<div class="floatright">(https://imgur.com/KF1CYDz.jpg)</div><br/>As Izusa sat up in bed and swung her feet over the edge Iber appeared in chat.<strong> "Well the ritual worked, but you knocked yourself out flat.  I'm guessing you didn't do it correctly?  Or you could have done it better?"</strong><br/><br/>Izusa shrugged and mumbled softly,<em>"Maybe I should go talk to Esszie now..."</em>Before gathering up her stockings, boots, and ribbons.<br/><br/>Iber flit about the single room hut, apparently inspecting Tera's belongings as Izusa pulled on her clean and dry stockings that Tera had taken the time to fold gently and stack along side her ribbons.  She noticed that her boots were likewise cleaned, not that they had been especially dirty, but she had been walking for the better part of a day yesterday. Now they were brushed perfectly clean of any dirt or debris and it was just a small sign that Tera had tended to her while she was out cold.<br/><br/>She made her way across the little community, it was hard to call such a small gathering even a villiage.  If Izusa had to guess, she would have put the total number of people in the little gathering at around twenty, including Meat.  She even saw one or two people that she was starting to recognize.  The first woman, the farmer who'se name she hadn't caught was standing a ways off talking to another woman she hadn't yet met.  The latter of the two with extra jointed legs that ended in cloven hooves.  Her lower body looking like that of a goat.  Still, Izusa didn't want to stare or be impolite, so she hurried onto Esszie's house to find the woman inside meeting with three women of the community, one mostly human, save the strange cat like eyes in her head, the others obvious monster girls.  Esszie motioned for Izusa to wait outside as she entered, as all conversation stopped suddenly when she entered and the three other women stared at her.  IT seemed she'd interrupted a private matter and she quickly backed out.<br/><br/>It was only a few minutes later that the three women left and Esszie held the door open for Izusa to come in.<strong> "Tera came by earlier today and told me what you did for her.  I wasn't sure if I should believe her story or not.  But she seemed absolutely certain."</strong>The naga raised an eyebrow and asked,<strong>"Is it true, did my seed take in your belly on the very first try?  Because that almost never happens.  And a spell to transfer that life force to another?  It all sounds.... rather....implausible."</strong>