Sitting in their rooms, the group absorbed their spirit stones.
Vector and Mursayade were in one of the rooms and everyone else was in the Captain's Quarters.
"So how do I use this Spirit Stone?" Mursayade sat down with her robes almost removed in their room aboard the ship, she centered herself on a pillow and crossed her legs.
"Use your will, carry it with your ability, channel but don't, channel backward, absorb the energy inside. Take all the time you need, if you absorb it too quickly you might regret it." Vector got into position and began to concentrate. In a moment, he had picked the spirit stone up with his mind, it began to erode slowly and a near visible trail could be seen with his eyes.
Mursayade did not see the vapor trail from the energies but she saw the rock hovering, which mean that Vector was being truthful. She relaxed and steadied herself once more, then, she started to reach out with her mind, grasping at the object in front of her.
'Hmm.' Vector had a dirty thought about Mursayade using her abilities to give him some fun but stopped when he remembered that most of her abilities were fire abilities.
The spirit stone rose into the air with her concentration, it hung there and began to peel gently at some junctures.
"Hoo.. that's pretty good, keep it up." Vector laughed at himself, it had taken him to be at his wits end with hunger to try such a thing but she understood it well the first time. He refocused himself once more, closing his eyelids and opening his minds eye. The energy swelled in comparison, Vector could feel the spiritual energies of Mursayade pulsating from her core. 'Is this because we are dual cultivating?' His dirty thoughts persisted and he watched the energy flow more rapidly to Mursayade like they were in a tug of war.
'Dual Cultivation, it is dual cultivation!' Vector wanted to talk but his attention had to be elsewhere, he was having a lot of trouble keeping focused, he had never done that with a girl. The times that the Empresses had spent absorbing spirit stones was one at a time. This new experience was truly remarkable for him, he savored every moment and his power was soaring.
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Honey watched as the three of them sat in a circle, sharing their energy. Rather than leaving herself out of the room, she took in all the loose energy. She turned a vivid red and purple, the gold in her veins grew darker. Her dress unfurled and she laid back, basking in the energy, stroking her body from her lips down. 'Uhhnk' She moaned.
'She's having fun.' Wu Hai laughed inside but dared not lose his concentration, the act of their group cultivation was arousing and intense, he had no intention to pull out.
Kuzunoha briefly opened one eye and saw Honey pleasuring herself in the energy. She was taking it all and enjoying every moment of it. It seemed rather strange but very sensual, the Empress was even a little envious, Honey was literally a beautiful flower.
The stones peeled away in shavings and radiated their energy across the room, swirling together and mixing among the three of their draws.
More than a few hours were required for the energy to be consumed, Honey was still pulsing every now and then from her energy gains. She was especially charged and a dark purple, her fragrance changed slightly each time she pulsed. It didn't end until the the final shavings of their pool had vanished, she was stuck in a perpetual state of ecstasy.
When the energy in the room dropped, her body was heaving and she was pawing at the Emperor, then Vira and Kuzunoha.
Her kissed each one of them and wrapped her legs around Wu Hai.
"Honey, aren't you afraid I'm going to eat you?" He asked.
"I'm counting on it," she bit down lightly on his lip and slipped her hand down his pants.
Kuzunoha and Vira had an abundance of energy, they were happy to expend some of it. Vector was glad that the isolation formations were properly in place, as he would have heard a consistent sound of hammering.
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Mursayade was sitting there half naked, her body was red to the touch. Her inner fire was somewhat stronger than before and she was acclimating. She sweat.
Vector could see the outline of her body, his arousal had peaked but the stone was still halfway done. He dared not interrupt their cultivation, even if she didn't understand what was going on it was still of great benefit to her. Mursayade was glowing, her scales were glistening under the light from the Spirit Stones.
"I. Think. I. Know. Why. You. Like. This." Mursayade spoke between each pulse, her body shook and she felt herself gush. Her body was going through sexual overdrive, she tore the robe from her body and leapt onto Vector, clawing across his ribs.
'Uhaank' She moaned and bit down on Vectors arm before running her tongue across his chest.
Her body turned around and she ran her back against him, "... Take me." Her face was red and her body was searing to the touch.
Vector gulped heavily and the room began to steam. The spirit stones fell to the floor.
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Hunting became a daily routine, there were a few discussion about the Dual Cultivation. Vector finally figured out how the girls were so much stronger, when training it was often together.
For four months they spent most of their time in the wild and little on the ship. Misozi and Honey got along well but Honey was growing strong. Her oils had grown in potency, there was a blue goo she could easily create, it healed most wounds and illness. Poisons were different, but with the wave of her hand should could relieve or eliminate almost all manner of health problems.
"Someone teach me how to fight." Honey wanted to learn but it was inconceivable to see her fighting, none of them knew what to say.
"You should review the fights better and then, mimic what you think you can do. But, you're a plant.. remember this, most of the creatures we've encountered so far have been fire types of some kind. If you're caught by fire, it could be disastrous." Vector tried to calm her down, his idea wasn't a bad one and his observation was spot on.
Wu Hai wondered for a minute and then he shook his head, "We can simply change her species, or give her a new ability." the bag of dice appeared in his hands.
Spreading them out on the table, Vector was in awe. "Last time I saw these there were only Eight." He dared not pick any of them up, some had strange affects.
"Yes, well, a lot has happened since then and I didn't have to get them one by one either." Wu Hai scanned over Honey's body, 'it would be a great change for her.' There was a specific Gygax for all sorts of things, more specifically, there were a number of dice with the ability to alter her body significantly.
Everyone in the group had wings, so the two wing dice were set aside and into the Cup.
"Wu Hai, are you sure you want to do this?" Kuzunoha knew the truth about them, their power, once displayed, can easily become the target of envy. She didn't say that part but merely asked if he was certain of his actions. Mursayade was new to the group, she had been through the process once before but there was never such a selection.
"I am sure, besides, to wrest these from my hands.. what sort of fool would try. I don't take them out for pretty much anything but to save Honey from an embarrassing death, it seems appropriate. You are right about one thing, She needs a clear understanding of what is to happen." He turned to Honey.
"Honey, I want to change you. So that you won't be so easily hurt. If you truly want to fight, as you say, then you're going to need new power, new strength and to transcend what you are. Through some manner of fate, I've been given this opportunity, this power. I can make that happen but, I lack the means to turn you back if we move forward. Not only that, if you're willing to go through with the transformation, I cannot tell you what your life will be like. Your entire concept of perception will be altered. To keep the changes simple, allowing you to remain somewhat familiar in your minds eye, I've chosen to keep the number of changes to a minimal."
"Has anyone ever rolled all the dice?" Vector had a whimsical idea, it was scary too.
"What? Like spilling the bag?" Wu Hai's entire face cringed, there were some dice he had chosen not to use at all because of their affects. One of which was a two sided Gygax, it wasn't flat either, its edges were rounded and it was longer like a bean. One side was a symbol for Male, and the other was for female. Some of them focused on one part of the body, some on all. Most of the Gygax in his collection dealt with the bloodline, or at, least that's how the Emperor understood it.
There were well over a hundred different species on more than thirty Gygax, to become a beast of epic proportions, it would be unprecedented. Wu Hai had considered this as a trump card in the face of real death, he still never dared muster the strength to do it.
"Why don't we just try that then?" Vector smiled. "There's really nothing to worry about, she can always transform until she's comfortable with her body."
"I think you're way, way off." Vira was starting to argue with Vector over the issue, she hadn't watched any of the transformations but she had been told the stories.
"Honey, what do you want to do? I've said all this but never heard your answer." Wu Hai got the group to stop talking and asked Honey directly.
"Honey is already special." She spread two translucent wings in the Cabin, they radiated energy. With a smile and cock of her head, she began to transform. She took on a more Dragon like shape then turned into a Dog, then a Bastet, then a Qilin, her eyes changed to many different colors. "These are pretty, I already learned those." She smiled, pointed to several of the Gygax and returned to her original shape.
"Wait," Wu Hai felt confused.
"..," Vector's eyes twitched
"...," Kuzunoha burst into laughter
"....," Vira shook her head and smiled.
Mursayade came forward and looked at the table. She picked up the bag and swept everything into it. "Can I give it a shot?"
"What? Wait..." Vector felt horrified.
"..," Wu Hai's eyes twitched
"...," Kuzunoha burst into even louder laughter.
"....," Vira looked on in admiration for her courage.
"Are you sure you want to do this? There really is no going back, you'll never quite be the same but we can cosmetically fix your appearance if you dislike it to some degree.. there is no guarantee that we can make your looks the same." Wu Hai was concerned, it was his trump card, his final act of despiration. He was somewhat unwilling to allow it to happen but he was very interested in the outcome.
"I never really wanted to be a Dragon.. As long as I'm not a pig or something grotesque I think i'll be able to handle it. I didn't come back to change after I had rolled the once." She poured the bag out. "That was thirty years ago."
"You idiot! Not in the ship!" Wu Hai channeled and teleported outside atop the ship with Mursayade.
She was still going through her transformations. When she landed on the Hull, there was a thud and the ship listed to one side. Misozi made corrections immediately but she felt herself sink into the dirt.
From outside the Ship Wu Hai could hear the yelling in the Cabin, the door had opened and everyone was coming outside.
Mursayade had grown in size, considerably. She stood like a Giant with four arms and more than fifty meters tall. She was naked and her skin was a rock texture, all of her clothing had been torn to bits and stripped from her body. She cracked and crumbled into more than thirty pieces, the scattered across the hull and from inside, the series of thudding sounded like an incoming attack.
The fragments unfurled and thirty naked Mursayades stood around the Emperor, miniature versions of herself but more or less her original size.
Emperor Zao's nose bled, Vector's too.