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The streets of the city seemed like a whirlwind of activity to Malachi, overwhelming him with the sheer diversity of races, cultures, and ages that mingled in the city. The circular layout of the massive city, divided into eight districts, added to the confusion as Malachi struggled to find his bearings. His eyes still had trouble adjusting to the light, it seemed so blinding that it was almost like his eyes couldn’t adjust to them he moved down an alleyway his eyes finally seeming to adjust to the harsh light.
It was then two things became apparent to him, The first being the weight on his chest & the second being the increased length of his hair. Taking care of the more present matter Malachi turned his gaze downwards, an action that introduced him to two large D cup breasts.
‘Wh-What the hell??’ He thought to himself, as his mind began to work itself into a frenzy it was then he noticed another thing: His Skin Tone It was now a Dark almost Creamy Ebony color.
“Eh?” he subconsciously muttered before his eyes widened he repeated “EEEHHH!?” It was here almost as if on cue that Malachi began to clutch at his throat the foreign yet familiar hand grasping at an equally familiar yet unfamiliar neck.
“What Happened to me?” He- no She asked herself.
One minute he was drinking for the first time with some old college friends catching up and the next everything went dark. There was no pain to speak of, just death. . . Or maybe he forgot? Malachi didn't know.
Malachi began to pat herself down before she reached her ears, something that caused her to stop in her tracks. She had long pointy ears, She had Dark almost creamy Ebony skin, She had what seemed to be two large d cup breasts, and the Robes she was currently wearing were black in color with engravings of the moon adorning the robes. And so with wide eyes Malachi felt around her waist until she found her confirmation.
Removing one of the items in question from its holster Malachi found herself face to face with a black ornate Pepperbox inscribed with Magic runes and fitted with two magic stones that would allow for spell casting placed on either side of the gun's main body . Malachi then in a daze felt the weapon before pulling out its sister weapon from her other holster before the answer finally fit itself into place. Her assumption only became more reinforced as she placed the guns back into their holster and feeling at the back of her waist as she felt the hard, rough cover of an ancient and sacred grimoire passed from the BlackHearts lineage for over 3,000 years.
‘Eilistraee Drow BlackHeart. Daughter of Pure Mages Ravenna BlackHeart & Thalorin BlackHeart And heir to the BlackHeart Estate.’ Malachi wasn’t in his body anymore that was clear, that clarity however did nothing to remove from both the growing dread and giddy feeling in his now her chest.
Malachi was now Eilistraea Drow BlackHeart, she was now a dark elf of nobility but more importantly she was a magic guns woman. Someone who specialized in both Magic and Gunsmenship, She was now her Homebrew DND character A rich, elegant yet rather dense Dark elf with no knowledge of the outside world due to her involuntary isolated lifestyle. She was now a magic gunsmen with incredible potential in both the field of blacksmithing and magic. And this fact alone was enough for Malachi- no Eilistraea to break out into a happy grin.
She wanted to laugh to let the giddy feeling she was bottling up out however she suppressed it, she was still in a completely unknown location. Previously surrounded by completely unknown people of different ages and races. So with a deep calming breath she put on her best warm hearted smile and approached the nearest shop keeper to ask about where she was.
“Excuse me miss?” She asked in an attempt to get the Dark skinned woman's attention.
Turning to face her the woman smiled before speaking “hello is there anything i can help you with? You seem relatively new for these parts”
She hummed in acknowledgement “I am in fact. Could you tell me about the area? Maybe like where exactly I am?” she asked with a smile.
The Woman nodded before speaking “You are currently in the western most market in Orario, the city of the gods ' she smiled.
‘Orario? Wait, City of the gods? Am I in danmachi?’ Eilistraea thought to herself before she then began to ask the Dark skinned women more questions.
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(Several Hours Later)
‘So I really am in Danmachi, aren’t I?’ She thought to herself with an apple in hand.
After she finished talking with the amazon Eilistraea bought some apples and other simple foods from her like bread before placing them into one of her bags of holding. Eilistraea didn’t really understand it but the gold coins she was supposed to have on her character were somehow transferred into vails 10,000 vails to be exact. A confusing change however Eilistraea wasn’t going to question convenience so she would leave it at that.
Asking the amazon shopkeeper questions took longer than she expected, forcing her to find an inn for the night. She eventually found an inn in one of the more shady parts of Orario However that was fine with her; it would only increase her chances at finding her target when the sun rose.
Eilistraea however soon grimaced at the thought 'Sun Light’ The irritating part about her homebrew turned new body was her disadvantage when the sun was out, something that now expressed itself as blinding light that her eyes had a hard time adjusting to. And she was not looking forward to walking around practically blind in the sun. She was only spared from that blindness today because it was rather cloudy but she didn't really have much of a choice considering the exhaustion that threatened to consume her at the moment.
Sighing to herself Eilistraea placed the apple back into her bag of holding before closing her eyes, the exhaustion of the day finally setting in as she succumbed to the cloches of exhaustion.
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Eilistraea woke up with a yawn and a stretch feeling refreshed and better than yesterday she ate some bread and an apple before she made her way out of her room and left the Inn without any issue.
Today was going to be a long day as she would be searching the streets for a specific run down building that according to the amazon should be in the area. Eilistraea could only hope it wouldn't take a long time to find the building in question in the blinding light that assaulted her sense of sight she explored for hours until it began to turn noon having asked for more clear directions from those who live the area Eilistraea now had an idea of where the church would be located.
'She said it should be around this area. So where is it' she thought to herself momentarily before she spotted the building in question through the corner of her eye. It was a largely Run down Church and the home of the protagonist Bell Cornell and the Goddess Hestia. While many might not consider this familia their first choice Eilistraea had a reason that was quite different then most other wanna be adventurers. So while Eilistraea could realistically be accepted into any familia due to her grimoire and the weapons of long range weapon innovation, a gun or more specifically a pepperbox in her possession. She didn’t have enough knowledge on the other gods to choose someone else and those she did she would rather not.
Hephaestus? She didn’t want to just be a craftsman and didn’t know enough about the god.
Loki? A solid choice sure but she is too unpredictable for her liking.
Hermes? Again too unpredictable for her liking.
Frya? Rather not get mind controlled or charmed.
& someone like Soma is the biggest nope in existence.
Besides, she also kinda wanted to see the events of the story first hand and what better way then to join the familia in the center of it all?
As Eilistraea approached the rundown church before she proceeded to swallow hard as her breathing became slightly more erratic; she had to play her cards right in order to get past the built in lie detection gods descend with. So she took another deep breath to calm her nerves before she began to make her way to the door of the hestia familia. Her mind was so focused on that moment she didn’t notice the white haired boy running in the same direction.
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Bell Cranel's Perspective:
As bell left the guild for today he couldn’t help the happy grin that brought out across his face even if he did get lucky today inside the dungeon he managed to make double of what he would usually make in a day of dungeon diving something he was all too happy to be able to tell his goddess. And so bell ran through the streets of Orario with a bag of 18 thousand vails in hand he couldn’t help but sing a happy tone as his world was entirely overtaken by thoughts of telling his goddess about how much he managed to make in the dungeon that he missed the sight of a dark skinned woman in the corner of his eye until he ran into her chest face first.
She grunted slightly and almost instantly Bell jumped back, his face flushed in embarrassment, his actions becoming erratic as he attempted to apologize to her as he continued to stumble over his words. Until she began to giggle at him an action that managed to calm his nerves slightly, however it did nothing for the still beet red flush on his face but before he could apologize again she apologized before him.
“Sorry about that, I didn't see where I was going” she said with a small smile and a bow, an action that bell reciprocated almost instantly before the dark skinned girl spoke again.
“My name is Eilistraea Drow BlackHeart i apologize again for running into you” she said with another bow.
“I-I’m Bell Cranel, and I should be apologizing. I was the one running without paying attention.”
“It is quite alright” She said kindly before tilting her head slightly.
“Altho i would like to ask where you were going in such a hurry” She said with a tone of curiosity in her voice.
Bell could only chuckle lowly as he placed a hand on the back of his head “I was going back to my goddess. We are not a big familia really in fact i'm the only member as of yet but i wanted to make it back quickly to talk to my goddess”
The mention of a goddess seemed to immediately spark her attention, causing her to move closer to bell before speaking “Is your goddess Lady Hestia by chance?”
Bell seemed to immediately perk up before nodding excitedly “yeah that's her why do you want to join our familia?” he asked with a tinge of pleading hope in his tone.
“Y-yeah” she said with a blush “I was thinking of trying out for smaller familia’s like the hestia familia instead of going for larger more well known familia’s. I- I didn't want my set of skills dulled by being forced into one category like most of the higher ranking familia’s” She said as she rubbed the back of her head.
“Aah that is understandable i guess.” he said before continuing “If you want to come with me i could try to help convince goddess hestia to let you into the familia miss Eilistraea” he said with a smile the dark elf couldn't help but return.
“S-sure I would love that.” she said softly before following bell to the door of the church.
He opened the door before loudly and enthusiastically yelling “Goddess I'm home and I've brought someone back who would like to join our familia!” Something hitting the ground from another room could be heard in the distance before hurried shuffling followed by running approaching bell and Eilistraea’s direction.
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Goddess Hestia Perspective:
(write something about what Hestia was doing before bell and Eilistraea entered the church here)
Hestia Perked up the moment she heard the wooden door of the church open up. An action that instantly brought a smile to her face as she began to walk over to the front door before stopping at the words bell yelled next.
“Goddess, I’m Home! I even brought someone back who would like to join our familia!” Bell said with excitement clear in his voice.
‘. . . Eh? . . .’ was all Hestia’s mind could respond with before she burst into a flurry of movement running down the hall into the main room where the front door should be and stopping a few feet away at the sight of the visitor.
‘ An amazon?’ was hestia’s primary thought as she hadn’t noticed the long ears hidden behind her long reddish hair.
The supposed amazon stood there for a moment under Hestia’s gaze before shifting a little uncomfortably the slight amount of divinity being released from hestia’s smaller form doing more than enough to frighten the taller girl.
“I- It is a pleasure to meet you goddess hestia” she said with a bow, an action that caused hestia to blink and to shy away from the almost glare her gaze was turning into as she was uncomfortable with the formality she was currently being shown.
“Please stop with the bowing.” She replied almost instantly her embarrassment of the situation beginning to show.
The ‘Amazon’ nodded before straightening up and looking at The Goddess rather nervously, before introducing herself “I’m Eilistraea Drow BlackHeart. Once again it's a pleasure to meet you goddess Hestia.” she said nervously.
Hestia seemed to analyze Eilistraea for another moment before sighing “As you’ve already stated I’m Hestia Goddess of Hearth.” Hestia said with a hand to her chest.
“Now why are you looking to join our familia?” Hestia asked in a serious tone her divinity seeping out slightly as to see if Eilistraea was lying to her.
The “Amazon” seemed to stumble on her words, an action that seemed to make Hestia more suspicious. Amazons were known to be head first and brash, not easily frightened and nervous wrecks like Eilistraea was. So Hestia was suspecting she might not be an Amazon but with no knowledge of other living races with that same skin color she could only theorize Eilistraea was disguised for some reason.
Taking a deep breath Eilistraea spoke up once more “I-I’d like to join the Hestia Familia because I want to be able to improve my entire skill set and not be forced into a single category.” she said.
Truth Hestia’s godhood detected so she relaxed slightly before asking another more direct question.
“What’s your race? You aren’t an Amazon but I’m not aware of any other races with that skin tone.”
Eilistraea Stammered a bit before responding “I-I’m a Dark Elf Lady Hestia”
“Dark Elf?” Hestia questioned her eyebrow slightly raised as her godhood detected the answer was the Truth.
Her Eyebrows then almost instantly furrowed. She, like every god, knew of the dark elves, a race of humanoid similar to other mortal races only difference being their longer lifespans than even elves, an ancient race compared to most others. In other words the dark elves were one of the oldest races that long before the appearance of the dungeon ruled a large section of the world before they were supposedly brought to extinction by the dungeon. But she was aware a few probably still existed at least according to Hephaestus.
“Y-Yes I’m a dark elf from the Noble BlackHeart family or- I guess I ‘was’ since I left due to differences. I don’t really want to be tied down to a single type of work.” She explained shyly.
Hestia’s eyes slightly softened before she spoke “ Is that why you chose us?”
“I was told a goddess lived around here and since no one knew your name when I asked I figured you were a low ranking god s-so y-yes that's part of the reason.” she stuttered out.
Hestia wanted to keep interrogating the girl however the fact that she seemed to shrink into herself the more this conversation went on and the fact that Bell looked like he was also starting to get uncomfortable caused her to relent and her eyes to soften from their glare as a result.
‘Maybe I'll just keep an eye on her for now’ Hestia told herself before sighing “Fine. . . You can join the familia” She spoke her voice soft and almost comforting before continuing “However I wish to have a different conversation revolving around someone else here with you at a later date” she finished.
Eilistraea was confused for a moment before her face seemed to turn red and steam seemed to rise from her. Bell simply looked at the steam curiously before tilting his head as he looked at Eilistraea while Hestia simply frowned at that reaction. At least until she started to rapidly wave her arms around while speaking incoherently. An action which left Bell even more confused and caused hestia to nod in what seemed like approval.
This continued for a little more until hestia spoke up “Alright Eilistraea-” she immediately stopped before humming and whispering ‘that name is way to long and kinda hard to say’ before Eilistraea timidly spoke up “I’m fine with just being called Eili”.
Hestia nodded before continuing “Alright come on now Eili we still need to get you your Falna '' Eilistraea nodded before following hestia leaving Bell behind at least for the Falna since it was starting to get dark.
“Alright strip” Hestia said nonchalantly causing steam to rise from the dark elf's head once more “No that's not what i mean!” she immediately yelled out at the dark elf’s reaction.
“Remove your coat and shirt then turn around on the bed so I can begin” she explained.
“H-h hai” Eilistraea responded before slowly and hesitantly taking off her coat which she placed on a nearby table along with removing both her pepperboxes and hosters from her belt before moving on to removing her shirt ending it by removing a black book from her back covered in different straps to keep it closed. She seemed to stare at the object for a few moments before getting onto the bed slowly, almost like it was physically painful to part with the item.
Hestia simply looked at the firearms with confusion; having never seen anything remotely similar in her long life so she didn't know what to think about the objects, something that naturally made her curious. Eili then removed a large black book, its structure and the symbols around it made it look almost like a grimoire but much older then any had a right being so when the dark elf made her way onto the bed she refocused on the task at hand opting instead to ask the dark elf about the items later. She first started by pricking her finger and allowing her blood to fall on the dark elf’s back before it began to turn black and expand across the elves back then shifting and turning until it revealed words and a symbol resembling a cauldron on fire.
“Eeh?” was all that left Hestia’s mouth for several seconds before Eilistraea seemed to make her presence known once more to the goddess “I-Is something the matter G-Goddess Hestia?” an action that seemed to remove Hestia from her haze.
‘Another one? Do I hide this one too? Do I leave it alone? If I do I might also have to tell Bell about his own as well, but maybe it wouldn’t be so bad now right? With Eilistraea there he should at least be more careful and not simply charge into the dungeon? Who am i kidding , it's Bell but maybe. . . I’ll wait for now.’ Hestia let out a sigh choosing to show Eilistraea because try as she might there was no way she could possibly hide the existence of their skills from the both of them even more so with Eilistraea who already had a spell. Hestia would have to talk to Eilistraea about Bell's skill later and she would also need to talk to Eilistraea about keeping her skill and spell secret at least for now.
“See for yourself” was all hestia said as she handed Eilistraea a paper.
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(Eilistraea aka Elle POV)
‘What the hell?’ was all Eili could muster as a thought to what she was seeing at the moment.
Name: Eilistraea "Elle" Drow BlackHeart
Level: 1
Race: Dark Elf (High)
Alias: None
Strength: I 0 [400+ Inactivate]
Vitality: I 0
Dexterity: I 0 [200+ scales 200 per level]
Agility: I 0 [400+] [200+]
Magic: I 0 [200+] [400+]
Skills:
One of Mind: Your innate affinity for magic grants you increased Excellia for magic-based actions.
Spells:
Six-Fold Shots of Lights
"In beams of six, with brilliance bright, I call forth the stars' pure light.
Six-fold objects, swift and true, Illuminate the darkness through and through.
Be Released and Pierce all who oppose with brilliant light"
I could only stare at the words on the paper before breaking into a happy grin and laughing while spinning in place with the paper held out. I did this for what felt like several seconds before hugging my new goddess. I knew I would later be embarrassed by my current display but damn it I was too emotional to play anything off right now.
“Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Goddess!” I practically screamed as I hugged my new goddess. If i recall correctly skills and magic can manifest based on desire and while I'm not sure how this skill and spell ascertain to my desire they might have to do with my character's desire because of how well they fit her character even if I'm technically her now. I even outwardly act like her as if its second nature geez is this how Ainz feels?
Regardless of that, I simply stopped hugging my new goddess before rushing out the door. My current overwhelming excitement making me forget anything else for a brief moment before stopping in place. ‘Ooh shit’ was my only thought as I almost walked around in search of bell shirtless and only a bra. Rushing back into the room I swiftly clothed myself once again first donning my shirt, then holstering my guns in their hostiers and securing my grimoire to my back before re-draping my robes over me. After that was done a grin spread anew onto my face and just as I was about to run out of the room I was stopped by a call from my new goddess.
“Child wait.” She called and so I stopped in my tracks before turning to face my new goddess “before you go talk to Bell I need to talk with you about a few things” she said seriously causing me to nod stiffly before closing the door to the room once more.
“W-what did you wish to talk about goddess?”
Hestia seemed to stare through Elle for a moment before blinking and gesturing to a chair in front of her ‘now was as good a time as any’ the goddess mused. Elle simply walking forward towards the offered seat before looking at her new goddess expectantly. Hestia sighed before she began to speak “Child, do you wish to enter the dungeon alongside bell , correct?” Elle nodded in response. Hestia closed her eyes before crossing her arms and legs before speaking once more her eyes still closed “Before I continue I want you to promise to keep Bell safe. He can be too energetic and trusting for his own good.” the goddess finished finally opening her eyes. Elle nodded once again and Hestia continued “First off I want to ask you what you know about skills and their rarity?”.
Elle paused putting a finger to her cheek in a thinking pose before finally speaking “Skills are abilities adventurers get usually having to do with their passions and actions in the dungeon?” the dark elf noble finished with a head tilt. Hestia nodded “while that is true you didn’t answer my full question” she finished causing the elf to rub at the back of her head. Hestia shook her head slightly with a smile before speaking “While it is true that skills received usually have to do with a mortal's passions and actions there are rankings when it comes to skills with some being more common than others and others being so rare they only ever have one user at a time. Then there are legacy skills, these skills being exclusive entirely new skills that will only ever be found with a single user as it was specifically made for that user.” she said before pointing at Eili “You and Bell being prime examples of that last one” she finished with a slight frown “ Legacy Skill Users aren't common if that wasn't already obvious with there usually only being one every 25 or so years and even then it isn't guaranteed. But you see not only are there two Legacy Users this generation but both under the roof of the same goddess and that goddess isn't even a high ranking one. . .” She paused before continuing “I’m sure you see the danger in this, correct?” The Goddess asked with narrowing eyes.
Elle swallowed hard before nodding “Yes Goddess”
Hestia smiled “good, now I want you to promise me you’ll help and protect bell while in the dungeon!” she said with a demanding voice Elle stammered “W-what?” Hestia sighed before placing her hands on her waist “look your both my children now and while i care for both of you but bell can be well–” she began turning her head to the side before continuing “He can be too trusting when dealing with people and he gets carried away when diving into the dungeon. So while he is my first child i want you to take care of him when within the dungeon”
Hestia then pointed at Elle “Can you do that?” she asked.
Elle remained unmoving for a moment before blinking and turning her face back towards her new goddess “I- I can d-do that.”
Hestia smiled “Good”