Magic always seems so fun and mysterious to the outsider. Conjuring spirits, controlling nature, seducing the unwary, and making people bow before you! Who really knew it was so boring. Amelia has sat in Natasha' wagon for the past eight hours practicing creating and holding ... a light. That's it. Nothing more interesting than a candle. She has also had to listen to lectures on magical theory and the responsibilities of wielding arcane power.
"Since this is because of my demon, wouldn't it be ar-Kadie power?" Amelia has to ask, because she's starting to go a bit squirrelly at this point.
And to make it even WORSE, little tests occur randomly to test her focus. Like the one that just happened a few seconds ago. The spirit familiar of Natasha just bit her butt. It felt like someone stuck an icicle between her cheeks. The poor light didn't stand a chance with such goosing. It poofs from existence, again.
"Since this is because of my demon, wouldn't it be ar-Kadie power?" Amelia has to ask, because she's starting to go a bit squirrelly at this point. "And did you get bit on the butt when you were learning this stuff?"
"No. I had it difficult. I had itching powder rubbed in my tail," Natasha remarks. "One of the key skills you must master is focus above everything else. Focus is the key to control. You lose control of a powerful spell and anything can happen. And by anything I do mean usually something horrible."
The Kadie's tail wraps around her so she can hug it! "Itching powder in your tail? That's horrible!" Amy notes. "Did you smite the prankster?"
"It is frowned upon to try and smite your teacher," Natasha notes, her dark brow arching. "It is the same concept. An annoyance that isn't fatal should not detract from your focus."
"Yeah! Rip off the prankster's floppily-doppilies!" Amelia's helpful inner voice offers.
"But.. everything annoys me," Amelia admits, her ears shooting up. "That's practically my defining feature! What if I just act reflexively without breaking my concentration?"
"That is entirely different, but you haven't managed that today," Natasha points out.
"Is there a trick maybe?" Amelia asks, canting her head. "Something you learned later that would make it all easy, but they didn't tell you because they wanted you to learn the value of whatever first?"
"No, there is not," Natasha says and shakes her head for emphasis. "Do you wish to quit?"
"No!" the Kadie declares. "I just want it to be more fun! If I wasn't having to concentrate on keeping my demon under control, I'd have more to spare for the magic part. Hmmmm." She gets an evil look.
"You have a dangerous look," Natasha notes as she sits back. "You claim all your problems are because of keeping your other half in check? Are you certain?"
"Well.. not all of my problems, obviously," Amelia says. "What if I let it watch for and deal with the distractions for me though? Is that cheating?"
"She just doesn't want you to have fun," Amelia's inner voice insists, "Blood and sex are the best things, especially when combined."
"I don't think that would help you much," Natasha admits. She leans back, chair creaking, as she chews her lip lightly in thought. "There are other options, but you might not like them, either."
"That's besides the point," Amelia thinks to 'herself'. "I want to learn to do this stuff. It'll be neat and I'll finally be a witch!"
"What other options?" Amy asks, tail twitching. "Do they involve being hung upside down? I can do that for a long time before getting sick."
"No, they involve fashioning a suppression ward to keep your companion quiet when you need to," Natasha notes, "And that requires specialized materials I do not have on hand."
"Booo! I don't like that idea at all," the happy-fun-companion complains.
"The demon doesn't like that idea, so it must have merit," Amelia says thoughtfully, rubbing her chin. "What sort of special material do you need?"
"On come on. I can make things lots of fun if you let me. Why do you want to stop that?" the demon asks Amelia.
"What's fun for you may not be fun for anyone else," Amelia thinks back.
"Well, I need either a bit of blessed metal, or a pieces of a certain type of wood," Natasha explains as she rolls her fingertips against her knuckles. "Then some of your blood, and if possible, something of the entity you wish suppress."
"Rutting that squirrel toy of yours every day wouldn't be fun for you?" the voice asks.
"Something.. from the demon?" Amy asks, blanking. "But.. it's in me. It doesn't having anything that isn't me too.." She then looks lost in thought for a moment, then shakes her head. "You'd break him!"
"Well.. except for the horns.." the Kadie admits.
"And the blood red fur," Nataska points out.
"I suppose that counts," Amy agrees. "What sort of blessed metal or special wood? Who would have to bless it?"
"No, I would just make him into a nice, worshipping little pet for us," the voice suggests. "I still need him to sire your children, after all. It takes someone special to sire another bloodfur and he is the best option in this town."
"Too late, he already worships me," Amelia thinks smugly, if that's possible.
"The metal would need to come from Chronotopia, warded against Bosch," Natasha says, frowning, "And that is highly unlikely to find here. The wood would need to be thistlebark or a variant of it that wards against demons. That may be easier to find, especially for you."
"Oh, well, saves me time then. You're a true bloodfur you know, you even picked the cursed one of the town to seduce," the voice notes.
"He's not cursed," Amy thinks, then blinks. "Thistlebark? There's thistle-vine, but that grows in the Gnarly Wood. It used to be used to make barbed fences.."
"Ooooh yes he isssss. His whole family is. I can smell it on them," the voice coos.
"But during the Necromancer Wars one side was gathering that all up for weapons and the other side was trying to burn it all.." Amy adds. "How much would you need?"
"If this is about the trolls.. that can't be a curse, can it?" Amy thinks to herself, then rubs her nose. She wonders what a curse smells like now.
"Not a lot, but it is always good to have more than necessary should a mistake be made," Natasha says, "That is if this vine has the necessary properties in the right quantities. You can tell that easily enough, but you may not like to know how."
"Oh.. prick myself on it and see if it hurts the demon?" Amy asks. "Gnaw on it? Wear it in my hair?"
"It smells like old socks and burning rubber," the voice offers.
"Does that mean Djivan's wagon is cursed too?" Amelia thinks.
"Not exactly. You would have to be the demon and see if you can or cannot touch it," Natasha notes, "That which you could not would be proper for the ward."
"Soooo.. that would make it easier to find," Amy ponders. "I've been the demon before, when going after that wizard.. sort of. I mean, I was in control then.."
"/Suuure you were!" the voice teases.
"Unless Bravil has some old blessed charm lying around?" the squirrel asks, just to make sure.
"It would be better for your lessons if you found your own materials," Natasha notes.
"Does Lili know about this ward thing?" Amelia asks. "She could probably use one too.. but would she have to gather the stuff herself too, or could I just get extra?"
"Her demon isn't dangerous like yours is,/" Natasha points out as she smiles enigmatically. "Or is it more that you want her to go with you?"
Amy rubs the back of her head. "I dunno, maybe," she says. "If I have to turn into a demon, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have another one there to keep me in check.."
"Or we could just have a demonic rutting moment," the voice says gleefully.
"Keep suggesting that and I'll bring Djivan instead," Amelia threatens her libido.
"That's fine too. Mmmm, nasty-rat," the voice coos.
"Hah, you'd just be frustrated!" Amy crows back. "He'd never succumb! He's more afraid of losing Olivia than he's interested in getting my tail!"
"Who says I would give him the choice?" the voice asks.
"Would it be dangerous for Lili to be exposed to the anti-demon thorns?" Amy asks, if only to get her mind back on track.
"No more that it would be for you," Natasha notes. "She's a smart girl, if a bit lascivious."
"Well.. maybe a warding charm would calm her down," Amy offers. "When Isolde did the spirit swap between her and Miranda, she calmed down a lot I think."
"But that was her vampire spirit, not her demon one.. so maybe not," Amy thinks again.
"Anyway, she's the only one who could keep up with me, so I may as well ask her, right?" she concludes.
"She might want some form of trade for her help," Natasha notes, "Gypsies live by trade, after all."
"I saved her butt," Amy says proudly. "And I agreed to be in Djivan's musical."
"I'm saying you have to ask her. It is her choice, not mine," Natasha says. "As for that musical, I understand you agreed to be in it because you could beat up Djivan."
"Only for pretend," Amy points out. "Olivia wouldn't let me do it for real. Besides, Djivan and I have an understanding now."
"Mmmmhmm," Natasha says, brow arching again.
"So.. I should go talk to Lili then," Amy says standing and stretching. She's never sat in one spot for so long! Surely only felines can do that.
"If that is your decided course of action," Natasha says as she waves her hand. The door to her wagon swings open without any obvious aid.
On the way out, Amy naturally checks to see if Bravil was just hiding behind the door or anything before heading to Lili's wagon, and hoping the Eeee isn't busy with anything.
Nope, no signs of anyone lurking near her wagon. The way to Lili's wagon appears clear, too. Amazing! Fortuitous! Worrying?
"Hmmm," Amelia worries, as she climbs the steps to Lili's door. She knocks, calling in, "Hey Lili, I'm going to go run around naked in the woods and wanted to invite you along."
Click. The door swings open and inside the wagon is dark. "Eeeeenter, sez de Eeee to de kadie,/" comes Liliana's voice from somewhere inside.
"Why are you narrating?" Amelia asks as she goes inside and closes the door. "Are there otters in here?"
"Noooooo," comes Lili's voice from ... somewhere. The were becomes known soon enough because ... Amelia feels an Eeee tongue go into her ear!
"Glurk!" Amy snorts at the tickling tongue! "Are you busy with anything, or just hanging out in the dark so you can lick visitors?" the Kadie asks with a giggle.
Liliana swings into view from where she had been gripping the ceiling. Her eyes open, bathing Amelia in their inner light. "No, jus de ones I like," the Eeee claims, grips the back of Amelia's neck, then snogs her! "Sure, I kin go watch yer naked booty run around."
"Mff!" Amy goes when kissed. "Have you got any sturdy sacks? There may be more involved than just watching me run around though.. uh.. are you still bothered about turning into a demon sometimes?"
"Vell, can' say I particularly like it. I mean, I don' really vant t' be a monster," Liliana admits, "And I shoul have some sturdy sacks here. T'ink I made em from some undies I stole from Djivan..."
"I hope you boiled them first," Amy notes. "See, I need to find this plant in the Gnarly Woods that has thorns that are nasty to spirits and demons, so Natasha can make me a warding charm so I can suppress my demon a bit more while I'm trying to concentration on working magic, which I sorta need the demonic part of myself to do.. and maybe it would work for you too. Plus you're the only one who can see in the dark and fly and be able to keep up with me. But since I have to let my demon out, there's a chance yours will pop out too. Maybe. I'm not sure how that works. I mean, if you bit me I'm pretty sure it would happen. That's how it worked with Morgan, right?"
"Yah, dat how it happen wit' Morgan. I prolly have t' bite yahs to get dat part of me t' de front," Liliana admits as she swings herself from the rafters. She likes a candle so she can rummage through a chest easily. Out she tosses two burlap-ish looking sacks that look suspiciously sewn-up pants. "Are you should dis is a good idea?"
"I'm a Kadie," Amelia points out. "We have ideas, but we don't really worry about the good or bad aspects until after the explosion. But it's just the Gnarly Woods. Strangler vines, undead critters, vampire Creens, Kevin, old Necromancer junk, curses... that's why I have to go in naked, so I don't ruin my clothes. You might be better off going in demonic as well. We'd be the demonic duo! It could be fun."
"Did vou hit vour hear recently or something?" Liliana has to ask. She also eaves her hand up and over her forehead, the vampiric Eeee way of mimicking an eyeroll. "I porlly haf t' go just t' keep vou out of trouble.
"That's the spirit!" Amy says. "I'd take Djivan, but he couldn't go into the woods. But as monsters we'd be less noticeable."
"Oh yeh, much less noticeable," Liliana agrees and waves her hand over her head again. She closes up her chest. "So, shall ve get goin? I do assume y' don wanna walk all de way dere naked."
"Oh.. yeah, I know a hollow tree for stashing clothes in near the woods," Amelia says, not having actually thought that part through beforehand. "And I need you to make sure my demon doesn't go berserk or anything. You seem pretty in control when you monsterize."
"Except fer de part day might involve us havin' some form of sex after I change," Liliana says, smirks, and heads for the door. "Vell, lets get going."
"What is it with demons.. must be the horns.." Amy mutters, as they head out.
For a strange, semi-demonic-Eeee Liliana is ... she's like any other teenaged girl. She chatters as they walk. Nothing in particular, really, just this and that about dancing, mutual friends, to even asking what a biscuit tastes like. Okay, so she talks like a vampiric teenage girl. Amelia has to give the directions to the hollowed fallen tree is, and about half an our or so later they're arriving at the designated spot. It's actually been a bit time since Amelia has been here; not since her strange date with Zahnrad.
"Djivan hasn't told you about this place has he?" Amelia asks, as she strips down and stuffs her clothes into a hollow in the fallen tree trunk.
Liliana strips down too. For an Eeee Liliana has an impressively curvy body. Perfectly curvy, really. "No?" she says as she looks over her shoulder at Amelia. Wow, the Eeee doesn't even have to try and she looks seductive. "Oooo, I wouldn't mind diving into her bush," Amelia's helpful voice suggests rather lewdly.
"If we do that right from the start, she won't be as inclined to follow after us," Amelia explains to her demon. "But if you behave nicely I might let you play with her."
"Why not now and later?" the voice asks.
"Why ya lookin' at me funny?" Liliana has to ask.
"Because you'll spend all your time with 'now' and we'll never get anything done for there to be a later," Amelia says. "Huh? Oh, sorry, my demon wants to play with you, but if I let that happen now it'd be all day before anything else got done. Ready for monster time?"
"Oh?" Liliana asks. She turns and sashays over to Amelia and soon the Eeee is pressing up against her. "You demon couldn't keep up wit me," the Eeee whispers into Amelia's ear, then she licks it, again. What is it with Eeee and ear licking?
"Ack!" Amy squirms. "That's not helping! I have to maintain some control of this thing you know," the Kadie complains, then takes a deep breath. "This is your one chance to prove to me that I can trust you, got it?" she tells her inner self, one metaphorical hand on the latch to its cage.
"Of course you can trust me. I'm you," the voice claims, "I'm just the fun you. The you you want to be." And since Amy is distracted, Liliana snogs her, again.
That's when Amy lets the demon out.. maybe the kiss will be enough to trigger Lili's change without someone having to bite the other (since in demon form, Amy still has buck teeth - but they're pointed buck teeth).
Amelia feels a tenggle roll through her body. Oh does it feel good. It's like every strand of her fur is twitching (which it might be because the color is shifting to blood red). She can actually feel her jaw change. Teeth draw back into her gums (a strange feeling to be sure) only to erupt again, only a lot sharper. Her forehead throbs as well; she can feel the skin stretch, then split, and two sweptback horns grow into place. "Aaaaahhhh," coos the voice ... and hers echoes that ... just as her finger and toe talons grow in. Amelia doesn't feel like she's lost any control; but wow, the things she wants to do right now. Most involve a lot of sex and violence, and the order doesn't even matter.
"Ey. See? Me kiss /does/ t'ings t people,/" Liliana claims, grinning. She steps back and looks Amelia up and down. "Impressive. Kinna scary." The Eeee thus far seems well as normal as Liliana ever does.
"Gotta hold back," Amelia tries to think through the soup of sensations. "Lili is might be fragile."
"Sssssooo," Amy says, grinning. "Who gets to bite whom?"
Everything seems so much more colorful to Amelia right now. Deep and vibrant, almost shimmering.
Liliana smirks and points out, "Vell, I kinda need to drink blood to trigger anything."
The Kadie thinks back to when Natasha brought her and Olivia into the spirit-world of Stonebarrow.. but it wasn't this colorful. "That doesn't mean I don't get to bite back though," Amelia finds herself saying, her tail twitching about.
"Ve do have a task t' do," Liliana notes. She spins one of her fingers now and tells Amelia, "Turn around..."
Amelia turns around.. completely.. until she's facing the vampire again. "Did you mean to bite me on the butt? Maybe Buffy taught you?"
"Face avay from me," Liliana says. "I no gonna bite yer butt."
"Awwww," Amy says, and shows her back. The dyed in wings are a bit harder to see now, and her tail is still sweeping around like mad.
And Liliana sweeps in, hugging Amelia from behind. This does press the kadie's tail to her back and the Eeee's wins wrap around her. There may have been an alterior motive for this because both of Liliana's hands grope Amelia. One high, on her chest. The other, well, it's cupping between the kadie's legs. There is no warning when the bite omes. Fangs sink into the base of Amelia's neck. It ought to hurt, even a little. But ... no, no it doesn't. It feels good. It's like warm tinglies explode form the bite and ripple through her. They only get worse because the Eeee's hands are also playing. A lot.
"Gah, you're as bad as a demon all the time Lili!" Amelia squeaks, trying not to squirm and make it even more troublesome.
Lili's hands tighten and fingers ... invade briefly. The Eeee is practically nursing on Amelia's neck. She she makes it feel so good is ... well, it's hard to think. "Ooooooo, I like this one," echos Amelia's friendly-fun voice. Amelia can also feel Liliana squirm a bit behind her; it's well, likely her blood is affecting the Eeee.
Amy tries to remember what Lili's claws were like when she was transformed.. given where they are now, it might be a concern! "And I was worried about my demon being out of control!" she laughs. "Poor Djivan would explode if he saw this.."
Worrying about the claws is not unwarranted! Poor Amelia feels claws pricking very delicate areas. Except, dagh take it, it doens't hurt either. Or maybe it hurts, but somehow feels good too. The Eeee's hands relax soon enough and draw away. So do the fangs. Then there's a swat on Amelia's butt, along with five claw pricks from some very sharp claw tips. "Okay, I donna do dat again sometime," Liliana says, her voice somehow deeper and actually husky. The Eeee turns Amelia around and the kadie finds herself looking into two deep red slit-pupil eyes. Horns grow from Liliana's head too, and the Eeee is somehow even more curvaceous than she was earlier. Larger, claw-tipped wings arc from her back and instead of grippy toes, the Eeee sports cloven hooves. And a tail. No demon is a proper demon without a tail. Hers even has the tell-tale spade tip.
"We should swoop down on some unsuspecting.. uh.. that is, we need to get after those vines!" Amelia says. "I think I might have trouble seeing them like this, but I'll try to pay attention to the dim areas. Ready to go?"
"Are vou sure vou want t' go now?" Liliana coos at her, sliding her hands up along the kadie's front. Where ever her hands touch, it tingles.
"You know, you could stick that tail of hers ..." Amelia's helpful voice 'suggests'.
Amelia growls low in her chest. "If we stop to play.. we'll be all day!" she notes. "If we find what we need.. it'll be a reward then."
"I hold you to dat," Liliana claims. Her claws tweak two sensitive bits of flesh on the Kadie, then the demon turns away and eyes the forest. "Gotta go high-ish, look like. Too much undergrowth..." And that's true enough, the roots are like small mountains, almost. It would be easier to jump tree to tree than climb over the roots.
"Right, that's why I figured you were the one to keep up with me!" Amelia says, then leaps onto a root and practically runs up the warty trunk of the nearest tree, looking for a good place to jump across to the next giant trunk.
Wooo! Those claws work well, and running is a rush. She can practically hear the beating of her own heart in her ears. Liliana's wings snap apart and she launches into the air. Up she goes into the huge trees and gloom of the forest ahead. Both of them notice once they cross into the woods proper, all sound seems to sort of fall away. There doesn't even seem to be much wildlife noise. Maybe the creatures are afraid of what just entered. "Doesn't it feel good?" Amelia's voice asks her. "This is how you're supposed to be. Why have you resisted so much."
"Because I wasn't in the proper element before," Amelia rationalizes. She leaps to the next tree, looking for the woody parasitic vines that hold the thistle-thorns. "This would frighten normal people to see!"
Just the thought of frightening people sends a shiver through Amelia. It's an arousing thought! No vines are in sight. That unfortunately makes sense; the ones close to the edges would be picked clean ... which means going deeper to find any now. Liliana is gliding between the trunks as she searches as well. "Ey, what do dey look like?" the Eee finally seems to realize to ask.
"Woody vines, black, with big spiky thorns!" Amelia says, and zooms deeper into the woods. It is fun! It's not unlike the rush of when she had Zahn chase her for the first time.
The rush is very much like that. Blood pounding, heart racing. The scents that assault her nose. It is ... pure freedom. Pure unabated freedom. Thinking of Zahn also triggers the oddest reactions; lust certainly. Arousal. There is also something unexpected; protectiveness. The feels come to her that if anyone actually threatened him again, she would literally tear them apart. It's not just that to the demon he belongs to her and only she can hurt him ... she's finding that even with all its bluster, even the demon seems to care for him in her own strange way.
It's hard to maintain focus on the goal.. and Amelia isn't even sure how deeply they've already gone into the Gnarly Wood. "Sense anything?" she calls to Liliana.
"Not a thing," Liliana admits. The Eeee hooks onto the tree with her hand and wing claws just above Amelia on one of the massive trunks. "Ey, didn't vou say dese t'ings were bad for demons? Mebbe ve can't sense dem," the Eeee notes. "Mebbe ve shouldn't be lookin fer empty?"
Whiskers twitching, Amy nods. "Yeah.. stuff that's dim or dark. Less vibrant," she agrees. She also starts moving a bit lower on the trunks, in case the vines have started regrowing lower down.
That seems to be the key. Where areas feel less alive Amelia spots thick, nasty-looking vines that sport some rather dangerous-looking thorns. Part of her actually starts feeling itchy as she gets closer to them. No, it's mild nausea.
"I feel like I sucked on a drunken toad," Liliana complains as she glides in behind Amelia and hooks herself to another tree.
"I think I have them," Amelia reports, and slowly edges closer head-first down the trunk. "They must work, to feel this bad," she says, and reaches out to try and grab one of the thorns near its base.
When Amelia's hand closes around the thorn it feels like it's vibrating! The blood-red color in her hand fades away and in its wake, black fur returns. The color shift is creeping up and along her arm!
"Rrrr," the Kadie growls, gritting her teeth and trying to break the thorn free. She doesn't want to have to hold onto it too long, lest her 'disguise' vanishes.
It's making her arm feel weak, which isn't helping, either. But by the time the black color has reaches her shoulder the thorn snaps off! Liliana holds out one of the sacks they brought so the kadie can drop it in.
Amy is quick to toss the thorn in. "I wonder how many we need?" she ponders.
Well, they are pretty large, so maybe three? "Dis stuff makes me feel worse den Djivan's unwashed socks," the Eeee complains.
"Let me get a few more," Amy says, and reaches for the next thorn.
Her arm is completely red by the time she grabs the next thorn. Like the first, grabbing it is unpleasant, but she's able to wrench that one free and toss it into the bag too.
"This place is not fun at all," her inner voice complains.
"One more and we can go," Amelia notes, swallowing to keep the nausea at bay for a bit longer. She grabs a third thorn.
As the third thorn comes free, so does anything in Amelia's stomach. The retching sound is ... impressive. So is the fact where her vomit splatters it starts eating holes in the tree!
"I don't feel like snogging anymore," Amy moans, and drops the thorn into the sack. "Let's get away from here.."
"Y'don't have t' tell me twice!" Liliana agrees. Up they both go away from the nasty feeling. Things settle. Amelia does feel a lot better now. Only one problem now. Which way is out?
"I might have gotten a little turned around.." Amy calls to Lili. "Do you remember the way back?"
"Uuuuh, no. But I can fly up and look," Liliana notes. The demon-Eee launches straight upward, leaving Amelia by herself in the woods.
Amelia takes the time to climb higher up the tree, away from the vines and undergrowth.
"Bloodfur," Amelia swears she heads whisper in her ears. It feels like whatever said it is both next to her and far off all at the same time.
The Kadie freezes, her tail poofing out more than usual. "Who's out there?" she calls.
"Bloodfur," the voice whispers again. "Daughter of chaos and violence. Come to us. Come home."
"No, that's exactly where I don't want to go," Amelia replies, trying to figure which direction the voice seems to come from.
"It is your nature. Come home. We will remind of the exquisite pleasures of blood," the voice says. As for where it is coming from, no idea.
Amelia is tempted to bite her own arm. "I can already have that! Plush flesh, and other pleasures! Are you the one who called to my ancestor? Did you guide her here?"
"Come home. Become the symbol of violence and lust," the voice asks. It apparently doesn't seem inclined at the moment to really answer her questions. "Why settle for one kadie? You can have them all as playthings and outlets of pleasure."
Something about that rankles Amelia. "Settle? SETTLE? I am not settling for anything! My Zahn is the best one for me!" she yells. "I don't need to settle for you!"
"He will not last. They are coming for him," the voice claims, "You will come home eventually."
"I'll protect him," Amy growls. "The trolls, or whatever is behind them can't have him!"
"One of them was promised," the voice claims. "The promise will be kept." Then another voice, "Ey! I know which way is back out now," Liliana claims as she swoops down. "It just ... vhy yous all poofy?"
"The woods are getting to me," Amy grumbles. "Point the way! Let's get out of here."
One thing also strikes Amelia right now. Her inner voice was quiet. No agreeing with the whispers, or suggesting to go. For all its bluster and tempting ... maybe Amelia really is the one in control, demon or not.
Or maybe it just wants the same things I do, Amy wonders, as she scrambles across the ancient, gnarled tree bark.
"Dis vey," Liliana calls out and takes off. The Eeee moves faster this time since she doesn't have to look for anything.
The blood-red Kadie flies along behind the bat in her own squirrelly way, trying not to think of anything beyond getting out of the Gnarly Wood.
The route out is without incident. They break through the woods edge and find themselves back at the old hollow. Everything seems quiet as Liliana lands and drops the sack. She shakes her hand a few times to. "Bleh," the Eeee complains.
Amy crouches atop the fallen tree, tail still swishing and twitching in agitation. "When you touch the thorn, does it make you sick, or make you turn back to normal?"
"It make me feel icky, yah," Liliana admits. "An me hand looked different. No so claw-y." This is punctuated by her flexing out her fingers.
"How do you turn back normally? Does the magic in the blood have to the wear off?" Amy asks.
"Uuhm. Vell," Liliana waffles, "Wit Morgan it was sex."
"But mebbe it was really jus wearing off,/" the Eeee admits, then grins fangily. "Wanna find out iffin it is sex?"
Twitch twitch twitch goes the Kadie tail. "Sure it won't just prolong it?" she asks.
"No idea!" Liliana admits and spreads her hands.
"You might like it," goes Amelia's inner voice.
"I don't know.. how to.. uh.." Amelia admits, running a hand through her hair. "I don't know if I'll hurt you.. my demon takes 'bloodlust' to a more literal level."
Liliana giggles, looking horribly cute as she does. "Oh, vell, I kin teach you dat. But I won make yas," the Eeee says, "Jus offerin'."
"Well.. I mean I know a little.. from being with Zahn and Parsley together," Amy notes. "But you aren't a bunny. You'll have to take it slow with me, alright?"
Liliana's brow arches. "Y' actually acceptin?" the Eeee asks. She actually sounds surprised. Maybe Lili is mostly about the chase and doesn't expect to actually catch? "I go as slow as y' wan'. I don' want t' scare you off, I rather yas come back."
"Come back? That depends on Zahn you know," Amy says. "I can do this now because.. I owe you and I'm full of demonic impulses and stuff. If I was normal I'd be too scared!"
"Or you could hunt Zahn down, drag him off, and show him who is in control," Amelia's voice offers.
"Yeah but I'll do that tonight anyway," Amelia points out to herself.
"Oh, well debauch on then!" the voice comments. She could swear it is somehow grinning. "Vell, lets find a nice shady spot an I'll teach yas how to enjoy a girl jus as much as a guy." Liliana offers.
"I've only been with one guy you know," Amelia says, hopping down and leading to a shade tree that's away from the edge of the wood. "It's just a shame that we can't use this to torment the rat! We'll have to abduct him next time.."
"Eh, one's enough if he de right one. Dat is always key, likin' who yer wit,/" Liliana notes as she sashays after Amelia. "An give de rat some credit. He a good guy at heart. He always been dere when I needed a frien. Never judged me. Well, not seriously anyway. He does tease."
"Yeah, but that's all he can do now," Amy gloats. "No grabbing or joining in! Hahahah!"
"Don t'ink he care. He's happy wit de mousie. Dat doesn't mean watchin us go at it like animals in heat wouldn't drive 'im nuts," Liliana has to concede. "Now, lie down, on yer back. An relax."
Amelia puts her hands behind her head as she lies back, and tries to keep her tail from twitching - but really, it's much easier controlling a demon than a Kadie tail..
And soon Amelia finds herself looking into Liliana's slit-eyes. "Now, ya sure?" she asks, then licks Amelia from her cleavage to under her chin.
"Well, I've already thrown up, so I don't have to worry about that happening," Amelia says, trying to sound confident.
"Then close yer eyes an relax," Liliana says again, right before kissing Amelia. It's both surprisingly gentle, and insistent at the same time. How she manages that, well ... Eeee. The tingly that Amelia felt earlier when the Eeee first drank from her is tickling her skin again.
Amy wonders about odd things. Like if Lili will use her tail. Or her hooves. And what should she be doing? What if she gets the giggles? Is it bad that she keeps swatting at the demonbat with her tail all the time?
And Lili ... well if the tail swat bothers her she doesn't let on. True to her word she's slow. But she also shows what effects claws can be used for and how slight pains can be enjoyable. There is nursing on the kadie, and hands cupping tender areas again, then exploring again. And yes, Liliana does use the tail. That little moment was a bit of a shock. Apparently the spade tip can flex and fold on its own!
It isn't easy to relax for this.. that just isn't a normal Kadie state. Amy twitches and squirms and arches and does things with her fingers and toes because she has to move and react! She makes a lot of growling and purring and chirruping noises as well, when she really likes a particular thing Lili just did.
Lili is quite the kisser as it turns out, both in the normal way ... and amazing in the more intimate way. Forked tongue, long, and flexible. Plus it allows the Eeee to pin down the twitching tail for a bit. This is where the bat lingers, too. Trying to see just how much squeak she can get out of the demon-kadie.
It might be a little dangerous, since Amy has strong legs, and they do kick and flex quite a bit! She also gets pretty chirpy and hyperventilates often enough!
Doesn't seem to stop the bat! She keeps at it, only finally stopping after a particularly expressive bought of chirping. Soon Liliana is cuddled up against Amelia's side and tracing sharp claws in all sorts of patterns on the kadie's front. "Vell? Vas dat so scary?" she asks.
"Yes! Extremely scary," Amelia claims. "You are the scariest woman I know.. aside from Isolde and Natasha and Zahn's mother.."
"So I can' expect you to reciprocat'?" Liliana coos in her ear.
Amelia blinks. "What?" she asks. "What's that mean? It's not something only bats can do is it?"
Liliana giggles. "No, no, I mean do t' me wha' I just did t' you," the Eeee says between the giggles.
"Oh!" Amy says in realization. "I can.. try.." she says. "There might be a lot of biting. I do that. I'll try not to scratch too hard.. and.. uh.. my tail isn't the same.."
Liliana takes a hold of the Kadie and /rolls/ until the bat is on her back and Amelia is the one on top. "Vell, dis vill be different, den,/" the Eeee claims. She waggles her brow, too.
Amelia has a thought, and asks, "How sensitive are your wings?"
"Very. Ve kin feel currents wit dem vhen ve fly," Lili notes.
"Spread them out then," Amy instructs with a grin.
Out the wings go. Impressive wingspan on the bat.
While still lying atop Lili, Amy uses her tail to ever-so-gently brush and stroke the Eeee's wings, and gauges her reaction.
"Ooooo," goes Liliana. Wings twitch and the membrane flexes. Now Lili's eyes are closed. Apparently the Eeee is showing trust in Amelia's own demonic nature.
"You could eat her, you know. Bite her throat and tear it out," Amelia hears her innver voice say.
"I'm not sure that's what she wants," Amelia points out.. and then gently bites Lili's shoulder.
That makes Liliana growl in response. It's only aggressive in the sense the Eeee really liked that.
The Kadie keeps up the biting and nibbling then, trying to remember what Parsley seemed fond of (not that she was doing the biting and nibbling at the time, but she still paid attention). Bats and bunnies can't be that different, after all.
And this time Liliana squirms around, making all sorts of pleased chirping and growling. Similar to Amelia, the tones really help guide directing what the bat seems to like. Lili also can't grab with her hooves, but she does hook her legs around the kadie at points.
Amelia starts to get more comfortable. It's a bit like a game, to see what she can make Lili do! She fluffs her tail over the wings, and nibbles and squeezes and massages where she can, and licks as well. She even tries sucking on the spade tip of Lili's tail.. not thinking about where it's been.
And Lili arches her back. That tail flicks, she chirps, she chitters, she growls. The licking and suckling get close to the same reactions as the nibbling. The massages get coos. The wing brushing gets shivers.
Of course, Amy can't put off going for the big prize forever.. and decides to see if her demon can eat Lili - or rather, if she can suck out Lili's demonic energy, assuming that's the proper orifice to try it.
Whether it is or isn't, it makes the Eeee cry out! Her hands and legs also move to hold Amelia right in that position, too! It's different for Amelia; probably not what she expected at all. And even more disturbingly, it seems to do what she wondered; she can taste and devour the demonic energy. As the cries grow louder, Amelia can feel the Eeee change back to normal.
Of course, that means Amy has to deal with that energy. But she was always able to 'turn off' the demonic aspect before. So she tries again now, to pull it all back into herself, into the little space inside where it 'lives' when she's not using it.
"But, but ... didn't you enjoy it? Didn't you enjoy her?" the voice asks of Amelia.
"Yes, and now I have to deal with other things," Amelia tells herself. "I can't all be fun and pleasure all the time. And now that she's back to normal, it wouldn't be fair for me to stay all demoned up!"
And amazingly, even with the protests, the feeling of demon seems to withdraw from her body. Red flows out of fur, horns recede, and claws dull. And Liliana ... she's giggling. "Gotcha," she claims, looking down at Amelia and very pleased. "And see? Not scary."
"That was.." Amy starts to say, then gets tongue tied. "Tasty," she manages with a grin. "And I got the demon out of you, sort of! I don't know why you don't like monsterizing."
"Vell, I like it a leetle better now," Liliana claims, grabbing Amelia with her feet now that she has feet again. "I hope ve do dis again sometime."
Amelia realizes something. "Are you gonna tell anyone? I mean.. people are still getting used to me having a boyfriend. Emmett will never stop pestering me if he finds out about this." She doesn't sound too worried though. After all, she can just direct unwanted passes over to Lili, probably..
The answer to that seems to come from somewhere in the distance, "Great Gods! I won the pool! Woo!" There's a mad crash of branches that soon follows as someone seems to be off in a hurry.