The clerk lifted a glowing crystal stamp from the box and affixed it to a section of the bronze plate that Ellaria had placed on the counter. The glowing gradually brightened as it interacted with the bronze. The clerk left the stamp for the moment and scribbled something in the large book. After about a minute of the stamp getting brighter and brighter she lifted it off the bronze plate and placed it on the silver plate. The light flickered and then seemed to descend into the silver causing it to glow faintly, light rippling across its surface in an almost ghostly manner.
Even the jaded clerk seemed vaguely interested, upgrading to silver was an uncommon event around here.
At last, the stamp was done and the clerk put it back in the box along with the band's old bronze plate. She hesitated then reluctantly pushed the silver plate over the counter toward the elf. Ellaria reverently picked it up, the metal warm to the touch, her reflection flashing across the shiny silver surface.
She glanced around and saw other adventures in the room looking at it. It was pretty obvious who was bronze plate amongst them just judging by the hunger in their eyes. Ranking up for an adventurer was a big deal, and if the band were to go to any of the local adventurers' dives they would have their drinks paid for for the entire night. That would come later though, first she had to show her band, to show off their achievement, perhaps awe the crowd outside and bask in their adoration. Pleasing imaginings of being a Famed Adventurer crossed her mind.
In a mildly blissful state she stepped away from the counter, plate in hands and wandered toward the doors, pushing them casually open as she passed the adventures. One particularly large and bearded man glanced between the job board where the band's warning had been pinned and the elf, he tilted his head and furrowed his brow, but let her pass without comment.
Ellaria stepped outside and paused as she saw the size of the crowd, it was far far larger than it had been when they'd arrived at the AG. People were packed building to building, wall to wall, standing shoulder to shoulder. She had apparently wildly underestimated the attraction a giant floating ten foot wide gnome would cause, even now people were still trying to join the crowd and come see the strange spectacle of the noisy storytelling orb.
Well, maybe that was for the best, she could show of her band's achievement to all the people! This was her chance to bask in their adoration, an adventurer's glory. She gripped the shiny silver plate and began to lift it into the air, visions of cheering crossing her mind, this, this was going to be-
Flora suddenly stopped her story and gasped aloud. The whole crowd looked up at her.
Ellaria paused, not liking the alarmed look in the gnome's eye. She lowered the plate a little.
"What is it Flora?"
"It's coming, oh gods it's coming out!"
Ellaria furrowed her brow in confusion and lowered the plate some more.
"What's coming out?
"The slime! I'm going to give birth to the slime right now!!!"
"...What?" she was joking right? She must be joking! Half the goddam town was right here right now! This couldn't be happening!
Ellaria's dreams of basking in the crowd's adoration for their accomplishment were rapidly disintegrating and crumbling around her shoulders.
"Hnnnggg gawwwd!" whined Flora.
As the crowd watched the gnome's belly rippled as though something was shifting below the surface and then her shorts seemed to bulge outward until with a loud attention grabbing ripping sound they were torn apart by a glossy white tentacle emerging from her gaped pussy. The tentacle whipped around, slapping at the gnome's belly leaving wet marks across it before pausing and seemingly looking around at the crowd. The crowd looked back at it in shock. What the hell was this?
The tentacle trembled and then like being sucked up like a noodle it slurped back into Flora's pussy.
"Ahnnn! What's it dooiinngg! Someone help!"
"Flora calm down, It's- it's going to be okay! We can fix this!"
"I am fucking ca- oh godsss! It's doing something weirrrdd!"
More bumps could be seen rolling across the gnome's smooth belly and her pussy seemed to bulge outward momentarily before opening up and letting a massive thick hose of steaming warm cum explode from her stretched lower lips. The white hosed high up in the air and came down on the crowd instantly coating the unfortunate ones caught in the stream in a thick layer of cum.