"Town is in sight!" The driver calls out, causing the other two to start grabbing some things from around them.
I let out a sigh, I really want to see how the town looks in-person, too bad I won't be able to move around properly. Maybe I'll get to see an old friend... We get to the gate, and a few guards ask to check the cart and he complies. The back is opened and one glances in, immediately putting his hand on his sword as he sees the wolves, though, to the wolves credit, they are extremely calm right now.
"They are, mine." I say with a smile.
He seems to loosen up slightly, taking another look through the cart before closing it and walking back to the front.
"Seems to be good." The guard says.
"Thanks, have a good one." The driver says as he starts to drive into town. The walls casting a shadow over the top of the canopy. A few more minutes later and we come to a stop. Mia and Orion quickly start getting boxes out of the back, not wanting to get in the way I just decide to stay seated until they are done. After they are done, I crawl to the back. The cart has been parked in front of a material trades building, I sit down on the edge of it. Contemplating how the hell I am going to get down without falling on my face or tail again.
"Oh, just wait a second and I'll help you." Orion says, Mia quickly looks over to him making him put his hands up, "I just want to help, really!"
She gives him a look then looks to me, "I'll help too, one second."
Orion looks to the floor, "I'm not going to do anything..." He mumbles. While I appreciate the want to help me right now... With how I could barely walk with both of you helping me, it's better to have both of you again.
Mia finishes up moving a box then walks over, they help me down off of the cart and over to the wall of the building, I slip 2 Lens into Mia's pocket as we are making our way over as a thank you for the help.
"Thanks." I say to them, as I lean against the wall.
"Mhm." Mia says, giving me a smile. Orion still looks a little upset that Mia got onto him but he nods to me. They go back to moving boxes while I take a look around, the wolves hop out and walk over to me, laying down at my feet. The whole town looks about the same as it did from the top-down view of the game, just in a lot more detail. The buildings have visible patterns and differences that weren't noticeable before, and there are a lot more people walking around. I keep getting a few glances, and the wolves do too, but I don't really think anything of it.
After a little bit the driver comes up to me, "I just realized that I never told you who I was, my name is Erin, I run the Mozuz Material Company." He holds out his hand for a handshake, of which I have no reason to deny.
I take the handshake, careful not to scratch or cut him with my nails, "My name, is Camaella, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, if you ever need any materials, please come check out my shop. I have a pretty wide range of items so I will probably have what you are looking for."
"Alright." I nod, I probably won't need anything from you though... I take a look down the road to the main guild office, grimacing at how annoying it is going to be to get there. Mia and Orion walk over once they are done with moving the boxes.
"Do you need anymore help?" Mia asks.
"No, I don't think so, thank you."
"Have a good one."
"You too."
Now I can have some peace and quiet while I stumble my way through town...
I take a few shaky steps forward, the wolves following close behind as I shuffle against the wall. The rain starts to pour as the storm comes in. Damnit, I just wish I could walk right... Another 20 minutes of walking, and totally not 3 or 4 falls and multiple very odd stares and scared runways, I finally make it to the guild doors, letting out a sigh. I am partially wet from the rain.
Fucking FINALLY!
I push open the doors, stumbling in and falling to my knees again, getting a chuckle out of the people inside. Someone walks past me and lets out a chuckle, the wolves growl at them causing them to shutup and walk away quickly. Dick. I force myself up, leaning on the doorframe and following the wall towards the stairs. A few more people chuckle before getting side eyes from the wolves. I get to the base of the stairs before an attendant rushes over, calling out to me.
"Ms.! I'm sorry Ms.! You can't go up there without a meeting set." She says, recoiling back as the wolves growl at her.
"Oh, sorry I am just trying, to talk to a friend." I say, going to a knee and petting them to calm them down.
"I can't allow you to talk to the guild master here without a meeting, I am very sorry." She says while still looking like she is ready to run away from the wolves.
"Just tell him, Camaella is here, he will call me up."
"I'm sorry, I can't-"
"Just do it." I glance up at her, she seems to get scared at that, I don't know why as I was just looking at her. She lets out a sigh and quickly rushes up the stairs.
"Who the fuck does she think she is?" Someone in the room says.
"Maybe she is the masters secret lover."
"Who would have thought the guild master would be into rarities."
"You guys are making so many assumptions, I bet she just wishes she was his!"
"You're right!"
Idiots.
The attendant comes rushing back down the stairs breathing heavily.
"I am very sorry for the rudeness Ms. Camaella, the guild master is waiting for you." She gestures up the stairs, though she is shaking and almost looks like she is scared I am going to try and kill her... I'm not, even if she told me to just leave.
"Thank you very much." I say to her.
She takes a bow and quickly walks away, going behind the counter, the swinging door smacking against the wall. The fuck did that asshole tell her to make her act like that!?
I let out a sigh and grab onto the railing, starting to walk up the stairs, the downstairs becoming a hotbed for more rumors about me. Oh well.
"No fucking way, is she actually the guild masters fucktoy!?"
Fucktoy!? Really!? I'm not even-! Wait, I am female right now... I don't even know what his preference is! I also don't want to fuck anyone! I trip on one of the stairs, almost falling completely down as the railing creaks, I quickly orient myself as the wolves attempt to make their way up the stairs with me. They are struggling about as much as I am right now.
"She has to be, the guild master lets no one in without a meeting..."
The talking fades out as I reach the top of the stairs and enter a hallway, barely able to keep myself from falling over while leaning on the walls. Degenerates... Do they only think about sex?
I walk over to the door, almost hitting my horns on the ceiling, opening it up and instantly getting yelled at.
"It's actually you! Holy fuck, finally someone I know!" He says, walking over to me, causing the wolves to growl, he looks confused but doesn't say anything about them. This, would be Leo, a player from Elysium, a 5'7(~1.7 meters) half-elf with bright orange hair and deep red eyes, that LOVES to try to consider himself a top role-player. Yeah, no, he is kinda shit at it, in the cringy way.
"Yeah, it's me." I stumble in, bending under the frame and falling forward, "Shit..."
He darts forward, grabbing onto me as the wolves growl at him.
He lifts me up, "Goddamn, first time seeing me like this and you are already falling for me?" He walks me over to a table, leaning me on it.
"Ha... Ha..." I swear I am going to punch you.
"You gonna tell your wolves to stop sneering at me?"
"Not if you keep making, jokes like that."
"Fine, fine."
He backs away and I beckon the wolves over, they happily walk over to make sure I'm okay. I pet them and they calm down.
"So, how has your day been?" I ask him.
"Shit, all over," He says as he closes the door. "wake up as my game character just to get swarmed by my 'underlings' about issues around town, a whole mountain of paperwork, AND fuckers keep asking for shit I don't even have control over!" He says, taking a few deep breaths. "How about you?"
"Well, woke up in a safe zone in the dungeon, got attacked by these wolves, somehow made them my friends." I shrug. "Then almost got raped, and sold into sex trade, got-" He quickly snaps over to me in confusion.
"Wait wait woah." He pinches the bridge of his nose. "Someone tried to rape you?"
"Yeah." I shrug again, "Wolves killed them, then-" He stops me.
"How the fuck are you so nonchalant about almost getting raped!?"
"Well, uh, it's not like I couldn't kill them, I just didn't want to."
"That's not the..."
"Oh, and they couldn't get my armor off, so it's not like they could have, actually done it."
"Ugghh you really need to be more careful."
"Huh? Why?"
"The fuck do you mean why!? You need to protect yourself!"
"It's not like they could-"
"Stop saying that! What if they actually could!?"
"They clearly couldn't. They died to the wolves."
"Look, woman to woman, fucking protect yourself."
"Wait, woman?" I stand there, confused as all hell.
"Oh right, I was a woman in real life, I wanted to play the whole macho guild leader thing but got shitty heights for all of my other races, so I made a decent looking elf. " He... She... they... Shrug... look I don't fucking know at this point. "I am guessing your height is not the same based on how you stumbled over as you came in."
"Uh, well, no, I definitely wasn't 7'3, I didn't have a tail, clearly, and uh, I have to break some news to you too, I was a man in real life." I feel my face start to heat up.
"Well shit..." They stand there for a second. "That explains why you didn't really seem to care about them doing it."
"Guess so."
"Well, now that you are female, protect yourself, people will always think about shit like that. Especially in this setting."
"Um, thanks." I feel my face heat up more.
"Are you embarrassed about being female now?" They ask, tilting their head.
"Well, uh, yeah I guess? I haven't really thought about it too much, I was just trying to get here, and I didn't really care about, anything else. I also just thought this, was a dream until the cart ride I snagged."
"I understand that, I thought it was a dream until my second stack of paperwork." They chuckle.
"That had to suck."
"It actually wasn't that bad." They walk over to a couch in the corner. "Lets sit down, I feel like this is going to be a long conversation."
"Alright." I push off the table and try to take a step, instantly tripping and falling to my hands and knees. "Damn it." I whisper.
"Sorry, I should have help you." They walk over, helping me up and walking me over to the couch, setting me down. I adjust to get my tail out of the way, getting an odd look from Leo.
"So what does that feel like?" They say, gesturing to my tail as they sit down on the other side of the couch. The wolves lay down next to my feet.
"Oh, hmm, it's kind of like having another arm, a scaly, very flexible arm." I move it slightly, surprised again at how easy it was to move it without much thinking.
"Ah, could I... could I touch it?" They ask hesitantly.
"Uhh, sure I guess?"
They get up and walk over, hesitating as the wolves growl.
"It's fine." I say to the wolves, they glance up at me but stop growling.
Leo walks closer, putting their hand above my tail. I instantly regret it as my anxiety spikes, for some reason I just got extremely uncomfortable with the thought of them touching my tail, but I don't want to go back on what I said. They continue and put their hand on my tail, causing me to instantly shiver and pull my arms up to my chest. They slide their hand across my tail, causing me to gasp and shiver once more as I pull away from the touch.
"Oh sorry!" They say as they back away sharply. "I should have stopped sooner!"
"No no, it's fine, I just wasn't ready for how that, was going to feel..."
"Was it painful?" They sit back down.
"Uh, no, it was just uncomfortable and, kind of felt tingly? I don't really know how to describe it, but it just felt wrong." I calm down, putting my hands down on my lap.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked to touch it."
"It's fine, I just didn't expect that, I thought it was going to be fine."
"So um, how does it feel to be a man?" I ask them.
"The, you know, definitely is weird, but I'm getting used to it. What about you?"
"About the same I guess, missing that part down there kind of, feels weird and the extra parts feel odd. If I don't think about it I don't really notice."
"Hmm, I seem to notice a decent amount, but it seems to be more when I am walking around. Can't really walk the same way as I was before all of this." They let out a chuckle.
"Oh, I didn't even notice."
"I didn't even realize you weren't a girl, you know everyone thinks you are right?"
I shrug, "It's just another rumor added to the pile, I don't really... I didn't really care at least."
"What, like all of the rumors if you were real?"
"Yeah, I knew I was real, why did it matter if other people thought I was some sort of, made up figure?"
"You just don't care about your reputation, do you?"
"Nope."
They let out a long sigh, "So what if rumors about you being a whore start spreading around?"
"They kind of already did..." I scratch my cheek.
They slap the couch, "WHAT!? How the actual FUCK did that happen already!?"
"The people downstairs assume that I'm your 'fucktoy'." I give finger quotes then shrug.
"What the actual, I'm going to kill every, single, one of them, be right back." They get up and start walking over to the door, making me panic.
"No no, you don't have to do that!"
"They are smearing your name by spreading false rumors, I'm going to hit some sense into them."
"They didn't even know who I was though! They are also hurting your reputation too! If you want to kill them for that go ahead, but don't do it for me!"
"You know, I didn't even think about that part, still going to kill them though." They shrug, turning around and practically ripping the door from the hinges.
"Fuck... This is just going to make things worse!"