Plugged In: I got Isekai'd into a Sexbot (Now I Must Save The World)

Vuvi crosses her arms and glares at the others like a fuming mother watching her children beg for dessert before dinner.

"No," she says flatly.

"Aw, come on!" Penelo groans, clinging to Pip’s arm. "He’s super cool! A real-life lich who’s not trying to murder us! That’s, like, once in a lifetime!"

Sera clasps her hands together and bows toward Thalozora with over-the-top knightly reverence. "We could learn so much from him!"

Veena smirks. "And I’d rather have a centuries-old master of dark magic on our side than against us."

Thalozora, the tall skeletal figure still somehow managing to radiate bashful charm, wrings his bony hands together. "I... I promise I’ll behave. No curses, no hauntings. I’ve done my guarding, my brooding. I’d just like to see the world again. Maybe learn to... live a little. And Pip... oh, Pip... what a miracle you are!"

Pip glows faintly, golden eyes shining, and emits a gentle harmonic ping. Vuvi freezes. His thought-wave hits her like a weighted pillow.

Warm, pleading, earnest. He wants Zora to come.

Her scowl cracks.

"Oh no. Not the puppy-eyes. Don’t you dare—" She glares at him, but he beeps again, this one laced with hope. Her arms drop to her sides. "Ugh. Fine."

The team erupts in cheer. Penelo tackles Pip with a squeal. Thalozora claps his skeletal fingers with excitement. "I knew I liked her!"