[Lilyflier] Talk

"I could've done without waking back up." She said morbidly, laying her head back against the wall, her pained expression softening only slightly. "Are they dead?"

You had reservations about speaking immediately for fear of creeping her out, especially if she knew how you were doing it. But realistically it was too useful to avoid for long, and you had no idea how to reveal it in a less starting way. "Yes."

Her breathing paused for a moment. "How did you..?"

"I will tell you later on, but right now we have to form a plan. And...well, one moment." You oozed away for a couple minutes and returned with the last cloak, carefully wrapping it around her for at least some semblance of dignity.

"Thanks." She said, though it understandably didn't seem to improve her mood much.

You thought briefly about transforming into a more appealing figure, but decided your default form would probably be less off-putting to her. "Can you tell me everything you know about this place? Are there any other cultists that are likely to come for us?"

"Yes, but we should have a little while, at least. The one who I kicked is-..was our leader. The others usually don't do much except follow his orders, and he tends to be pretty unpredictable with how long he spends away from most of the group."

"Are there any exits we can covertly take?"

"Not really."

You were both silent for a moment.

"We might be able to distract the majority of them. Especially if you can mimic his voice."

You couldn't be too surprised she figured it out, it was probably a well-known fact that slimes are able to change their form to mimic the shape of what they consume. You pause before attempting to mimic his voice, and to your surprise, it seemed pretty easy.

Cal nodded confirmation. "That should work."

You switch back to your voice. "Can you move like that?..With your leg, I mean."

She nodded and slowly started to stand up using the wall to avoid collapsing.

"W-whoa are you sure you want to do that? We still have a lot left to plan."

"J-just needed to make sure. And..ngh.." She grunted with a pained expression and slowly sat back down. "You ate all the furniture, huh?"

"I needed every bit of mana I could get, sorry."

She explained the layout of the place in further detail and you worked together to plan the exact method you would use to distract them, as well as a few backup plans in case things went badly.

If the original author of this branch is by chance reading this, please let me know if you want anything changed. I don't mean to superimpose my (probably worse) lore, personalities, worldbuilding or anything else onto your work. I just wanted to see this branch continued in one form or another.