(Lol I don't think anyone's going to try and take his 'treats'. The girls probably appreciate the fact it keeps him occupied and from trying to wrap his vines around them instead.<img alt=";)" src="./images/smilies/wink.gif" title="Wink"/>)<br/><br/><br/>"Yeah, that's me. ... The asshole."  Sin replied to Zaleila, certain the group heard some of the choice words Spectra had for her earlier. As Zaleila described herself, Sin listened intently, with good reason. It was no secret Spectra wanted her. Barusa had joined her, but she was also impulsive, if this Zaleila had been with her a while, maybe she'd have more understanding of how the whole thing worked.<br/><br/>"Techno mancer... technology, and magic... So I take it little Melissandra and myself have you and Spectra to thank for our current state of well-being?" She asked, just to answer a little suspicion about her time when she was blacked out.<br/><br/><br/>----Slightly later----<br/><br/>When Sin had a chance to get Zaleila alone, away from the rest of the group, she would approach her, somewhat awkwardly. She wasn't used to  this sort of thing, let's be honest, not many people were. "So... you've been with Spectra for a while... what's it like? You're still YOU, right? I mean, the original you, not some version of you that she MESSED with or hypnotized, or something?" Sin asked her, obviously uncertain what to really ask or talk about considering the deal. "Spectra's been, trying to get me as well." She finally stated, though Zaleila probably already knew this for a while. "Is that, NORMAL for her to get mad? Does she even GET mad?" She then asked, obviously still surprised by their earlier encounter when Spectra yelled at and avoided her.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>-------------------------------------------<br/><br/><br/>(Let's give Valspan someone to talk to. Why not Melissandra? Seydon and Wiska have their own talking to do anyway. )<br/><br/><br/>The little mouse woman had been wandering around the ship, everyone else seemed to be doing their own thing, or having 'couples talks' or whatever. She was still the newest to the group so, she still didn't quite know, all of what was going on.<br/><br/>Valspan seemed pretty easy to track down and catch up with... albeit fairly creepy...<br/><br/>The little mouse made her way up to him, climbing over some of his vines as she did so. He, no doubt, felt/tasted her coming long before she actually reached him.<br/>"So... now that you've finally been fed, you're not gonna try and chase after me any more, right?" Was the first thing she asked, for fairly obvious reasons.<br/><br/>Once that little, but important, question was out of the way, Valspan would find the little mouse woman was a bit more knowledgeable than his other compatriots. "You're, a Goada, a sort of 'possessed' tree or, plant based spirit vessel... I don't remember there being much definitive information in what I read." She would say, revealing that the little sorceress had likely learned much of her skill by reading some magical compendiums at some point. "How does that work? Do you remember who you were? Did someone DO this to... or perhaps FOR you, or... I mean... just, how does that work?" She asked, obviously curious about the whole process of how he became what he was.<br/><br/>As they spoke, as long as there was no more threat of him trying to devour her, the little mouse woman would climb up his trunk to find a decent spot to sit closer to his eyes and mouth. He could even taste her with his vines a bit if he wanted, as long as he was gentle and made sure not to do anything too potentially frightening for the little mouse woman.<br/><br/><br/>-----------------------------------<br/><br/><br/><br/>Before any of the others returned to the deck, Spectra was still being handled by Arcadia herself.<br/><br/>Inside the deity, Spectra couldn't help but shudder in delight yet again as she was surrounded and engulfed by power. After her bare form was exposed, it began to change, to expand. First just growing larger, before beginning to change entirely. Wings sprouting, claws extending from her fingertips, her eyes changing to reptilian slits with a purple hue before morphing into a massive black dragoness. This form began to expand and grow as well, in mere moments she was easily large enough to dwarf the red duchess itself. Yet still, no sign of this showed on Arcadia.<br/><br/>This dark dragon form continued to expand until it began to change, change into something completely different, dark, mysterious... to most normal mortals truly terrifying and utterly indescribable. Just a side effect of being a demon and finally allowing yourself to relax enough to take a more 'natural' form.<br/><br/>"You want ME? To finally take that step..." She repeated, considering what she'd been told.<br/>(Ran out of time, will finish the Spectra and Arcadia bit later. )