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Chapter 29 by duskdawn duskdawn

How do you think Camilla and Eve will react to each other?

Skipping the introduction

You enter the barracks, finding Camilla sitting on her bed in casual wear. She sighs when she sees the goblin on your hip and crosses her arms. "I assume you have an explanation for bringing a goblin into town? And what's with that stupid look on her face?"

"Give her a minute on that. But I guess the main reason I brought her is because something seems...off about her." You set Eve down in one of the chairs at the small table before sitting in the other one. "She's not like any of the other goblins I saw at the village I came across. Not only does she have a class, but she's actually the strongest among them, while being treated like...well, dirt doesn't really qualify here." You glance at Kara, who's just calmed down enough to sit kind of behind Camilla on the bed.

"Okay, then why did you bring her here? It's difficult enough to hide you and you can at least look human. You can't hide a green goblin here without people finding out." Camilla's starting to look annoyed with you, but isn't letting it show in her tone.

You turn to Eve, gazing at her through God's Eye and taking a detailed look at her stats. "She's a Ranger, but she never knew she had a class. She woke up a week or two ago with amnesia, but there's a couple things here that don't entirely make sense...okay, scratch that. There's quite a bit that doesn't make sense..." She's got a class selection available? Is that even possible?

"Alright, so how about instead of you explaining it you just show me, instead?" She scratches her head with a finger, a bit apprehensive.

"Show you?" You look at her, puzzled, before it hits you. "Are you sure?"

"Look.." Camilla sighs. "I've done some thinking, and if you're off doing who-knows-what in Recuan or hell, even other kingdoms, what happens if we need your help here? You said I gain access to some of your abilities when you possess me, so..." She shrugs, exasperated. "Let's try some things out."

Kara looks a bit surprised, but sets her hand on Camilla's shoulder reassuringly. "If you do anything to her, you know what I'll do to you." She puts on her twisted grin and you shiver. You don't know what she'll do to you, but you don't want to find out.

"If you're set on this, then let's get into it. Do you mind if I borrow the bed?" You stand as they slide to the foot of the bed. To save space, you polymorph, laying down using as little space as you can. "Just so you know, I have no idea how to initiate this, so give me a minute." You close your eyes and focus, quickly finding a sort of torch that you're able to guide yourself to. When you open your eyes, you're sitting up. You glance behind you, finding your body sleeping. "Seems like it worked."

"Wow, that feels weird..." 'Your' hands go to hold 'your' head. "I hope I don't need to get used to that..."

You feel a hand on 'your' thigh, and when you look to its source, you find Kara looking 'you' in the eye, concerned. "You okay, Cammy?"

"Yeah, I'm- we're fine." Camilla answers for you both. "Now that I know he's in my head, I can actually feel it, though."

That's good. Or bad, not sure yet...

"Well, Dusk's eyes look great on you, just so you know."

You furrow your brow. "Wait, her eyes changed?" You get up and open the drawer that you found the hand mirror in yesterday, quickly taking it out and looking at the captain's reflection. "Blue and a deep red, just like mine." Kara's right, though. It does give a more unique look to her.

"At least it's something noticeable. Not obvious though, so anyone who doesn't know us might just assume it's natural." Camilla seems to be taking mental notes on the applications of this ability.

"You two speak a bit differently, too. Cammy has more...authority in her voice." You turn, spotting Kara looking to your **** body. "Can you feel this?" She pokes the real you in the arm.

"No, but we should probably be careful with that. Last time, my body woke up and cut our connection." You sit back next to Kara after putting the mirror back. "Anything else you think is different?" You slowly do a twirl for Kara, knowing the blond might appreciate such a gesture from 'Camilla'.

"Not that I can notice right now, no." Kara shakes her head, before looking back to Eve behind you. "Should we do something about it?"

You glance to Eve. "She has a name, you know. It's Eve, and she'll be fine...probably." You squat down in front of the still-dazed goblin. "Eve, can you hear me?"

"Yeeehhh..." Her head lazily tilts to look you kind of in the eye.

That's concerning... The Mind Break should have wore off by now... "You're going to stay here for now, okay? And no messing with any of the captain's stuff, okay?"

"Oohhhhkayyy Chieeef..." Her speech is starting to come back to her, so the effect does seem to be wearing off, but that only makes it more important to have her stay put.

"Wait, 'Chief'?" Your mouth asks, looking down and away from Eve.

"I was going to ask the same thing..." You stand and turn, finding Kara with a suspicious look on her face.

You raise 'your' hands in surrender. "I killed the goblin chief and became the new chief. I'm gonna be making sure they don't attack Riverbend, even if it takes more effort than killing them outright. I've been told there's more tribes too, so they'll probably be helpful for locating them. Now, about 'showing' you Eve's stats..."

"Wait!" You're greeted by darkness as 'your' eyes shut. "Let me try. I want to see if I can do it without you." Camilla opens her eyes, trying to focus on Eve.

You wait a few moments before taking over. "Maybe if you-oh, there we go." Almost immediately, you activate God's Eye, viewing Eve's stats. "Looks like I have to initiate-"

You're interrupted by 'your' own mouth moving. "Why the hell is her name 'Cocksleeve Eve'?" The brunette's hands move to her sides as she leans on one leg.

You take control again, relaxing her body a bit as you sigh. "Everyone in her tribe called her 'cocksleeve'. I decided that wasn't a fitting name, especially if I ever talked about her or introduced her to anyone else, so I started calling her 'Eve'. Apparently both count for her name."

A groan escapes 'your' lips. "Whatever..." She continues looking through all of Eve's features. "'Class selection available'...Nymphomania and Nymphomaniac? I guess that would explain her name...Partial Wind Infusion, that seems weird for a goblin. And what's this with Knowledge of the Self? Half of these don't seem like things a goblin would normally have, even if we consider Ranger normal. They're usually too dumb for something like that, typically becoming Fighters or something similar."

"I thought so. Now you see what I'm getting at. Something's different about her, and I wanted to figure out what. She's a Ranger, but has no memory of having a class, so maybe practicing archery or something would help her remember things through Knowledge of the Self."

Kara speaks up from behind you. "Would someone please explain for me?"

"She's always horny, has an affinity for wind magic, and is more likely to remember things about herself, most of which just seems strange for a goblin."

Kara thinks for a moment. "Well, why don't we ask Gilford if he can help? He can heal all kinds of ailments, so why not amnesia?"

Seems as good an idea as any

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