Creative Punishment Warning

Selvina was glowering down at Althana, and her intimidation factor was not diminished by the fact she was suckling the twins at the time; some would say it made things all the more impressive. The events of the prior day had been reported to her almost as soon as Thelsia returned to town, and she had been sure to be as thorough as possible with her report; this was made all the more possible with identification spells being able to provide a concise composition of the charred remains of the creature they had been **** to burn through as much as possible. Althana didn’t like where this was going, especially since she was being magically restrained in her seat as Selviana paced around only in front of her as she spoke.

“I have seen some absurdly stupid stuff in my day,” began Selvina in an annoyed angry voice, “even seen some people accidentally create monsters during their crafting period to make magical items, but I have never heard of someone doing this sort of thing for such an inanely moronic reason. It is all the more disappointing that it indeed came from someone shown to be so intellectually capable. No excuse you can utter will be sufficient enough to get you out of the punishment coming your way, and it’s a real shame that it is coming during an early production period where we are building things up, but it has to be done.”

Althana just gulped, even after the spell holding her in place had subsided; she was afraid to move from where she was; the only action she tried was an attempt to sink into the seat she had been **** into in the hopes it swallowed her up. Of course, she knew she had messed up; Yuri and the rest of his harem had scolded her considerably almost as soon as they had left the forest; even Thelsia had taken part in that for a few minutes before heading out to make her report. Althana was feeling even smaller than usual because of all of this.

Selvina set the twins down in their pen as she took a slight break from her reprimanding of Althana before returning to her position in front of the gnome to just make an intimidating stance before continuing. “For the time being,” continued Selvina in a terse tone, “Thelsia will take over the soap production duties; we’re just thankful you have the habit of taking considerably meticulous notes, even if some analysis shows a few discrepancies between the product and the notes, so the transition shouldn’t be too difficult regarding her duties. As for you,” her glare intensified as she seemed to be attempting to bore into the gnome with sight alone, “you will be prohibited from accessing your atelier, or any alchemical tools for that matter, for the next fifteen days,” Althana balked at the statement but otherwise remained silent as Selvina continued, “additionally,” the wolf woman continued, “you will be given various tasks to complete around the entire town. On top of all that, you are to remain a minimum of thirty-five feet away from Yuri and are prohibited from taking any jobs from the guild during this time, and that also means if you are found with any tools or weapons that can have an effective range that meets or exceeds the limit in the same general vicinity of Yuri, you will be contained in an appropriate location. I hope that makes everything clear.”

“Is there anything else I should be aware of,” inquired Althana.

“Yes, said Selvina with an amused grin that was even more intimidating than Althana had anticipated, “if you are found in violation of all the restrictions placed upon after three or four times, there will be a few additional stipulations placed on you. And if you continue to violate your probation beyond that point; well, let’s just say Yuri and the rest of his party have been cooking up some interesting punishments that could probably double as interrogation techniques in the future.”

Althana took a deep gulp of unease; there was no telling what those ladies could come up with to punish her. And Yuri was a Realm Transitioner; he was used to a setting considerably different than what she was occupying; there was no telling what otherworldly **** he could stick her with if she tried to exploit any potential loopholes in her current punishment. And to think, this all stemmed from her own jealousy and feelings of inadequacy regarding her own physical assets.

Althana should have probably gone about doing things a different way. But now she was stuck with a punishment that was rightfully deserved, even if it was a bit more severe than she thought was necessary. “I understand,” said Althana defeatedly, “just point me to my accommodations during this punishment period, and I’ll be a good girl.”

“Glad to hear it,” said Selvina in a much gentler voice, “all the rules and regulations of your punishment are written in a document in the room we prepared for you.” With that, she made a call down to one of the guild staff to guide Althana where she needed to go.