"Let's gather the team and get you some practice in communication" Valcora says as her armored boots clank and and boom as she marches back into the guild hall, excited to show the others her newest occupant's talents. You slosh around in her womb, it's oddly relaxing like swaying in an underwater hammock.
"MAIDENS OF MAYHEM GATHER!" Valcora roared the power of her voice snapping you out of your thoughts.
"We're literally right here, quit showing off!" Helena snapped, annoyed at the ruckus more so than the other due to her keen hearing. You used your Womb-Sight to look around the guildhall and realized that the entire team was already gathered at a table waiting for Valcora anyway, and they were only about 3 feet from her when she called.
"I thought I'd make our first real meeting more exciting..." Valcora said sheepishly.
"It sounded heroic!" you thought to her.
"Thanks, Tiny one at least you get it..." Valcora silently whispered to you with her mind.
"Well how's your pregnancy coming along? Did you give him the usual...overnight trial?" Melvora snickered, savoring the discomfort spreading from Valcora as she turned scarlet with embarrassment.
"OOOOOOOOOOHHHH that's why they didn't come back and finish the meeting last night! I was wondering why! I guess I did snoop around to see where they were but they didn't come out of her room. I really should have put that together. Oh my Valcora how long was it after you met him like 4 minutes???? That's got to be a new record! " Daphina said giggling at this revelation.
"I'll throttle the both of you!" Valcora said her embarrassment turning to anger at their continued laughs. She was starting to splinter the wood at the end of the table she was gripping in her powerful gauntlets. You felt her heart pounding as her anger rose, beating like a drum all around you.
"Enough! Let's just get on with the meeting!" Helena said acting impatient but really not wanting to have to deal with a rampaging pregnant Valcora chasing the other two again. Though she was the strongest, the other two loved to tease and tilt Valcora for fun knowing they could out run her as long as they had the space.
"Oh yeah! Can our new healer hear us yet? Can he? I want to go over my plan for our next assignment and show him some of my traps and stuff, also this map I drew and our typical battle formation. Does he like me? You can read his mind right? What about Melvora does he think she's weird? She's soooo wei..." Daphina rambled excitedly laying out bundles of scrolls and what looked like blue prints and some sort of bear trap.
"Dephina!" Helena snapped. How a wild ranger became the voice of order on the team was beyond her.
"Sorry!"
"Yes, he can hear you all including what you two just said a second ago! He's a very fast learner!" Valcora explained, pouting somewhat at their teasing but also proud to report your progress.
You wanted to comfort her but figured she was too embarrassed and you might upset her more. Still you wished you could say something to calm her, her heart was still pounding from the embarrassment. "Aw, thanks for the thought! I just have to ignore them, they're still just jealous you chose me!" she explained wordlessly to you her mind connecting to yours.
"We still haven't tested his communication with others or healing beyond me, so why don't we start with some practice before the plan....Dephina if you want to rub my belly ask and you can't feel him with my armor on!" Dephina had silently snuck around the table , she always liked to feel pregnant or other wise people filled bellies.
"Sorry I just can't get over how flexible that armor is or how pregnant you look with him! He was sooooo small!"
"Alright moving on....*she pushes Dephina aside after she spots her trying to poke her belly again* lets let him practice communicated with you. Go on Tiny One try saying hello, to Helena don't be shy!" Valcora says.
You stare at her via your womb sight, trying to call out to her. You can't seem to communicate as easily as you can Valcora.
"Shh, don't panic try closing your eyes like before" Valcora whispers to your mind.
You do as you're told and close your eyes, focusing your sight and mind on Helena.
"Hello" you say.
"Hello to you too healer. We can hear you directly but will need to speak aloud to communicate back to you, Valcora's ears must be able to hear us." She explains, her voice sounding like your sitting where Valcora is, not floating inside of a womb underneath heavy plate armor.
"That means whatever we say to you Valcora can hear too! So no gossiping about her to us!" Daphina interjected.
"I wouldn't think of it!" Your mind says to her.
"Oh wow he is a fast learner!" Daphina says impressed at your speed.
"Let's test your healing ability on someone else other than Valcora....how about Daphina?" Melvora suggested.
"But Im fi-" Daphina interjects as Melvora sets her hand on fire wordlessly with her mind.
"AAAAAAAAAAAA" Daphina shrieks in pain and surprise as the fire disappears leaving her hand singed and burning.
Without hesitation you recite a spell of healing, focusing on the burned flesh on Daphina's hand. You strain yourself but manage to focus and complete your task. The flesh on Daphina's hand turns back to its normal tone, her blackened skin healing and her pain disappearing.
"What the hell Melvora I'm the sneaky one not you that wasn't cool!" Daphina whined. "Well I guess he can work his magic in a surprise situation." She said impressed at your quick reaction and the thoroughness of your work as her hand feels completely normal.
"I told you he was talented!" Valcora chirps, prideful like a mother hearing her child won an award at school.
"Aw is big Mama Valcora proud of her wittle baby?" Melvora teased, delighting in Valcora's flush of anger.
"Shut up Melvora! I've had enough of--"
"Ok our new member is adjusting well, he's proven he's ready lets move on to the plan now!" Helena snapped, trying to refocus their meeting.
"Oh yeah! Let me show you my plan for the quest! It's...." Dephina said grabbing her scrolls from the other table.
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