Faidhalm

Muma lies down on Yulia's hood and closes her eyes, "I don't think you'll be needing me for a bit, so I'll be napping here, after all this all feels pretty self-explanatory to me and if you really need help, I'm sure the staff wielding elf can give you information, as for the one question directed at me... Seems pretty simple, blacksmith, Alide and something to do with sewing, probably a clothes shop or a repair shop," she says and then yawns and splays out as she relaxes.

"I would assume they intend to skin, carve and prepare the meat of the deer, I imagine that deer will be used for food for some if not all of the village depending on how much meat they can get out of it and how much the village requires," Cherchiel explains. Yulia moves to go speak to the staff wielding elf.

"Excuse me, I just wanted to thank you for allowing us passage and to ask a few questions," she states and he nods.

"Ask, chosen," he responds.

"I noticed that some of these... structures have signs on them, I assume they are some kind of... shop or something of that kind, I was hoping you could tell me about them and whether I am also permitted to make use of them if they are in fact shops?" she says, seemingly trying very hard to be as polite as possible.

"They are in a sense, shops as you say, but we in this village and in this tower in general do not use coinage, the blacksmith will make you items if you bring him material, the repairman will repair items if you can pay him in useful items and the woman in the last shop trades wondrous goods for... favours," he says looking slightly uncomfortable as he speaks about the woman.

Muma snickers from on top of Yulia's head at the description, "sounds about right..." she mutters.

"I was also wondering if there was anything I could do to help you and your village? I can heal injuries and cure illnesses and I would be willing to do almost anything else that your village required of me," Yulia offers.

"Perhaps in the future your healing would be of use, but we have no sick or injured. Those who are too ill or injured to be of service to the village are given as sacrifices to the beast," he explains, "of course if you were willing, we would be happy if someone could take care of the beast for us, it's presence is a blight on the entire forest," he states.

"The beast would be The Lumberer or the creature down the bone path?" Yulia asks.

"The bone path leads to the beast's lair. The Lumberer is a creature we live with in a sense of... harmony. We keep out of it's way and it does not harm us," he explains.

Yulia thanks him and then turns her attention to the shops again. She heads to the blacksmith first. Upon entering she finds a large, muscular man, who unlike the elves in the village is not naked. He is wearing a pair of faded jean pants and nothing else, his chiseled torso on full display. His large powerful arms currently set to the task of... very carefully stringing a bow, he seems extremely irritated and does not acknowledge Yulia's presence. He doesn't appear to be an elf, lacking their long pointed ears, he seems to be human, his hair is an ashen blond and his eyes, focused on his task are a gentle green. He's just about to finish when the string suddenly snaps and he lets out an angry roar and tosses the bow aside, "I hate this! Fucking bows! Fucking wood and bone!" he screams and then slumps back in against the wall and sighs, only at this point does he seem to acknowledge Yulia, "right... what the fuck do you want?" he asks, looking at her.

"Um... I was hoping you could forge me a weapon?" she asks nervously.

He sighs again, "Bring me wood and I can fashion you a shitty bow, bring me bones and I can fashion you a shitty weapon," he responds irritated.

"You don't work with metal?" she asks and his eyes light up.

"Oh my god! Do you have metal?! Please say you do!" he says and Yulia hesitates before shaking her head and he slumps down again, "of course not. I came to this village and thought I could help them, make them cool weapons, but these fucking elves just use wood and bone for their weapons and it's fucking awful to work with. Of course I can't blame them... The only metal you'd find is in the caves and the caves are owned by the goblins. Any elf who tried to gather any would be killed or captured in a heartbeat. I tried to go once, but those horny sluts know I'm with the elves and I barely escaped. Oh what I wouldn't do to be able to work with proper metal again," he sighs wistfully.

Yulia decides to leave him for now and check out the repair shop. Inside she finds an elf, who similarly is not naked like the others, they are wearing a fancy dress made out of what appears to be, unrefined spider silk, Yulia momentarily wonders how they wear it without getting stuck, but decides they must have done something to make it not sticky, "Welcome, chosen! I am Vadel, seamstress extraordinaire, I can repair your clothing with ease and all I ask is something of value in return, I can also make you lovely clothing if you have material for me," Vadel exclaims. Yulia looks the elf over. They are indistinguishable from the male elves outside, but they did refer to themselves as a seamstress and their voice is of a slightly higher register than the other elves she'd spoken to so far. She shrugs and acknowledges she knows basically nothing about elves and simply accepts the reality in front of her.

"I don't need any repairs, but I might bring you materials if I find any in the future," she states and then leaves and goes to the coin shop. Upon entry she is delighted to see that indeed Alide is sitting within.

"Heya, Yulia!" Alide greets her with a wave as she sits at her desk. The room is exactly the same as the other times she'd seen it, in fact it's so much the same that Yulia starts to wonder if Alide's shop actually fits into the floor she's in at all, "so... you need anything?" Alide asks leaning forward and placing her hands under her chin.

Yulia is happy to see Alide, but she hesitates and shakes her head, "Not right now, I have a lot to do first I think. I'll be back soon I'm sure," she says and heads back outside to the elf village.

"Alright... We have lots of options it seems, what do we do?" Yulia asks the voices.

(Health: 200%

Mana: 100%

Equipment: Ceramic Beaked Mask, Monastic Scapular, standard bra, Standard Panties, 3 poison gas grenades, 3 healing kits, 1 syringe of poison, 1 syringe of adrenaline, 1 syringe of poison antidote, 1 sewing kit, 1 vial of unknown liquid, 8 days worth of rations, 4 two liter water jug, 1 health potion, 1 mana potion, A boar mask, 2 vials of sticky white liquid, Ornate Rapier, 4 arrows, Quiver, God's Favour (Halo), 1 pouch of alchemical ingredients, 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Apples).

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%)

Unlock (Lvl 1, Unmastered, Cost: 15%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors).

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 1, Masochism Rank: 1,

Status Effect: Permanent increase to physical attribute. Combat level raised to medium

Psychosexual Break: In order to deal with her trauma, Yulia has begun to subconsciously fetishize her experiences.

Deflowered: Virginity Lost, sexual experience changed to: Inexperienced, non-virgin.

Companion: Cherchiel

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