In higher spirits [M] (scythe nova)

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"Comfortable?"
Christina uttered in surprise, she had just used him as a shield against the ground and now he was nesting neatly underneath her like a bird making its nest. So she let him, there was no harm to be done here yet.

"Yes I can track him down for you both. As for how we get there I can only offer horses. It will take at least two weeks even if the weather is with us."

Finally he begun moving, yet he only made it worse, now looking down on her.
 
Her nymph heritage had always been kept in tight check, this suppressed part of her blood had always made her question and doubt what part of her was actually her and what part was inherited instincts from decades old blood so she had sealed it away. Yet every time such desires appeared the seals would show up. Red glowing tattoos spread themselves across the warlocks body.

"And you are an expert on the subject I take it?"

Laughing lightheartedly she stared back at him, eyes now shimmering with a purple glow, trying to fight back her own blood and heritage.

[Scythe-Nova]

-"No but i don't think that's a requierment for giving a compliment"

He said with a somewhat simple voice and looked down on her raising an eyebrow when seeing the red glowing tatoos that appeared on her body. He casually reached with his hand and put two fingers on one part of the tatoo examining it somewhat interested.

Marius"A seal? for what?... let's see here.."

Ignis:"Desires..."

Ignis simply answered and looked att them both, Marius looked up on Ignis for a second before looking back at Christina with an amused smile.

-"Thinking naughty thougths are we?"

He teased and placed both of his hands on the floor on either side of Christina's head looking down on her with a wide grin. The flames still danced on both His and her bodies and still spread the warmth through the room, but slowly the began shifting into a slightly red colour.

-"Well i would not mind obliging to that desire if you just asked nicely now."

He said in a teasing tone while looking at her with an very amused expression while softly stroking one finger across her lips.

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The red tattoos began to form a mist, invading the air in a blood colored fog, her body was weakened still and he was strong, firm and had already weakened these barriers significantly by kissing her.

Embarrassing that he would identify the seals. Only intended to remove the nymph part of her blood and if she ever went beyond touching those would start faltering. She feared this part of herself greatly.
Her mother had enthralled her father into a slave to these passions for years and her mother belonged to an ancient sect of nymphs. Residing within her blood was this ingrained set of instincts from the mother.

She clasped her hands around his neck, dragging his head downwards her. The warmth around them was making her uncomfortable. Like a puddle of cold water trapped inside the desert and now enjoying the unforgiving heat of a sun.

"Can I have a kiss Conqueror?"

[Scythe-Nova]

-"... Well if you ask so nicely who am i to deny you"

He said with a wide grin and a amused voice, Conqueror? heh he sure didn't mind the flattery, not at all. He smiled somewhat wicked before grabbing hold of Christinas clothes and pulled her closer placing his lips over hers, a bit rough but not that bad. He kept the kiss for a while before breaking the kiss and looking at Christina and stroked his hand over her chin teasingly.

-"Enjoying the heat?"

He asked and grinned widely looking at her with an very amused expression. he softly placed his other hand on one of her mounds and started to fondle it a bit rough.

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He was a delicate kisser, this Marius and now that their bodies where now closely entwined. The heat and alcohol had made it difficult to focus, making it impossible to think straight.
"It feels like I am melting."

Her seals had now become so shallow that she could taste the bottomless pit of sinful emotions. It was like a raging torrent giving her both ideas and the power to carry them out. She could feel her bust and body begin transforming to match his vision of an ideal woman, a trait shared by all nymphs.

It did not have to be this way yet she had led the both of them this far down the road.
 
nudging him over, toppling mount Marius and now sitting astride of him like he had with her just moments ago and unbuckling her large waist belt.

It was a hard battle with conflicting emotion, desire and curiosity winning out. She had never been intimate with a man outside of her mother's sphere of influence and having this edge on him might be usefull later on.
 
The leather and under tunic was quickly pulled off with ease, revealing her bare chest to Marius. Around her navel was a power circle akin that of the sun with the mark of a palm imprinted on it. Guiding his hand she wished to put it there.

"If we go beyond this my seals will break."

[Scythe-Nova]

-"Heh That's what i like to hear"

He said with a cocky expression and voice while looking at her with a wide grin. He were just about to close in for another kiss when she toppled him and turned the whole thing around now having him underneath her. He looke up at her with a slghtly supprised expression but i soon changed to an amused grin.

-"Not bad not bad!"

He laughed out and looked admiring at her body with the same grin as before. He traced her curves with his hands delicately and grabbed hold of both her breasts with an appreciating whistle before smiling widely. When she took his hand and guided it towards her belly he saw the center of the seal, He quickly looked up at her before grinning wickedly like a demon, His blood were coursing through his veins with corruption sparking to life as his pupils became slitted like a reptiles and his teeth grew to a point making him seem more demonic than before. He pushed his palm against the mark on her belly without care he even let a jolt of his energy course through his palm and onto the seal.

-"Then let's really break the barrier!"

He shouted with a demonic grin and pushed his lips onto hers a third time and kissed her somewhat roughly while running his hands over her skin in seducive motions.

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Daylight huh? Not often you see the sun here. They had been at it like starving creatures on a feast and quickly lost track of time. He was impressive, most definitely her equal in bed and just as tireless. Was it his now revealed demon blood that gave him this endurance?

Valtera did not care anymore. For every hour spent here like a raging forest fire she garnered great strength and power. Not that she did not have to work for it but he was certainly a willing subject.

 You would think they would keep at it in this room until years had passed and sadly they would have been able to afford it too. If that was what they wished.


She finally found a pause reasonable enough as Marius transitioned  into being a hungry baby again. His fasination with Valteras well endowed chest seemed to have no end.

"Not to sound unreasonable." she whinced.

"don't you have a greater spirit of ice to conquer? I am quite sure we could celebrate that kind of occasion at a larger resort with more space to play."

[Scythe-Nova]

Nestling comfortably between Christina's breast Marius smiled satisfied until she started to talk, He then looked up at her and rose off from her and rolled over to the side of the bed. He yawned loudly and slowly tilted his head to the side while his neck made slightly cracking sound and then he tilted his head to the other side with the same effect. He looked back at Christina  with a neutral expression on his face while sitting up and moved towards the edge of the bed.

-"...Yes yes of course Glacialis would be the main objective here."

He said and rised from the bed and Looked back at Christina while Ignis appeared from thin air and started to hand Marius his clothes. A loud rumble came from his belly and he casually looked down on it before putting on his pants while looking at Christina.

-"Well first things first i need something to drink, and seeing as we ran out of vodka hours ago... So unless those breasts of yours can produce something to drink i belive we should get some food from the innkeeper before going out"

He said with a wide grin on his face and a very small glint of hope in his eyes on that his earlier statement were true. Ignis sighed somewhat tired and handed Marius his cloak as the last piece of clothing left for him to put on. Marius looked at Ignis for a second before putting on his cloak and looked back at Christina.

-"And if you're itching for a party or celebration that could be done at the mansion after i've chained Clacialis down and bound it to my will"

He said with a confident grin on his face, The demonic traits he had under the act were now nowhere to be seen but he still had that sense of demonic presence around himself almost as if he were a real demon.

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At least Marius did not turn into a mindless husk like some of her mother's slaves where. She could see the hardened wood around her had turned fertile once more and bloomed into leaves just by being close and as if she was the sun they were turned to face her.


This hungry perverted monstrosity called Marius was already hard to keep up with his one great spirit being at his side. Why did he need more? How big of a power up would be get from more?

or could it be that the power would stay the same but he would have some versatility in what powerful spells he could cast? She had never bothered reaching that high towards the heavens. Perhaps it was time to change?


 Ignis looked tired, oh? Not so limitless after all was it? a short moment of triumph but this was still an arctic setting so that might have something to do with it.
 
"Milk? It is still to early after breaking the seals for my body to start producing at my lovers request."


They definitely shared a connection now, or at the very least the seeds of one had been planted. If the cards where right it would be an ideal relationship. Hopefully he would be just as predictable in the future but for now all she had to do was observe.

"Right, food. And you will need a horse or do you have one capable? You seemed to underprepared back when we met."

She rose from the sheets, feeling lighter and very powerful. A look in the mirror was in order.

"Honestly, I sealed THIS for a reason." Pointing at her naked self emphasizing the now larger more bouncy bust and was she growing taller?
Compared to their meeting in earlier on and even during bed she looked infinitely more beautiful now.

Like a rose in the process of blooming, her long slender blonde hair had grown large golden curls, dead furniture springing to life around them and birds had flocked around the window to chirp and sing. "Its just starting to show now because you stopped kneading the dough."

Embarrassed she fetched it from a hidden pocket inside her tunic. A small gold sacrificial knife with elaborate golden animalistic design on the sheath and a large jade gem to grip around. Not meant for anything but shallow cuts and direct stabs.

[Scythe-Nova]

-"Tch.. I don't need a horse, I got here without one so i shouldn't need one now"

He simply said as he observed Christina as she got up from the bed his eyes focused on her large breasts.

-"Well if you sealed if for a REASON why did you make it so weak then?"

He said while looking at her with raised eyebrows and now he noticed that she looked a bit diffrent from when he first met her, then again she were naked so it could be that also. When she used the phrase "Kneading the Dough" He almost bursted into laughter but he held it in but he really looked like he wanted to laugh at her, Which he seconds later started to do.

-"Well i cant really understand why you're complaining"

He said and smiled very amused before he looked at the window where he now saw a cluster of birds, he looked at Ignis for a second before grinning widely and wickedly.

-"Ignis have yourself a meal of those birds there"

Ignis looked at Marius for some seconds before looking at the birds by the window and in the next second all of the birds were encased in flames which consumed them quite fast, and as the last bird were reduced to ashes the cinder like glow on Ignis skin returned while Ignis seemed to become just a tiny bit taller.

-"There now that's out of the way... Is that a butterknife?"

he said looking at the small knife that She had just took out from her clothes. "Hmmm it looks like some ritualistic knife... Does it have something to do with the seal?" He thought to himself while looking at the knife, He then shook his head briefly before looking back at her breasts with a appreciating smile.

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"What is that supposed to mean? Ease of removal only means that when I need to remove it I can easily do so!"  Valtera was angry at herself. Even with all those precautions she had easily fallen into the same ways her mother abused to no end and she had done the same so willingly. "The whole thing is a mess to explain so i would rather not."

Just looking in the mirror she could see the resemblance, it was frightening.

 Wanting to reapply the seal right away the knife had been pulled out. The rationale had been to restore some semblance of dignity back but that ship had most certainly sailed and Marius undoubtedly liked this form better so he would be easier to influence.


Hopefully with Marius at her side it would all work out besides this perverted brute might just end up breaking it again tomorrow. How utterly troublesome.

"yes a human butterknife." While laughing at her own joke the newly awakened furniture rushed over silently, helping the nymph dress as if they had become extensions of the mind.

"WAIT? you don't ride horseback? What do you do then?"

[Scythe-Nova]

-"If it's sealed for a reason it often means it shouldn't be broken at all..."
He said while looking at the new "Help" that Christina had gotten with a slightly suspicious expression. Ignis looked somewhat hungry at the furniture that were helping Christina. When she asked about how he traveled he grinned widely and crossed his arms over his chest while looking at her mischievously.

-"Well you'll just have to wait and see i guess"

He said and walked over to the door out but before opening he looked back at her with a somewhat serious expression and the demonic taint in his eyes showing very clearly.

-"I suggest you redo that seal before you come down"

He said very determined and looked at her with a somewhat fear inducing gaze for some seconds before opening the door and walking out of the room closing the door behind him. Ignis floated about looking at the furniture in the room before fading out and following his master unseen to others.

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"You don't prefer this body?"

How dare he command what she do? Did he even know how the seal was applied in the first place? And what was with his cold stare?
So she met his eyes in defiance and then Marius vanished downstairs, closing the door on her.

"UGH FINE."

This was a mistake, no, she should keep the seal unsealed. Marius would fall under her sway if she stayed this way.
 
Standing in the large circle she cut her wrists. The entire floor lit up with a glowing wine red color while she recited in Demon tongue. The blood stopped flowing as the seals where seared shut and she could feel the spell take effect.

Pain, waves of pain crashing into her when the body changed back to her old self.  It left her immobile and wanting to scream at the world but she kept quiet in an experienced almost trancelike manner.

Weak, she felt weak once more. Curse her mother. Even the blood of her ancestors could affect her judgment to this degree. Leaving the seal open? stupid, stupid and even more stupid.


The coldness from having collided with a greater spirit of ice growing stronger and that human fragility. Drawing deep breaths she pulled her staff close for support in this weakened state.


She found Marius again downstairs, feeling faint from just stepping down a few stairs. "It is done. I need to eat." The place was near empty and breakfast was long gone yet she knew Duval kept the cauldron heated in chase of emergency or potential clients.


"Duval, I need your Stew!" As if she had run a marathon Valtera sat down, dropping her staff and satchel down onto the floor.

"Aye lass." Could be heard from the kitchen. The burly man entered and put down a small cauldron on their table and two wood bowls.

"Eat til yer heart is content."

"Thank you.."

"Ye stayed up there for so long, Is only natural you would be hungry."


She laughed at the man, admitting some weakness for the innkeepers mannerisms. He was honorable, fair, and not one to ask around or inquire. A father figure that she could appreciate.
With shaking newborn hands she poured a serving and began eating.

[Scythe-Nova]

He ignored her comments when he left the room and went down the stairs calmly and sat down at the table that they had sat at when he first met her. He looked about some before glancing to the side where Ignis appeared and were about to say something but Marius interupted it.

-"You can leave the town for now, Get something to eat. But you cannot travel to far from me."

He said with an annoyed voice, Ignis simply nodded and dissapeared again. When he heard Christinas voice he opened his eyes looking at her smiling somewhat.

-"I see you're back to your senses.."

He said with a cocky smile and looked at her when she shouted for food. He noticed how exhausted she seemed and decided to not Tease her too much. He looked at Duval when he came out from the kitchen carrying the cauldron with stew. When Duval mentioned about her staying up in the room for so long he laughed a bit before pouring up a serving to himself and taking a bite of the stew, He immediately stopped and looked somewhat supprised before chewing on what he had in his mouth and then swallowing what he had in his mouth and looking at Duval with a slight smile

-"Duval was it? I must say that this is one hell of a stew."

He said and looked at the burly man before he began eating the stew again savouring the taste with each bite.

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"Ash and brimstone, this seal gets worse every time it breaks, I need a better way to seal this... bothersome side of my bloodline." Swallowing desperately Valtera regained some more warmth and semblance of self while Duval received his dues.

He had that look again, having seen people frozen alive plenty of times before. It was not fear, just a combination of respect and a grim concern for any adventurer braving the cold weather.
 
"I ave spare skins that can be filled with soup if yer headin out. Those always come in handy. Saved loads 'er lives that way."

Waving his large hand and pointing at the two as if he knew they were up to no good.

"Matter of fact, I won't let you lot leave without. Climate took a turn fer the worse about a week or so ago, shaman says the spirits are angry and neither Arlax nor me wife wouldn't rest easy if I did not pack double rations fer everyun and dats final. Yer ave got no say in the matter."

Then he went back to the kitchen and Valtera stopped eating with a sigh of relief. Her stomach would not be able to accept more.

[Scythe-Nova]

-"...Well really i won't complain about having food, Especially if it's as good as this."

He said with a wide grin and poured up another serving for himself and began eating. Some minutes later Ignis came back floating through the wall looking much more energetic and lively.

Marius:"Were the meal Good?"

Ignis:"Some Ram's had separated from their pack so i devoured them"

Marius:"Good now rest we are leaving fast as we get the rations"

Ignis nodded briefly before fading out, Marius took another bite from the stew and looked at Christina.

-"Well if you want help with that seal i'm sure my library have some tomes regarding the subject"

He said with a somewhat teasing tone and grinned a bit amused as he looked at her.

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"Library. So you promise that then? I get to browse the Conquerors treasure chambers. How romantic.."

She tried to put on a more relatable face with what she said but still felt too tired to bother much with it.
It was fine anyhow.

An important rule of a Warlock is to not to show people your true faces often. They might just pick up on them and Marius was one of those people who would definitely have picked up on them fast.

Rather than face him she kept her head turned towards the kitchen. Conserving her strength until Duval appeared with four well sized skins brimming with more of the stew they had just eaten.


"two for each of ye, they last an awful long time if ye ration it out. Either way I ave done what can be done from a man of my standing and can rest easy."
He then pointed at Marius while wearing the look on his face as if he did not quite know what to say or if anything he did say mattered at this point.
Then he abandoned the project of finding words suitable, throwing his hands up in the air before storming off with renewed energy.

"I have only got room for two of these in my satchel and even that is pushing it. Ive got some spare room in the saddle bag if you dont have anywhere to put them." Valtera uttered after pushing her second serving inside the satchel. Still curious as to how he would traverse the snow and ice.

[Scythe-Nova]

-"..."

He simply Smiled at Christina's reply and kept on eating the stew with an very satisfied expression. When Duval once more came out with the Skins he smiled somewhat friendly at the man and when he Pointed at Marius he were somewhat supprised but were very good at hiding it.

-"Thank you for your kindness"

He said right before Duval left for the kitchen again and looked at Christina when she told him that there would be some lack of packing space with theese large Skins.

-"...Well if you're offering you're welcome to carry them"

He said with a mischevious grin as he gulped down the last of the Stew in his bowl.

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"Whatever. Just don't abandon your gifts right after accepting them." Valtera said it while embracing the cold chilling sensation bubbling up from within. It gave the words a very cold alien tune even in her own ears.

She could feel it fully now that her body was done repairing the damage recently inflicted on it. Taking a look on her hands she saw a blue cool aura. Taking a deep breath she picked up her coat, wrapped it tight and picked up the staff dropped previously.


Obeying the will of its owner the staff glowed for a few moments, its jade core sending out a green beam of condensed light in the direction of Glacialis.

The satchel was not very light anymore but she would manage, taking its strap over the shoulder. "Let's go. Conqueror."

[Scythe-Nova]

-"Nah i just don't think the skins would hold up to my way of traveling"

He said an rose from his seat and pushed the bowl away from himself, He looked at Christina looking like he were trying to figure out something but he shook his head and grinned widely. When the staff Christina had shot out a beam of light he raised an eyebrow and looked at the direction of the beam before shaking his head and pushing the door out open, and at the same time his heat shield switched on making the cold wind blowing against him blow off from him.

-"Yeah lets go.."

He said and to a step outside before walking of to the side of the tavern and pulling out an wide polished and groved wood board with small holes on both sides of the board, i had been buried under the snow ever since he had gotten to this tavern.

-"You ready?"

He said an looked back at Christina lazily.