Private - Splash of perfume

The forest was ripe with all kinds of interesting ingredients. If only it were not so cold. The female malefimancer was covered head to toe in dark clothing, thick enough to combat the effects of the snow and cold wintry weather. Despite all this cold and stiff air, the female had fled her warm tent in search of items that could help her with crafting her perfume.

Of course this was not some ordinary girl's perfume. Vivian had been contemplating on her seduction skills. She had a variety of physical qualities that made her a special sort of woman. Long slender legs, a good figure ripe for strong hands and of course a nice ass and a heavy set of curvy, plump breasts. The female adored her character model, e could be cute and sassy, or a vixen of the dark arts. Which is what she was most of time anyway.

But with all these great physical qualities, Vivian could not lure all men and women with just her body. She could be unpleasant to look at by others, but that was just laughable of course. So while speaking with her Mistress, they had come up with a way to make her more appealing than just using her body. It was a fantastic idea, one in which Lucia gave her to motivate to look outside the box. She teased the idea nightly, researching and memorizing certain things in use to make these potions. And to top it all off with her Malefimancy.

Over joyed by this new idea, Vivian had set out to explore the land to gather as many different things as she could that would help in her art of making all kinds of perfumes. Holding on to her hat,she braved the elements in search of rare species of flowers, fruits, weeds, woods to help along the way.

Voice humming gently in the breeze, the woman knelt down on bended knee and scraped away snow from a rather intrerestinb looking wild flower. She gave it a cordial smell before plucking it with her hands. A smiling note on her mauve lips as s moved around the area to gather more. @Cassandra Descartes

 

Pick-a-plant, pick-a-plant and then pick-a-notha-plant. That was an alchemists most favourite pastime. Yes, yes, she was mostly a rogue. That she was aware of. But there were only so many applications for sneaking around without a quest or an enemy to fight. Picking plants though? The forest was full of them! So much stuff that was perfectly fine to take for her, i.e. not bolted down. But then again, if the game designers had not wanted her to take them, they could have just made it impossible to pick them up, right? And if she could pick them up, then they needed to be useful in some way!

At least that was her rationale for doing this all the time. It might not have been the most thrilling way to spend her time, but it was definitely productive. Her satchel was almost full already, too. It was a good haul, no matter what. But it wasn’t enough! She kept on picking, without a care in the world, not even noticing the world around her. If something dangerous was around, it would just attack her or give itself away. This was not exactly a high level region, after all. She did notice the snow, yes, but her avatar’s clothes were warm enough for that to not be a grand problem.


She was usually dressed rather thickly, after all, except for the skirt. But that was easily amended with some leggings and boots, if need be. To be honest, she did not really know how this game handled temperatures. She felt a bit chilly, but she was not freezing. To her, that was everything that counted.

Though possibly, she should have had something else that counter, for suddenly, as she rose after picking up a plant, she found herself staring right at someone else. Someone who quite possibly wore a lot loftier clothes than her. She would blink in confusion anyway, not sure what to say in a situation like this.

 

"Hello~" her voice was like warm honey to the ear as Vivisn 's curvy smile stretched in view of the stranger. The witch wiggled her nose as the unfamiliar face and then her eyes gave that hooded look. Vivian, being the seductress that she was, gave the other a round about look. Her azure eyes scanning her up a down as she nodded her head as if answering mental questions about the woman.

"What a treat it is for me to meet someone new. I must be one lucky woman. Have not seen you around here before, but then again, I normally am not out here treading on snow and looking for aromatic flora and things. But..." Vivian gave the stranger's satchel a quick glance. Someone was far more experienced then she was. What a great opportunity this could be.

"Forgive the glances, honey. My name is Vivian Cruz. I'm something of a witch around these parts. I'm just looking for some ingredients I guess you can say to help me make certain perfumes. Would you mind helping me with this? You look like an expert with all that you have collected so far."

Vivian brought her hands behind her back, still all smiles as she looked at the woman in front of her. Though if she was anything like Vivian, she would want something in return. "Perhaps we can work out some kind of deal? I am pretty versed in the art of Dark Magic and a follower of Goddess Ahra. Perhaps you need information? Or maybe you would like me to hex or curse someone?" Vivian would then perhaps get uncomfortably close to the stranger, enough so that their two bodies would collide.

The warmth from the witch's breath was so close to the other woman, if sher had been any closer, they could have a liitle kiss. Vivian arched a dark brow, smiling endlessly more as her hand lifted. A wild rose fitted to the woman's ear as she gave her an alluring look, "Or maybe you would be interested in something a little more...personal perhaps?" Her fingers would trace over the woman's chin and cheek, her nail softly grazing over her flesh with her beckoning eyes.

 

That….was certainly a talkative woman. Cass, at first, simply remained as she was, crouching and looking at this person somewhat confused. For the time being, she decided to just see where this was going.

And fairly easily, one could tell that things were going down the gutter. First, there was casual conversation. Then the realization that she could be useful to and by that person, apparently. And, ultimately, there was bargaining. Cassandra could easily follow this thread. It was all too common to witness such things in her line of work. Both criminals and shady people tended to do that all the time, unless they saw someone in uniform. It was one of the more common tactics to invade someone’s personal space, in order to get them to open up by dismantling their defences.


It was pretty common. But that didn’t really make it much less effective. At first, Cassandra had tried to play it cool. Her character wasn’t one to be fazed by such things, after all. The initial confusion had helped tremendously with that as well. But, sadly, it was fairly hard to play a character who could deal with things better than she herself could – at least in this kind of situation.

Blood rushed to the touched cheeks, but she did not flinch at least. That was already an improvement to what would happen in real life. “Um….I don’t really know if I can offer you anything, Vivian.” Using the other’s first name felt important in this situation, though she could not tell why.


But what she did know was that she should tell the truth. “I am kind of a beginner myself. I only just started with the whole alchemy stuff and…and I kind of started gathering stuff until I ended up here. I don’t really know what I could offer you in exchange for information, hexes or per..sonal things. Sorry to disappoint, but despite my appearance, I am actually kind of useless in that regard.”

 

"Oh?" Vivian gave her a rather blank look and blinked her eyes a few times then squinted, "Are you sure? Cause you seem to know what you are doing. Well! In any case, then maybe we can just pair up for a little while. I wouldn't mind the company, and besides, you are another woman. You should know a thing or two about perfumes, yes?"

Vivian did a weird dance around the girl until they were side to side with each other. Big smile on her face, the moist mauve lips curved sharply as she squinted playfully at the woman and slithered her arm around the girl's arm to hold it gently. She took a step forward, "This is the part where we walk in unison and gossip about stuff. Also, you must tell me your name. Or I am gonna come up with one that you might find a little offensive," the tone in her voice was playful yet demanding in the same vein. Vivian was used to getting what she wanted from people and this girl was gonna be no different.

Vivian lifted the flower she had found earlier and twirled it in her free hand until it came up to the well dressed female, "This one smells lovely. I am looking for flora that will smell attractive, something to seduce a man, if you know what I mean?" she said rolling her shoulder provocatively.

"I am a malefimancer, and one of my unique abilities is to do rituals. Not just any ritual though! I love doing sexy, naked, lust driven rituals for offering to the Goddess Ahra! However, I have no offensive magic to really call my own yet." It was a predicament, Malefimancy was an unusual art, it could be used offensively in boring ways as her Mistress had once said. Others used the all too common rot spells which was even more mundane than slinging black bolts of energy around.

The woman swept the violet hairs from her face, the brim of her hat rolling around and around as if it looked like it was about to come to life at any moment. She shivered slightly from that cold passing wind and she bit down on her lower lip, "So you can see my predicament? So, I figured, maybe I could do what I dub 'Sex Magic,' I know, I'm still working on the name. Combining different unique properties with ritual and curses melded into one. But I need players to be lured in, I thought of maybe using a poisonous breath or something...that didn't seem to go well. It would just evaporate with enough air. However, if I can mix scents like a perfume and weave that into my Dark Magic~ I could get all kinds of people snatched in my rituals!"

With her arm bound with her unknown companion, she clapped her hands with a bemused happy glow on her face happy to have made a new...friend? Lover!? Oh, maybe even a new sexual slave to delight in~ Vivian was glowing from her daydream as she just imagined peeling off the layers of clothes of this woman to see her raw form beneath.

 

Hah. The implication that she knew about perfumes in real life. That was rich. Granted, she had tried them out for a while and was putting them on from time to time, but she did not really understand them. The ones she used, she used because someone had told her at some point in time. Not for any other reason. And knowing about the process of turning raw plants into perfumes was even further removed from the truth. It almost made her laugh that this woman assumed such things, which was enough to get her mind back into the game.

Not for too long though, since the other’s antics were a tad bit confusing at times. There was a kind of rain dance or something, but eventually, she found herself teaming up with this strange woman. Because even if she was a bit odd, this was a MMORPG. If she did not want to team up with others, she would have just plugged in something single player.


Granted, it was a bit odd to walk arm in arm like this, but it was not bad. Hence, she let it happen anyway. “The name is Cassandra. Though I doubt you could really offend me with any nickname that censors these days would allow. It would likely sound like something unintelligible,” she replied, giggling to herself. This kind of meta humour was possibly not something to just throw at people, but then again, she did not even know if people really roleplayed here. At least in that kind of way.

Using weird terms though? That was apparently a given. Malefimancer, that did not sound good at all. She was saving that joke for later though, mostly because, well, her opposite was talking about somewhat raunchy stuff after.


Now that was almost leaving what one could consider odd, but it seemed to still happen in good faith. Still, she harrumphed and looked lightly away, in order to hide her blush. “Um, I am honestly kind of too new to this game to know, but is there even a point to that? I mean, sure, this game is not exactly all ages, but I doubt that it would even allow for, um, sex magic. That sounds like the kind of shady stuff that I could see the devs cracking down on. Especially when one considers the implications…” Briefly, she pondered the legal interpretations of this. If someone was seduced like this – if that even worked in-game – would that count as sexual harassment outside? It was the kind of thought only a policewoman could be drawn into.

Or maybe a lawyer. “Either way, weaving magic with scents to distract enemies might be useful too. I think I could use that for being a Rogue, too.”

 

"Yes, distractions..." Vivian would muse with a sheepish grin. Her azure eyes sparkling like a diamond as her foot shifted through a layer of now, the coldness of the air biting down on her neck and sending shivers through her body. The goosebumps a tight knit on her arms as she buried her face and shrank in her jacket. "Wew, its a bit breezy out here. I think it might even get colder later tonight. Great thing about that though, we can always log out and get warmed up somewhere at home. I understand people enjoy the game so much that they sleep in it, but I chose a comfortable bed over some floor or tent unless I am with a special someone, eh?"

Vivian nudged her now befriended companion named Cassandra. It was actually a quite lovely name, as would be expected from the female herself. Still arm and arm, Vivian had taken a slight lead taking her with her to wherever she seemed fit for the occasion. Although if there was any sort of plan in her mind being brewed, she did not know of it readily at the moment.

"Well, you would be surprised with what you can do in this game. Since you are new and all, I suppose I can explain some of the intricacies, such as The Elysid or the Malevolent Tora? Have you heard of these Gods and Goddesses before?" Vivian would look at her at an angle, to see if there was any change of facial expression after saying these words.

"Anyways. This world, Terra, has Gods and Goddesses and each one covets a domain so to speak. I am a devoted practitioner of Malefimancy which consists of rituals, curses...Ya know? The 'Dark Magic' that most people are afraid of using. The Goddess that appeals to me and the one I make offerings to is known as Ahra. Her domains are adultery, passion and destruction. Something I myself feel very fondly part of. So when I do my sexual rituals, it is usually in offering to the Goddess of Ahra. You see?"

Vivian had attempted to explain, although she was not good at this sort of thing. She was more hands on and showing people how things were done. But it looked like Cassandra might need more persuasion before Vivian got her in her bed as it were to try some dark, sexual ritual on the woman. And she was a new player, she did not want to frighten the woman off from the game. At least...not yet.

Vivian had stopped, unhooked her arm and found something in the rough snow. There was a mild scent to the weathered flower, but it seemed the cold earth had frozen much of its roots and sapped its beauty and scent. "This is what I call a tragedy. Such beauty wilted by this cold weather."

 

So this was the lore of this game, eh? It made her chuckle. She had spent enough time on the internet to know a little better than to just take that at face value. Dark magic, sexy things, edginess? No way was that scary. “Are you sure of that? I don’t think people in general are afraid to use that. Way too many who like being edgy and everything. Plus, sex always sells. So I reckon that is one of these things where people say ‘oh it is so dark and scary’, but most people just join it because it’s cool and there are a lot of people who try to seem ‘dark’ instead of actually being dark.”


Cass nodded to herself, thinking that she had it all figured out there. And was she really all that wrong on that notion? She had seen that on the character creation screen too, but decided against it. Mostly because she did not like those mage classes and everything. She was a very active person in real life, despite being a bit of a shut-in. Well, she was someone who trained at least, and went for runs etc. So something that just stood around casting ‘ultimate doom and gloom’ all day just was not her.


But she did not judge people who did choose it, of course. Especially not when they seemed rather caring, friendly and concerned even about frozen plants. “Well, if it is dying anyway then at least you have a reason to turn it into powder or extract something from it. I mean you otherwise destroy those pretty flowers despite still being beautiful. So, if you think about it, that is just the way it should be, right?”


Cassandra gave her best smile to the lady. Being positive, if snarky, was the personality that she desperately wanted to project. It was a bit forced at times, but someone nice such as this did make it easy. “You should pick it up anyway. Doesn’t do anyone any good here, after all. Plus, I think those things only respawn once you pick them up or they die properly. Or maybe not? Hmm….I actually don’t know. You got any more on that?”