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Sacriday remains the best day with the best class.
It's basically the opposite of yesterday's class. Shiv and I are on our own little special table, but that's because we're the smartest!
Currently, we are digging through a mountain of textbooks, looking into ways to break down barriers faster. Barrier magic turns out to be extremely complex.
Overloading mostly works, kinetic being the simplest but least effective. It also depends on the barrier. A simple one, just throw enough shit at it, it's gonna break eventually. But the more complex types, they can be hardened to the point where smaller amounts of kinetic damage will just bounce off.
Like small arms fire against a tank.
But there are more effective ways of penetrating barriers, than just throwing shit at it. My arc spitter is surprisingly good at overwhelming them, although it's rather expensive in mana cost. Even then, there are things you can do to a barrier to make it safe against different types of damage. Ways to dissipate or filter.
I've had an idea based on my very surface-level understanding of tanks back on Earth. A girl sometimes ends up down some strange YouTube rabbit holes.
Basically, from what I vaguely remember, there's this tank shell that smashes into a tank's armor, and that somehow turns the inside of the tank into a shrapnel playground. Very unfun for the humans inside.
I'm wondering if I can do the same. Turn the barrier brittle at the point of impact, then add a little force for magic shrapnel fun time.
The problem is two steps, working out a rune spell that actually does this, and then getting the spell small enough that it can be inscribed onto a shotgun slug.
Shiv and I have been getting very excited about the whole thing. We have most of the spell working at this point. Just on clay tablets at the moment. Shiv has proven herself a mad genius again. I have been very grateful for her help and have been laying the compliments on thick.
"You sure this is going to work?" I ask her.
"I would bet my middle left teat on it."
"You bring up your teats a lot, you know."
"When you have teats as long as mine, it's good to flaunt it."
"Hey! I have great teats! I mean tits!"
"I'm sure you do," shiv said, "for a human."
Wait, why do I even care about this? "Yes, yes, your teats are wonderful. The best of all species, really. Every time I see them I am overcome with inter-species lesbian desire."
"I'm glad you understand. Now shall we?" Said a very smug Shiv.
We have the tablet fastened to the side of a small barrier, that we got Sophia to place over a large phallic-shaped fruit.
"Yeah, let's do it," I say, while hiding behind a makeshift barricade. Honestly, we probably shouldn't be testing new weapon designs in a classroom, but what you gonna do?
Shiv feeds the tablet the mana it needs and dives behind the barricade. The five-second timer passes, and at the point that the tablet connects to the barrier, there is a hot flash and a weird screeching bang.
Shiv and I inspect the damage. There's a tight, jagged hole in the barrier where the tablet used to be. The fruit looks like it lost a fight with a blender. Purple flesh splattered all over the inside of the barrier.
It worked!
"It worked!" I exclaim while picking up Shiv and spinning her around, "Shiv you are amazing! I can't believe we got this working so quickly!"
Shiv's only response is to pant heavily at me, which is pretty weird.
"You alright?" I ask her, putting her down. Her eyes have gone glassy, her tongue is starting to lull out of her mouth. The panting is getting heavier.
Uh oh.
"Lils!" I shout, "I might need some help here!" Lillian seems to know more about goblins than the rest of us.
Lillian turns around, and her eyes go wide. "Fuck! She's gone into a rut! Water, throw water on her, she needs to be cooled down!"
I try to search for some water, but I don't make it a single step before Shiv is on top of me. How is someone so small, so strong?
Her tongue slathers across my face, which is extremely gross even if it were only a tongue.
"Fuck! Someone get Shiv off me!" I yell.
It takes both Lillian and Bronson to wrestle Shiv off me, her tongue waggling wildly in the air.
"Tans, grab her legs! Sophia, come help!" Yells Lillian, "We gotta get her back to her room, we put a lock on the outside, just in case this happened."
I grab one leg, and Sophia grabs the other. With all four of us struggling, we barely make it to the classroom door before Shiv almost breaks free. She is wildly strong.
The Construct saves the day, clamping down on her with both arms. With its assistance, we manage to get Shiv back to the girls' dorm and locked her in her room.
The Construct leaves without a word, to go back to class and pick up Ria. Leaving me, Sophia, Lillian and Daisy in the dorm corridor, with the noise of Shiv smashing against her door.
"What do we do?" Sophia asks. "We can not just leave her in there. She might hurt herself."
"you're right, we can't." Lillian says, "It's worse than that. A Goblin rut will pass with time, but it takes a while, and a long lasting rut can lead to brain damage. While Shiv is a genius for any species, goblins aren't actually that stupid. A lot of the dumb goblin stereotypes come from goblins getting messed up by the rut."
Oh, oh shit. Not gonna lie, I'm feeling very responsible for this.
"What do we do? Find some goblin and throw her in there?" I ask.
"Goblins are not common in the Academy, and while it's… natural for goblins, I'm not sure I'm comfortable subjecting anyone to that," Sophia said.
"You are going to have a hard time finding a Goblin willing to volunteer, they are hardwired for it to be a combative experience," Daisy states.
Fuck.
Well, I'm not going to let my friend cook her brain. Especially when it's my fault she's in this position.
This is really not how I imagined my first time would go. Hopefully that tongue isn't too uncomfortable.
"It's okay I will…" I start.
"No you won't." Sophia cuts me off, "I will do it."
Absolutely not! I would rather Shiv melt from the inside!
"No chance you are doing that." I said, already thinking of ways I could lock Sophia in our room.
"Stop." Says Daisy. "I will do it."
That definitely came out of left field.
"You're going to do it?" I'm shocked, "you?"
"Yes. Unlike the two of you, I'm not going to make anyone jealous, nor am I a clueless virgin. It is also better me, than Lillian. It would make their friendship weird. Plus Lillian has Vincent to think about now. I am the best choice." Daisy lays out coldly.
"Are you sure?" asks Lillian.
Daisy starts removing her clothes, "Yes, I am certain. Have you seen that tongue? Honestly, I'm quite excited." She hands over the clothing to Lillian, "Hold these for me, I don't want them getting ripped."
Holy shit, Daisy's a freak for real.
Once ready, Daisy unbolts the door and opens it. Shiv immediately pounces on her; Daisy manages to catch the goblin, carry her back into the room, and then, with her foot, closes the door behind them.
For the next couple of hours there is a fair amount of noise coming from Shiv room. Quite happy noises if I'm being honest. For the first hour Daisy was definitely the prominent noise maker, but by hour two things seem to change. A moaning goblin is not something I ever expected to hear. But from the sounds of it, Daisy is very much returning the favour.
Once all the noises died down, Sophia knocked on the door. "Are you okay in there Daisy?" She asks.
"Yes, you can come in." Sophia, Lillian and I pile into Shiv's room. Daisy is sitting up in Shiv's bed, with a groggy Shiv sprawled across her. Both of them look like hot, sweaty messes, but Daisy somehow makes it look dignified.
"You doing alright?" I ask.
"Certainly," Daisy reply, "although I might struggle to walk for a little bit."
"Fuck me, really?" Exclaims Lillian, "You gotta tell me, what's it like? The tongue."
Daisy gives a knowing look, "easily the best I've ever had; it gets everywhere."
"Gods damn. Better than Bronson?" Lillian asks.
"Much better than Bronson." Daisy smirks.
"You fucked Bronson?!" I half yell.
"Of course, everyone's fucked Bronson. He has great dick game, even if it doesn't compare to Shiv tongue game." Daisy states as a matter of fact.
I immediately give Sophia some stink eye.
"Why are you looking at…" Sophia says, "What? No! I am… was a nun, Tangerine. I am not included in that everyone. I did not lay with Bronson."
Hmmmm, well that's alright then. I snuggle up to my angel.
"Ugh, what happened?" Shiv moans from the bed, holding her head.
"Tangerine complimented you into a rut," Lillian said.
"Hey! In my defense, I didn't know that would happen." I defend myself.
Lillian continues: "Then we argued about which one of us was going to throw themselves on your sword, to stop the rut from melting your brain. Daisy won and…"
"Yes,yes. I remember that part." Shiv cut her off. "She has… very long fingers."
Daisy looks smug at that.
I gotta ask. "So, like, do we need to get you sorted out, Daisy? Or are you gonna have a litter of goblin babies?"
Lillian laughs at me, "I really keep forgetting that you aren't from around here. No, it doesn't work like that. Most species can't interbreed. Goblins can only make little goblins babies with other goblins. Daisy is safe."
"Safe yes, although she still made a lot of mess down there. Could somebody pass me a towel, please?" Daisy said from the bed.
We grab some towels for Daisy and Shiv, and let them clean themselves up. Daisy opted to stay in Shiv's room, saying "I'm going to need a good night's sleep before my legs can walk again." Which sounded a little sus, but Shiv didn't seem to mind. So, whatever.
Sophia and I crash out in our own room. I don't even let her get into bed until we're both ready. I know I should ask her about interrogating a spirit, but it doesn't really feel like the right time to ask about that yet.
I fall asleep in the arms of my angel.
And Daisy falls asleep in the arm of her goblin, apparently.
I didn't see that one coming.
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