Chapter 122

“Wow,” Liz said.

“You liked it?”

“You’re, like, unfairly good at that.”

“It would’ve been even more fun if you let me use my mouth.”

“I’m sure it would,” Liz said, flushing. She sat up. “So. Um, anyway. Let’s see what the effect is? That was why we did that.”

Natalie snorted, but didn’t comment. She looked inward. Not every status could be read through an [Inspect], but she assumed [Link] could—primarily because the wand itself didn’t explain what [Link] was, so surely once it had been applied, they would be able to figure it out.

And sure enough, it worked like that.

[Link] - Receive thirty percent bonus healing from the linked target.

“Oh,” Natalie said. “Shouldn’t be surprised, but wow. For a weapon bonus, that’s really something.”

Obviously, it wasn’t an earth-shattering effect, but Liz’s wand was already one of the more outrageously powerful level one weapons that Natalie had heard of. It came with a persistent moderate furor boost, along with a minor prowess increase—though that one required Liz to use it on herself. Throwing in [Link], where Natalie could get thirty percent extra heals from Liz, the wand was growing more and more insane.

“And there’s another effect, too. That’s not even it,” Natalie said. “It has the level two evolved form.”

“Yeah,” Liz said. “I hadn’t gotten to that yet. But thirty percent boosted heals. Seriously, why is it so good?”

Natalie shrugged. If it gave Liz a good excuse for Natalie to be over here each night, pumping Liz full of her wand, then Natalie was grateful for the incentive. The strangely powerful effect was just a bonus.

“Think you can only have one active link?”

“Not sure,” Liz said. “But, um, tank is most important, so I think for now, I’ll just stick with you.”

Liz wasn’t close enough to any of the others to want to use the wand in that way with them. Her encounter with Natalie down in the dungeon had broken a few walls between them. Natalie wondered if Liz’s reservations would hold as the weeks ticked by.

“The double-headed evolve, though,” Natalie said. “Can I see it?”

“I guess.” Seeming inordinately embarrassed about the item—as if its nature was her fault—she shifted the one-sided dildo into its level two form.

As promised, the resulting wand had two heads instead of one, and also seemed more flexible, to presumably allow more interesting positions. It also grew four inches or so, putting it at an impressive sixteen. Eight inches for each of them. Liz had handled seven, before, but Natalie figured with some effort they might be able to get all the way down.

“Wow,” Natalie said, taking the toy from Liz and playing with it. The flexible material bounced as she wiggled the toy. “Now that’s something. Can I [Inspect] it?” The request wasn’t just to be polite; now that Liz had laid claim to the item, Natalie had to have permission to read the item’s stat page. Otherwise, everyone could just read everyone else’s armor. She was actually grateful for that, considering how Natalie suspected she and her team were in for some even more interesting loot.

“Yeah. Of course.”

Shifting Wand of Relief

Rare

Lv. 1

Effects

- Equipped with a [Form Shift].

- When used simultaneously on SELF and OTHER: Apply [Doubled Up]

Description

A long, thick rod of soft, flexible white metal, capped with two golden tips. The craftsmanship is pristine. A comforting aura radiates from the weapon.

“[Doubled Up],” Natalie said. “Now, what does that do, I wonder?”

“Do you, um, want to find out?”

Natalie raised her eyebrows Liz’s way, who blushed furiously and stared down at her lap.

“Just an offer, obviously!” she squeaked.

“You want to?” Natalie had thought Liz wouldn’t be up for it, yet; she still seemed pretty reserved.