[Chapter 17] Familiar

I run up to my room after I'm done helping my dad. I accept both items and hold them in my hands. 'Hmmm....description?' Nothing happens. 'Uhhhhh...identify?' All of a sudden, two description pops up.

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Item: Language Stone

Crushing this item will grant you the ability to understand any language after any 20 words were spoken of it.

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Item: Ability Stone

After crushing this stone, you will gain one type of ability for an affinity of your choice.

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I immediately crush the language stone after reading the effect and I hear the Ping!

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[New] Languages: Common, English, Draconic

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'Impressive, it's not offensive but I can become a translator if all else fails. And why do I know Draconic?' I think as I click on it.

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"Draconic: The language of dragons. It is a hard language to come by. Sounds like an angrier version of German."

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I start giggling like an idiot. 'An angrier version of German? How the hell is it coming up with these descriptions?'

All of a sudden, I hear my dad yell, "Your brothers and sisters are almost here, please come down." 'Best I get prepared.' I think to myself as I throw on a green shirt, black pants, black shoes, and my coat. I run downstairs and almost ram into my dad. "Woah there, come on, we gotta get the food in the backyard." He says while we walk towards the kitchen.

I have to struggle to not eat it all the second I smell it. There's turkey, sausage, deviled eggs, mashed potatoes, creamy mushroom soup, and a 2 beautiful golden chickens. I stare at the food and dad looks at me laughing a bit. "There will be more food, we asked that everyone makes at least one dinner and one desert."

I grab the chickens, one in each hand and I enter the backyard to see that tree stumps the length of tables have been readied for the food. I walk over and put the chicken down on the tables as dad walks in with the mashed potatoes and deviled eggs. We bring in the food and set it on the table and as I leave the backyard, I hear a knock on the door.

I walk over and open it, "Hi. Is this still the Johnson residence?" Asks a half orc, she is about 6'1 ft tall with light green skin, she has brown eyes and her shoulder length hair is black. She looks sturdy yet has the kindness Sylvic has. She is here with who I presume to be her husband and her two children. Her husband looks rugged and his blue eyes reflect a fighting spirit. He is about 6'3 and has black hair as well, braided in a row down the middle. He isn't as fit as I look but his orc strength definitely can fill that gap. Their kids are a combination of their looks but are both girls about my age. I look at her and nod. "This is their residence, what can I help you with?"

She sighs and looks at her husband, relieved. "Hi there, I am their daughter, Tina! We came because of the yearly Christmas celebration." "Hi there, I am their son Kurayami, it's a pleasure to meet you." She looks slightly shocked and whispers, "They finally adopted a dragon born." To her husband who nods. 'Seems I was right, I am the only dragon born in the family. So even though the family portrait hasn't been updated yet, it still provided some use.'

I open the door and let them inside. The two girls stare at me so I flutter my wings a bit. They then blush and start rush walking. 'What did I just do?' Then I hear a Ping!

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"New ability, Sly Flirt. Dragonborn having wings is rare, but it's common knowledge that fluttering your wings at someone is considered flirting. Whenever this ability is in effect, women will have a 50% chance to be more interested in you."

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'Wha....no, I don't want to get this skill that way, take it back. No, I don't do it with my family, no, I refuse this ability! Get it out if my menu, shew!' As I am yelling at myself, there is another knock on the door, I open it to a group of tabaxi's, all from the same litter I'm assuming. I meet similar family's enter the house and I greet them in similar ways but I transformed back into a human so I don't accidentally activate the ability near the women. I notice something about them all though, I see no one that looks older than thirty.

'This is odd, they are all of different species...but they are all around 30, besides the children, I'll ask dad later. That is about hmmm, 42, maybe if I counted right? Who is the last person? I walk over to the door and open it to see a slime? I look down and stare at this gelatinous mass and it just stares back with two dots for eyes. 'What the hell? There is just a random slime at the door.' I crouch down and rub its head, it makes a purring sound like a cat and then I notice, it's got the color pattern of a cat and the tail of one as well, but it's purple. It crawls up my leg and sits itself on my head. "Seeing that you aren't attacking me, and because your cute, I'll keep you." It makes a meow sound and starts purring on my head. "I'll name you...Winter, because I found you during the winter season." Ping!

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"You have unlocked a familiar!"

Familiar: Void Slime

Name: Winter

Ability: Morph: This creature has the ability to morph and mold itself to the owner's liking.

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I am about to shut the door when two other slimes come around the corner and start coming up the steps. 'More?' And as they get to the top step they start to morph into two girls, one looks taller and is purple it's slime hair going over an eyes and over her shoulder, ending at her chest. It is definitely a eight on the looks index, a four on the chest area, and a three on the rear index. The other one looks more petite and is pink, it's slime hair rolling down it's back and ending about shoulder blade length. She definitely would be described as cute and but is a one on every other factor besides cuteness. The pink one is shorter than me by half a foot. They speak in gargles to eachother and then the pink one tries to speak to me in gargles. All of a sudden I hear a Ping!

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"Skill: Language Genius was used."

"You now understand slime!"

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"He must not be able to understand us." The purple slime says while looking at the pink one sadly. "I told you already. Our language has never been taught to their fleshy kind." says the pink one while glaring at me. "That is not true, my father learned it! And that was mean, apologize right now." The purple one demands. "Why, it's not like he can understand anyway!" Retorts the pink one.

"That hurts my feelings on so many levels. Now is there something you needed or no?" I ask feeling slightly irritated. The slimes stop arguing and look at me, dumbfounded. The pink one quickly asks me, "Where did you learn to speak our language?! No one made of flesh has ever done that!" "Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me." I say while rolling my eyes. "If you have no reason to talk to me, then I'm gonna go, have a good day." I say as I close the door. But before the door closes, the purple slime puts her hand in the frame and says, "Wait!" So I stop.

I reopen the door and look at them, irritation tangible in my voice, "What?" "Is this the Johnson's house?" The purple one asks, relieved that she can finally speak with a being that has vocal cords.