Shay

The rogue smiled at the boy. "Sure thing. We'll do it soon, we can go and get the item's identified to see if we get anything unique and I'm running somewhat low on materials so it will be nice to get some more. It will also be nice to not live in such a small place considering that there is two of us living here now." It was true that they could probably share a room now that they were a couple, but she didn't want to rush anything. If he was getting the money to buy them a house, he could make it whatever he wants and she would sleep on a cough or something. That was fine by her.

"Any ideas where you want to put your house then?" She asked, looking over at him with her crimson eyes. A soft smile was still on her lips as she talked.

Training Fail. [2/3]

"Yes, her name is Bistro. A damage potion will increase your damage for a duration, and Protein is a food buff that does the same thing, but it decreases your mitigation so you can't take as many hits. I don't have any mitigation as it stands, so it wont really affect me all that bad." She explains, keeping a hand on her familiar to make sure that she doesn't do anything stupid. "You could use it as well, but just remember that you would be sacrificing your tankiness a little bit to deal more damage, which would be fine if we can kill off all the enemies in a single turn."

There was still so much she needed to teach Chase, even though they were on their way to the third tier. She wondered if he would want to join the frontline right away or if he'll want to get more levels before then.

"We can go some time, sure. I'll get some buffs for grinding since we're probably going to be using a lot of energy. Need to make effective use of all the buffs we can. I'll just need like, protein, some damage potions and maybe a few others. Though you're going to be most of our damage since my aoe sucks." She mentions, taking a seat next to her familiar on the bench and resting her hand on it.

Grace was anatomically a feline, though no matter how she acted, she seemed like she was more a canine with the way she acted. She was brash with things that she wasn't familiar with and ecstatic to be around the ones she did know. She quietly nudged up to her master and accepted the pets, much like a cat wouldn't.

"I already know a good place to get potions on the first floor, so I'll go buy some later."

Shay put her hands on her hips after giving the feline creature a stare. It could tell that maybe it had gone a little too far. "Be a little nicer Grace. We don't want to hurt Blizz or anything." She said, and the familiar responded with a quiet mewl, leaping down on the bench near her owner to brush up against her for pets. Shay sighed quietly, finding it difficult to stay mad at the familiar. It was like owning a pet, but she never really owned one before now.

Giving the icy feline a quick pet on the head, Shay smiled. "There we go. Here." Swiping down her menu really quick, she pulls out another piece of the bread that she had given her earlier and fed her another piece. Once that was settled, she turned back to Chase and smiled. "Its starting to get a little crowded in here. Maybe I should start collecting money to get a house, hunh?"

Training Success! [2/3]

The pangolin's cry broke the silence that the two were caught up in. Shay contently sighed and scooted back a bit to give him a little bit of room. She looked him up in the eyes quietly, feeling a little weird about everything that was happening between them now. Although it was happening naturally, were they taking it too quickly?

"Uh. sorry if I'm being a little pushy. I never expected to have these feelings is all and I'm kind of talking without thinking." She explains, rotating her position to sit back up and stand to her feet. "Well, this has been one of the most... interesting days of my life. And I'm sure that it's only going to get better, but lets focus on getting my familiar here to stop being a little shit to yours." She says pointing to Grace, who was sitting innocently like she didn't do anything.

"Stay the way you are." Shay commented, trying to ignore the noise from their familiars as she nudged her head against her significant other's shoulder. She was way too invested in this feeling right now and didn't want to let go of it. Even though the both of them were embracing each other, she still tried to scoot in closer to get a more comfortable seat between the both of them. Her eyes were closed like she was only focusing on both of their heartbeats, or whatever was emulating that feeling.

Meanwhile, Grace was only doing her best to show that she was the dominant ice-being in this room. Her attacks only got colder and colder as their fight continued, like the ice that Blizz attacked her with was only fueling her own attacks further. She mewled with some sass at the other familiar and blew a cold icy wind into the little guys face.

Shay's heartbeat raced just as much as Chase's did. It was heart to contain the thrill of the feeling of love. It wasn't something that she had ever felt for another human being, nor did she ever think it was something that she would experience herself. Especially not in video game like this. Though, if it had been in real life, it would likely have been a power move by her parents for her to get a higher seating, and she would have hated something like that.

"I... I like it." Shay quietly commented, not letting go of the hug for now. The two familiars were having something of a war in the background, but Shay was too invested on this moment to break her attention free from it. Grace and Blizz on the other hand were busy seeing which one of them could be colder with their frozen attacks.

Familiar Training Success [1/3]

Shay was quiet as Chase poured out his heart to her. It made a lot of sense that he didn't want to ruin his friendship with the girl on the other side, but she wondered just how much that girl felt the same. Maybe she wanted to take the relationship further with him. But if that's not what he wanted, then there was no reason to get upset about it. As he talked about wanting to protect her, she felt as though she might cry. No one had ever said anything like that to her. How was she supposed to react to all this?

Swiveling in her seat, the girl sat with her legs on each side of the bench and leaned her head on Chase's shoulder, quietly moving into a hug with him. There was something of a tender moment going on, and she couldn't find the words to break it by saying something out loud that would ruin it.

"Looks like it won't be as easy to train my familiar as I thought it would be. She seemed to be a relatively reserved one, probably only fighting for self defense. Might take a while before she willingly helps me fight." Shay said, sitting a little awkwardly as Chase sat next to her now. It was a little more difficult to sit next to him when he was back to his normal self.

"So, um, now we're dating or something. That's... cool I guess. I have no idea what it really entails. I guess it just means that we both really like each other." It was about now that she remembered him talking about some girl that was alive back in the real world. "Uh, hey wait, don't you have someone back in the real world who's waiting for you to escape the game? Should we really be thinking about dating when there's someone else you like?"

Shay reached down and collected her clothing from Chase's hand. These were her clothes after all, and he could have just left them upstairs. She looked up the ladder and threw her clothes up on the upstairs room's floor. "I think you look best like this, though." She mentions, not really acknowledging the question that he asked her.

Moving back over to the familiar, who was still too busy playing with the other one, she sighed. This was going to be a little harder to do than she thought that it would be. It seemed like Grace was too uninterested in fighting right now. Maybe they would be able to work that into her in the future.

Sitting down on the bench, she looked over to Chase and rested her head into her hand, crossing her legs. "So, what was it like to be a girl?" She asked, genuinely curious.

Training Failure.

"I think you're looking at this topic without really thinking about what your saying, Chase. How much longer does that timer have until you turn back? I would hate for you to turn back into your regular self and rip any of my clothing." She said, keeping her focus on the glacial familiars who were just having a little battle of cold attacks with each other. She sighed quietly thinking about this whole situation where they were now a couple. What the hell was she supposed to do about that? It was too weird to talk about it right now with him being a her.

"Hey, Grace, you seem like you would only use your attacks to defend yourself. I really like that about you. Only using your power when necessary to make sure that you survive but don't lose control. If we work together, we can protect each other and being stronger as unit than we are as a single entity. So help me fight."

"Skirts are clothing, what the hell are you talking about?" She asked. Describing a skirt as a decoration made it feel like it was something that you were supposed to hand on your Christmas tree. "You just have to learn how to wear them. You're doing a good job already with the way you're sitting at least." This female Chase situation was getting weirder and weirder the longer it went on.

She turned her attention back to Grace, who was now breathing cold, frozen air onto the other familiar in retaliation. Blizz obviously resisted the attack the Grace was performing on it, but it was still a bit of sassy answer to a light jab. "Well, you'll come around to it. I'm not going to push you to want to fight with me so we'll work on it." Shay says in response, giving the familiar a pet on the head and small smile. Grace responded with a beautiful mewl.

Shay observed the girl sitting down on the mattress that she was using a bed for the last few days in Shay's home. She was making commentary over how skirts were probably pretty annoying to wear to fight into battle. "Why?" She asked. "Is it not the same as wearing a pair of shorts or something? I mean, if you're worried about showing off your underwear by accident, you just wear a pair of shorts under the skirt."

Then she mentioned training her familiar. She hadn't expected to be training it the moment that she got it, but still might as well get it done for now. "Yeah I guess." She said looking over to Grace, who was sitting on the piano bench. "Grace, you seem like a pretty strong fighter, would you like to help me fight?" She asked her familiar only to get a cocked head in return. Grace simply seemed confused as Shay asked her question.

Training Familiar Failure [0/3]

Shay cocked an eyebrow to the girl. It must feel weird to be wearing those clothes, especially without a bra... Wait a second, was he wearing her underwear? That made her blush more than anything, but she wouldn't bring it up.

As they moved into the main room, Shay jumped down from the ladder up into her room and onto the ground floor with a light landing. Chase brought up what they were going to do now that they had relaxed a little, but after how stressful that last quest went, she didn't want to subject him to anything else that would stress him out. Plus, would he really last trying to fight with breasts? That would be kind of funny to see actually.

"I think we can just take a break for now since you're, you know. Not really yourself right now." Shay said, gesturing to his newly formed body.

The lake was still where she was standing in, unlike how Astralin experienced. The water proved fruitful at least, it seemed as though there were more stars in the lake than on the shore line. Reaching down, she fished some of the golden tokens out of the sand in the water and moved them into her inventory yet again. They were so easy to find compared to regular materials. She was thankful for that at least.

Noticing that Chase was taking up a defensive posture, she decided to step out of the lake. She had told him to relax and little and here he was trying to watch over her when she was more than capable of doing just about anything he was capable of. "I told you to relax a little. I'm fine, stop worrying so much." She tells him, stepping through the sand, being sure not to step on any shells or stars.

Stars: 55+6=61

Shay watched the other woman walk off towards the Warg's spawn point again. She must have been farming the drop then, even though it wasn't the strongest drop. Were there not better poisons that she could farm up than a beginner level damage over time potion. Not really her problem though.

One thing was for sure, that girl was really strong. As much as their confrontation wasn't the most pleasant first impression, she would hate to have her on her bad side. Shay swiped her hand down in front of her and sent the woman a friend request. It would be reassuring if she did accept it, though she doubted she would.

After that, she made her way back to the teleportation terminal and started to head back home. She wondered what Chase was up to and if he wanted to do anything. Maybe the could go and farm another boss.

Shay watched Chase pick up her own clothing that she wears under her armor. That wasn't supposed to be in that pile. "Oh, hey w-" Before she was able to even get words out, Chase was already in the other room changing into her clothes. Shay pinched the bridge of her nose. She knew that this was going to look completely awkward. Finally after some time, Chase came out of the room, wearing her clothes.

"Uh..." Shay says looking at how the difference in their body types made the clothes fit somewhat less snug than they should. Her chest was smaller than Shay's so the front was baggy and the skirt was a little shorter on her legs. "Th-That looks a little weird, I think. The darker colors don't really suit you as much as the bright. I still think it looks nice though." Shay scratched the back of the head, trying not too look at her bare legs too much.

Shay stood up from her spot and offered to help Chase up from hers as well. "Like I said, appearance doesn't matter to me at all. Its all about the type of person you are and you've really grown on me in the short amount of time that we've known each other. If there was a single person in Aincrad that I would be interested in, it would definitely be you." She explained, stepping out of the water and walking into the shop to change into some relaxing clothes. She comes out of her changing room in a comfortable white dress with some extra clothes in her hands. Obviously stuff for Chase to try on.

"Here, chose whatever you like. I won't mind any of these that you put on, if they fit you correctly." One thing to note, Shay's normal attire was included in the multiple sets of clothing that she was offering Chase.

Chase gave in to her demands, but really she was kidding. As much as she wanted to laugh at Chase by putting him in her own clothing, she didn't want to embarrass the shit out of him like that.

However.

She wasn't going to complain if she got the chance to see him as a girl in a skirt. An odd feeling to say the least, but that kind of made him even more attractive. "You don't have to if you don't want to. I really am kidding. Though, I'd say we're about the same size, maybe you're just a little taller so the skirt might feel a little shorter, but i still think it would look nice on you. Its actually amazing how good the potion makes you look for being completely aesthetic. Actually insanely attractive, I must say." She admits, and this time, she looks like she's saying it with confidence and full seriousness.

Familiar Eval

Familiar name: Grace Eon
Type: Fighting Familiar(soon)
Description: Grace, for short, is a feline-like familiar with an elegant, ice-like appearance. She is barely taller than up to Shay's knees and weighs around thirty pounds. To new faces, Grace is a bit quiet and tries to hide, but with people she knows, she likes to tease them and act cocky.

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Shay laughed a little from the reaction. Teasing Chase was actually pretty fun, especially when he was in a vulnerable state like this, but she wouldn't push too hard on him. She knew that he gets easily upset. "Alright fine." Shay says, pouting a little, as if she really did want to see what he would look like in a skirt. She focused on the familiar that was untamed in front of her. It stared at her quietly, just the same as she did to it. The connection was rightly palpable between the two.

With the swipe of her hand, Shay pulled up her menu and received a roll of bread from her inventory, setting the ball of grain on the stone in front of the being. After some hesitant inspection, the little familiar began to partake in the food. She quietly nibbled on the bread and mewled. "There we go."

Taming familiar success!

Shay looked over the blue feline-like animal and tried to assess what type of animal it really was? It kind of looked more like a dog, but gave an elegant feeling off like cat. She tried to reach down and give the little thing a pet on the head, but it breathed some sort of ice on her hand. She recoiled and shoved her hand into the hot springs. "Shit! Okay, sorry! You didn't have to do that, jeez!"

The rogue sighed and took a seat back into the water readjusting the tightness of her own towel as she did so. She was wearing a bathing suit underneath, but it helped her keep warm in the cold weather. "If it wants to be my partner it can, but it looks like it's a little stingy about it right now, so we'll give it some time. Anyway, as I was saying - You wouldn't be crossdressing, you're a girl now. Wearing a skirt wouldn't be crossdressing." She continued to tease, still snickering.

Taming failed | Attempt 1/4

Shay sighed and pat the other girl on the shoulder. She sat up fully and crossed her legs, adjusting her position so she was looking directly at the blue-haired girl that was once Chase. "I don't care what you look like." The girl said plainly. "What matters is who you are, and I think I like who you are." Shay offered him a quiet smile, trying to take his mind off the whole genderbend thing.

That was about when a small mob jumped out of the bushes near them. Shay shot up and summoned her sword to kill it, but it didn't actually attack either of them. It just sat on the edge of the hot springs and looked up at the two girls intrigued. Shay loosened her stance slightly and observed the little mob herself. "Hunh, it's not dangerous." She said walking over to the mob and leaning down to it. "Hey there little guy."

Familiar Found | LD: 10+6=16

From what she could tell with his- uh, her? Her - with her reaction, it was affecting more than just her physique. It was surely affecting her hormones to the point of being over worried. Shay kind of just kept quiet for most of this. If it was temporary, there was no real reason to freak out, and even if it was a permanent effect, they could always go get a similar potion to reverse the effect. 

"You're asking someone who hardly knows how to talk to her own parents without offending them." Shay mentions, wondering if she should just kind of feign ignorance and lie to make it seem less awkward. To be honest, seeing her partner with breasts was about as awkward as it could get. Though, in her mind, all she could really think at this point was just how much the body changing potion really changed. Did she still have...? No, stop there.

She also couldn't get the idea of teasing him, so she did. "You know, if you need some skirts, we look about the same size." She snickered a little.

Shay raised her head as Chase over reacted to something. Her eyes trained on the bluehaired girl who looked way too much like Chase to not be him. Her expression dropped the moment she saw he suddenly had a curvier frame and a bust that nearly matched her own size. As much as she thought this was supposed to be a joke, his reaction was too pure to be a joke.

"What the-..." Was about all she could say to the current situation. She hardly knew how to deal with a male Chase, and now he was dealing with a female one? That had to be way too many hormones. She adjusted her position to sit up as he explained a potion that he had bought. Shay simply shrugged. "Well, if you drank a potion, it was either a permanent effect, or it will wear off and you'll change back soon. How long is the duration? You can check in your menu."