☼A Succulicious Spring☼- Succubi The noble girls of RunjackObviously the most important task to start a successful fortress is to stand around and bicker and fight and pull each others hairs and start slapping people around, until everyone has their fitting noble title. 'No, I'm the Lady of Pain'.
God damn it, you are an Incubus, you cant be Lady of anything. 'I want to be Keeper of Secrets.'
YOU!? You couldnt keep a secret if your life depends on it... that one time after I told you about... and then... later EVERYONE! knew it...And it goes on and on. In the end Padaxes had to randomly throw out titles to about everyone. She herself is the Mistress, which apparently means she has to do no physical labor. Typical. The Incubus got the job of Attorney, Meph that little creep. Sometimes Padaxes wasnt sure why he did join the group of six Succubi. It's not like he could partake in their magma baths or play sessions.
The others got titles like Keeper of Secrets (sure), Apothecary, Whipper and Lady of Pain.
The DungeonTo live in a sprawling dungeon, we need to dig a dungeon first. An entry passage, a large dining room, seven 4x4 rooms for our demonesses (and that Meph guy), and a bit of space for workshops and storage. This goes well, while one Succubi stays outside, War-training all the animals and killing trees. Interestingly enough we are not alone, a group of three Niths is watching us curiously, until two are ripped apart by an Orthus. One of the snakes, the Nahashe now called "GemUrges HatefulFlutes" adopted Meph as its owner, seeing that he is secluded from the rest, and might easily be influenced by its advise. From that point on, Meph is barely seen without his pet snake nearby, that seems to whisper to him.
The murdered trees have been shaped into beds, so pleasant to sleep on something killed. Into chairs and tables. And into a few cages, who knows what playthings we might catch with them later. Seeing something trapped in a cage, helpless and unable to escape... is something deeply gratifying to a Succubus.
The burdens of a leader - Its so hard watching other people workPadaxes watches her group labor. Meph is on masonry duty, cutting blocks, grumbling about unfair job distribution, while most demonesses dig, make some bows and shields, butcher dead Niths, make bone arrows and make leather from nith skin. A few mechanism are made to raise the bridge at the entry, which is protected by the Cauchemar and 4 Orthi.
A pack of Dingos has arrived on the other side of the river, watching the female Orthi enviously. Alas, lucky for them, they cant swim, or they would have met a swift end.
And then it happens. Padaxes wasnt sure what caused it, the bad influence of the Nahashe, tiredness from cutting and carrying blocks all day, or just plain stupidity, but Meph dropped a block. He stood on the bridge, and tried to build a wall on its end, stacking blocks in thin air. Stupid Incubus, everyone knows that bridges cant support constructions.
A cloud of dust, several bruised bodyparts, confused pets and general disgust in the lack of sensible building procedurs, he was back on his feet... still, Padaxes will have to watch Meph more closely, just to make sure he doesnt sabotage the entire dungeon. Obviously it had nothing to do with the strong chest and naked skin that shows under his now ripped silk shirt.