Mythran's Master Of All

Ren sat quietly and felt the pixies emotions, and knew they were struggling with the new flesh bond to him. He tried to stop thinking about anything to make it easier for them; but, he kept running things through his mind and couldn't push aside all the options he was considering. After a couple of minutes of feeling restlessness from the pixies, Ren had a stroke of genius and activated his ability called Serene State of Mind.

A collective sigh was released by all the pixies and Ren felt them relax and bask in the quietness. Time seemed to slow down as his mind was cleared of all it's clutter. He didn't think about anything at all, despite having the clarity to do so, and just sat there in the center of the pixies.

After what seemed like an hour, one of the male pixies stood up. He clenched and unclenched his hands to make fists several times, looked around at the other pixies, then looked at Ren.

“My Lord, you truly are a wonder.” He said. “I've never felt this... whole... before.”

“Me, either.” A female voice said, and another pixie stood up and did the same hand flexing. Ren saw that she was pretty in that 'girl next door' way, because she had hidden her sexiness, and her clothing was both conservative and suggestive at the same time, without being provocative. “I will take that very flattering compliment, My Lord.”

“Hm?” Ren blinked his eyes. “Oh, right. You can hear my thoughts.”

“Thankfully, only direct ones now.” She said. “Did you really find forming a flesh bond to be disgusting?”

“Kind of.” Ren said. “I mean, consuming the flesh of another is taboo where Adventurers come from.” He said. “Here, though... with the different cultures and rituals and things...”

She chuckled. “You didn't object too hard because you didn't want to insult us.”

Ren nodded. “Usually my Etiquette skill kicks in during things like this, and it lets me know how to act. This time I had nothing to go on.”

“It's new for us as well.” Shanna said and stood up and did the same hand flexing. “Normally, this would only happen once in a generation.” She smiled. “A pixie would find someone that they would always want to be around, and decide that they couldn't live without the companionship.”

“Wait, what?” Ren looked at her, then at all the others. “You're all my companions now?”

“Not quite in the sense that you are thinking.” Shanna said. “It's like what you have between you and Teepo, only we haven't gone through the time to build up the relationship.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means that most of them are now your good friends, Ren.” Suniva said.

Ren watched as she crawled up to the middle of his chest and stood up as if she was standing on the ground. It put her body out at a 90 degree angle from his chest, and she crossed her arms.

“Good friends will do everything they can for the people they care about.” Suniva said.

“Did the flesh bond do that?” Ren asked.

“No, your good nature and willingness to deal with us as people did that.” Suniva said. “What the flesh bond did was give us access to your physical abilities.”

“Wow, really?” Ren asked, then thought about how each of the pixies had crawled up him. “You even gained powers from my enchantments?”

“Only the ones that affected you physically.” Suniva said. “As you have noticed, we all have the benefit of the Amulet of the Spider.”

“That's really cool.” Ren said.

“It is, but I think we've all recovered enough.” One of the male pixies said. “Do you think we can leave now?”

“Yes, good idea.” Ren said and deactivated Serene State of Mind. None of the pixies reacted as his mind was filled with ideas and plans once more, and he stood up. “I'm tempted to take out the cart and attach it to Princess so we can carry you all over to the door; but, the cart won't fit through the door, so that's pointless.”

“Oh, don't worry about that.” Suniva said and stepped off his chest into the air, took several steps away, then stood in mid-air and uncrossed her arms.

“You gained my permanent spells, too?” Ren asked, and she nodded. “Now I really wonder what I got in return.”

“Our affinities, of course.” Suniva said. “You have affinity with several of us already, though.”

“Wait, what does that mean?” Ren asked.

“Well, your Hands of the Gods should have expanded.”

“I didn't get a popup for that.” Ren said. “Show info for Hands of the Gods skill.”