Werewolf Alchemist Quest

>Of yon currente events;

With your livelihood in the capital at risk, you cleverly snuck out of the city on a boat. Wandering through the wilds for a time, you eventually received help from a farming family, before finding your way to an orc settlement outside the capital.

The settlement is a strange place to you, as are the orcoid inhabitants, but it's a good place to hide since the authorities don't bother checking around here, and the inhabitants themselves don't much care about your human-society activities. Figuring this might be a good place to lay low for a little while, you gave up about half of your funds to purchase a portion of a store in a good location in the settlement. You also made a working arrangement where you sell potions to the business owner (a tool maker and repairman) ongoing, providing you with a steady, stable income.

So as your first proper day in town, what do you want to do?

>Decisions and choices are open ended, but actions require a d100 roll.

>>859772
What are our belongings?
Do we have any research or notes pertaining to alchemy and leads into curing ourselves?

Also

Deus Vult heathens.

>>859803
Your belongings consist of;

>25 guilders, a decent sum of money
>A bag chock full of alchemy supplies including ingredients, allowing you to whip up any sorts of potions or elixirs you can imagine
>A smaller bag of some useful medical supplies, like herbs and tinctures for healing, and important to you, several vials of powerful sedative
>A knife, mostly for your work but also for defense
>A bandolier of completed potions ready for use, mostly for offensive purposes, like turning the target into stone or releasing a cloud of smoke or noxious fumes
>A containment suit, vaguely reminiscent of a plague doctor's outfit minutes the beaky mask. It's handy for volatile alchemy work, serves to conceal your identity for those who might recognize you, and also removes the risk of infecting other people with your disease
>A carry bag with some basic necessities, like extra clothes, personal items and keepsakes, including perhaps most notably for your work, a dragon scale.

Included in your personal belongings are your notes on your work, as well as the writings of your late alchemy teacher. Unfortunately these don't contain much in the way of leads, just disappointments. You always had a feeling that your late teacher was on to something, but those promising efforts cost him his life. Unfortunately your attempts to duplicate that line of work, have only contributed to the scarring across your body.

>>859832
Oh, and I almost forgot, a young bear pelt!

>>859832
>Personal items and keepsakes
Anything notable among them?

Rolled 74 (1d100)

Yeh boi
>>859772
Stay inside our little office making potions

>>859847
Oh just the usual, reminders of family like a locket intended for your daughter and book your late husband favored.

For your personal belongings, just some things typical of decent folk of the day, including personal hygiene products and underwear, a persona journal unrelated to your work and some smutty pornographic romance books. Though those last ones aren't really decent, speaking honestly.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>859876
>pornographic
Okay we should go through everything our master left us. Every note and piece of knowledge on alchemy we have.
Keep a journal on hand.
Let's try to theorize and make a breakthrough regarding curing us

>>859858
>74

To get better settled in, you spend the rest of the day in your set up alchemy lab making potions for the orc owner's business. It's a welcome and calming return to some semblance of a normal life that you're used to, alchemy that you are familiar with.

After the passage of the better half of a day with some breaks in between, the sister of the owner ___? says they're going out to get food, so she reminds you to lock up if you also go out during that time. You are quite hungry, it occurs to you.

>What is your next move?

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>>859882
Bruh

>>859882
Well considering you can't safely have a physical relationship with other people, sometimes you just need to blow off some steam, so to speak. Anyway,

>94

There are several years worth of writings and notes here, much more than you could go through even in a few months. Any significant leads on a work towards a cure would similarly take time to find, however you are able to discover something you weren't aware of before, your late teacher's works from before he found you in the wild. Before he approached you to conduct research and try to cure you, he'd been doing similar work before then. It would definitely come in handy you figure, to work your way through all of that, to get a better grasp on his research after the two of you met.

>>859924
Wonderful find.
We should search for a place that renders services of food and drink.

>>859936
Do you want to search search, or just wander around? If it's search search, then make rolls. One for the food, one for the drink.

Rolled 45, 11 = 56 (2d100)

>>859942
Search search.
Let us find proper food and drink.

Rolled 96, 36 = 132 (2d100)

>>859942
Support roll

>>859953
>96, 36

Well your find a place that from the outlook might be the best food you've ever seen for such an approachable place, certainly better than any establishment you know of in the capital. For the drinks though, you're not a drinker yourself, but it definitely leaves much to be desired.

Is this place to your liking?

>>859978
It'll do.
We're mostly here for sustenance

>>859978
Yeh, this'll do

>>859984
You figure this is as good a place as any, and try to make your way in. It seems you aren't the only one who found out about the food in this place, and it's packed already from those in the settlement normally, let alone those coming back after the day's work in the city. The wait alone for just a solo serving is dreadfully long, but if you can get in with a group or party you'll be eating much sooner. You notice some folks doing that anyway, even total strangers banding together into larger groups to get priority service.

>What is your next move?

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>860138
Get in there and try to make some eating buds
Rolling for approval

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>860138
Aiding this >>860161
Ro!l

>>860166
>99

This is pretty much guaranteed to get you acceptance, but in what manner do you want to approach/introduce yourself?

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>>860166
We just made a lot of friends

>>860169
Lets be friendly joke/complain about the bad service and get them to give us a seat

>>860169
Go friendly
Make them want to like us.

>>860196
You act friendly and humorously to some orc women who find it quite funny, and after explaining your appearance, take a liking to you. Very much against your personality you try to act extroverted to fit in with them, and before long the gathered group of women attracts guys to match. In under ten minutes you manage to gather a small crowd of about ten which you fit in with, and the lot of you are afforded a place inside and service.

The menu is quite large but the food itself is simple in terms of ingredients and number of them, though you understand that doesn't have an effect on the food itself. You and one of the other women get something to share, while the group socializes and enjoys themselves. Their culture again becomes apparent to you as how different it is, and how you'd never expect men and women back in the city to sit around and hang out together so easily and boisterously.

Do you care to try and keep up with them, or now that you got service, just keep to yourself as usual?

>>860223
Nah we need to get more social skills
And friends

Friends are always handy

Keep up with them

>>860223
Keep the good vibes flowing.

>>860232
>>860240
Ok you can try to be more social, try and make friends. Make two rolls, one to gauge the mood of the livery, and one for if you can keep up with them.

Rolled 3, 75 = 78 (2d100)

>>860288
Witness me

Rolled 88, 31 = 119 (2d100)

>>860288
Awwwww shiiiiiet

>>860294
>88, 31

Your keen intellect allows you to pick up on the social customs of their culture and read the flow of the conversation, though you're not really able to speak along with them. You try, and are well received, but you never really control the conversation. Still though, because of how well you understood the mood, your few attempts went really well, and you draw a friendly tolerance of the "odd, ugly, but fun human" and are glad to hear you're living in the settlement and will be seen around. You make some friends, have a good time surprisingly, and get to eat some amazing food, easily the best you've had in recent memory.

After dinner, things return to more laid back conversation as some of the group laze around to let the food settle, while others start getting frisky and you get the impression some of them are making plans for later together. Suprisingly enough you even get some focus yourself, one of the guys who sat closer to you so got to hear better your few attempts at the conversation. He gets made fun of some by others in the group, but nothing too harsh. It seems they're getting on his case more for you being a stranger, or for being ugly, than for being a human.

Your impression of him is that he doesn't understand human customs so doesn't want to offend you by being too forward, but he's definitely interested in you. All of this is of course, very uncomfortable and alarming for you, as you flinch at his unexpected touch.

>What is your next move?

>>860353
Tell him we aren't interested in a relationship or anything because we're still getting over the loss of some people close to us.

It's close enough to the truth to be believable

>>860370
This

>>860370
Politely you decline his advances as best you can, he's a bit annoyed and disappointed, but in the social setting he can't get too angry, and isn't really that angry anyway. He didn't think there was a great chance to begin with so wasn't too hopeful.

Your excuse though, it does get his hands off you, unfortunately draws the curiosity and attention of the others in the group as they want to know about you and your loss. Pretty much all of them guess some grandiose story, assuming too much of you perhaps.

>>860395
Ohhhh wellll

Tell them about how our husband got killed by a werewolf and how we fought it off with our Alchemist skillz and add that we got our scars from the fire potions we used to kill it

>>860430
In coming up with a story to tell, being put on the spot you panic a little and end up twisting your own history to make it seem like you killed a werewolf after your husband died to it. That generates a lot of impressed reactions, all the more when your scars stand as proof to them. They think you very brave for a human woman, and you get respect from them.

The rest of the evening goes by quite well, and you make good friends of them, as well as interest in your store when you say where you are located and as to how they might find you again. After that they slowly thin out and go their ways, either to find rooms together or to go properly drinking, which you're of course invited to.

>What is your next move?

>>860443
Let's go home.
We can start going through the notes we found.
Make understanding his more complex research into curing us easier

>>860443
Yay we made friends
Sweet

Lets go back home

>>860456
>>860465
You get home, it's not too late but it is fully night now. The owner and the two women are back again, having some family time and probably getting to bed after. The owner's sister also welcomes you back when they hear you get in, and invites you along if you care to.

It seems you're more interested in a night of studying though, yes?

>>860516
Well let's get some studying in, but don't over do it, we got a shop to run on the morning.

>>860516
Yes.
(I am a tired. Good night)

>>860516
Yeh, let's git some studying and then we get some sleep

>>860534
>>860537
You get some reading in then, and start to progress through your old teacher's writings. Quite interesting stuff, to see as he started to formulate the idea/motivation to pursue a cure for the -thropy disease.

Eventually it's getting pretty late, and you're getting tired, and figure to turn in. Got to make a good impression for the first proper day of work tomorrow after all, you expect some direct customers. Where do you want to sleep though? Currently you're still letting a cot at the flop house, but it would take a good walk to get there from here. There isn't room to sleep comfortably in the rooms you've bought of the store, though the sister did offer you could share her room.

>What is your next move?

>>860555
Lets go to the flop house, i would feel more comfortable on the flop house, nothing bad can happen on our way there tight?
Also
I gtg OP, i gotta sleep

>>860571
Goodnight, will be heading off myself pretty soon.

As for the way there, make a roll!

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>860601
Obligatory pre sleep roll.

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>860601
>>860601
Goodnight folks, both in story and out.

>>860627
>74

On the way back to the flop house, you encounter a situation where a street vendor stops you and asks you what you're doing here this time of night. You explain that you moved in and are living here, which he finds quite funny and says he admires your style/courage and gives you a full wineskin free of charge.

An odd exchange, but he hopes to see you around sometime. Either way you make it back to the flop house, making your way through as quietly as you can to find your cot and turning in for the night.

---

You awken the next morning to an orc woman sitting beside, asking if you're going to go through all that wine on your own?

>>860649
Orcs are big on sharing, eh?
Give her what's left of it and ask her her name

I like your orcs, Zaff. Their straightforwardness is endearing.

>>860718
Well, sharing with fellow "family" members, and the settlement is viewed as one big "family". Since you're living there now, they're starting to accept you as one of them.

At any rate you give her the wineskin, of which you hadn't had any yet but don't really mind. In return she clears off a side table and sets down a big breakfast for the two of you, made better by the wine. She said it was for the next couple of days, but why bother saving it when you're here. Before long another woman notices and joins in, bringing some loaves of bread to fill the small table out more, and after her a young fellow brings a couple fish out he'd been given for helping a trader. It's quickly become a big noisy affair with several people and a lot of fun, if you know what fun was or how to have fun.

The first woman, her name you ask, is ___?

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>>860725
Do you want us to name her?

>>860728
Yeah that's what ___? is supposed to mean whenever it is used.

>>860734
Any example of an orc name?
Something rough sunding maybe?
Bertha Ironliver, the everdrinking and fine brew conoisseur

You might want to wait for other voters before you lock in, tho'

>>860737
That's fine, I was planning on turning in for the night soon.

As for appropriate orc name, Bertha could work. Culturally they're hunnic supposed to be, but if they've been living in Almace long enough they could just as well take on Almese names.

>>860741
Very well, thank you for running Zaff.
Good night

>>860746
Anything for my dearly devoted players. Will resume tomorrow when I return. In the meantime people can feel free to make plans or ask questions, that I will answer when I return.

>>860725
Bertha's fine
We should stay with her until it's time to go to work

>>860866
Bertha it is then, you have breakfast and hang out with her and the others. You avoid drinking the wine though, again you're not a drinker, but it smells weird to you anyways, probably some foreign manner of making the drink.

You have a nice time though, certainly an enjoyable morning. When the others say their goodbyes you make your way back to your place of work, ready to start the work day. Entering into the lab without issue, everything is ready to go as you please.

>What is your next move?

Rolled 39, 74 = 113 (2d100)

>>861038
Lets make some potions with extra punch and show them to the owner to convince him to sell our stuff

I gtg, be back at 8

Rolled 43, 16 = 59 (2d100)

>>861038
I will support this >>861086
And maybe after we're done we can continue looking over our notes

>>861086
>39, 74

Well in your eagerness to change things, you don't really make any good potions. In trying to convince the owner again though, you do a little better, and supposes if you make more potions which suit his business he could offer those as well for sale.

Aside of that though, you start getting people showing up to your side of the store actually. Initially just a random odd person asking if you can handle mundane problems like warts or blemishes. After awhile though you get a person or two with actual sickness. All of them you're able to help and well, and you get a lot of appreciation. Their payment methods are not that great, but they always try to make it worth your while, whether they bring you some well-prepared food, ingredients you were lacking, or material possessions like fancy clothes and even a nice chair. A lot of bartering to say the least, with the standout being someone offering up their child to work for you to pay off the debt, though from the few who are able to pay, you sufficiently make a profit.

>>861100
You try to progress more through the notes, but you're finding yourself more and more busy as the day goes on. Like that one orc fellow said when you first showed up here, it's clear to tell that the settlement was lacking any proper doctors or apothecaries, to the extent that you can perform.

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>861116
We're the master of speed brewing.
Let's just prep as some potions for all the common illnesses and problems brought to us so we don't have to waste as much time.

>>861127
>52

Weeell you are very good at whipping up solutions on the fly, and manage to do a decent enough job of that for the common ailments you face.

After awhile though, a guy comes in in a clearly hostile manner, looking like he wants a fight and causing trouble. Eventually you try to confront him but he's rather angry about your business and how it's a direct threat to his own, going as far to try to intimidate you and even forcibly grabs you and drags you out from behind the table you're using as a counter.

>>861153
Do we have a stone skin potion on us?
Just curious.
Also yell for some help.

>>861156
Yeah, time to show the merchandise in action

>>861156
You have potions like that but not immediately on your person.

At any rate you try to call of help but he actually puts an arm around you to try and shut you up. Pretty soon the owner's sister comes in to see what's up, but the guy tries to wave her off saying you spilled something. She still doesn't like what she sees and tells him to leave or she's getting her brother.

He eases up on you after that but quietly infers to you, to stop treating customers like you do, and go back to just helping out the owner. Finally he lets you go and leaves when the sister again tells him to get lost, despite some harsh words between them. At his departure, she asks if you're alright and tries to see if you're hurt, her presence comforting. She also asks what that was about, clearly worried something bad happened.

>>861164
Ah shame, only just missed the chance.

>>861166
Tell her apparently they dislike the fact we're medically treating sick people.

We should start keeping stone skin potions on hand.
And our knife too.

>>861166
Tell her they don't like competition in the bussiness
Also ask her how lenient they are with murder in self defense, "stoning" people can get messy

>>861190
Make up a batch of "tear gas"-like potions and their antidote.
Keep a few in your person in case the angry orc comes back with company and give the antidotes to your orc friends in the store.

>>861170
You tell her what it was about, competition most likely. She realizes that probably would be a problem, since normally in situations like this, the two parties would settle the issue over a fight, and then end up working together. Since you're not an orc, and also a woman though, such a thing isn't going to be possible so it's likely that he would just try to intimidate or shut you down otherwise.

Just in case things get ugly though, you intend to keep your knife on you at all times, and maybe a potion or two just in case. Without your suit though, something like a gas bomb or a stonetouch potion could be dangerous and effect you.

>>861190
Killing in self-defense is alright, though they probably won't see it as self-defense since the guy wasn't trying to kill you. And over a dispute like this, to kill him, would get you a lot of negative attention.

>>861192
For any sort of self defense potions you might have in mind, go ahead and roll to make them. As long as you don't roll miserably it's fine.

Rolled 20, 9 = 29 (2d100)

>>861233
Well, rolling for tear gas and antidote, then

>>861233
>As long as you don't roll miserably it's fine.
>As long as you don't roll miserably it's fine.
>As long as you don't roll miserably it's fine.
>As long as you don't roll miserably it's fine.

>>861249
Fuck

>>861249
Well you're poorly able to make some unstable irrirtant gas potion, but the antidote is honestly just crap. It's little better than water, so if the irritant goes off, you don't want to be anywhere near because you're not going to be able to help yourself about it.

>>861264
One could say we made irritant so bad it actually cures the effects and antidote so awful it actually behaves like an irritant potion.

Also, potions, because.

Warmfire potion:
Also called, Fakefire, this potion is a thin and clear liquid that "burns" with a white flame. Perfect for when you need to distract or repel your enemies, but not hurt or kill them.
It's real effect is that the liquid evaporates in a violent manner, giving the illusion that the target is on fire. The vapor is harmless and goes away before causing asfixia.
Gives a warm sensation, hence the name, but can't actually burn.
If used as a... "Mood enhancer"... During sex... Please, please apply it around the "area" and not ON the exposed flesh. It can cause rash and irritation if you do.
The glasslike flames can be colored to further help the illusion, but it will lose some of its intensity and will burnt out faster

Sage's spectacles:
It creates a soft membrane over the eyes that has a lens effect. The more drops that you apply, the bigger the effect. It used to be part of the repertoire of phony doctors who claimed they could cure bad eyesight.
It will wash out by the end of the day. The membrane offers some degree of protection from dust and pollution, but anything beyond a few drops will make your sight blurry if you don't need lenses.
Apply 5 drops on each eye and wait 3 minutes until it solidifies (Our new Sage's Spectacles DX comes with a complementary mini-sandclock with the correct amount of time to help you). Keep repeating this process until you are satisfied with the grading

Kisser's Best Friend:
Bad breath? Rotten tooth? Ate something nasty last night? Well, a few drops of this and your problems are over.
Apply our product under the tongue and let it congeal. Once it's finished, it will neutralize bad odors and leave a pleasant flavor.
It comes in three varieties of increasing power: Mint, MINT, and Orc.
Now, go knock them out with your loving... And not your smell.

Green Goo:
What's that? You are no longer 12 years old? That's fine (And disgusting, you old cow) you can pretend to be with our new product!
Heat it up over a candle flame until it melts, then pour over the areas you want to remove the hair from.
Once it solidifies over your skin, you rip it out, along with the offending hair. Now you look smooth and don't have to feel shame ever again!

Miracle thread:
Out in the field? Out of thread to sew the wounded? Don't worry. Heat up the mixture until it boils and then pour it over a clean surface. Once it has lost most of its humidity, knead it with your hands and then fold it over.
Stretch, fold, and repeat (as if you were making noodles) Keep repeating this process until the individual threads have the thiness you desire, then use as if it were regular thread.
This substance has powerful antisceptic properties and dissolves harmlessly into the skin of the patient. It can also be applied as is over a wound in a pinch. Works just as well.

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>>861281
Yes, yes indeed. You should be able to make any of these with a good degree of success!

Very nice, very creative, choose a reward for your effort to all of this. And by choose I mean imagine, and I'll see if it's fair to grant.

>>861314
Some orc erotica, There is only so much... Stuff, our poor old books can take, and we have to broaden our horizons

>>861318
>Orc

You're not getting the grey/green fever are you?

>>861332
Can we even get human erotica here?
Also, we literally spent 2 years wolfing it up.
We wolfed every wolf that we could ever hope to wolf.

Also, i want to see Desu Vult anon's reaction

Also going to get dinner so I'll be out for awhile, but will continue when I return.

Something to mull over in the meantime, that one orc guy won't be the only person in the settlement cross with you, if your business starts to expand.

>>861351
We will brew some orc repellent in the future, don't you worry.
You think orc girls would appretiate Old-timey pepper spray?

>>861349
You'd be surprised, you could certainly find a portion of the settlement who have a thing for, or fantasize about other common races, including humans. Erotica might be their best/only chance to experience that, and as a reward for creativity and effort, you can certainly find some.

And yes, most definitely, you've known more than enough wolf erotica for a lifetime or more. Thanks be to these smut books you have, so you don't consider going back to any such old urges.

>>861376
That's what we think right now but im sure i we can change that if we wolf-up by accident

>>862048
Will you be my partner in degeneracy?
Shall i write some Werewolf(girl) on Orc smut? If we are going to hell, we should go for all of the right reasons

>>861361
Well go ahead and roll, see if you can attempt to make something like that.

>>862170
Or, in the future that is, only just noticed that.

So anyway, it's late afternoon but already dark out because it's winter. At one point one of the friends you made last night stops by and asks if you want to spend time with them again tonight.

>>862188
If we can spare the funds, sure.
Maybe they'll be able to give us some insight in this matter

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>>862165
>partner in degeneracy

You're god damn right i want to be

>>862188
Yeh
Lets go with them

>>862188
Also, we should check how they pay for their drinks. We should learn how to barter better

>>862221
The way they usually do it is that everyone agrees on an expendable amount, puts it all together and gives it to the establishment in question, who determines what that gets them for the money.

You figure to go along with them though, and continue being friendly. The place picked out for tonight though to your distaste is a tavern. The place is quite busy so it's hard to find seating all together but you manage as best you can. You get some looks and confusion for your presence there, but otherwise get no trouble. The food isn't great but it's filling, though the drinks you can see are very strong and everyone is expected to drink.

>What is your next move?

>>862246
Tell them we don't drink but that we'll be there in spirit
And drink just a lil bit

>>862297
Well you don't have to drink, but outright telling them so from the get go, willl diminish their opinions of each other.

If you do go to drink though, go ahead and roll.

>>862165
I'm not going to hell heathen
>>862048
No wolf smut
>>862246
We should leave and try to excuse ourselves kindly.
This is not our establishment of choice.

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>862336
Oh well i guess well drink
Only a lil bit tho

>>862346
Well if he wants to write some, but that's different from it actually happening of course.

Anyway, what's the consensus? Hang out with friends or not? You can just leave, but it will give a poor impression to them.

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>862357
We can spend time enjoying the hospitality(alcohol) but we should leave soon.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>862349
Fuck it, let's get smashed, wake up with a half orc baby, and a new orcwolf boyfriend

>>862346
>I'm not going to hell heathen
Of course you are, you just have a different name for it

>>862346
>No wolf smut
So, no objections to orc smut then?
Right on, Deus Vult Anon!

>>862392
Getting smashed is probably a bad idea, we could start turning i think
That's why we should only drink a lil bit

>>862406
i love how that is the only part of the "plan" you objected to

>>862392
>85

Well it seems like a safe middle ground between leaving, and getting blackout drunk and waking up in bed with a stranger, is just hanging out with your new friends and enjoying things at your own pace.

You get a drink or two, don't like it, but don't get drunk really (thanks in part to your enhanced endurance) and just keep along with them. By contrast however they all get quite drunk soon and are getting rowdy with everyone, having fun, singing, and all other manner of merriment.

You figure that to be a good chance to make your leave then?

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>>862418

>>862420
>You figure that to be a good chance to make your leave then?
Are we carrying some manner of means of self defense with us?
If yes (Considering today's attack, we should) then we can leave, yes

>>862420
Yeh
We'll get sum D later on in the quest

>>862432
Maybe after we invent the condom

>>862392
>Orc smut
Nah heathen
Also our thropy disease spreads through fluids.
Both our child and boyfriend(shudder) would be infected

>>862431
You have your knife, since you found most are armed in the settlement. Where do you want to go after you leave then?

>>862438
That would be a nice consideration for a partner, so they don't catch lycanthropy from you. If you don't care about that though, standard alchemical contraceptives are fully within your "book" of known recipes. It tends to be a pretty good income source, as a clandestine business practice. Understandably, advertising something like that in normal social areas is frowned upon because of religious reasons, but around here it occurs to you people might not care as much.

>>862452
>infecting by fluids

Very true, though to be fair, your late husband knew you were a werewolf and still married you. The love between you was enough for him to accept the risks.

>>862452
>shudder
>He doesn't want to be topped by a strong and manly orc
What are you? Gay?

>>862461
>Where do you want to go after you leave then?
Home, maybe we can find more interesting stuff in our mentor's diary

>advertising something like that in normal social areas
Or we could go around looking for orc couples fucking out in the open and ask them if they are interested

Are condoms a thing in this setting? I know they used tripe in the past, but who knows here

>>862491
Don't want to ruin the moment here, but are we sure he wasn't some kind of bugchaser?
How did he die anyway?

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>>862491
Jesús
I never knew that

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>>862498
Whoa

>>862505
Given the detriment of the disease and all the problems that come with it, you can't imagine anyone wanting the disease, short of really desperate, degenerate, or strange faith people.

Your husband died when he transformed once out of control, and was caught and lynched. You've always felt some guilt not just for giving him the disease, but because at that time you weren't there to keep him in check from other people.

>>862498
Home it is then, just make a roll for the way back.

>advertising

Yes, you suppose you could just run up to drunken lovemakers in the open and offer your services. Unless you've got a great sales pitch though, you'd probably receive a hostile reaction.

As for condoms, when did they come about in real life? If they would normally exist then they'd have them here, though probably at an even less rate since as said, alchemical contraceptives exist.

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>862557
Rollin

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>862557
Condoms exist
Mostly made of linens or intestines or bladders.

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>862557
>Unless you've got a great sales pitch though
Woah, woah, woah there, buckaroo. You both look like the kind of people who aren't ready for responsability? Yeah, you good for nothing greens. Well, i have the thing just for you!
Just rub-a-dub-dub a little bit of this potion and you'll be more barren than a desert farm during winter.

>>862585
Then there you go, condoms exist. They're in less demand though because of reliable contraceptives. In this case, they exist mainly for ease of access when something like an alchemist isn't able to be sought the services of, or in a case like yours, to prevent the spread of disease when other contraceptives wouldn't work. Anyway,

>86

On your way back to your lab, you get stopped by someone you helped earlier in the day who couldn't pay then and owed you. He says he used to be a soldier but if you'll take it, you can have an old pistol he used to carry. It's the only thing of value he can really give to you, short of actually paying you in time with his work. Also hearing rumors of some trouble you faced, he thinks maybe it could help you?

It's just the gun itself, no shot or powder, but even on it's own it's quite a valuable thing. That is, if you want it?

>>862617
Yes.
And we'd love a temporary body guard while we're here.

>>862615
If they recognize you as "the local alchemist" then that might actually work. You're not some two-bit shaman though, you don't deal in something as petty as salves. You know how to make a consumable potion which can prevent pregnancy, much easier and more convenient than some hands on approach.

>>862624
He's flattered by the offer but has to decline, since he's not fit to really offer protection anymore, given the condition of his leg. Old injuries from the wars, and all that.

If you do want a bodyguard though he could certainly ask around and see what he could find, if you're interested.

>>862630
Yeeeeeee boi
Making friends by helping them is a nice way to get free stuff

Yeh, tell him he would be helping us out a lot

>>862630
Sounds good

>>862625
For real? I just wrote the most ridiculous thing i could come up in 1 minute

>>862651
Well maybe not literally like that, but along those lines. If they recognized you as the local alchemist, and you were known to be trustful, if you happened upon a couple in such a manner and offered contraceptive, yeah they'd probably trust you and take it. Maybe not if you're wanting money for it, like a literal sales pitch though.

>>862648
Ok you accept his gift of repayment, and take the gun. It's strange to you, you've never held a firearm before but you know it's a powerful thing even without ammo. You also ask him yes, to possibly seek out information about a bodyguard, and he says he'll try to get back to you in a few days or so.

Anyway, you get back to the lab fairly late, what do you want to do? Just a reminder that you don't actually sleep here, so eventually will have to return to the flop house for sleep.

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>862685
Lets make a potion to make the floor mattress-like and sleep there, i dont want to go out there this late

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>862685
Cotinue going through the notes.
We will cure our daughter.
And affirm our life.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>862685

>>862712
What is this a roll for?

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>862740
I don't know, i saw the guys rolling and i didn't want to be left out.
1 for >>862690
2 for >>862703

>>862712
>55

You brew up a potion which softens the floor and make it behave like a big squishy mattress. It works in a pinch, but you're still sleeping on the floor, and would want a more permanent solution.

>>862703
>43

You continue through the notes, making a steady progress. You're not learning much you don't already know, but you are better understanding your late teacher's mindset in studying your disease and his progression of logic.

Currently you're at the point in time where he started tracking you as a wolf, so he could encounter you and try to lure you back to civilized society.

>>862775
Look around for something to use as a pillow and go to sleep

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>862799
Dis

Rolling to use our own lap as a pillos

>>862814
Wht de fug

How do you use your own lap as a pillow?

>>862818
You can if you are sitting.
Your back ends up hurting, thought
But not as much as you'd believe.

Or we could do some M C Escher powernapping

>>862814
>96

Well you end up using your own lap as a pillow, and thanks to your improved flexibility you get an amazing night's rest, best you've had in ages. You awken feeling right as rain with a spring in your step.

>What is your next move?

>>862867
>>What is your next move?
Scratch behind the ear with our foot.
Then go and find breakfast before oopening the store

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>>862870

>>862911
We are a werewolf, m8.
We should be acting like one more

>>862870
Scratch behind your ear? What do you mean by tha-

>You scratch behind your ear with your foot, your wolven flexibility again coming in handy. It feels quite good if you do say so yourself.

Ahh that was nice, now for food. Where do you want to look for breakfast?

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>862936
Something filling but not too greasy

>>862925
Well for what it's worth, if you don't reject that side of you, it doesn't have as strong a control over you. Alicia personally hates that part of herself traditionally, so avoids and does whatever she can to stop herself from changing, going as far to use sedatives if need be. Because of her rejection of it though, it has a more powerful grip over her.

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>862936
Lets (happily) Stroll around the town looking for a nice place to have breakfast at

>>862952
So, we should stop worrying and learn to embrace the doggo?
Sounds good for the time being

>>862960
Only if you want it to have a weaker grip of you. But you have sedatives to negate that grip anyway so it doesn't matter.

>>862942
>43

If there's one thing there's a lot of in the orc settlement, it's bread and meat. You manage to rustle up some hearty, filling grub. Not too bloody though or you could transform.

Anyway, you fill up and are quite content for the rest of the day. What's the plan now?

>>862987
Head back to the shop and work up some new potions to put on the market
Like the ones i posted before.
And some contraceptive ones

>>863004
Sounds good, go ahead and make a roll just to see if you can.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>863019

>>863027
Oh, we just got cancer, i guess

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>863027
Not yet bucko

>>863059
>51

Ok yeah through the day you work on potion making, in between seeing customers, again coming and leaving very happy with your services and paying however they can.

Eventually though a little after noon, a pair of women approach you saying they own similar sort of businesses in town, and welcome you. They'd be happy to reach out and form a working relationship between your business and theirs. They want to work out some kind of arrangement with you and try to make it sound appealing to you, but you realize it is very exploitative of you and they seem to be taking advantage of you, the competition .

>>863070
*sigh*
What are they proposing exactly?

>>863070
Yeah, i don't think so.
Ask them if they know about the guy that tried to push you out of bussiness. Maybe they are in cahoots.

>>863077
Basically that you only serve customers they send your way, and that you make potions they approve of. It's not optimal, but it's also not completely awful, since you would potentially get more business and recognition.

>>863085
You bring up the guy, they say indeed they do know him, and if you work for them you won't get trouble from him.

You can choose either him or them they say, and they're willing to keep things relatively civil. They say you don't want continued trouble with him.

>>863141
I don't particularly like the deal.

>>863141
God dammit

Tell her its ok, but if we see we're not getting any customers sent our way we're going to start selling on our own

>>863157
>>863162
Well so which is it? Work for them or not?

>>863162
>>863205
I'll agree only if they restrict the ban on potions, or at least, if they let us see the list of approved ones

Make it very clear we aren't happy with the terms

>>863217
They can draw up a list sure, though from what you understand, it's all potions which suit their business, which they'll be buying from you.

And they're aware you don't like the deal but it's not really on their list of concerns, again they say if you don't like it you can deal with whoever's next.

>>863235
>it's not really on their list of concerns
By that i meant, that this deal is VERY fragile. If they push anything else, it's broken.

But, okay.

>>863249
Yeh
This works

Also i gtg sleep
Cyall

>>863249
Very good, they're glad to hear you agree! They think you should be quite grateful to them now, since as part of an orc enterprise you're protected from any malarkey. Indeed, shortly after the agreement is made, they call in a big orc guy and say you're in charge of him now, he's protection for your business. Otherwise, each day they'll send a runner over to bring back and forth the things which will be transferred between your business and theirs.

Eventually they leave, and the big orc guy asks if you want him to do anything, or if you need help with anything, since you're the boss now.

>Of note that the two women left you with a list of things you can make, and what they want made for themselves.

>>863272
I don't like this deal.
Severely.
I see no reason to agree to this.

>>863362
Well none of it was in writing or anything, that doesn't seem to be the style around here. You don't suppose there's anything stopping you from breaking the deal.

>>863362
I agree, but in the short term this benefits us

>>863272
Well if we get any customers we tell them that we got intimated into working for dem ladies and that they should go see them first

And can ww still make potions for the other owner of the biz?

>>863950
The problem I have is that someone's going to come in desperately needing our help and we might have to say no because we agreed to some stupid deal.

>>864152
We can pull a Mr. Incredible and tell them how we can't help them and how we totally can't give them this potion while our bodyguard is distracted

>>864152
Well if it's like a life or death situation, the ladies you're working under aren't going to mind in that case.

They want a share of the business and your skill, but they're not cruel or evil.

>>864074
You can do that, basically make it clear that you're limited in what you can do by them.

And yes, they don't care what you do with your work as long as it isn't medical related. So potions for the tools, they don't care at all about.

---

Anyway you continue to work through the day as customers come in, though you end up referring them to your employers. It's a little hard on your heart, to see them come in hopeful from past experience with you or having heard good things about you, but instead leaving disappointed.

True to the deal though, the angry guy from yesterday comes back again to make trouble for you, but the guard there with you prevents him from being a nuisance, and when they guy learns you're now part of an orc-run business, he let's his issues with you to rest.

Otherwise you trundle on, and with the lessened service you can provide, it gives you a better chance to study and maybe continue reading through the writings and notes about the path to a cure. Eventually the day starts to fade, and as usual some of your friends show up looking to see if you'll be out with them again tonight. It's a little surprising to see them yet again, and though it's nice to know that they seem to genuinely like you, you get the impression that they're set in their everyday routine including cutting loose each night.

Whatever you care to do, the big guy you're the boss of, is willing to accompany you wherever you might go.

>>864268
Well call me a moralfag but I dislike the fact we can provide superior service and we aren't to aid in the making of a monopoly on medical services.

And let's just stay inside and study.
In private.
I don't want the bodyguard in the same room as us

>>864268
I guess we can stay in tonight

>>864287
Well you only have two rooms available. He's a pretty laid-back guy, but if it really bothers you, either of you can go into the storage room for privacy.

>>864299
Outside of working hours, i say he can go back home. He is mostly there to deter other angry bussinessmen and would-be robbers

>>864309
Alright then, you tell him he can leave. He says if you need him he'll probably just be at the bunk house nearby, since this is the extent of his employment.

So it's early evening now, and you've got relative privacy. The owner's sister is still there and brings over some hot drinks and food for you to see how you're doing, but she's fine with leaving you be if you want to be alone.

>What is your next move?

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>864315
Go through our masters notes more.
We will have our cure.
And become best alchemist (crusader)

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>864323
To the rescue!

>>864326
>58

Your reading continues. You find in the disorder of the notes, you lose track of where you were, but come upon instead, your teacher's work regarding the -thropy disease of other kinds of animals, like a werebear, and his interpretation of accounts of a werelion.

Interesting stuff and does increase your understanding of the disease better, as you start to think that the -thropy disease only seems to apply to predator animals.

>>864333
If it is indeed a disease, it makes sense that it favors shapes that make it easier for the vector to transmit the disease

>Keep reading until it's time to sleep

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>864333
So there's a common trait along the -thropy diseases.
If we have another action let's start organizing the notes.

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>864349
Supporting roll

>>864349
>29

Yeah probably best to turn in for the night. It's getting late anyway. You make an attempt to organize the notes, but you realize it will take a much longer effort than just a few hours. Also you have to be careful about it, that you don't end up messing up the order by accident.

So where do you want to sleep then?

>>864360
Right here like we did last time

Shit felt goooood

>>864376
You're going to have to roll again then, twice. One for the potion and one for how well you can sleep. As long as you don't take to a bed, you'll have to roll.

Rolled 1, 14 = 15 (2d100)

>>864384
Eventually we'll roll a one trying to sleep like this and break our spine.

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>>864391
R.I.P our spine.

Rolled 87, 25 = 112 (2d100)

>>864384
SAVING ROLL

>>864407
SHIIIIET almost countered that crit with another crit

>>864400
i think we fucked up the potion tho and we're probably like harry potter's broken arm right now

Rolled 30, 31 = 61 (2d100)

>>864407

>>864420
oh well
we tried

>>864407
Sorry mister, but crit rolls get priority.

>>864391
>almost

>1, 14

Distracted by the events of the day, you mishandle the alchemical substances in making the potion, and end up spilling and mixing things which shouldn't be, resulting in an explosion. Thankfully the potion itself was not a particularly dangerous one, so the entire building didn't explode, but there's a good deal of damage to the lab and the various paperwork strewn around.

Fortunately your own injuries are not so bad, though you're shocked to find a rather unexpected development; the effects of the potion which were intended for the floor, have taken effect on your body instead! You find through movement and testing, that your entire body is very squishy and loose like a soft mattress. To such an extent that, you're able to contort in very unnnatural ways and even compress yourself as otherwise might be impossible. However as a result, your "firmness" is low so your ability to put overall stress on your body is diminished, an example being that you can't really stand up fully since your body starts to sag and droop under the weight and strain. Interestingly though you don't feel pain from any of these things, like pushing your stomach together and watching and feeling it squish and compress but it not hurting.

You're not sure how to deal with this, but since it doesn't seem fatal and it's late, you try to sleep. It's a very restless sleep though and you have an awful time, since as you lay resting, overtime your body kind of squishes out under it's weight which is a very unpleasant and unfamiliar experience. The next day, you're quite tired, and still of the consistency of a mattress.

>What is your next move?

>>864429
Try to remember what we mixed to end up like this.
This thing will be a riot at parties, tell you hwat.

>Flop around and try to regain our footing, like the sandman in the Spiderman 3 movie. The only good scene in that movie, i might add

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>864429
Let's try to cure this

>>864434
I liked any scenes with James Franco goblin, because I really liked all the gadgets and gear he had. Also the walking street scene where he's trying to act cool and suave, at least to me, has high comedic value.

Anyway you try to move around but it's really quite difficult, like you're a big feather-filled body pillow. You find that you can get around well enough by crawling or rolling, but then you get very dirty.

In trying to remember what you did, all you can remember is that >1 you mixed with, and your lack of attention at that time clouds your memories of exactly what was mixed.

>>864435
>42

At the very least you figure to set about looking for a cure. You encounter a big problem though, in that because the lab was damaged, most of your equipment is unusable, not to mention a lot of your ingredients having been spoiled.

Short of using your own personal skill to try and whip something up on the fly (which will require a very high roll), you think you'll need to get new or repaired equipment, and new supplies first, before you can make any real progress.

>>864447
Yell out for help.
We need it.

>>864447
Fuck.

lets see if the owners here, maybe he can help us whip something up

>>864450
You yell out for help, pretty soon the owner's wife comes in and finds you, screaming in the process at the sight.

Before long the owner is there and with his sister, they're all freaked out by what they're seeing, but want to help however they can. The owner himself, asks what he can do, while the sister asks if she should go and get someone?

>>864461
Run down the equipment and ingredients we need.
Ask them to write it down and retrieve the necessary stuff.

>>864447
How hard would it be for us to instruct Bertha to get the correct equipment and help us brew a cure?

Also, flop around some more


>That scene where James Franco is eating at that cafe while Parker's love life is going down in shambles

>>864473
>Also, flop around some more
kek
>>864461
have a little fun with this condition, flop around the room while they get the stuff

>>864466
You try to write down the things they need, but alas! Your feather-stuffed soft fingers can't properly grip a writing utensil! Instead you have to tell them as best you can what you need. The owner says not to worry, they'll buy what you need, even though it may be quite expensive.

The bad news is that the alchemy equipment, is rather special and finely made, so they'll have to go to the capital for that, and it will take a few days at least for the equipment to be made. They suppose they could try to find something passable within orc town, but you'd run the risk of mishaps with inferior equipment.

>>864473
Bertha is not there, she was your bed neighbor in the flop house. You can try to instruct the owner or any of his family, but like using inferior equipment, you'll run a higher risk of mishap than normal.

>>864485
Either way you try to get a better hang of yourself, but end up just flopping and shuffling around the floor. The owner's sister says it's a rather uncomfortable display to watch, and asks you not to keep doing that, she'll carry you around if need be or find someone to do that.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>864513
Well we can't do much
Let's try to continue organizing our notes or at least read them.

>>864513
Thats okay, we'll make due

tell her we're ok for now, we just need them to get the equipment

and lets keep floping around for fun when she leaves

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>864513
Staying like this for days is not an option.
Tell them to go to your "partners", tell them that there was an accident on our lab and we need some equipment to be loaned to us until the new one comes from the city. And to withold the details

This might disappear on its own, but if by the end of the day the situation isn't better we'd have to improvise

Tell them you'll be okay for the time being and if they can give you a little bit of privacy.
Thake this chance to flop around some more.
Rolling for flopping

>>864518
Or we could just cure ourselves right now.
I'm not averse to the idea.
It'd be good to try at least

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>864521
suporting this flop roll
we're all sonic now

>>864522
>>864518

Well so do you want to try and improvise on your own, or wait till you have some working supplies?

At any rate, once you get the privacy, you start to flop, and continue to flop like no one has ever flopped before. Before long you've flopped all over the shop and flopped yourself out, flopping over in a flopped out flop.

It was fun though you have to admit.

>>864522
Consider we aren't in the best situation to try ourselver.
And asking one of our friends would put them in danger.

But eh, after those flopping rolls, i am willing to give it a go

>>864527
And we won't talk of this ever again
except when we are telling our dauther this tale

>>864527
Improvise it.

>>864525
>88

Holy hell your flopping knows no bounds. You even manage to flop so well that you figure out a way you can sort of remain upright. You're definitely slouched and sort of half propped up on yourself, as though one would try to stand upright a body pillow, but as long as you don't move you're able to flop yourself upright and remain that way.

>>864528
>>864530
So is the plan to improvise and try and work with what you have available? If so, make rolls. One for how well you can improvise, and one for how good the remedy actually is.

Rolled 66, 58 = 124 (2d100)

>>864531
>stand upright a body pillow
So, are we a Silent Hill themed Dakimakura or something? Werewolf Hanako, extra crispy variant

>>864536

Rolled 27, 60 = 87 (2d100)

>>864536
crit succes plz

Rolled 34, 83 = 117 (2d100)

>>864536
After this we should still go through our notes
>>864518
Already rolled for it too.

>>864544
That 95 could ceirtainly justify how we manage to get anything accomplished in this state

>>864538
>Werewolf Hanako
Bruh
i dont know if i should laugh or feel

>>864546
Learning never stops.
Not even for a gelatinous body.

>>864550
Werewolf Hanako in Lilly's route And by Lilly i mean, MC is killed by peasants
You are welcome

>>864556
Is that a thing?
i left Lily for last and just skipped her whole story since i got tired of the vn when i was done with Rin

>>864578
>Getting tired of it
Now I know your a heathen

>>864586
Hey, don't lump him with us.
We might be degenerates, but not THAT degenerates

gtg peeps
dont crit fail on me

>>864551
You're not gelatinous, that would be a gelatinous potion! You're just squishy and saggy.

>>864538
>66, 58

So as usual you manage to improvise quite well with almost nothing at hand, after flopping yourself upright. With your improvisation though, you only manage an average remedy. Tipping it back, you regain some body stability, at least that now you can move properly. In terms of consistency though, you're still soft and pliable like a pillow, so although you can stand upright now and walk and use your hands, if someone even lightly pushes you you'll probably fall over, or if someone falls on you you'll smoosh underneath them.

>What is your next move?

>>864642
This
>>864518

>>864651
>95

Taking the chance until the owner's sister gets back from getting you replacement supplies, you set about trying to organize the notes and see what the damage was. Unfortunately in the explosion, some of the pages were ruined, but with the free time you're able to piece things together chronologically, even if they weren't written in that order. At least to your style of thinking/learning, that will be better.

Eventually your body guard also arrives for the day, asking as usual if there's anything you need help with, or want him to do.

>>864578
Holy Shit i just realized how hard i stroked out

>>864718
Tell him to go to dem ladies to ask if they have anything for our condition

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>865324
I doubt that will.
>>864718
we should probably start going through the notes in chronological order. Starting from where we left off.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>865330
SAving

>>865324
The owner's wife and sister already went to see to that. It's doubtful they would have something to help though, since they're medicine oriented rather than magic/potion oriented.

>>865349
>76

You try to progress through the notes again, and find where you left off. You can more or less get back to that point, though as said there are some pages overall missing so occasionally you reach a disjointed part and have to guess at the contents between papers you have.

>>865411
Do we learn something new?
Are we closer to curing our current condition?

>>865430
Even at the maximum extent of his work before he died, your teacher was still trying to make progress on a cure. These writings and notes are helpful to you, to better understanding your disease, and you might make insights overtime, but it's not like reading all of this will just suddenly grant you the cure or a solid lead on it, since his last effort towards it was what cost him his life.

Or so, you at least know one way not to seek it, since he was trying to see if the curse version of being a werewolf was at all related to the disease form of being a werewolf, which in the accident it was confirmed that this was not the case.

>>865450
Shame we can't flop anymore
Lets kill time while we wait for the others to arrive

>>865450
By current condition i meant the flopple syndrome we seem the be suffering at the moment.

>>865457
How do you want to kill time?

>>865465
Ah no, well you wouldn't find any information about that in these writings. You can keep trying to progress to a cure for the floppyness on your own, but reading your teacher's notes won't help with that.

>>865475
Can we roll to try and remember what stuff we mixed last night?

>>865475
I don't think we can do anything now
Lets curl up like a dog and go to sleep

And scratch behind our ear before curling up

>>865498
You can keep working to try and reverse your condition, but with that 1 that was rolled, you're barred from knowing the components used since with that knowledge you could work a cure easily.

>>865501
Feeling lazy you decide to go back to sleep, scratching at your ear again before curling up.

---

Some time later, you're gently jostled awake by the owner's sister who informs you that they got back with the stuff you needed. They were able to restock all the ingredients you lost, though for equipment they only got some basic grade stuff. It's not great, but better than nothing you suppose.

>What is your next move?

>>865516
Give them instructions on how to make an antidote and oversee how they're doing throughout the process so they don't screw up

>>865516
Flopple yourself upwards until you are "standing"
Or we can ask the nice orc lady to hold us while we work.

>>865525
>>865527

Go ahead and make a roll then, for how well you can work and their assistance, and then the remedy itself.

Rolled 51, 74 = 125 (2d100)

>>865531
Rolling

Rolled 19, 35 = 54 (2d100)

>>865516
>since with the knowledge you could work a cure easily
Oh yeah since altering the physical properties of the human body permanently (like shapeshifting and such) fall under blood magic but technically what we did was both permanent and had similar effects that means we stumbled upon a breakthrough.
Right?
>>865537
Supporting roll

>>865537
>51, 74

Between your better ability to work and their help, you sort of manage well enough, to make a potion which similarly makes as much progress as the first remedy. You're generally back to you normal self, safe for maybe a little squishyness, which could easily be mistaken as you being very soft. You think another attempt before you go to bed this night, should do the trick.

>>865546
This was more like a magic curse almost. You altered the properties of your body rather than truly altering your body. So as an example the alchemy mishap applied a magical malady to your body, which you've been trying to remedy, however blood magic would outright alter your body to be able to do what it did.

It's sort of like, suffering the effect, versus performing the effect. You definitely made a breakthrough for sure, it's just not one you wanted, or a great one at that, but then magical maladies can result in any sort of strange occurance that would boggle the mind and increase understanding of magic. That is, if you were a mage and cared about those things.

>What is your next move?

>>865593
Oh and by breakthrough I mean, once you cure yourself of the effects fully, you'll be able to make potions which apply the mattress effect to the target, and you'll know the true remedy, hereafter. They'll be added to your known recipies.

>>865597
Oh and I already have an idea for remembering how we made it
>Forced recall
Just create a potion to send us into a sleep and recall the memory allowing us to examine and understand it regardless of how much attention we were paying to something at that moment in time.
(God I love the subconscious and being a nerd.)

>>865602
Yeah that's possible. Maybe though it be easier than making something which forces you asleep, but like you drink a potion, and for a short duration it makes your memory photographic. So if you're performing an experiment, you take a drink, and then thereafter for like say, up to a year, you'll be able to recall that time perfectly.

Either way, you don't have to make a roll to come up with that, just roll when you make it. Well, unless you want to make it now.

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>865616
Well make it now.
And we need to recall it since the moment has already passed.

>>865593
>That is, if you were a mage and cared about those things.
Do you think there is an scholar that would be interested in aquiring this potion for the purposses of research?

It is my headcanon in games like Skyrim, that the weird thrash potions you make only for the money are bought in batches by other alchemists to figure out what the fuck did you just do

>>865616
Let's make a few to test the formulae.

>Lover's portrait
Are you about to live a moment you wish you could relieve everyday? Are you getting married? About to seal an incredible deal? Your son will kick your ass royally and prove himself a man? Well, we have something just for that.
Now, don't let the name fool you. Make the memory stick with Lover's Portrait

Also, i liked Bioshock, but that much is obvious

>>865619
Yeah you make whatever you're trying to make no problem, and in no time at all thanks to your quickness skill.

>>865622
It's possible that a scholar might want it, however two important factors that mages and alchemists are not the same thing so it would have to be a mage who was also an alchemist, which would be a rare thing indeed.

The other problem as well of course is that alchemy is falling out of style and now is considered somewhat archaic and distasteful. So other alchemists would probably love to get their hands on such a potion, except alchemists dwindle in number as time goes on. At least in human society that is.

Either way though you can make those potions yes.

>>865637
Well if no one has any objections I'm gonna vote we find a spot to lay down and drink the recall potion.

>>865701
This is fine

>>865701
You drink the recall potion. You feel a chill rush over you as you become very tired and soon fall asleep on the floor.

Through some strange but very vivid dreams, you relive the experience of yesterday, in your alchemy mishap. You're able to see what happened and how it was that the accident occured, thereby learning the procedure of making the potion.

---

Eventually you awaken prepared with the knowledge to make the pillow body potion, should you want to.

>What is your next move?

It's late afternoon thereabouts, by now.

>>865725
Get the ink and a journal.
We should start R&D into potions that act similarly to magic curses.
Curse type potions sounds nice.

>>865725
look at the list of potions we have to make for the orc ladies.
Start making some easy ones, we are going to need the money

>>865742
You begin a log of potions of this type for potential later use, then

>>865747
You set about filling the order as per your working obligation. It's a bit late in the day, so you'll have to work fast, and make a pair of rolls. First for how well you make them, and second for how many you can make for the order.

Rolled 94, 51 = 145 (2d100)

>>865754

>>865765
>94, 51

Very good, you manage amazingly well to create some top quality potions and the like, people around these parts have never seen anything of the like and even your bodyguard with some experience in the business can tell by looking. You only fill about half of the order, but with the quality of these, you get the impression that your employers will be more than happy with your work.

Eventually a runner stops by for that very purpose, to pick up your work and take it back. After that though you think it a long and difficult day, but a day well-done. Again your friends happen by, and the bodyguard asks if he's to sign out then and leave you to it?

Rolled 20, 61 = 81 (2d100)

>>865754
Also, ask our orc friend how much they spent on this equipment

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>865784
Yes he can leave.
I have just realized the weight of the curse series.
Being able to alter the properties of the body is amazing stuff.

Let's start research of one for enhanced bone durability.

>>865784
We could go for some company and merryment
Ask orc bodyguard if he's coming along
He's going to get drunk one way or another once he is dismissed.

>>865789
It was about ten guilders for everything, which is quite a lot of money by any of their standards, however even just in your few days of work here you've more than made that up so are still in the profit margin.

>>865794
Well that wouldn't necessitate a curse, "curses" would be something unwanted, detrimental, and usually strange.

Just something to increase bone strength, is well within the range of standard alchemy, along with healing potions, and vitamin potions, for example. You already know how to make bone repairing droughts, bone strengthening shouldn't be hard.

>>865796
So is the consensus to go out, or to stay in?

>>865806
Can we make something to make our muscles stronger?
And our skin tougher to pierce and cut?

>>865809
Overall you are quite tough in all ways because of your disease. You could try making potions or elixirs for that, but you're well above normal levels already. And note, that's as you are in human form, while wolven your physicality is even greater.

It's not impossible, just that unless you're planning on like, charging headlong into a pike line in battle, the applications of it are probably not that great, as well as considering the toll taken on your body. Though, perhaps for selling to others...?

>>865799
Pay our orc friends what we owe them plus a little bonus (Say, 4 guilders)

>>865809
We gonna go full Rapture in this quest?
I don't mind, but maybe we should concentrate on looking for a cure for wolfitis

What are our crimes anyway? Can't we clear our name, come back to our daughter, and THEN look for a cure?
as far as you told us, Being a werewolf is no big deal if you are "registered" and the reason we are on the run are our crimes

>>865819
Could we go toe to toe with an average orc?

>>865824
As you are, it would be tough call. Definitely not against an average orc man, but a woman maybe. That's just in raw strength though, and your physicality is more than just strength. For example, an average orc man could be felled with a solid rifle shot or two, whereas it would hurt like hell but you could take it without much worry. Another example would be flexibility as you know, stamina as another. And always of course, advanced healing.

So a straight up fight, just like a boxing match or something, the orc guy would probably take you down, but if you could outmaneuver him you could definitely outlast him.

While wolven though it wouldn't be a contest, you may well be able to beat anyone in the settlement like that.

>>865836
How about orc werewolves? Trained as soldiers and with their wolf halves under control throught alchemy?
I smell pro~fit!

Oh, shit. The kid. Right. We can concentrate on building our very own Diamond Dogs after we are done with the "main quest"

>>865867
Well orcs are mammals, and a fellow common race so they can catch the disease. In theory, as much as the physical gap would be between human and orc, would be the gap between human werewolf and orc werewolf, more or less.

In practice though, if the disease doesn't have a chance to develop and grow in them, then they'll never advance beyond the basic wolf form. You're different, special because you've had the disease since childhood and grew up with it, even embracing it for a time. That, plus your experiments, make you as you are when wolven. If you go infecting orcs though, they'll most likely just remain in the standard wolf state when they change. A bit bigger to compensate for their size, but typical wolf nonetheless, not like you, retaining intelligence and somewhat lucid.

>>865883
Who said anything about infecting random orcs?
For how much does an orc pup goes on the market these days? Do we get a discount for bulk purchases?

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>>865899
U wot m8

>>865883

So wuss poppin b?
Wut we doin?

>>865899
Buying or adopting? There's orphans about you can just grab more or less and force to live with you. Buying a baby though, if you found an unwanted mother and offered her up some tens of guilders, she'd probably give you her baby no questions asked. Alternatively you could also pay a woman to have a baby for you.

>>865909
Dude, we could have our own Hitler youth of trained orcwolves
Stop being so shortsighted and see the big picture here,

>>865917
Actually strike that, it occurs to me that by orc society, there wouldn't be orphans running around, orphans get absorbed into other families.

Everything else though is true.

>>865909
Daily grind, making potions.

I was about to check out for the day.
Good night people

>>865917
So we going out with our friends again?
Im down for that

>>865924
Later bud

>>865933
Right right, you can do that. Just, are you bringing along the bodyguard or not?

>>865943
Nah he can fuk off, i dont like im

>>865944
Righto, he leaves then.

You go out with your friends, and this time it's different, they want to get a bite to eat but make it quick, just a street vendor and tell you to take your food with you.

Going with them you finally get to an indoor venue where there's competitions going on, and tonight are the fights. They alternate between men and women fights, and then if there are any bold enough, couples fights. One of the guys asks if you want to pose as his lady and go a round, though everyone laughs and it's obvious he's not serious.

Otherwise though, it's pretty surprising to you to see, but everyone seems to love it and it seems to be in good fun, not like they're fighting to kill or anything like that. You try to fit in, though don't take to the front of the crowd, since the spectators can get just as lively and even violent as the fighters.

>>865951
Whoa
Of fookin course we're not participating
Lets keep watching and mingle with our friends while the fights continue

>>865957
Right, well you continue to hang out amid watching and dinner. It's alright for you but they really enjoy it and get in lively conversations and heated arguments among each other and even with strangers, about the fights and fighters. There's some wagering going on but not as much as you'd imagine in a more human-oriented city.

Either way you have a nice enough time into the night, and your friends are set to say their goodbyes, though you're familiar enough with them now that some invite you to stay with them upon learning you sleep out of your store.

Your choice though as to what you want to do after, and where to go.

>>865962
I guess sleeping with them can't be that bad, maybe we'll get a proper bed

>>865966
You figure it couldn't hurt to stay on with them. Have you any preference then, towards who to stay with? Gender, relationship status, etc... you have enough friends here that any situation is available to choose.

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>>865969
Dat dude that tried to butter us up that one time

Im going to tease him so much

>>865973
Right, you remember him, ___? was his name. He actually wasn't among the ones offering you to stay, but you approach him anyway about it. He's surprised and thinks you're making fun of him at first, but you're not kidding around. When you make it clear, he happily accepts, and hopes you won't mind the accommodations.

Make a roll for him.

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Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>865983

>>865993
>48

Right, he's a little drunk but has his senses about him. As such, he's orcishly friendly and walks you back to his place with an arm around you, but he's not grabby or trying to mack on you as he would if he was more drunk. You're not looking for something serious out of this, but it's honestly nice to be as close with someone when you're normally so used to keeping as distant as possible.

At any rate you reach the place he says he's staying, and he goes to check in and gives some money for it. The place appears to be workman's temporary housing but it has privacy and isn't too shabby compared to say, a flop house. The guy's room is relatively nice too, and he must be an orderly fellow because the room is very clean. It's got a bed, a cabinet, a trunk, a table and two chairs.

He says feel free to make yourself at home, he'll see about maybe getting some nightwear, assuming you don't want to sleep in your fully clothes.

>>866006
Yeeeeeeeeh boiiiiiii
We got a beeeeed
Check if that shits comfy while he comes back

>>866006
Hold the fuck up

>a bed

>>866009
Indeed, an actual bed is a welcome sight since your stay with the farming family on the road to the capital. You try it out, to which it's breathtakingly better than your cot over at the flop house or the floor of your lab.

Some minutes later and he returns with a plain white nightgown and some knickers, probably sized for an orc woman but capable of doing the job. He also lets you know there's a communal lavatory down the hall, and washroom on the ground floor.

>>866011
That's right, a double bed. This is his accommodations, you didn't expect him to have two beds, or offer you to stay if he had only a single bed?

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>>866016
I thought he would have a small shack/apartment or something with more than one bed or surface to sleep on

Oh well
I don't have anything against it and im not going to pussy out now
not that i want to

Lets get changed and settle in

>>866025
Well that's what this is, a small room for a single guy on a laborer's budget. If he's living on his own though he's not going to get separate beds.

At any rate, you're a little worried about what this could mean, but the promise of a bed is also very appealing. You don't need to ask for him to afford you some privacy so you can change out of your clothes, and as you'd want to use the toilet before settling in he figures he'll change while you're gone.

There and back, he's sitting at the table emptying the pockets of his clothes and counting his day's wage and doing some head math. While you have the chance to make yourself comfy in bed, he takes the chance to have some small talk and get to know more about you. Particularly he's curious about why you chose to come and stay in orc town of all places? He doesn't mean to pry, but thinks only folks who washed out of the capital come here, which is suspicious on its own.

>>866040
Tell him the bussines we had in town went downhill and we had to leave the capital to search for a better place to set up shop then we found this town and it seemed like a good enough place to temporarily set up shop until we get enough money to be able to travel to another human town

>>866046
He says that seems fair enough, there is a shortage of professionals in town here. He supposes that also makes sense though, that you'd only be here temporary. Probably for the best.

At any rate he eventually finishes what he was doing and hangs his clothes up before putting out the lights save for a bedside candle. He settles into bed as well, asks if you're comfortable, and if you'd care at all to sleep close? He wouldn't try to force you into anything you'd not want, but to be fair it is in full winter and pretty cold. If not no problem, he respects your human sensibilities.

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>>866056
Oh i certainly wouldn't mind some o dem cuddles

But only cuddles tho

Also i gtg sleep op
Later bby

>>866063
Well, if he is being genuine and not keen on forcing you to anything, you suppose it couldn't hurt. You let him know you're open to that, though in expected orc fashion he's rather forward as he gladly wraps a big grey arm around you and pulls you close to him. As sudden as it is you yelp in surprise, which causes him to laugh at how reserved you humans are. Beyond that though, maybe some idle talk, he's content to doze off to sleep with you nestled between his arm and torso.

To his credit it is much warmer, and not at all uncomfortable. Again, you're not expecting anything serious out of this, but you're surprised at how nice it feels to you. Just that close physical contact, not even intimate, but it's a great comfort to you given your usual distance to everyone. Feeling his big arm around you and the slow and steady rise and fall of his big chest, you drift to sleep feeling safe for the first time in a long time.

At least, feeling safe while untransformed. Enough so that you realize it didn't even cross your mind, that he could have seen the brand marks on you while changing. How uncharacteristically careless of you...

>>866065
Same, turning in for the night. Will resume later as usual.

>>866078
I can just picture Alicia going to an orc book store and buying some raunchy literature while acting all secretive and dressed in a trenchcoat.
The book seller is confused but humors her, i mean, of course he knows it's her. there isn't any other humie around, after all

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>>866078
Hopefully he doesn't know/care what they are

God dammit i completely forgot about those

>>866078
>wake up
>don't panic about him seeing the marks
>he prolly doesn't know what they are
if he's still there when we wake
>keep cuddling

>>866349
I would think most people know what a criminal brand looks like.
It would be common sense really.

Anyways good luck with this.
Maybe on later.

>>866228
She's buying it for a friend.

>>866349
It's not that he did see, he faced away when you changed. It's just that, he could have seen if he'd looked around, and normally you're more than careful enough to never be in a situation as vulnerable as that. He would most likely recognize what they were, and while he may not care about the criminal mark, if he did realize the werewolf mark there's no way he wouldn't react hostile. So the fact that he hasn't turned on you is probably a good indicator he didn't see anything.

Either way you wake before him and having enjoyed the time together and feeling relieved to not have to worry about the marks on you, you try snuggling him back. Eventually he stirs, not opening his eyes but letting out a contented long sigh with a smile, and wondering aloud who that could be as he squeezes you close with his arm around you, and kind of brings you to lean on him. You're getting more used to orc bluntness though since your time living here, so accept it and end up crossing your hands on his chest and resting your chin on them as you look up to him.

He says he hopes you didn't mind sharing a bed with an orc guy like him with a chuckle, and asks if you have a schedule you have to keep to for today? While asking, with his free hand he moves your hair out of your face to see you better. Blinking in surprise, you can't help but blush a little, since normally you're used to people being repulsed by your appearance and having to wear a mask.

>>866371
True but it could be worse. He could have woken up to find a fully transformed werewolf in his arms.

>>866460
Holy damn
This wasn't under my control and i like it

>sharing and schedule
Best sleep n cuddles we've had in ages as for the schedule, sadly, yes, we need to make our batch of potions for dem ladies

Lets stay in bed until he leaves

>>866487
Well therein lies the problem you see, because he's content to stay in as long as you are.

>>866492
God dayum
I was afraid of this

>you probably have stuff to do and places to be in so i won't keep you, you can go ill close up here when I'm ready

Is that okay with im?

>>866505
You prompt him to leave as you can. He doesn't get the hint, but at face value accepts he could get ready and leave you to your day then. Sitting up he ends up taking you with him as a result, so picks you up and sets you down beside before getting up and getting his stuff together.

If you want to sat any goodbyes you can.

>>866519
We have a blanket right?
Used that to cover us up, if he asks we're cold
Now we wait til he leaves

>>866519
Oh
And say goodbye to the good orc man

>>866525
Yes the bed has a blanket if that's what you're asking.

Anyway you say goodbye and thank him, he says goodbye as well and is glad to be able to help out a friend in need, hoping to see you again soon. Possibly later even since as usual, they're hanging out again later.

Not long after that and he's gone, you having the room to yourself now, just some warmth in the bed and his lingering scent.

>What is your next move?

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>>866576
Git dressed ASAP

and curl up in the bed and sniff that shit bruh

>>866582
Given the room now you get dressed again, correctly assuming they'll want the nightgown back when you leave, or if you just leave it.

As you move for the door though, you stop short, your shifty eyes darting around in case there's any house spirits watching. Feeling content, you slowly traipse back over to the bed and sit down. Grabbing the covers, you try to smell them a little.

Make a roll!

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>866604
>Gawd yes

>>866618
>64

Hoo boy, your heart starts racing as something overtakes you, as you get lost in the scent and end up rolling around in the covers and curling up in the spot where he slept. You don't have a thing for him, and you certainly don't have a thing for orcs, but still his scent along with the memories of spending the night together with him cause your instincts to flare up.

It's not enough to prompt you to change, but it gets your inner wolf running so to speak, and you could change very easily if you so desired.

Whew, that was a strange but invigorating experience, as you start to regain your good sense and catch your breath. Truth be told you've never liked your disease, but it would be a lie to say you don't like how alive if can make you feel at times.

>What is your next move.

>>866641
c-can we become a wolfgirl
and s-sell ourself for head pats

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>>866641
Whoa
I didn't think that would happen

Lets go to our shop to start making dem potions

>>866651
>Sell yourself for treats

You could turn wolven, but if you go out without clothes as tends to be the case when you transform, that's a surefire way to get caught and lynched by locals.

As said before though, clothed, maaaybe you could pass as a beastling. The more you think about the idea though the more it seems like a bad one, with how wrong it could go.

>>866659
>Remember how our late husband made us feel like this.
>Feel like we are betraying the man that made the ultimate sacrifice for us. Twice.
>Feel guilty about how, at no point in that night you ever thought of him
>Have a breakdown when you are politely out of hearing range

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>866674
Rolling for guilt level
>Also remember that we wasted time mucking about when we could have worked towards curing our daughter

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>>866674
>>866696
Why tho

u mad or something peeps

>>866703
I just saw this >>866674
And felt like rolling.

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>866659
Counter roll to that guilt roll

>>866674
Except you were thinking of him, the experience reminded you of him and how he made you felt.

Though you still feel bad about it.

>>866696
>90

What are you doing? You're not a teenager anymore, you don't have the time or the luxury to go gallivanting around having flings and feeling desired anymore. You have responsibilities, both to yourself, those whose lives you've costed, and your family. While you were getting cozy with an orc you've only known for a few days, your daughter is out there without parents and suffering from the same disease as you, and as a child no less.

You try not to let the feelings overwhelm you, but by the time you get back to your lab and are checking through the storage room, you can't push it out of your mind anymore as the guilt overwhelms you and angry tears start to fall, and you drop to your knees and pound the floor to try and get rid of this anguish.

You know you have work to do, but in this state you're not really keen on it and don't think you'd be much good anyway. Never mix volatile substances when emotional, that was a lesson you learned the hard way, early into your alchemist career.

>What is your next move?

>>866739
b-b-but muh 65
it should've been a 25
:(

>>866755
Counter rolls have to beat the roll to supersede them though.