Chaldean Chronicles: Cadence of the Lostgrail

A few minutes before the Simulator changed "Ugh those humans were barely worth the energy it took to perifiy them, hm," Gorgon said as she entered into the simulator and setting it to the same preset as her master had previously used "At least I was able to strech my body. Dann's room is far to small even after those improvements I made." She said out loud as she sunk beneath the warm water of the lake

8:42 AM

"I suppose that being able to see Dann's reaction to the horror I brought to our enemies was worth it as well, that rider of his was certainly put to shame alongside all those other useless welps-" "Huh I swore I set the tempature to something warmer-"

8:43 AM

A few seconds later @Nyap (Dan/Nil/Mar/Gar/Lip/Han)

Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud changed the channel name: Gorgon-cicles 2023-12-11 8:44 AM

Some time later. Dann was dragged into the Singularity. .... .... Dann had a bad feeling. That something was wrong. He was somehow drawn towards the lake. A sense of forbodding and anger. He had to break away from the rest of the group to get here. Walking onto the frozen lake his gaze slowly made its way down....

9:48 AM

".....Huh?"

9:48 AM

"W-What...." @Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud

Dann is that you? I can sense you nearby, IS THIS YOUR DOING? The voice of Goron screamed directly into his head as she sensed him crossing over the frozen lake

Dann is that you? I can sense you nearby, IS THIS YOUR DOING? *The voice of Goron screamed directly into his head as she ...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "O-OW! HEY! OF COURSE IS ISN'T! HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?!" Dann would get down on his knees and look through the ice to see his servant...Trapped beneath the ice and frozen. "Why the hell would I do this?! I'm not THAT mean!" He'd begin to open his magic circuits, he'd prepare to break through the ice with a few Mana Bursts.

"O-OW! HEY! OF COURSE IS ISN'T! HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?!" Dann would get down on his knees and look through the ice to se...

@Dann Bendemann (@Nyap (Dan/Nil/Mar/Gar/Lip/Han)) - jump

How in Hades would I know how this happened? I had assumed this was your revenge for that time I turned you into a statue a several weeks ago. I was relaxing in the simulated waters after that mission of ours and then the next thing I know I am encased in ice!

Gorgon responded as a few of her snake hairs were freed by Dann's mana burst and joined in the attempting to break her out of her icy tomb

```How in Hades would I know how this happened? I had assumed this was your revenge for that time I turned you into a statue a s...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "Were you in here while they were setting up the Christmas Simulation?! W-WHY DIDN'T THEY MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS IN HERE!?" "Also why would I do that...It's not like you took pleasure in what happened." Dann let out a sigh as he continued to expend a lot of Magical Energy to blast through the ice. He still remembered how worried she looked after turning him to stone. He...He really didn't feel any anger towards her. There was guilt in her eyes. Again and again he'd continued to break Gorgon out of the lake. It was starting to get exhausting.

I can feel the ice beginning to weaken, I am almost free, keep going Dann. Didn't look pleased? What is he babbling about why would I not take pleasure in his suffering, he must have had his brain turned to stone first and mistook a delighted smile for that of remorse A few more of her hairs poked their way out of the ice to assist Dann a bit more

I can feel the ice beginning to weaken, I am almost free, keep going Dann. *Didn't look pleased? What is he babbling abo...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump Again and again and again he continued to blast through the ice. Ah...That's a lot of magical energy he's burning...A lot lot. Who knew blasting through a frozen lake woud be so tiring?! Using so much magical energy in so little time was...bad to say the least. He was on the brink of needing to risk some sort of feedback as he continued his rescue of Gorgon.

...

That should be enough ice removed, take a few steps back Dann, I'll presume that you would prefer to not be blasted apart with the rest of this lake.

She said as she waited for him to step back for a moment as her freed snake heads begain to build up their magical energy although one remained close to Dann without its magical energy increasing Quit panting like a hunters hound and move already

... ```That should be enough ice removed, take a few steps back Dann, I'll presume that you would prefer to not be blasted a...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "R-Right." He'd begin to take a good few steps back, given what Gorgon can do. However, in the middle of that, he'd slip on the ice. Falling down on his ass. "Shit!" He'd let out a quick curse before attempting to crawl away from the blast zone.

The Hair that remained to near Dann moved over him using its fangs to lift him up by bitting onto his loose winter clothing and tossing him on to the snow to ensure he was out of the way After the snake confirmed to her that he was out of the way all of her heads began to fire beams out from below the frozen lake as well as from above it, the ice quickly became a melted slurry of which Gorgon could now climb out of escaping her forzen prison "I recall telling you to move or get melted did I not?" She said looming over her master dripping sheets of ice off her body "How fortunate it is that you managed to jump away in time."

*The Hair that remained to near Dann moved over him using its fangs to lift him up by bitting onto his loose winter clothing and...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "W-Woah!" Dann would roll a bit as he go tossed into the snow, panting a bit as he began to catch his breath. "I tried! No my fault it's literal ice! You didn't need to toss me like that!" He'd let out a deep sigh after that, finally catching his breath as he stood up. "....You feeling okay? I can try to warm you up." He'd begin to focus what was left of his magic circuits to start generating heat around him. It...Wouldn't be much. He didn't want to strain himself much after the literal lake shattering. But it'd be better than nothing.

"W-Woah!" Dann would roll a bit as he go tossed into the snow, panting a bit as he began to catch his breath. "I tried! No my f...

@Dann Bendemann (@Nyap (Dan/Nil/Mar/Gar/Lip/Han)) - jump "Toss you? It seems you are the one who must not be feeling well, Why would I bother with such a thing? I would have simply let you reap what you had sow by being so slow" She declared in response to Dann, as she pulled her self forwards she extended her arm out gripping it around Dann placing him on her shoulder "This amount of heat is barely sufficent but it shall be forgiven this time." She said as she discreetly began to convert her wasted magical energy into thermal energy warming herself up as well as Dann as her gaze drifted towards him "What is this Chirstmas Simulation you mentioned ?"

"Toss you? It seems you are the one who must not be feeling well, Why would I bother with such a thing? I would have simply let ...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "....You know you don't have to pretend...Whatever..." He'd shrug. Gorgon would rather not admit that she was concerned a bit, or be honest about it. He didn't struggle much as Gorgon grabbed him, he probably should be pretty afraid but at most he was just a bit annoyed. "Yeah so uh. We're technically in a Singularity now. It originally was supposed to be a Christmas Simulation thing that comes about in December here. But its a reward for most. But...Then it became a Singularity. Santa, Elves, what have you." "Honestly, if it's anything like Halloween I'd rather avoid it....Ah right, Gorgon. What would you like for Christmas?" He'd continue to warm himself up bit by bit as he sat on her shoulder. Leaning back a bit. "This'll be the first Christmas I'll be celebrating after years of not being able to. So I kinda wanna make sure everyone gets a gift of some kind." (edited)

"A singularity formed within the Simulator? That should certainly be a security concern if such a thing like this can happen at anytime while somebody is in here, wait did you say elves? And Santa?" Gorgon said as she did a double take as she processed the last part of Danns words finding them both strange and confusing "What exactly happened at Halloween again? I was preoccupied at the time, What type of pain has evoked such a reaction from that you desire to avoid this singularity?" She said with a mix of both suprise and intrigue, Dann seemed too stubborn to request to avoid something "Christmas? Gift? Hm. I am unfamiliar with this concept but if you are to get me something then am unsure at this moment, what are your limits?"

"A singularity formed within the Simulator? That should certainly be a security concern if such a thing like this can happen at ...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "Yeah. Elves. Santa...Seems like the seasons enjoy bits of Singularities and other odd things happening...Could be worse though." He'd shrug. "Uh well...I kinda got turned into a Cat during halloween. Back when I was uh...y'know. Not doing well. Got dragged into a Halloween Party without a costume by Rider's kids aaaaand bam. Cat Dann....It wasn't fun." "Well...Depends on what you want the most Gorgon. Realistically anyway. Maybe a big sweater? Sweaters are pretty common gifts since how cold it is. Or if there a place you wanna head to, some very specific thing you'd like me to do. Hell, if I can get request to go get something outside of Chaldea for you I'll try."

"You were turned into a cat? I know that there were several foolish greek heroes who were transformed into animals for their deeds so I can imagine such a thing happening, although I would have assumed that a mou- oh you must have meant a house cat, yes I can see that actually" She said as she mentally pictured Dann as a small brown tabby cat "Sure get me a sweater, watching you attempt to find one in my size shall be entertainment enough."

"You were turned into a cat? I know that there were several foolish greek heroes who were transformed into animals for their dee...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "I mean. I could just project a really big sweater...." Dann let out a sigh. "Or find someone that could craft one in Chaldea! One that'll adjust to your size changing if need be. It'll help you form getting cold in a place like this again yeah?" "Also, yeah. I was a house cat. A black tabby I think. After I got turned back I still had ears and a tail for a while. It was....interesting to say the least."

"One that adjusts to my size would be best seeing as this is my smallest form and I do not seek to be strangled by a poorly made sweater the moment I increase even slightly in size." She also didn't trust that something Dann would make would be rather garish in appearance "You maintained your ears and tail for awhile, I am suprised I failed to notice them during your brief return to my room."

"One that adjusts to my size would be best seeing as this is my smallest form and I do not seek to be strangled by a poorly made...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "...I kinda made sure to pretend everything was normal...If you asked then I'd of said they were just part of a costume." "I also got pretty good at hiding it." Dann would shrug for a moment before looking out towards the distance, specifically towards the village. "There are a bunch of buildings and event things out over there. A ferris wheel too. I'm planning on taking Su there later so don't destroy it please. Even though it was a...rocky beginning, but lets try to enjoy the holidays. Did you celebrate any holidays when you were alive Gorgon?" (edited)

"I wasn't planning to randomly destory anything, althought now that you have given me that idea-" Gorgon said with a delightly sadistic grin on her face

"I wasn't planning to randomly destory anything, althought now that you have given me that idea-" *Gorgon said with a delightl...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump ".....I mean. I suppose you can destroy a house or stall or two. Nobody really lives in them. So..." W-Wait he wasn't rejecting the idea?! "Long as it doesn't make the view ugly from atop the ferris wheel, I won't stop you."

Wait he's fine with that idea? How dare he, I will not do that out of spite now that he is fine with it. "As for your other question, I do not recall celebrating such a thing although. Nor do I really care to partake in this holiday, it seems like a waste of breath."

Wait he's fine with that idea? How dare he, I will not do that out of spite now that he is fine with it. "As for your other ...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "Not even anything related to like...Gods or feasts or anything local? You're from the Shapeless Isles right? Didn't you and your sisters do stuff together on certain days?" "I'd of thought you'd celebrate something together. But maybe I was mistaken. Sorry for asking." Dann shrugged. "But we have a lot of holidays that are just to celebrate certain days. Thanksgiving is one of them, where we just hold a big feast with a turkey as a main dish. Valentine's Day where you give someone you really love some chocolate. New Year's to celebrate a new beginning of a year and the end of the old one. Depends on the country though. Don't think anyone else really celebrates the 4th of July outside of America, which we set up a ton of fireworks into the sky to celebrate the nation's founding..." "I think you'd like fireworks. Just a hunch."

"Fireworks? Is that some sort of variation of Greek Fire?" Gorgon said as she ignored the first question Dann asked her "A Turkey? I hardly see how that might represent something as pointless as a day of thanks, I did not know there were so many festivals amoung different cultures at the least that last one makes sense unlike those other festivities. I can see why a nation might celebrate its founding date as a show of their wealth and pride."

"Fireworks? Is that some sort of variation of Greek Fire?" Gorgon said as she ignored the first question Dann asked her "A T...

@Gorgon: Queen of Magical Beasts (@Sophie, Mary, Nito, Gorgon, Boud) - jump "Fireworks are...Well. I think it's best to show them. I don't know about Greek Fire..." Dann would pull out his phone and pull up a few pictures of fireworks. "They're basically missiles that you fire up into the air and basically create a bunch of lights and explosions in specific patterns. They're pretty loud, but fun to witness. Some people make fireworks with specific images, or words. It can get pretty complicated." "Turkeys just so happened to be representative of the holiday. I'm not complaining. Turkeys are pretty tasty so..."

"I shall have to try this Turkey then, I request you buy me a dozen or so." "As for those 'fireworks' I can see why humans might find them entertaining, they explosions are visually pleasing and they satisify they human desire to see things explode and be destroyed." #