Part 7 – Moving on, Sakura's First step -sorta- (Sakura’s PoV)
Humm… Master John is dormant. I’ve been dormant before but that was usually in times of both exhaustion and growth. Such as after the Goblin war. But what should I do? Master spoke of many methods of getting different types of energy. And never before was I ever engulfed by someone. I could tell master didn’t use mana but rather a raw energy. If I were to leave here I need a way to move and to contain anything I can harvest. This means I need to put together a body. But all I ever remember was using a vulpine.
Master had many images of his home and women of his world. But only fake elfs and dwarfs existed there not real ones. Still master was fond of females. So I guess it’s decided if master likes females then it must be. Besides masters home had often catered to and was fond of these females. But this is going to be difficult. People as he calls them are so troublesome and they have only two legs. I need to make a good body he’ll like but what type? I’ve a limited amount here to work with and yet I have to do something before we can get out of here.
A couple days later a stone colored worm the size of a small dog emerged from the earth . It has many segments that wiggle as it moves, and oversized teeth that seem to be eager to usher anything into its maw. The worm glanced about looking for danger, then moved forward revealing a dirt laden tunnel behind it. It is followed after by a petite skinny female just over four feet tall with waist long purple hair. Arm after arm extended from the hole and little finger claws dug into the ground as it drug itself out. When the girl’s whole body emerged from the tunnel a purple furry tail with a white tip arose to flick about in irritation. The strange girl rose up from the tunnel with head drooped and looking down like a certain horror film with a ring. But before she could get fully erect she immediately slipped falling forward to perform your basic face plant. Sakura is trying to stand like the vulpine she once was, yet could only fail in a spectacular display of awkwardness. She follows that display up with random flailing in a pure temper tantrum.
The back legs don’t work and bend like a fox, and the ankles are too wobbly. They just don’t function like a fox either. Not to mention the front legs as so much weaker than the back legs. And these front toes are even worse than the back. No one could teach her to be a human let alone to stand like one. So Sakura could only wonder how to use this body. In all the trial and error of someone who hasn't bothered to try to walk for over 20 years. These humanoids look forward, they don’t look down all the time. WHY am I? I don’t get it? The front legs wobble all over the place and the tail isn’t helping with balance at all! My paws are so long and everything gives and moves way too much. I don’t get it. The invaders all look the direction they move so why is this so hard to do? I should have directly controlled the goblins, or skeletons, or anything really. Just a little practice could have gone a long way here. I can’t let master see how bad I am at this. This is so humiliating. I’ve got to at least move as good as that half sized invader.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh… The tail spins, and twirls repeatedly revealing a full moon. Several times a spider the size of her head gets ready to emerge from the tunnel, but it is repeatedly smacked back in the tunnel by Sakura’s flailing and unpredictable tail. When the spider pause and the tail swishes back and forth the spider then starts to climb out, and again is whacked again like a game of wack-a-spider. After several minutes of flopping about like a failed monstrosity, the girl eventually gets to a sloppy sitting position. Once the spider is allowed to escape the hole it is follow by a single green slime.
I’m so dirty like this… it’s everywhere. Dirt, dust and debris cover her from the ruins of the dungeon and the dirt from the hill.
Sakura looks over herself and her skin has so much dirt and sandy rock stuck to her skin from crawling out of the ground and then flopping about above ground. Using one hand to push off the dirt only knocks off the clumps but smears the moist dirt to previously clean patches of skin.
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Sakura Sneers while making a “grrrrr…” sound. Uh. This is just as bad as licking dirty fur. And I have no idea how they clean this longer head fur. Master calls people like this long haired beauties. I’m not sure why. But at least he’ll be impressed when he sees it. I can be desirable too.
Sighing over and over again, Sakura ponders. What can I do? I have to figure out how these two legs work, right. What is worse is how these humanoids get clothing. What did he mean a store? We don’t have anything like that around here. Master said the spiders could make clothing but how’s this going to work? I don’t know what directions to give the spider….
She glairs at the spider with her full dungeon authority.
“ok, make me clothing. Like a dress. Got it?!” Sakura instructs the spider and tries to push the thought of one at the spider.
The spider being puzzled at the mental imprint tries really hard to comprehend the instructions. And after several start and stop motions the spider eventually starts to expel webbing as it wraps the web around her body. The spider responds not verbally but through the core connection. “I will do my best Sakura…” It climbs up her back and starts doing laps around her torso.
Sakura holds up her arms for a long while. Numerous occasions she starts to laugh and giggle as the spiders legs touch sensitive spots. When she does she retracts her arms more often than not elbowing the spider right off her torso. Eventually Sakura is tired of holding up the arms and as they start to fall over and over again Sakura asks in frustration.
“well are you done yet? It feels a bit tight….”
Sakura tries to look down but the harder she looks down the more her new silken cloth is pulled up from behind and the more her head is pulled back. After repeating this action several times Sakura eventually grabs her hair with her fingers, and is pulling it up toward her head and gets the same results. Still unaccustomed to the fingers and how to hold with them it becomes pitiable.
“what… What is going on here? Hey, Why am I stuck? Hey why am I stuck I can’t see this….”
The spider making many, many trips around Sakura’s body created a tube of webbing that goes from just below the arms down to the belly. It just so happens to have also been put over her long hair many, many times. So the spider speaks through their connection again “Sakura….”
“yes….”
“your dress is holding firm… but so is your head…”
“grrrrrrr” Sakura tugs and yanks and pulls up on her hair only have it give a little at a time.
After the group troubleshoots the problem, the slime helps Sakura escape the capture of the dress, and the next one, then the one after that. Sakura eventually gets wrapped in silk that sticks to her body and is nonstick on the outside. The silk resembles a towel with no seams. The whole process takes the rest of that day and all night. Sadly the poor spider feels like it’s been wrung out of as much silk as it could produce. It is finally close enough to her approval and close to a short dress. It takes hours of physical practice to become more functional with a humanoid body. By then the sky had long darkened and is now becoming light again. Sakura scrambles repeatedly up a large rock on the side of the cliff in order to gaze out at the first sunrise with a new body.
It’s very different like this, she thinks. And as soon as master is awake I’m sure he will praise my efforts. This is what he talked about. He said it was special to watch sunrise and sunset with a partner. But still it’s dangerous in a body like this outside, and my remaining mana is less than 70 points, it’s too low. I’ve already consumed 2 of the 3 surviving spiders, and everything else I could on the way out. The only servants left are the acid slime, the rock worm, and a young giant spider. Master said they’re all important to rebuilding. It’s just I don’t understand his plan exactly. I need his help. Please master I can feel you in there. Just wake up. Don’t leave me alone for too long. What is the next step? You said we could use a number of methods to get energy without killing all the trees. You said it probably lead the invaders to my cave. So I’m refraining for now. But master we have to do something. And I’m watching a sunrise with you. Now what? What’s special about this?
I just feel…
It feels like…
like a knot…
like I’m hungry…
Sakura rubs her watery eyes…
Ouch… what’s this…
OUCH… UH what happen…. OUU… it hurts. It hurts. Ugh, is there dirt in my eyes?
Uh, damn it. I’m so dirty I need to get clean somehow.
“GRRRRRR” Master how do you clean up with this body? What did you mean baths and showers? WHERE ARE THEY??
“Master wake up! I need help!! PLEASE I NEED HELP MASTER!!!” Sakura shouts out into the mountain range during her first morning sunrise.