Tale of the Outcast Warrior: Lily's Recovery.

DAYS UNTIL WAVE: 43.

Tyler next opened his eyes to see he had not moved an inch, and found Lily was still sound asleep in his cradle. He smiled as he saw her and frowned as he saw her arm in the sling. This is just wrong on so many levels. Lily is easily the most spirited and fierce girl I have ever met, and yet now she's so weak. He sighed to himself as he laid beside her. He looked over and saw Sylvia was seated on his gear and Sallie was sitting on the bed. The red haired elf smiled as she saw he was awake, and Sallie came up to lay beside the sleeping Lily.

"She seems so small now."

Tyler sighed as he gently brushed her black hair.

"Yeah. It's bugging the hell outta me too. Girl's easily the fiercest I've ever met and now seeing her like this is kinda making me mad."

The green haired spirit smiled.

"You love her spirit."

"I love her."

"I love you too."

lily opened her eyes to lift her head groggily to smile at him.

"How are you feeling?"

she laid on her back.

"Still exhausted."

"I'll cast a remedy. Just to be sure."

He cast it and felt nothing and then a holy relief. Still nothing. She smiled as she looked at him.

"Lovingly overbearing. I picked my future-husband well."

"We'll see in a few decades. For now, lily, you're my sister."

She gasped, then smiled with pride.

"I'd prefer friend with benefits."

"I see the girls have been teaching you too."

Lily gigged softly.

"They've taught me…a few things."

"Well, good for you. You're still too weak to do them."

She sighed.

"I hate this too."

He wrapped an arm over her tiny waist.

"better?"

She smiled and snuggled closer.

"Better."

She closed her eyes again and was out like a light. He looked at Sallie.

"is she JUST tired?"

Sallie smiled.

"Yes. Her exhaustion is just that extreme."

"Are you sure?"

"I am. I can tell from her life essence which a spirit can see. Her's is still strong and vital. Only just tired."

"Oh thank the gods."

He settled down and relaxed again to sleep. He was lulled back to sleep by the soft breaths of the small elven girl next to him.

DAYS UNTIL WAVE: 40

The next time he opened his eyes he was looking into Lymir's face on the other side of lily's frame. Tyler blinked in surprise as he saw she was under the covers as well, cocooning Lily's body in a warm tunnel with their bodies. Well, this IS her room. Makes sense she'd want to sleep in HER bed. He then looked down to see Lily was now comfortably entrenched in Lymir's soft breasts with his arm around her waist. He smiled as he looked up to see Lymir smiling at him.

"She hasn't moved in four hours."

He looked at the girl now a little concerned.

"Relax. She's fine."

He sighed with relief.

"She means a lot to me."

Lymir placed her own arm over Lily's waist now over his own.

"She means a lot to me too. She looks so small and fragile like that."

He smiled at his favorite wildcat.

"I hate this look for her. Small and weak just does not work for her."

The mermaid nodded as Lily stirred. She blinked open her red eyes and yawned. She looked at Tyler and smiled warmly, only to give Lymir a leer as she looked at her massive breasts that were even bigger then Malico's. Tyler smiled now.

"Get better Lily. Heal first, sex after."

"I know. More messing with her."

Lymir smiled knowingly.

"He'll learn soon enough."

"I am looking forward to it."

Tyler smiled as he looked at her.

"How are you feeling now?"

She looked at her arm in the sling.

"Still tired. But my arm feels much better. So, getting there."

"I'm not going anywhere till you can chase me down that hall."

"As I would expect from my to-be husband."

She drifted off again and Tyler looked at Lymir.

"And I am MOST looking forward to your….performance."

She quivered as he settled back down, leaving the now hot and bothered mermaid to her torment as he drifted off again himself. He woke to a red hued room and to see Lily was still in one spot. Lymir had been replaced by Sera and the smaller girl was cuddled up against Lily like he was. He smiled as he looked at the elf girl. Her arm was still in the sling and Sera was holding her hand. He relaxed and closed his eyes to doze now.

DAYS UNTIL WAVE: 38

HE musta fallen asleep because when he opened his eyes it was dark out and now he was looking into Vixen's face. Well. THAT'S a first. He then noted she was NOT wearing her usual buckled robe and was in her cloth bra and panties. He looked to check on Lily and found her still out cold. She's starting to scare me here. He looked up again to find himself looking into Vixen's dark blue eyes. She smiled sweetly.

"This is a first for us."

He chuckled.

"It is indeed. Not the first time I've slept with a fox though."

She smiled as she rested an arm over Lily's frame as well.

"But, still nice right?"

"I've got a hot Vixen in bed with me. Course it's nice."

She had a happy smiled now.

"She's getting better."

he looked at the small girl.

"You sure?"

The black mage placed a black glowing hand over Lily's forehead and smiled.

"She'll be back to strength in the morning."

"Oh thank the gods. Her arm?"

"Same. That's already back to normal. Now her energy just needs to replenish."

"was she THAT drained?"

the pale skinned beauty sighed.

"She was. Her willpower alone was what kept her going AFTER the mind necklace. Yet she killed it too. When she wakes properly, her will is going to be nearly as strong as your own. And here."

She passed him a news crystal.

"I know how you look forward to these."

"How's the town?"

"Still going crazy with the search. Vollock and Wallace were wondering where you were, but when we told them you were watching over the elven girl they just dropped it. Though, Wallace did comment saying that he respects a man that looks after the ones that need him the most."

Tyler smiled as he rolled onto his back and put the crystal into the HUD.

"Today in Vernillion. It would seem that Tyler the Outcast is still a human afterall. As has been reported the past few weeks, The Outcast Warrior party was set to travel to the port town of Yalik with the intent to render aid to the Lady Lymir. Well. They arrived. Tyler and his party arrived with the usual brazenness we have all grown used to and love. He went straight to the mansion of the Lady Lymir and began to clean the city gutters, for even her servants were corrupted beyond redemption, and to the point that Ignatia himself had to pay a visit. The Outcast and the Fire Dragon King then spoke at length regarding an issue. What this issue is, this writer is not aware. The Red king flew off as tyler and company returned to the task at hand and met with the Lady Lymir. Her beautiful city at that moment was under siege of a bandit lord and his followers. As is the Outcasts way, he took Lymir to task over her failings before offering his aid, which the Mermaid leader was ready to accept and assist in. Tyler being the tactical genius he is was then seen prepping the town guard and walls for a defense he is most skilled in preforming. As is also his way, he sniffed something was amiss and left with his ranger friend for scouting. Alas, dear reader, treachery struck the outcasts. For unbeknownst to them, and utterly missing the legendary eyes of Tyler himself, Lymir was the puppeteer behind the mess. For recently she had taken leave of her senses, and has since been abusing and raping the more pleasing to the eye ladies of her fair city. The resistance fighters, led by one Captain Vollock, confronted the treacherous lady on the battlements of her city, pinning her between the Outcasts and them. The Outcast has trained some truly dangerous apprentices, for his students were the first to detect something was amiss even BEFORE he did himself. And WHO are his students? None other then Lily, princess to the Elven kingdom, who is said to be the one that first smelt a falsehood, and the first to it. His other two apprentices? Sera Von Vernillion and Lillica Von Vernillion the royal girls themselves! That's right reader. The royal princesses are NOT in Raylik as was originally claimed, but are both traveling and being trained by the Outcast himself! And from the feats on the battlements, are heeding his lessons. For, Lymir had given the party a set of necklaces from her faith to better command her guard with; only for them to turn out to be Necklaces of subjugation. Lily, Sera, and Lillica were utterly unaffected by these most vile tools, as were the two black mages the Outcasts travel with. They then rallied their flagging friends with incensing words and taunts. Lymir then threw her guard at the brave fighters, and reader? The Outcasts were caught in the worst type of position to fight in: a battlemented walltop with banks of men on either side. They did what they could, but in the end were restrained by sheer weight of numbers alone, and lack of maneuvering space. This was no doubt the darkest hour they have faced thus far in their journey. Yet, they still won the day with the return of the Outcast and his Ranger friend. Then the real work began. For, now having realized his own mistake, Tyler saw that Lymir had been replaced by a doppelganger. Which he promptly killed. Setting the true Lymir free. It would seem that Tyler's one true weakness is, in his own words: a Pretty face. You heard it right, reader, Tyler the Legendary seeker of truth, and one who throws deceptions into the light like it's a sport was lulled so utterly into a state of complacency by this most vile of creatures, and all it had to do was be a right beauty! But, reader, Tyler also freely admitted this. And in this writer's own opinion? This is a weakness one would expect from such a confirmed lady Lure! Seeing his err, Tyler then sought to put it to rights the only way he knows how. By hitting the problem with a hammer. He went straight for the temple of the White path of Purity only to discover a most sickening truth. The entire populace of the city of Yalik, minus 250, had been replaced by doppelgangers. That's right, reader, this is the single largest gathering of such creatures in recent memory. Upon procuring a spell from the Father of the temple made solely for such creatures, the town was purged of the things to his levels. That was not the end of his day however, for there was still the means as to how the creatures got into the city in such mass numbers. So, he sought he audience of the King himself. Upon hearing his daughters near tragedy, the king admonished the Outcast, for afterall. A man's daughters are the most prized things in his life. In his own words, Ishtar made this own.

"Tyler made a mistake here. He freely admits this. He ALSO admitted in the same breath that my daughters and this elven girl Lily saved his party, and in his mind? Have completed their training under him. He also swore a Warrior's oath that such a mistake will NEVE happen again. His entire party along with the lady Lymir bore witness to this. So, I absolved him of guilt due to the fact his own words are he never makes the same mistake twice. That and he's PISSED he got duped period."

Tyler continues to amaze, for even when he makes a mistake he is all too ready to step up and do better, and take the consequences for his actions. Now, the TRUE reason for the council, beyond giving a father the chance to see his daughters' growth with his own eyes, was to propose a new rule for the sea faring vessels entering our ports. As such, if a ship wishes to dock now, a brother of the white path must first cast Holy Dome upon the vessel and her crew before entering the port and leaving. If they refuse they get turned away, as the Outcast and his party are using the known fact of a ship's crew and how often it changes as the reason son many doppelgangers got into the city. A most reasonable conclusion in this writer's own opinion, as I myself am a sailor. The shipping companies have thus far agreed to the new regulation, having learned from the ongoing airship debacle that such rules WILL be heeded. So, it would seem that the Outcast himself is still human enough to blunder every now and then. This is oddly reassuring to us all. Strange as it might be. The Pope has also made a statement regarding the matter.

"How obscene. The royal girls were nearly enslaved due to the arrogance of the Outcast, and yet not a single merit of punishment was issued? When the other Warriors have done far less evil then endangering the lives of royalty? Why were they punished and he was not?"

Ishtar has settled the matter.

"I've seen my girls bestiaries. Sera, has a Minotaur Balor, over fifty giants of the hill variety, over 250 orcs, goblins and Oricah to her name as confirmed kills. Plus a Liches. Lillica, has a grand Lich, 49 giants of hill AND stone, 250 orcs and goblins, and have slain between them over 150 men. As far as I'm concerned, if they were truly in danger, the city of Yalik would be a glowing crater. Sera herself can kill a 25 foot tall hill giant singlehandedly with a mere shortsword. Lillica as well. THAT is the type of teacher Tyler is to them. And as such has my blessing to keep my girls safe. That, and Sera has a new older brother she absolutely adores. Lillica s well, but ya know, SERA."

In this writers own opinion? If Tyler can transform a pair of palace raised princesses that had never before held a sword or bow into these caliber of fighters in a measly couple weeks, then we are in desperate need of more teachers like him. AND if his regiment lets them keep their hearts and personalities then he is truly something special. The viscount of Dragul has also made a statement in the matter.

"Tyler is the type of guy that once he sees he's fucked up, he's ready and willing to break his back to fix it. Plus, if KAORI was the one in trouble, well, not even the gods can help you. If she was with them, then they were NOT in any real danger. The fact he's traveling with the royal girls is oddly fitting to me for some odd reason. Oh, and if you read this, Tyler, tell Lillica I said hello. Tyler is a very patient teacher. I myself have witnessed him going over the same math problem no less the twenty times with my sister before she understood it. Hmm? No she's not stupid. Her and math don't get along."

It would seem that Kazuma has his eye on the royal princess. And in this writer's own opinion? Goof for him. Just don't maker her brother angry. The queen of the elves, Willow, was also able to make a comment.

"I didn't raise no slave. Lily's always been a very fierce girl. I heard from Lymir that right now, Lily is unable to even MOVE, and the outcast has not left her side for the last 9 hours. Hell, according to the lady, he was CARRYING her asleep in his arms until he found a safe enough spot for her to sleep. So, boy? I will let you off me hook for the mistake. Oh, and since I know you'll read this, Tatiana's looking forward to your next visit. As for Lily? She's a lot stronger then you know. So, have faith in her."

The Outcast even cares for his own like a father. Now, the Warriors. It would seem that Max and his faction just refuse to listen to the rules of the land. As they sought to force their way into the kingdom of Erolagard. The dwarven homeland. Well, they left with arrows, spells, and burning pitch as the race of dwarves are among the fiercest defenders of their homes. Rolic king Under the mountain made a statement as well.

"It would seem event he mighty Outcast was vulnerable to a woman's tears. This both immensely reassuring, and utterly terrifying. Mostly reassuring, as his backers are just clucking their tongues at him like it were him just spilling the water for the forge. So, I am most looking forward to meeting this boy. Though, I now fear for the good looking ladies of me realm, or more accurately, us ugly bastards."

Rolic seems most interested by the Outcast. It will be most interesting to see what he will do once the first wave passes. Another story we are following is the continued problems regarding the airships. Yet another had to be taken out of the skies for ignoring the new rules. This time, it was brought down by Ignatia the flame lord. He granted an interview and had a cutting line for humanity.

"It would seem that the one in the tower has forgotten who that Tower was built for. And WHAT we ARE. So, a lesson is in order."

Reader, let us PRAY the Outcast can reason on our behalf. Or, at least barter for our lives."

Tyler smiled as he closed the thing and looked back to Vixen.

"Seems we're famous now."

The pale beauty smiled as she hugged Lily tighter.

"Plus, sought after."

Tyler smirked as he rolled onto his side and placed his own hand on top of Vixen's and intertwined his fingers with hers on Lily's small chest.

"By many and by me."

She smiled as they got comfy again.

"I am patient."

"I am looking forward to you."

They drifted off with the sound of the elven girl's breathing between them.