Chapter 44: 36: Dryad

Alicia was riding on top of ‘Ramiel’.1Biblical reference intended primarily the name not the lore. No, Uriel will be a separate entity. She named the large male goat turned familiar as such because it tried to ram her the first time meeting her.

She - along with her following goat herd - arrived around the edge of Verdun where in the evening most of the elven patrols had returned to their village and the night watch was amidst preparation for their coming shift, this of course included Faenas who was the first to approach her. The herd of caprines were escorted by multiple cave creepers; lacking numbers Alicia had to conjure a few more to increase their coverage. Due to their skill Stealth being active they weren’t seen by many excluding Alicia, and Ramiel who could see them owing to the fact they were united by Kindred. At first when bringing it up to Faenas they considered taking only half of the herd but in the end they decided to take all of them after they got charmed by the kids. ‘I don’t blame them one bit. Ramiel needs to stay with the herd until they get used to Elves so he’ll have to stay.’

Although she offered to have some of her Cave creepers act as shepherds they declined owing to their appearance. ‘I need someone more presentable… I think I have the candidate for that, just need to convince him first. I also need some form of dwelling, can’t keep going in this homeless lifestyle… I do have a ‘home’ technically if you count that oak tree as one but that’s before I turned out like this.’ A tree of its size was more than enough for when she was a small spider but that was no longer the case now that she has grown. ‘Dwelling in a forest… has to be a cottage or underground shelter; raw materials are plentiful but processing them into something usable is going to be the challenge. What else… land surveying and clearing the vegetation should be the first steps. Tons of things to do well gotta start with something if I am to make progress…’

When Alicia returned to the great oak tree…

Adorned in simple white pouf dress, a rather endowed girl in her late teens2Every country has their own definitions so think anywhere between 17-21. was enthusiastically waving and welcoming Alicia. Wavy mid back length walnut color hair, round almond eyes of citrine.

‘Did I take a wrong turn or something?’

She would’ve believed that thought, if she also didn’t extensively mark the oak tree that she knows with silken clothes she made quite a while ago.

‘Tree nymph? Like Dryad? Isn’t that another word for spirit? Wait…’

Pointing towards the great oak…

‘Yep… That’s the tree that I used to hang around.’

‘I’ve already had enough nudes from another spirit. I don’t need another one!’

‘Do you have the slightest idea how little that helps me?’

Alicia’s slightly miffed look drove the girl to speak further.

“Uhm… I turned into a full-grown tree nymph thanks to the master giving me magical energy so master is master!”

‘I don’t remember doing that… consciously. I remember water spirit… - I really should come up with a nickname for her - telling me that I was ‘leaking’ energy. I thought I learned not to but I guess it still wasn’t enough.’

Grasping her hands Alicia used a skill she didn’t have many opportunities to use.

⟨ Soul Echo ⟩

‘Tons of skills I didn’t know of…

Now that she was close enough to touch her the beige skin looked like the inner sapwood of a tree, her chartreuse yellow eyes seemed to possess the illusion of flowing with sap and the hair having the walnut color of bark… 

You’re actually a dryad huh with that skillset… I guess I thought dryads were supposed to have… I don’t know green skin with flowers blooming out of their hair and exhibitionist behavior? Nevermind she did try to strip right then.’

The girl started to cuddle against Alicia's arms and started rubbing herself against it along with a pair of something else.

Peeling away the nymph from her arms;

‘Those clothes she’s wearing… quite the tight fit. Since I took reference from myself it's obvious it won’t fit her. But since they’re made from silk they have quite the elasticity to stretch so they won’t tear easily however… with the figure of hers emphasized… Yeah no good I’ll have to make something less… accentuating.’

Alicia's lingering gaze slightly bothered the nymph.

The moment Dryssia attested to her new name;

>Authentication confirmed. Covenant established, redistributing power balance…

>Skills acquired.

>Deprecated skills detected. Modernizing…

>Readapting Animacode…

>Reclaiming skills…

⟨ Floral Telepathy Ⅱ  ∪⇉ ⟨ Telepathy Ⅳ∆ ⟩ ∋ 〔 Flora-Empathy 〕

〔 Chloropoeia ☆ 〕 ∪⇉ ⟨ Mimicry Ⅵ∆ ⟩ ∋ 〔 Floramimetics 〕

⟨ Toxin synthesis Ⅳ ⟩ ∩↹ ⟨ Venom Fang Ⅹ ⟩ + ⟨ Compound Synthesis Ⅰ ⟩ ∧ ⟨ Toxic Tolerance Ⅴ ⟩ ≡ ⟨ Advanced Toxicology Ⅴ ⟩ ∋ 〔 Compound Synthesis 〕

⟨ Floraekinesis Ⅰ ⟩

>Unique trait acquired.

⌈ Photoautotrophy ⌋

‘I am become plant, the devourer of stars… Excuse me what?!’

Pulling along Dryssia Alicia headed for the spirit lake.

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Turning around to look she was tripping on the smallest of roots and consciously avoiding stepping on grass and other plants.

Before she could even process what was told to her Alicia pulled her up and put her on her abdomen. Hurrying on, a pair of hands grasped around Alicia’s waist and the weight of something rested against her back.

‘Is she leaning her head on me? Whatever, if anyone knows something about her it’ll either be that girl or Sardak.’

In a little while the both of them were on the rocky shores of a lake. After letting down the girl on her back she shouted out.

Rising up from the black depths, a familiar girl surfaced. Initially poised in her steps - atop water - but after noticing an unknown person next to her she picked up speed. Her admittedly impatient advances seemed to frighten Dryssia who clung to and hid behind Alicia.

While comforting her, the water spirit came up to the two.

Staring at the skittish girl she let out a strange remark.

Explaining everything thoroughly from the beginning took some time and as her story progressed the water spirit gradually eased up eventually having a pleased smile. With the performance of fireflies and symphony of crickets starting as nightfall began. Dryssia was collecting seeds and acorns. And to ensure not to lose her Alicia had one of her hex crawlers in her hair to keep tabs on her.

Her voice had noticeable contempt as she spoke.

‘That’s why she calmed down… Did I dodge a bullet there…?’

As for what you’ve described I haven’t got the faintest clue. I may be able to tell you what it is if you’re able to recreate it on me.”

‘I can… but let’s not for now… I have another person I wanna bring her to…’

Done with her collecting Dryssia came to show it to Alicia. Because she could hold so much in her arms she used her skirt and dress as a makeshift basket to amass her collection. Of course since Alicia didn’t make any spare undergarments… Everything was in plain sight. Water Spirit had a wry smile while Alicia was trying to tear her face off of her head with her palm.

‘I’m gonna have to drill some senses into her…’

Completely oblivious Dryssia was simply confused at their reactions.

In a teepee lone witch doctor was grinding collected herbs in mortar and pestle. His aim, to recreate the venom of the silver spirit. Though he had found promising results their potency wasn’t nearly as high as the original. In the midst of his work… spectral voice called out to him:

Pulling aside the cloth over the doorway…

From her side Dryssia’s head peeked out, her curious stare placed at the aged troll. Locking eyes, Sardak was briefly stunned before…

Sudden outburst of his cry scared the girl who retreated behind Alicia.

Digging around his containers he brought up some plants and herbs, placed them on a wooden bowl and presented to the Dryad. Although cautious at first she eventually started to come out and started looking through the herbs, picking the ones she liked.

‘Huh, being someone who knows spirits well he sure knows how to pluck their strings just right…’

Dryssia quickly picked the few herbs and flowers she liked and put them in her web basket. She seemed to be completely enamored with them.

Dryssia was letting one of Alicia’s hex crawlers from earlier to touch and ‘smell’ the various flowers she took from Sardak.

‘She’s really into botanics… Well now I really need to make something of a home otherwise it’ll be difficult to live in general.’

After making their way back to the great oak she noticed that it was way taller than she realized. Despite having a creeping suspicion that it had grown bigger, she dismissed it as her own imagination but now it was almost undeniable as the tree had grown beyond the treetop canopies casting shade over nearby trees. That tree was the oak tree she ‘lived’ at.

‘Now for the big question…’

Auratic

There's a public holiday in the country I live in so I have to deal with my family more often than I do usually.

Since I spent 2-3 hours on it here's the HQ image of Floraekinesis.

I got a new tool and I really like it.

Also this fella gave me a visit.

I'm not expert but looking at its color and size I'm going to assume it's a Tegenaria domestica or Common domestic spider. It's shorter legs and rather bulbous abdomen I'm assume its a female since males have longer legs, larger pedipalps and more slender and shapely abdomen. Or it could be a well fed male who knows.

My tryna write:

Btw if you can figure out the meaning behind Dryssia's name I'll give you a singular clout point.

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