Gaia Date 2, Part 1: Riding a Tram

Gaia

Last week, date planning took a lot of effort; the date this week took considerably less work. Kevin offered to pay for the date (within reason) as a part of getting her to buy the boring numbers transformation, so most of her effort went to finding the perfect (reasonably priced) date activity. She scanned through the kiosk, but none of the options particularly struck her as a fun date idea for Kevin to pay for.

She did, however, see the Nimlith Grove Tourism Board Center as a destination. A quick teleport there and she found some elf ladies finger-fucking each other behind a counter. They helpfully pointed out some pamphlets and brochures advertising various tourism destinations in the Queendom. So, Gaia scanned through the offerings, picking up pamphlets that struck her interest. After narrowing down the pile into a few options, she asked the tourism advisors some questions about the destinations to see which she should pick. Gaia eventually decided and texted Kevin (then Tyalangan) for approval.

Kevin: -50 BP

Once that’s done, Gaia got ready. She took a nice long shower, shaving the bits that have gotten a little bit stubbly since last date night. She combed her hair, ruffling her mohawk plumage just so. It would have been silly not to go for the big weekly prize, so she attached the leash to her collar as her only act to “get dressed.” Her bare feet padded on the stairs as she approached Mona’s door.

So now, Gaia stands at the entrance of the Suite, noticing a second statue. Mona looks to be in bliss on her back with Winter inside her. Good job, Winter.

She heads to the door and starts to rhythmically knock, humming the tune to this really old movie called Cretaceous Zoo. Gaia doesn’t know why she knows this song from a fifty year old movie, but she does and it feels appropriate.

With a big loud whoosh, the door opens and Mona is there. It takes a bit for the kid to stop drooling, but she eventually stammers, “Hi, Boobs! Where are we breasting, I mean, ah...”

“I told you I didn’t need to buy a new outfit for tonight, kid,” Gaia exclaims, popping her hip to the side, “You know you look really cute tonight. Did you lose weight?”

The kid does look cute. A light T-shirt, some jeans, and a pair of riding boots. She is getting more comfortable wearing makeup, too. The dino hat is absurd fun.

Mona: Daily tasks complete! Walk for 30 minutes and cover 5 K steps +10 BP

Mona: Daily tasks complete! Follow Diet Plan (Before the Date) +10 BP

Mona: Daily tasks complete! Fully Prepare for Your Date +20 BP

“Let’s check.” Mona pulls out her phone, then is stunned, “That can’t be right. I lost 5 pounds of fat in two days?”

Gaia whistles, adding, “Impressive, kid. You’ll be all the way to sexy body in no time like that!”

“I mean, is that healthy?”

Gaia shrugs. She’s not a doctor.

“TYALANGAN!!!!!!!”

The Suite entryway vibrates from Mona’s yelling. Man, does she love using those spells.

The sea elf appears, glancing over at the Winter statue for a moment. “There is a bit of a time crunch here, so quickly. Mona, it’s magic weight loss. Yes, you are going to lose weight a lot faster than normal, assuming you keep up the good work. It will taper off as you get closer to a healthy percent body fat, but, for now, expect to lose a pound or two every workout session. Grab Gaia’s leash. Where you are going, pets need to be leashed.”

Mona grabs the leash, feeling a bit confused. The pet play transformation is already working to make this feel really good.

Gaia: Daily Task Complete! Play the Pet with Mistress and Show Off Your Collar +20 BP

The scene changes to their destination. Mona’s eyes light up and she is squeeing. The sign features a lizard guy in a pith helmet, holding a bug catcher net. But that’s not what grabs Mona’s imagination. Instead, it is the words: “Deano Saur’s Dinosaur Preserve.”

“You kids have a bit less than four hours. Have fun!”

And the two are left to explore.

Ootah

After dinner, Caoimhe and Ootah talk Mineko into joining them on the delve. Andromeda politely bails out, texting away to someone as she leaves. So, four haremettes and a Winter arrive at Dungeons for Damsels to level up and schedule the delve. Auntie Daphne waits with her shark-toothed grin, “Hey, everyone! With a group this big, I assume some leveling then some monster slaying?”

Caoimhe goes first. Level 5 clerics get a slight boost to the generic Turn Undead channel divinity and, more importantly, Level 3 spells. She doesn’t get a chance to prepare her new picked spells (Dispel Magic and Mass Healing Word), but she automatically gets the new domain spells prepared (Beacon of Hope and Revivify). Beacon of Hope seems especially useful, as it grants her automatic critical successes on all of her healing spells targeting allies under it’s effect. She then steps aside to turn into Kevin.

Ootah excitedly hops up to level next. The extra health is appreciated, but the real prize is the legendary Extra Attack feature. Now, Ootah can attack twice with her action instead of once. Double the chances to crit. She feels faster already.

Tegan is less excited to level. She gets her two levels. For her feat, she picks up Sharpshooter, which is not the best one to grab early (as it doesn’t grant a boost to her Dexterity), but she is both stubborn and hyperfocused on her archery skills. She also gets Extra Attack. Those parts of the leveling process makes her satisfied. She is NOT, however, happy about the spell half. When she levels, her SP is fully restored and she suddenly has H-cup breasts; Ootah enjoys the look for the vicious vixen. A second tail grows out of her spine. She snarls, then picks Pass Without Trace as her spell; she also gets Beast Sense for free.

Mineko also gets two levels. She gets Extra Attack, too. Getting her to decide on things on her own is... admittedly frustrating.

“What would Owner-Mona like me to pick for my spells and ASI?” she asks the group.

Kevin sighs and talks her through it. Since Mineko insists that her choices would be useful to Mona in her day-to-day as much as possible, Mineko gets Sanctuary and Lesser Restoration as her spell picks, neither of which get prepared immediately; her new Mirror Image and Shatter armorer spells, however, do. Kevin also talks her into taking the Telekinetic feat as her ASI, as the idea of pulling a bad guy away from Mona sounded convincing.

Finally, Kevin gets his level as a guy in. Another Extra Attack! He picks Zone of Truth for his spell pick (which, again, can’t be prepared right now), but his Enhance Ability and Magic Weapon spells get automatically prepared.

Kevin: Weekly Task Complete! Reach Level 5 +25 BP

Mineko: Weekly Task Complete! Reach Level 5 +25 BP

Mona Weekly Task Update: Ensure Everyone Reaches Level 5 (6/10 Complete)

Ootah: Weekly Task Complete! Reach Level 5 +25 BP

Tegan: Weekly Task Complete! Reach Level 5 +25 BP

“Nice to see that I can help people with training in both forms now,” Kevin admits, then turns to Mineko, asking, “Hey, Mineko, can you check my upgrade for my blade while we set up the delve?”

The cat-girl takes the weapon carefully and starts to ritually cast Identify, which, in her case, involves rubbing her face into the flat of the blade and purring. Ootah is amused, but turns to the others to discuss the actual delve plan.

“What is the best way to get the maximum value to this delve?” Tegan pointedly asks, “If I have to deal with this pervertedness, I should get the most I can out of it.”

“Well, an actual scenario will give you opportunities to find loot and we can bump up the difficulty to hard?”

Tegan wants the hard difficulty. Ootah is interested in the challenge. Winter and Kevin urge caution, the former on firmer footing than the latter. I get being cautious, but we only have so many opportunities to delve. Mineko returns to the group and reports her findings:

The Crescent Blade [Tier 2] – Broadsword. [+1] to hit. 2d4 slashing damage, [1] radiant damage. When wielded by a holy servant of Eilistraee, the weapon has both the Finesse and Versatile (2d6 damage when wielded two-handed) properties. In addition, the wielder can cast Protection from Evil and Good once per rest, without requiring material components, though the spell will have no effect on celestials; the blade will maintain concentration on this spell. This tiered magic item will increase in power as Caoimhe increases in her tier level. Next tier level bonus unlocks at Level 10.

“We have a tie, Mineko,” Tegan declares before any one else gets a word in edgewise, “do you want to do the hard difficulty or be a coward like the boys?”

“What would Owner-Mona want me to pick?”

That starts a whole new argument. The girl needs to grow a spine. Eventually, Auntie Daphne breaks up the argument by declaring, “Okay, you lot are doing hard mode. Head downstairs and suit up.”

So, the five of them go down to the ready room to get, well, ready. Ootah and Tegan are both already armored and armed. Tegan’s new expanded breasts are very perky, even after she equips a chestguard that keeps them jutting out free; Ootah wonders if Tegan will ever chill out enough to let her motorboat them. The other two-tailed animal girl Mineko swaps into her gear easily enough; she looks cute in her maid latex plate armor, gauntlets already charging for some combat. Winter and Kevin take their time to get dressed. Kevin in his splint armor is not bad. He has a chastity belt on that stores some milk, which is quite sensible. His fancy blade is in a scabbard on his hip. Winter looks quite cute in his leathers, an estoc on his hip.

“So, we ready?”

Kevin sighs, “As we’re going to be. Hope this wasn’t a mistake.”

And the party walks into the delve, ready to see what this scenario is going to be like.

Mona

Dinosaurs! Gaia brought me to see dinosaurs! How cool is that?!?!?!?!

“Well, howdy folks, and Welcome to Deano Saur’s Dinosaur Preserve. I’m Deano! And this is my dinosaur preserve! What can I do for you?”

Gaia speaks up, “Oh, we got the package deal. One adult and one pet.” She pulls out some tickets from her inventory.

After giving them a good look, the lizard man chuckles, “A talking pet girl? Now I have seen everything! Alright, you two, follow me; we are starting with the tram ride!”

There are other tourists there, milling about. They notice Gaia and Mona approaching. Some delighted squeals erupt and the two of them are soon being asked to sign autographs, some in places that Mona really shouldn’t sign for Tegan’s sake. Still, the celebrity experience is still kind of exciting.

A big stagecoach thing pulling a number of cabins drives up. The stagecoach is being pulled by a couple dozen dinosaurs wearing feed bags to keep them from snapping. The cabins are open air, with a wooden canopy roof. Preserve staff open the doors and guide the tourists to take a seat.

Mona walks towards the dinosaurs pulling the coach. She feels the tug on Gaia’s leash as the temporary bird-girl walks towards their private car cabin. Deano exclaims, “Whoa, Nellie, little lady. Let’s not spook the clawfoots.”

“What’s a clawfoot? I haven’t heard about that kind of dinosaur before.”

“We’ll talk about it during the tram ride. Go on and get yerself a seat.”

Mona is shooed back to her cabin, where a grateful Gaia rubs her neck a little. “Okay, now I am a believer in the weird chest harness things for pets. Being yanked by the collar hurt.”

Mona blushes in embarrassment. She has never had a pet before; she should have thought about Gaia being on a leash. “Sorry, Gaia.”

Gaia’s tail feathers shake. She smiles as she says, “No worries. Learning experience for both of us. Some apology head pats would not be turned down, though.”

Mona sits beside the naked bird-girl and reaches up to pet her. Gaia honks, “Beep, beep!” When Mona gives her some side-eye, the former terrorist shrugs, “You know, from the Luney Tunes cartoons?”

A tray of giant leaves materialize. The voice of Deano over the intercom declares, “So, our tram ride will take us through our herbivore enclosures. You are welcome to offer them these leaves if they come close enough.”

We get to hand-feed dinosaurs!!!!!!! Mona isn’t the only one excited by the prospect, but she is one of the loudest about it. She bounces in her seat. The cabins start to lurch forward. Deano narrates how he started this preserve to save dinosaurs from being poached for their meat and leather, which the less discerning members of the populace will confuse with dragon scales (What? Dragons can’t be real...). This preserve is protected by armed guards and gives the dinosaurs wide open spaces to roam within the safety of some hefty walls. The dinos in the herbivore enclosures get plenty of tasty plants and water; the dinos in the carnivore enclosures are separated by species (like a fancy zoo) and get plenty of equally tasty goats and water.

Some guards open the gates to the first enclosure, and the clawfoots pull them through. Mona gasps in awe. Giant brontosaurus looking dinosaurs are munching down on giant palm trees. The stagecoach pulls the cabins between a dinosaur’s legs. Wow!

“Oh, look, the brontodon herd is near the entrance today! These giant dinosaurs...”

Mona isn’t listening to Deano. Instead, she is engrossed as one of these brontodons, a big dinosaur with a crest and a tuft of plumage erupting from it’s skull and spine, leans it’s long neck down to look inside their cabin expectantly. Mona does not want to disappoint! She offers a leaf. A giant tongue wraps around it and jerks; Mona barely resists getting knocked off her feet. The dinosaur grinds the leaf down into paste with molars the size of Mona’s head. When it opens wide, expecting another leaf, Mona happily complies; she’s at least prepared for the pull and handles it better.

“This is SOOOO cool, Gaia! C’mon, you should try it!”

Gaia giggles as she grabs a leaf of her own. Yay! Dinosaur feeding!