<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/ZbHZ4tX.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/qNp0vwZ.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Muula (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345576.msg16288362#msg16288362)<br/><strong>Race:</strong>Minotaur<br/><strong>Age:</strong>21<br/><strong>Class:</strong>Barbarian<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Adventurer<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345577.msg16291076#msg16291076">Quote from: pdragon on 21-09-2022, 11:54:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Serana was again a bit overwhelmed by Cain's rapid delivery, giving her little time to stop and process the barrage of information (perhaps on purpose). As she raised a hand to respond the tent suddenly came to life with chatter, the bulk of which being the sudden protest of them taking Alana as a slave at all. Honestly she had gotten so sucked into the proposal that it hadn't occurred to her that they could just accept the request without forcing her into slavery in the first place. She felt a bit foolish for missing such an obvious point. <br/><br/>However then Mephis of all people snapped back, calling the others out for perceived hypocrisy. However it did make the armored woman cock her head in confusion as she gave them a glimpse into her own backstory, "Umm, I'm sorry, but given the information you just gave us I can't help but feel like you might be on the wrong side of this argument" she said, suddenly feeling very, VERY confused as to why this girl was defending the institution she just admitted she was wrongly sold into after suffering horrific abuse, "oh and for the record I wouldn't necessarily be against purchasing you away from your master as well, if it could be arranged" she added. <br/><br/>Then she turned her attention back to Cain. Again he gave a long breakdown trying to counter their suggestions, but she couldn't help but feel several things stuck out as inconsistent, "Wait, if Lord Balebrook is likely to withdraw from the quest if we don't provide him value, doesn't that mean we've been pigeonhold into offering Alana to him? As far as he's concerned there'd be no functional difference between Alana going to one of us and her not being sold at all, he still doesn't get a slave out of it either way. If you really think this would hamper our chances why did you make it an open offer for one of us to take her in the first place?" she pointed out, "Also you yourself said that Alana has covered your cut of the sale already, and that she was going to be "sold" to us for free. So again whether or not Alana is actually enslaved shouldn't make any difference to you, you're getting the same compensation out of it either way. So why are you now threatening to pull out of the arrangement?" she adds, before turning her attention to the rest of the group, and to Alana in particular.<br/><br/>"While I understand that this slavery business is part of this land's culture. The fact that Alana isn't just going to be enslaved, but condemned to die alongside whoever buys her only makes this whole situation worse. I wouldn't have humored this offer so casually if I had known just how grim it was. If we'd be sentencing her to death by buying her then we should avoid doing so if we can" she said, shifting her masked gaze to Mephis, "I'm sorry, but that goes beyond simply <em>feeling</em> slavery is wrong. Something designed to rob people of their freedom with no escape, to the point it would rather kill them than let them go once their master is no longer around to use them. Frankly it <em>IS</em> wrong. There's no grey to be found here. You may call me a hypocrite if you'd like, but honestly at this point such an accusation would hold no weight to me"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Still laying with her butt on a pillow and her back on the ground, Muula pointed to Josephine. "Josephine say words much better than moo. I fully agree."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345577.msg16291098#msg16291098">Quote from: Kunoichi on 21-09-2022, 13:01:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Muula's apology was enough to deflate whatever irritation Mephis had been feeling entirely, and as the minotauress leaned back in her seat, the dhampir reached out with a hand, patting reassuringly on her thigh.<br/><br/>"I think I may have spoken a little too harshly, myself, Miss Muula. I am sorry as well. I know that you only meant to help, and to do what you felt was right." And, looking at the redhead... "And you as well, Miss Thistle. I'm sorry for going a bit overboard on you both."<br/><br/>Josephine's words gave the dhampir a moment's pause. The armored woman was right, after everything she'd been through, she certainly wasn't one to defend slavery, especially not with her own eventual goal of finding some way to free herself... Had she been defending it? Admittedly, there was that comment she'd made about her life being better now than it was in Atlantica... She'd been twisting the truth a bit, there, trying to shake everyone else's certainty a little, more than anything else, but it probably had come off as her picking a side.<br/><br/>"There's a little more to my story than what I've shared so far, but... I think I let my emotions get the better of me and spoke in haste, without properly considering my words," She responded, bowing her head to the other woman. "The instant it was made clear that Alana is up for sale, there were a few people in the room who seemed to be very bothered by the idea, and expressed a willingness to go to great lengths to try and save her from that fate. Meanwhile, I've been a slave the entire time anyone here has known me, and my owner is the very man Lord Nyrood was hoping to sell Alana off to, and yet no one even batted an eye. It was my annoyance at that... discrepancy that I was trying to express, more than anything else."<br/><br/><em>I actually think that you and I are largely in agreement when it comes to our opinions on slavery,</em> She added in, making use of her telepathic talents now so that these words would be for Josephine only. <em>I don't want to say that out loud in front of Lord Nyrood, however. There are a few things he could do to make my life more complicated, and I know he has some suspicions about me already.</em><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Muula's head jerked to look when Mephis patted her thigh and her ears twitched as she apologized. She then slowly sat back up and gave Mephis a little pat on the shoulder. "It's all good."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345577.msg16291199#msg16291199">Quote from: Muse on 21-09-2022, 17:48:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">   The cat girl blinked a few times, looking back and forth between these people who...  Were championing her?  Would they try to protect her and leave the girls from her home unprotected?  Or would they...  Seriously...  Come to her aid for nothing?  <br/><br/>   Alana's head spun.  "You're going to be a group..."  She bit her lower lip.  "I want to be your property.  People like you. <br/> People who would put their life on the line just because somebody was in trouble.  People who would cast aside their own profits in the name of their ideals, and out of compassion.  People like your Abraham Lincoln, a statesman who did what was right at the cost of his own profit, at the risk of his own life.  That's who he was, right?  A statesman?  A king?  Somebody who could have gotten wealthy with his nation?  Or a the cost of his nation, like a normal king?  <br/><br/>   "That's who you are."  Her eyes swept them all, pleading, and then they settled on Hiroshi with her last words, "That's the kind of hero I want to support.  That's the kind of hero I want to be.  You are the people I want to belong too.  Please...  Accept me.  Claim me."  <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>With an apology, Muula was starting to regain her energy. "He was indeed a leader who did what was right, instead of seeking profit. The bad presidents are corrupt and do usually use their position for profit and personal gain. There's an election held every four years. I do want to do what is right. You choose who you want to be claimed by. I am all for saving your village from these bugbears! I would have come to your aid for nothing, had you happened upon me, but admittedly, I have the greed of a dragon, and the promise of all these rewards has me extremely eager to help."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345577.msg16291260#msg16291260">Quote from: Crimson on 21-09-2022, 19:28:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Thistle turns looks at Mephis. Her eyes grew wide and tears trickled down her cheeks. <br/><strong>“I… Didn't mean it like that… I just thought that maybe we could do something right now to make things better for this girl who was in need of our help…” </strong><br/><br/>Thistle’s eyes turn dark and her sad expression is briefly replaced with one of anger. <br/><strong>“Just because you can't help everyone does not mean you should not try and help someone!” </strong><br/>Thistle yells a little bit louder than she meant to. <br/><strong>“If I could, I’d take your freedom back for you!” </strong><br/><br/>The tears start to run from Thistle eyes again and the harsh edge fades. <br/><strong>“I’m sorry…. I didn't mean to yell at you like that…”</strong><br/>Thistle tries to reach around Mephis for a hug if she lets her. <br/><br/>Next, Thistle turns to Alana.<br/><strong>“Is this really want you want? Nothing here makes sense to me. But if it’s what you really want I wont stop you…” </strong><br/>Memories of her mother start to wander again into her head. Her mother was changed when she was captured and broken by beasts. The only way should could feel satisfied was to be used in intense sexual encounters. It always made Thistle uncomfortable hearing about what her mother went through, and continued to expose herself to for satisfaction. It’s why the young girl is uncomfortable with sex and and romance. <br/><br/>Even though Thistle could not understand why Alana would want such a fate, through her memories of her mother she is able to understand that it's a choice she has not right to change. <br/><strong>"Ok... well then... I'll help you. We'll make things right and see that you are taken care of." </strong><br/><br/>Only now do Muula’s words ring in Thistle’s mind. <br/>Her face turns as red as her hair, and she wraps her arms around her chest. <br/><strong>“MY BOOBIES!?”</strong> She screams covering her chest.<br/><strong>“But But But, the magic!”</strong> Turning to Mephis as if she had been betrayed. <br/><strong>“They could see?”</strong> Thistle turns and looks at everyone in the room to see their reaction. <br/><strong>“You tricked me?”</strong> Thistle asks Mephis, not being able to maintain eye contact with her. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Thistle crying, getting angry, and then apologizing while crying gets Muula feeling like crying too. "Ohhh, don't cry Thistle, you're going to make me cry too." She then gets up, revealing the pillow she was sitting on is drenched in pussy juice and a few strands of juice follow her before breaking off. Now standing, she wraps both Mephis and Thistle up in a big warm hug, but then the hug was broken when Thistle realized they could see her boobies. "Oh don't worry Thistle, see look." Muula removed her top. "Now everyone can see mine moo. I mean too." Her cock quickly started to grow erect again as she got turned on by her act of exhibitionism. "Look everyone, forget about Thistles boobies." She bounces her big minotaur tiddies around lewdly.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345577.msg16291273#msg16291273">Quote from: Crensler on 21-09-2022, 19:46:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ionli was drawn from how mortified she felt by the rapid pace the conversation was suddenly taking toward things spiraling out of hand, her eyes darting around the room with the rising of tempers and tensions alike.  Points were raised, hypocrisies pointed out, acknowledged, and some tempers settled, but Josephine in particular went from calm to extremely pissed off in a matter of seconds after seeing the brand Mephis bore.  Then Thistle reacted to what Muula had the lack of tact to point out, something Ionli herself had noticed but had felt it would be rude to say anything about.  Awkward didn't even begin to cover the current situation, at least in her own opinion.<br/><br/>"Sorry, Thistle, but I didn't think you'd want it pointed out."  She cleared her throat and focused on the situation at hand, pushing away the awkwardness, at least for the moment.  "Now, please, let's not do anything rash," she urged the others, getting to her feet and holding out her hands towards Josephine in a warding gesture.  "I'm not saying you shouldn't be mad, Miss Josephine."  Slowly she walked over to stand next to the fully armored woman and gently laid a hand on the arm closest to her.  "We can't change the past."  She offered Mephis a sympathetic and remorseful look, realizing she had been a little hypocritical herself.  "We can, however, control how we act."  Something gleamed in Ionli's eyes as they focused on the visor of Josephine's helmet, a sort of golden light that briefly shone in them before fading from view.  "Please, unless you plan on buying her, don't seek Mephis's master out.  I think you're a good person and I hate it when bad things happen to good people."  <br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ionli uses guidance on herself to try and use Persuasion.  Let's see how she does and if the GM even decides it can apply to interparty talk.  She gets a 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=161312) on the d20, adding 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=161313) gives a total of 21.  I dunno if it'll help, of course, or if Thistle's reaction will cut the tension entirely, but it was worth a shot xD</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Muula looked surprised when she realized from what Ionli said, that she probably should have kept her cow mouth shut. "Oh! She's right, maybe it would have been best for me to have not said anything. I think normally I'd be bad at seeing through an illusion, but I knew what was behind the illusion."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345577.msg16291603#msg16291603">Quote from: Crimson on 22-09-2022, 04:33:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The world felt as if it started to spin around Thistle. Her head felt like it was on fire, and started to wobble and have difficulty keeping her balance. <br/><br/><strong>“Wha~ What do you mean I wouldn't want it pointed out? I could have covered myself, or kept my shirt on, or… or…” <br/></strong><br/>Her eyes widened as she turned to Tayohara <strong>“You knew? But why?” </strong><br/>She let out a sharp gasp. It was one thing to have been seen by the other girls, but by this guy!? How could she ever be around him again after he saw her like that? It was so embarrassing! <br/>He was probably having dirty thought about her right now.<br/><strong>“You saw, didn't you?”</strong> <br/><br/><strong>“Why didn't you warn me?”</strong> Thistle looks at you with sad puppy eyes. She still has her arms around you from the hug and you can feel her trembling. <br/><strong>“How can anyone fix this? I feel so naughty… Can you make them forget?” </strong><br/>She looks at your with desperation in her eyes, and looks as if she's close to fainting. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>With her tits still out, Muula gave Thistle another big hug. "It's going to be all right Thistle. You should be proud! You have a very nice pair boobies. They are a treasure and you should share them with the world. Men go around topless all the time, why can't we girls also do so? It's not right, is it? Don't feel naughty, breasts are a natural part of you. Plus we're all in business together. We can all professionally see each other naked and still work together. We're professionals!" Muula then broke the hug and held Thistle's hand, while looking to everyone. "Everyone, please stand in solidarity with me and Thistle and bare your breasts! Tits out for Thistle!" She looks back to Thistle with a big smile on her face, hoping that she will be successful in making her feel better.