ng coughed, "Sorry, I'm getting a little passionate at the mont. Would you like a chair?"
"Ah… sure?" said Kat with a slow nod.
ng nodded and clicked her fingers before dropping down onto what looks like thin air. Kat opened her mouth, closed it, looked around confused for a mont before ng spoke up, "It's a solid illusion, just focus on trying to see it and you should be able to."
Kat frowned but did as she was asked and suddenly, she could see two beanbags in the room, one that ng was relaxing in and one just behind her. It wasn't a chair sure, but it was clearly what ng had been talking about. "Huh… I didn't know I could do that… and wait, how are these solid illusions? Wouldn't that make them REAL chairs? Er… beanbags?" asked Kat as she relaxed into the beanbag, doubly surprised when she felt her wings and tail sink into it like demonic furniture.
"Honestly?" asked ng, and Kat nodded, "That is a philosophical, and contentious issue. It's also a matter of how you think about things. As soone specialised in ILLUSION cultivation, I want them to be illusions, because then I have more control over them. That's how a lot of cultivation can be, it's all about how you look at it. Take Lian for example. A blessing user might GIVE soone the ability to ignore wind resistance to make them faster… but Lian could TAKE the away the ability to effect the wind and produce roughly the sa result. Though in the latter case it might cause suffocation…"
ng shrugged in her chair and continued, "When I say it's a matter of perspective, I really do an that. They are illusions because I think they are, and that lets maintain control over them. If I stopped seeing them that way, then they'd either disappear, or perhaps beco sothing I couldn't manipulate at all with my power,"
"Right… umm… hmm…" Kat looked at ng and tried to focus on what she 'should' look like, but Kat couldn't see any changes in ng's appearance, despite already knowing from looking through Lily's mories what ng was 'supposed' to look like. "How co I can't see what you're trying to look like? I was trying the sa trick with the chairs… but it doesn't seem to be working,"
ng shrugged, "True sight is rare Kat. I know so things about it, but not much. Just a few titbits that would be useful for an illusionist to keep in mind, One of those is that you should, apparently, be able to chose to see the illusion… so I'm not sure what's different about the one around my body. Perhaps its because the chair is solid? I don't really know, I've never t soone with real True Sight, just a few artifacts that try to mimic the ability, and even those are quite rare. Plus, they only work on things weaker then a certain level,"
"Right," said Kat with a nod. *I suppose I shouldn't have expected anything else. I already knew it was a rare ability. Hmm… I wonder if I always could see illusions with a thought, or if it's sothing I've gained after ranking up a few tis?*
The pair sat there in silence for a while. ng takes out a large bottle and plucks out the cork. Kat can sll the alcohol. It burns her nose as the scent filles the room. ng takes out a glass, pours one and then places it off to the side… before chugging the whole bottle. Kat just stares in a mix of confusion and horror as ng drinks the hole thing and then smashes it on the ground nearby. Kat was pretty sure that bottle had a high enough alcohol content to kill multiple mortals.
"Um…" mumbled Kat not sure what to say.
ng, looked up and, getting the wrong idea said, "Do you want this glass? I did pour it out for you in case you wanted to share, so it's no trouble,"
"I… I think I'm good," said Kat, still reeling in shock.
ng just shrugged and grabbed the glass, downing everything in it in one swift swallow. "Welp, I still feel retched," said ng.
"Sorry?" said Kat.
ng gave a sloppy shrug, her robe coming undone sowhat but not minding the change. Kat wasn't sure if it was because ng was so used to using her illusions to keep a dignified appearance that she wasn't properly thinking about the fact Kat could see through them… or if she was just done caring. "Eh, it's not really your fault. I knew sothing like this would happen eventually so…" ng trailed off with a shrug as she stared at her storage ring, likely pondering if she should get out more drinks.
"So… what do we do now?" asked Kat.
ng shrugged, "How should I know Kat? I'm pretty well fucked regardless of what happens so I can't find it in myself to care all that much at the mont. Maybe once the alcohol kicks in properly I'll co up with sothing crazy,"
"Wait what do you an you're… well… um…" Kat started, and failed to say…
"Fucked, Kat. I said FUCKED," giggled ng.
"Right… yes that. Why? I an… I haven't even attacked you yet?" said Kat.
ng let out a long sigh, "The fact that you're already here is enough to cause no end of problems. The fact Sue has likely reported I'm a fake, and it ans that my cover is gone. So, the way I see it, either I have to waste ti fighting those rumours while my bosses make my life hell,
"Fight you, and win, then get fucked when Bodeir Sr cos for my ass. Fight you and lose, then get fucked when my bosses co for my ass. Don't fight you, and get fucked when my bosses co for my ass, or try running, and get fucked when they catch up to my ass," said ng with a grin.
*I feel like Sue would get along great with ng… so with that in mind.* "You seem awfully concerned with getting 'fucked' in the ass. I'm afraid I never wanted to know so much about my friend's mother's kinks," said Kat.
She did not expect to see ng burst into tears. "You… you don't know how much that ans to ,"
*Right well it ans nothing to . Please elaborate, I am so confused.* "Um… what? No seriously what are you talking about? Pretty sure I was insulting you there, jokingly, yes, but still insulting you,"
ng wiped at her tears but shook her head, "No… no it's just… well I know enough to know demons can't lie, and to hear you still recognise as Bing's mother ans you believe I truly care for her… and… well I just expected that when it all eventually ca crashing down I'd need to live with my daughter and all her friends hating forever for 'removing her real mother'
"And before you ask," continued ng with a raised hand, "I don't have any clue if ng is alive or dead, and I only feel a little bad about stealing her family. I'm a selfish bitch like that, and a spy as well. I honestly feel worse about that ti I bumped into Bing and she got a cut and she was four then what happened to her biological mother,"
*Welp… thanks for the confirmation that you've been with Bing since she was no older than four ng. Ugh… what the heck am I supposed to do with this information! Actually, wait a second…*
"Um… just to check, everyone is fine on the other side of those doors right? No deadly weapons?" asked Kat.
ng shook her head, "Nah, I intentionally botched that part of the job, for obvious reasons," Kat nodded. "Bodeir and the dwarf might have a bit of trouble, because I let them take artifacts that aren't particularly good matches, but it's not a serious worry unless they do sothing stupid,"
Kat groaned and put her face in her hands, "That sounds exactly like sothing Bodeir would do,"
"Woops," said ng with a shrug, not all that concerned, "if it makes you feel better, or less restricted by the contract know that it's still probably better to just leave Bodeir to his idiocy. Probably. To the best of my knowledge anyway," Kat made a 'so-so' gesture, "eh I'll take what I can get. Like my alcohol,"
ng did just that, bringing out a smaller wine bottle, but when the cork was taken off, clearly no weaker. ng gave Kat a look, and Kat shook her head, before ng downed the whole bottle again. ng let out a nasty belch and Kat winced at the sll, "Sorry for being such a slob… but I just can't bring myself to care about it at the mont. Especially not with my real body. I keep in shape sure, but I've always been prone to hiding the fact I look like shit under illusions. Though there was that ti I went without close for a day… turns out exhibitionism is NOT for ,"
Kat rolled her eyes, "Apparently I need to introduce you to Sue,"
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