her instincts were against her; part of her wanted to just abandon these goblins and try to survive on her own. Another part of her was thinking that maybe if she plays her cards right, she can make the best of this crazy situation. Once more Orchid felt herself stuck in a video game simulation. This was obviously the part of the game where she has to learn how to fight, the tutorial mode of sorts. She was suppose to fight these things so she learns how to survive.

But Orchid was never actually good at video games. And frankly, something else was awakening within her. Something dark and selfish. Treachery. "Goddamn. Why am I still naked? I'm not going to fucking fight anyone with just this stick." And frankly, this boss goblin had some interesting stuff. One of the other goblins, the one who wanted her stick the first time, he made a good point; they needed better equipment. And that boss goblin had good equipment. She had no love for the stranger and frankly this entire group disgusted her. So she was going to try and steal something from him and escape as soon as she can. As orchid crept alongside the other goblins she looked for a nice rock she could throw. Just in case she needed a range option, and more importantly, if she can device some way or trap to incapacitate the goblin boss. Maybe some loose stones or making him fall off a cliff or into a deep pool of water.

@Renny@Zeroth

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

Orchid didn't like the idea of being a "breeder" for these filthy creatures. She was not some animal who raises livestocks! But before she could threaten anyone else a huge creature arrived. He was only ugly goblin, but much bigger in both height and girth, looking more like an ape than a goblin. He wore wooden armor which, while crude, certainly looked intimidating. It made Orchid feel downright weak just being here (Didn't help that she was naked). Apparently he was the father of the most recent brood of goblins and he intended to take them out hunting. This made Orchid feel slightly hopeful; she hasn't had any luck finding any meat, not even bugs, and had been subsidizing on herbs and water for this past few days.

But where were they suppose to find Dire Rats? Orchid barely knew her way around the water holes, let alone wherever giant rats were. Then again, this talk of rats brought up old memories of Orchid hunting in the barn. Her father had taught her how to use the airgun to shoot rats so they didn't bother the chickens and eat their grains. Made Orchid wish she had an airgun right now. Or maybe just a real gun. In any case Orchid just stayed quiet and clutched her stick close to her. She didn't trust any of these goblins but for now they seem to be on her side.

@Zeroth

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Yeah sure mate. I can get a post down, if nothing else just assume Orchid hands over Brannor’s equipment.

The Raiders of Norn

@Assallya

Or is you who have underestimated the goblins? HON HON HON!

But nah, these guys will wipe soon enough. My next mega post will help bring em to a close.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

Orchid steeled herself as the other goblins looked at her. She held her stick close to her body, not only to cover her body but also in case they were going to fight her. One of the goblins leering at her asked if she was one of the boss's kids and how long she was born. She didn't know any boss so she shook her head. "A week ago. I think? I don't exactly see the sun down here." Orchid looked at the other goblins with a scowl, but also a slight blush on her face. "Um... I don't suppose you guys have any clothes I can have? And food, maybe?" Another goblin approached and demanded her stick, to which she replied with a much sterner glare and pointing the sharp end at him. "I will stab you."

@Zeroth@Renny

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Yukari Yozakura

”Gaaah!”

Donny was thrown to the wall as the man had struck him, faster and harder than anything Donny ever felt. It was like getting hit by a truck! Donny would’ve been dead or worse if it weren’t for his body, and even then he was reeling. Normally he could make due in fights with hiding or eating, but this guy… He was too fast. Donny couldn’t get an inch underground before he got pulled up, and his guy could get two punches in before Donny could eat him instantly. Worse still, he wasn’t fast enough to even try to counter; ever swipe whiffed, every guard broken or passed. The only saving grace was that while the swordsman was attacking Donny, Yukari wasn’t the main focus. But between all the bearings Donny lost track of where she was; he was too focused on keeping himself alive to watch out for her.

”Tch. Come on kid. I thought monsters were supposed to be tough. You can’t even avoid these baby slaps?” Kensai walked over to Donny as he tried to limber up. He was hoping for a bit more of a chase or a fight, maybe even putting his guard up. But the only thing he had to worry about was this kid sticking to him and trying to burn his skin off. Kensai could feel the hairs on his knuckles get a bit burnt when he had struck Donny, though Kensai wasn’t sure if that was Donny or if he was just making friction burns in the air again.

”Damn. I came to Hosu looking for something new and exciting, but the booze and the heroes are overblown and weak. You need to stop picking fights with pickpockets and learn how to fight a real warrior!”

Yukari had grabbed the two thieves and moved them out of the way. All it took was one punch for her to know this guy was way above the threat level the other two possessed. This place would become dangerous. But even if they were bad guys Yukari couldn’t let them get caught up in the fighting. In the distance she also heard sirens; if they could hold out for three or four more minutes they could get back up!

”Hang in Donny, I’m coming!” Yukari Dropper the two of best the entrance of an alley and raced back to Donny. When she saw Kensai wailing on him she stretched out and jumped towards Kensai. She was going to try and bind his arms together and lee him bounded up.

Kensai was about to stomp on Donny when he felt something wrap around his body. [b]”Heh. And I thought you ran away!”[/color] He looked on with amusement as Yukari tried to wrap him up, so he just grabbed her by the face and squeezed. To his surprise she was very squishy, and what would have been a skull-crushing grip just made her face look funny. “Ha! Maybe you’ll be more fun than this kid.” Still Kensai grabbed Yukari and pulled her off of his body quickly and violently. Fast enough that his fingers dig into her flesh and carved some skin out.

”Yozakura!”

At this point the pain was almost unbearable. Donny had never been this physically hurt before. Even when he once burned his hand on a stove or got caught outside of his house in the middle of winter, none of those compared to this beating. He vaguely made out Yukari being tossed away towards a wall. As Kensai was distracted Donny dug down into the ground he raced towards her as fast as he could, popping out of the ground to shield her. To his surprise, it looked like Kensai was waiting for them to attack him.

”Yozakura we have to get out of here! This guy is out of our league!”

”Ow. This really hurts.”

Yukari slammed into the wall, cracking the stone and falling to the ground. She looked down at her leg and saw deep, bloody gouges in her calf. Like someone took an ice cream spoon and just scooped out three balls of flesh out of her leg. And that just came from one man throwing her against the wall. Yukari felt numb, yet at the same time the pain made her want to cry. ”Aaaah…. T-T-This really h-h-hurts….” She struggled to stand up as Donny appeared near her. He said they should run away. She was going to agree when she heard Kensai’s words. Sweat dripped down the side of her face. ”No… We can’t. We can’t leave.”

Donny looked at Yukari in fear. What was she thinking? Surely she must be out of her mind! Donny looked down and saw her carved up leg; how she was standing at all surprised Donny the most. He took what remained of the clothes from his meat sack and wrapped it around her bleg, her blood quickly soaking his shirt a bright crimson. ”That’s crazy Yozakura-san! This guy is going to kill us! We can still run!”

”You say run. We can’t. You heard him. He wants to fight and kill people. If we run away, somehow, he’s just going to look for someone else to hurt. Someone weaker than us.” Patting Donny’s head Yukari took a step forward and nearly stumbled. She had to bend her leg around her wound just to keep standing. The pain was starting to come back now all at once but she clenched her teeth and looked towards Kensai with determination. ”If heroes run and hide, who will stand and fight? Donny… I can’t leave. I can’t leave and live knowing that all I’ve done is put someone else’s life at risk to save myself. That’s not why I came to Komei, to just put all my responsibilities onto someone else I can call a hero.”

Yukari raised her fist weakly. Before she was tossed she almost sensed his movements. She was careless to think that he was slower than her; a mistake that nearly cost Yukari her leg. She wasn’t going to make that mistake a second time. She gulped and listened, ready to fight.

”What… Those words…” Donny looked at Yukari as she stepped forward to fight. Those words she said were the exact same from an anime Donny watched. It was cheesy then, but right now they held a lot more weight. At the same time, other words from the same anime came to his mind. A very familiar quote that seemed to be appropriate for this situation.

”No one has to tell me I have no chance of beating you. I already... Know that! And yet, I must try. It's not about winning or losing! It's about me taking you on right here, right now!"

”Dammit…” Donny moved up to Yukari, standing right behind her. He knew that he couldn’t get away fast enough if he tried to take her by force. Not only would she probably try to fight him, but Kensai would catch them. No, running wasn’t an option now. Donny couldn’t just hide and wait for it all to be over. There was no underhanded tactics left for him to do to win. He had to face this guy head on, like a true hero. ”I… I-I-I have my pride too! I can’t leave y-y-y-you here to die. I’m not g-g-going to let you!” Grabbing a piece of cement that had fallen Donny carved a new mask for himself, eating away at it into a new shape.

”Yozakura-san, I h-h-h-h-hope you can trust me. W-W-What I’m about to do… I’ve never done. But… I’m going to save you.”

Kensai was waiting patiently for the two to finish talking. He knew that they weren’t really worthy of his attention; a couple of kids who wanted to be heroes were a waste of his time. Frankly he was just hoping that if he stuck around long enough an actual challenge will show up and give him something to do for tonight. But it did entertain him how these kids kept trying to inspire themselves with their fancy talk. Kensai was almost tempted to exchange words too, but he figured that he’ll let their final words be something nice. Now that it seemed like the two kids were ready to fight, or as ready as they could be, Kensai clapped his hands and walked forward.

”You children are all the same. So full of piss and vinegar. Well, I don’t hate that. After all the ambitions ones are always the most interesting! But reality check: this isn’t a game that scales to you. At your level those are rookie numbers. Let me show you what a pro has to deal with.”

Kensai took one step forward, and in that one step he was right in front of Yukari and Donny. As he planted his foot into the ground he took both fist and aimed right at their chins. He swung upward, hard. ”Delaware….” But right before the point of impact he would flick his finger right underneath their heads. ”Smash.” The force of the flick was strong enough to create a shockwave in the alleyway that would send debris flying, even dumpsters and cars. And it would certainly send these two kids flying.

Yukari felt a disturbance in the air right as Kensai appeared in front of them. The first thing she did was reach out and cover Donny; she could take a punch but Donny might not be able to take another one. ”Donny!” The blast was too much for her though. It sent her airborne and her head began to rattle. She’s been shot out of a cannon, shot at with a cannon, flatten underneath a great weight, and even slid her body through the eye of a needle. Yukari thought she could handle any sort of attack. But this corruption of All Might’s attack almost felt like it was coming from the man himself; it was overloading Yukari’s limits and left her in a daze.

Spinning through the air her life flashed back to her time at the circus. The first time she ever had to do an aerial stunt. She remembered her parent’s encouraging words, but also the immense amount of fear. A member that was deeply ingrained in her head was when her mother was holding her so tightly in her arms as they were swinging by a rope, only for her to suddenly let go. She remembered hearing her father shouting. The Ringmaster shouting. Everyone was shouting her name. It hurt Yukari’s ears.

”YUKARI!”

One moment Donny had declared his intent to save Yukari, next thing he knows he was sent flying. He was still trying to process what Kensai was saying when he was in the air. Somehow though it didn’t hurt too badly. Granted he was still feeling sore from the previous beat down he had gotten. Maybe he was just numb to the pain now. But he was still conscious, so he could still fight. The same couldn’t be said of Yukari; when Donny saw her she appeared to be completely out of it. He wasn’t sure if she was okay or not so the first thing he did was reach out and grab her, ostensibly to protect her. He didn’t know how to check if she was still alive and frankly this wasn’t the time to figure it out; they were already starting to fall and Donny had no idea if either of them could survive the landing.

Donny had made up a lot of attacks for himself. It was just a childish thing he did as he was packing his things to go to Komei. Forest of Fist, Living Burial, Sarlacc, all those cool things that pro heroes shout out when they do their thing. A lot of attacks that Donny hoped to one day show off to others. But there was one technique he knew he could do that required a partner. Despite being rather shy, one of his biggest dreams was to use this technique with someone. Preferably a cute girl he liked. His mind thought back to Mina.

She was nice. She fought him earnestly, didn’t judge him by his appearance, really made him feel good about himself. He wanted to use this technique with her. But he was all too aware of her feelings for others, like Jett. Part of Donny started to feel angry now, but he knew it was an empty anger. He was angry at Jett for “taking” Mina, but Donny knew that Jett was simply doing something Donny didn’t have the courage to do: take initiative. Donny had just hoped someone would come to him and be everything he’s ever wanted. He figured that once he came to Komei everything would fall into place. But there was still a lot more work he had to do. If he wanted to amount to anything, if he wanted to be a hero, he had to take action.

”SYMBIOTE!”

Donny began to warp his body to fit around Yukari like a bodysuit. He couldn’t let himself hesitate even if it was a bit awkward; this wasn’t the time to let himself feel self conscious. Once he was had wrapped himself around Yukari he quickly began to create shapes out from his body. Bone-like objects that lined her body and formed protective armor. ”I have to survive. That’s all that matters. It’s always about survival. As long as I survive… I’m protecting Yukari!” Yukari would feel a bit lighter as Donny extended his limb forward to catch a rooftop, then swing upwards, narrowly missing the ground. He would have to survive until she was awake.

”Oho? Neat trick.” Kensai watched as the two kids seemed to have… Fused together. He thought that boy was a strange one. Kensai guess by the attack name, the Donny had combined his powers with the girl somehow. Kensai was certain it wouldn’t amount to much but he did enjoy heroes who synchronized their powers like this. It showed a bit more creativity than just overwhelming with pure force. It made Kensai have to think a little. ”You done? My turn.” Kensei jumped towards Donny and Yukari, arms raised to smash them into the building or deflect any attack they might throw his way.

What Yukari remembered about her first act was that she always felt alone even when she was around others who cared for her. Her mother and father loved her, but were too afraid to stand up for her. The other circus performers tried to make her feel at home, but they were so quick to move on. And of course the Ringmaster only cared about results; if Yukari couldn’t bring them, she was useless. It was always about being useful. Being capable. And putting on a good show. When Donny’s voice reached her ear Yukari opened her eyes. Her leg still hurt and her head was shaking but she was somehow moving. She felt something warm all around her body. At first she thought it was her blood and that maybe she had been decapitated, but what she was feeling was very different. It almost felt like her suit.

That’s when her senses went crazy. She heard Kensai jumping towards them. She could smell Donny all around her. She had no idea what was going on but she remembered she had to fight. She knew she was holding onto a wall so she had let go. For a brief moment she felt her arms feel very heavy, but than that weight was gone. It was like she had tripled or even quadrupled her weight class somehow. And when she landed on the ground, this extra weight didn’t seem to bother her. It was a very strange feeling but she wasn’t going to question it now. ”Donny I don’t know what you did, but this isn't too bad. I think we can fight him like this.”

Yukari shifted into her fighting stance. It almost felt like she was flying. While her leg hurt, she wasn’t putting any weight on it at all so the pain wasn’t as great. In fact it didn’t even feel like she was bleeding. ”Alright. My turn!” Kensai was fast but so far all his attacks were short range; Yukari had to take advantage of her longer reach and quick reflexes to keep him at a distance. She didn’t need to defeat him, just hold out for a minute or two. Long enough for the police to arrive. So Yukari threw a fast flurry of punches at Kensai with one arm, leaving her other back to protect herself.

With each punch thrown Donny would create teeth going up and down the arm to cut up Kensai if he made contact with any part of Yukari’s arm, and included a nasty set of fangs at the knuckles to puncture through Kensai’s flesh if any of Yukari’s punches hit. He created a shield for Yukari too, in the form of a row of ribs tightly packed together covering her other arm. As long as Yukari did the fighting, Donny could focus entirely on manipulating his body to do whatever might be needed.

Looking down at the little girl and her slimeball Kensai was mildly impressed that they managed to dodge his second attack. Her flurry of blows was also rather fast, but she was being too careful. Kensai responded with his own flurry of kicks, but then he felt a slight pain in his foot. Seemed like that slime boy was able to bare his fangs after all, as long as someone else was doing the punching. Kensai still kept kicking but he had to be more careful not to get himself cut again. Then he pushed himself off the wall and back onto the ground. He grinned and charged forward to grab at the arms and slam the both of them around a bit. He wasn’t too worried about the teeth since they seemed rather small; it was a surprise at first but if this was the best Donny could do than Kensai wasn’t worried.

Pulling her fists back after Kensai parried their attacks Yukari needed to keep her guard up. He started charging and she knew that he was going to try to grab for her again; that seemed to have been his previous plan before Donny’s teeth surprised him. But when it came to grappling Yukari couldn’t be beat! Instead of throwing a punch she charged forward too, this time ducking underneath his arms and throwing a uppercut right to his head. But it wasn’t a real punch; it was a feint so she could get her foot between his legs and wrap around his ankle. Donny would then start creating more teeth to bite into Kensai, and then start trying to devour whatever armor he had on him, even eating away at his tough skin. No doubt Kensai was going to try and and kick them off, but this time Yukari wasn’t letting go so easily.

“Ha! Trying to go for my foot? What are you, kindergarteners?” Lifting his foot high into the air Kensai slammed it down into the ground. Even if Yukari could take his attacks, Donny was not nearly as immune to his strikes. But that wasn’t the end of it; with his foot partially buried in the ground with Yukari around it, Kensai got low to the ground and dragged his foot and Yukari through the cement and dirt, going all around him to tear her apart with the friction. Like scraping a bug off of his shoe.

”Oh shit.”
Donny blacked out for a moment when his body slammed into the ground. He had tried to counteract it by trying to consume the cement before impact, but he was only able to get a couple of inches before the rest of his body was forced to hit the ground. He tried to hang on as best as he could but he had his lis limit. There was only one thing he could do now before he was gone: save Yukari. He forcefully ejected her out from his body and into the hole that was made, right before Kensai dragged his foot through the ground. Donny’s teeth kept him attacked to Kensai’s foot as he was torn apart by the force of the kick and getting dragged through stone and cement. He left a huge stain in the ground like an oil spill.

”Ugn… That was bad… Donny?”

Yukari got out from the ground and tried to get onto her feet. But when she stood on her hurt leg a shock of pain went through her body and she fell onto her knees. The weight on her body was gone yet now her body felt so heavy. Everything hurt. And she could smell something burning. She looked forward and tried to sense Kensai, and then sensed his fist hitting her face and knocking her back. She rolled on the ground and tried to get onto her feet, but all she could manage was to haunch over. She coughed out blood as she was starting to lose consciousness. ”No way… It can’t be over… Yet…” She tried to stand but it was impossible now. Her leg, as she didn’t realize it at the time, now was broken.

”I can still fight!” She screamed as she struggled to her feet. She leaned heavily on her good leg and needed to stretch her hands to the ground to support her weight. She couldn’t fight back in this state. Leg broken, cuts all over her body, her ear was partially ripped. Yukari was a mess. ”As long as I breath, I can fight…” But even breathing was getting harder to do. And at this point all her senses were shot. She couldn’t even hear her own voice and all she could smell was something burning. The pain completely overridden whatever sense of touch she had. And she could taste the blood in her mouth. ”I can… I can still… Fight…”

Sirens echoed throughout the city as chaos was descending. Reports of violence was everywhere. Police and heroes alike were in full force now as they patrolled the streets and alleyways for any sign of villain activity. They coordinated their efforts with other heroes in order to deal with the situation better. Soon officers found Yukari in the alley as well as Donny’s wallet and what was left of his body. They found his student ID and contacted Komei about the two students, trying to figure out what had happened and where they should take the children.

Kensai was nowhere to be found. Only the destruction left behind proved that he was here. And while he didn’t get an exciting fight he was hoping for, his curiosity was piqued. He was eager to see how Komei students will shape up after this incident.

@pkken@Noxx@Ryonara@Norschtalen

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

I hope it's not too cute.

Name:
Orchid

Theme:
For Ironic Reasons

Gender:
Female

Species:
Goblin

Appearance:


Goals:
Survive

Past Life:
Orchid's life was simple. She was just an everyday girl born and raised in a rural countryside in North Carolina. Her family were farmers; they raised cattle and grew corn to sell both locally and to various food industries. It was a family business and as the eldest child, Orchid often had to do all the chores herself if her parents weren't doing it. Feeding cattle, harvesting crops, taking care of her siblings. All while balancing an education and a social life. Sufficient to say she had to make some sacrifices.

She grew big and strong, stronger than most boys and even her own father (Though it didn't help that he was growing old). She could carry a small cow, push a truck out of the mud, and haul hundred pound bags of cornmeal in a ten mile walk. She never really took care of her appearance beyond some acne problems, and physically she was healthy, but her burly muscles and general demeanor did not earn her many friends. Girls insulted her for her manly physique and guys were either intimidated or just disgusted by her lack of femininity. Orchid learned not to care; she was doing more for her family now than those kids could with their entire adult careers. Always the dutiful daughter, she did everything for her family. Even sacrificed herself for them.

It was a cold winter morning. Though it was snowing heavily, school was not out due to important tests the students had to take. Orchid was waiting at her bus stop with her two siblings who were also going to school. It was cold, but they had made sure to dress warmly. But this also meant they were sluggish and a bit slow. As they were waiting for the school bus Orchid heard it coming. But something was wrong. The bus wasn't stopping. It started to slide and in the fraction of a second she knew what was going to happen. Her school bus was going to swerve and possibly hit them. She could jump out of the way but her little siblings couldn't they would be too slow. So as the adrenaline pumped through her body she picked them both up and threw them to safety. This left her no time to save herself as the bus crashed into her. Her last memories was looking up to the sky and noting how warm the snow was.

Abilities:
Light Equipment - The use of small tools, and lighter forms of armor, weaponry, and other items. Skill granted by birth as a Goblin.

Pacify Animal I (1.0) - You remember how to handle animals and read their body language. Through your own actions, you have a higher chance than normal of getting a hostile beast to calm down and become neutral towards you.

Stronger I (1.4) - Hauling bundles of hay and sacks of grain isn't all about size and muscle, though that certainly helps. Leverage is also a large part of strength, and you remember that. Your raw strength is increased by a minor amount.

Crafting III (3.0) - You can now craft more complex objects with a single moving part (like a flail or a wheel) more easily. Stamina usage from crafting decreased. Sub-stat Enhancements of items crafted from this point on are increased, but items previously made are still the same.

Material Analysis I (1.15) - You have developed an eye for determining the qualities of inorganic or non-living objects. At this level, you will only be able to gain surface information about an object. When used in conjunction with a crafting skill, it may help discover more compatible items.

Monster Analysis I (1.0) - Flat teeth indicate herbivore, binocular vision implies a predator or gatherer. Allows you to analyze animals and monsters, even those you’ve never seen before. At this rank you'll only learn basic information

Smash I (1.0) - A Physical Skill that consumes Stamina instead of MP. One blunt type attack deals increased damage!

Transformations:
Goblin

Inventory:

Raw Dire Rat Hide (Equipped)
Loincloth (Equipped)
Sharp Stone (Equipped)
Rawhide Bag (7/12) (Equipped)

• Hard Stones x2
• Goblin Bones x2
• Herbs x3

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

Whew. A lot of it is fluff, but Orchid has found a stick and the bonfire!

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

"Ugh. What happened..."

Orchid's head was pounding. She felt like she had drank her father's whiskey last night. Where was she? As the girl stood up memories flooded her mind. Flashes of things she barely remembers yet distinctively knows. She remembered seeing the bus hit her. The cold snow. A demon lord. Her emotions changed rapidly between confused, scared, aggressive, and nonplus. There was just so much going on in her head that she didn't really take in her surroundings until a good five minutes of standing still and doing nothing. That's when she also finally noticed something off about herself.

Normally Orchid was a big girl. Granted she wasn't going to make it to the basketball team, but she had a considerable amount of bulk. Except now she looked and felt small. And for some reason he skin was green. At first she just thought that maybe she didn't take a bath; that has happened before. But as she rubbed her hands the green didn't wipe off. Upon closer inspection she could see that it was her skin. "What?" In her confusion Orchid tried to find her phone but then discovered she had nothing; not even any clothes. Naked as a newborn babe. "WHAT!?" Suddenly very self conscious she looked for some cover or clothing. She hide behind a crystal, and in it's reflection everything slowly dawned onto her.

Pointed ears. Green skin. Large teeth. She looked a bit cuter than she had thought she would, but there was no denying it: Orchid had become a goblin. This was all so confusing to her but than the memories started to come back with a bit more clarity. She specifically her talk with the demon lord, though it was mainly one-sided. She remembered him insulting her profession and than giving her some skills. Something about animals and her strength. Sizing herself up Orchid certainly knew from appearance alone she'll probably be weaker than she was used to. Still, she can get stronger. She'll have to.

Once the initial panic over her new form was over Orchid knew she needed to leave and explore. She changed her mentality to that of a video game: this was a whole new world that she needed to learn how to play and eventually she'll get good enough to beat it. It was easier to do this than to fuss about with questions like how she got here or why. Surely those things will be revealed as she moves on into the plot. "Orchid... May name is Orchid. Okay. First thing's first: Let's survive."

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It's been almost a week since Orchid had first awaken. Admittedly, things were tough at first. She had no idea where she could get anything to eat or clothes to wear. But, drawing back to her video game mentality as well as her own experience as a country girl, she knew two basic things: She had to eat off whatever greens didn't poison her, and she'll have to kill something for meat and clothes. Fortunately for her, she had found a small pool of water with some herbs around it. Nothing that seemed too familiar to her, but they didn't seem unpleasant. She collected them whenever she could. Chances are these were healing herbs or at least was good in a stew. However soon she would exhaust her meager supply of pool herbs and she'll need to go out to find more. She also learned to simply accept her current nudity for now; there wasn't nearly enough plant fiber here for her to try and make herself something, nor any animals for her to kill, skin, and turn into clothing. Of course she'll get clothes as soon as she could but for now modesty was the least of her worries.

Orchid did have a good stroke of luck however; She found a stick. Not just any twig, but a rather long, almost straight piece of wood. Almost a staff! There were a few nobs and branches on it that she had to chip off but otherwise it was a solid stick that Orchid knew she could use for various purposes. Poking dangerous things. Hunting for food. Reaching stuff too high for her. She thought about trying to make a stone spear of some sort, but she's never done that right stones and even if she had the right ones she had no string to tie the wood together. All she'd be doing was splitting her only good stick. No, for now she'll need to just stick to her stick and keep exploring. Though she did sharpen one end of the stick to make it extra stabby. She'll bludgeon people with the other end if she has to.

As Orchid explored soon she came across a strange sight: Fire. Excited, without thinking she ran towards the fire hoping to find others. She stepped into the open, her stick in hand, and her body fully exposed. She saw others here but then froze. She had no idea what to do from here. "H-Hello?"