Lotus stared expectantly at Karl as he entered the room. "So, where are the Acolytes? Did they send cute ones? Why aren’t they here?"
Karl patted her on the head and gave the little cleric a pitiful frown. "I’m afraid that they sent all Blue Dragon Acolytes, and they couldn’t be pulled away from new knowledge so easily.
They’re still at work, and they will be staying at the lab tonight.
However, they are all beastkin Clerics. I suspect that it was a little prank played on the lab, as half of them were sent home, leaving only five Acolytes. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
But they have all learned the basic skills that they are going to need, and from there, we can start building their skills."
Lotus frowned. "So, am I going to have to go there?"
"No, I will bring them back in a day or two, once they sort out the dangerous situation here.
But one day I will have to bring everyone from the lab out to meet you. There is a Gnomish woman named Fizzspark there that you would get along very well with. She even rides Cara around the lab like a Cerro."
Karl realized when he finished speaking that the logical word would have been ’horse’, but none of them had ever owned a horse as far as Karl knew.
Once he was in the suite, the rest of the team came back out, even Hawk, who had decided to use the transformation token to look humanoid again.
This time he had a bird head and four wings, with long clawed toes on his feet. But his hands were very nearly human.
He flapped his wings and rotated his head halfway around to get a better look at them, which freaked out the maids. But he was satisfied with his transformation skills.
Four wings might actually be better than two.
"You decided to come out twice in a day. Aren’t you feeling adventurous." Karl joked.
Hawk squawked in amusement.
Then, he actually answered. "Someone dared to target our new nest. I can’t let Sister Rae have all the fun."
His voice was raspy, and a few times, Karl was certain that he heard a keening cry in the undertones of the voice, which made him wonder if the System was translating for him. Find more chapters on empire
But the Maids were smiling, and they didn’t have System access. So, Hawk had finally made a head that could speak Common.
Or he had learned to speak in everyone’s minds at once. Both were possibilities with Hawk’s transformational limitations.
"Should we prepare separate rooms for the newly arrived guests?" One of the maids asked.
"That would be appreciated. Until they are certain that everyone is safe, I suspect that they will prefer to remain active in the outside world.
Remi, stop teasing Lotus, she just wants to pet the bird."
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