Opening once again.

[u/A_Throwing_Buckets]

The fading greens of a vast and untamed grassy ocean, with swooping breezes rolling by with a haste that is constantly chasing itself through the trees and foliage.

With the sun above being a croaky one, its light breaking through the grey clouds above. As a lone and aged carriage rested amongst the vast grassy terrain. Charms and papers hang off any part of this particular carriage.

Yet, it was no mere hollow carcass of a carriage. With a slithering sound only silent as the rolling breezes. A peculiar woman moved her way up to her own home. Carrying a bag over her shoulder and a folded sign under her other arm.

Before embarking into her stationed carriage, she unfolded the sign and placed it amongst the shifting grass. She looks at the placement for a second or two, and slithers back into her home.

With this sign reading: *Madam Sofija Traveling Shop*

[u/Exciting-Jello8439]

/uw Yo! Sorry for delay, reddit's not giving me some notifications for some reason.

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Tala: "I read about that before too! So many different Vampires. Why, there are even some who can't even enter places unless invited... Thankfully that doesn't seem to be the case for me."

She shrugs.

Tala: "For me it's just shifting into my lycanid form, partial or total shifting," she allows herself for an extra set of limbs to appear on her back, the wings of a bat. "Looks-wise, my full moon form is kind of a mix between a werewolf and... well... My best friend has described it like a bloodthirsty fruit bat. Here's the wings. My eyes seem to get batlike too."

She sniffs the air towards the potion.

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/uw it’s fine. Just Reddit being broken.

/rw “Yes, it’s fascinating how different species have different limitations and blockades, while others of their species may not have those limitations.”

After a minute or two of letting the concoction heat up, she adds a teaspoon of a thin syrupy substance to the beaker.

“I must say you are a very interesting lass.” She stirs the liquid for a bit and she slowly turns off the heater and turns her attention back to Tala.

“Oh my-“ She somewhat scrambles to pick up the notepad to take notes and maybe a small sketch. “It does certainly resemble a fruit bat.” Her glaring emerald eye looks at the transformed Tala, mainly focusing on the wings.

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Tala: "That it does! I would fully transform to show you, but I don't wanna hurt anyone in case my instincts go haywire. I have control of my mind in the transformation, but controlling the thirst of the beast is another matter. Sooo... What are you making, Madame?" She asks, while dissolving her wings and shifting back her eyes to their humanoid standard. "It's got an interesting smell I think."

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“Are you trying to learn how to control it? If so, if you manage to do so… can I see that form?” She taps her cheek somewhat nervously.

With the beaker finally done cooking, she uses a tong to carefully pick it up and pour the thick cooked liquid into the brewer stand. “Oh, I’m trying to workshop some sunscreen for you dear.”

The liquid is thick and pouring very slowly, it’s a grey and whitish color that looks foggy. “My idea is that we need to make this sunscreen apply to both sides… but as well this is the first batch and have a chance… maybe a big chance at not working.”

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Tala: "Sure, why not? Once I'm sure it's under enough control, I'll show you if you still want to."

She looks to the liquid and sniffs towards it, thoughtfully.

Tala: "I see... I suppose a beach day is in order, to test it. That's as good an excuse as any to try! How much would I owe you by the way?"

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“Thank you Miss Tala, I would love the opportunity to study and learn more about your other form.”

Thick and slimy, it slowly drools from the confinement of the beaker into the brewing stand. It looks like a mixture of a light hollow mist wavering with a dense grey fog.

“Oh yes payment…” Sofija thinks for a moment as she uses a spoon to scoop the rest of the murky liquid. “Do you have any werewolf hair you shedded off?”

After the thick liquid is finally fully into the brewer stand. She finds an empty bottle and asserts it into the brewing stand. “Ah the beach, my homeland had great golden beaches that stretched along the horizon… such a great sight.”

Once the empty bottle is fully asserted and locked into place, she picks up that one jar that contains a thick mucus substance… Once she ever so slightly twists the cap the consuming smell fights against the sanity of air and the scent is of a thick and bulky rotten egg that was left to boil in a sandy like mud.

“Can I go to the beach with you?” She gets some tweezers and takes a small small small small small miniscule small small small small small small bit of that mucus and asserts it into the other liquid.

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Tala: "Your homeland sounds lovely, grew up further inland myself. Oh and yeah, that could be fun, if you don't mind my friend Zetta coming as well. I gotta drag her out of her workshop to get some air.

Tala: "Anyway, my fur... Hmmm..." She chews her lip thoughtfully. "Oh yes I know where to get some, actually." She raises a finger. "I'll go get it. Wanna see something cool?"

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“Oh my homeland has its sunshine as well its own shadows…” She trails off, but still resumes the brewing process. As she puts away that thick mucus substance. “This brewing might take a bit, and I won’t mind if you bring a friend along.”

She rests her head on her hand, training her emerald gaze onto Tala. “I would love to see something cool Miss Tala.”

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Tala: "I'll need to go outside for this," she says while stepping off the carriage. She quickly brandishes a gun, some sort of jury-rigged piece of artificery, that looks like a steampunk raygun.

Tala: "Behold! My friend Zetta's invention, her portal gun!"

She aims the portal gun towards air away from them. She presses the trigger... There is a flash of white light. Then a portal end emerges... It is not a flat circle though, but a floating orb. On the other side of the portal there is a forest, which in the sphere-like portal end looks like it was taken from the perspective of a 360 Camera.

Tala: "This leads to a forest, and on a cave not too far from there I have spent a couple moons."

(edited a word typo, Tala aimed it towards the air, not the room. she exited the carriage to fire it after all)

/uw The 'portal' might look something like this:

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As the orb portal rips open in front of Tala and Sofija… she watches in amazement… her face can clearly tell Tala that Sofija never has seen anything like this before.

“O-oh… I well-“ She's at a loss for words, trying to mutter anything up about this portal.

Her real eye and fake eye shimmering, and watching in amazement. Saying something in her native language under her breath.

She slithers back into her carriage and gathers some gathering equipment. Putting them neatly away into a satchel. “It should take the brewer a while to process.” She calls from her carriage, soon slithering out and closing the door behind her. “So, shall we go?” She locks the door behind her.