Before the Winter. (Ohkara)

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara rose a brow at the proposed technique, ”Power sharing, huh? Sounds kinda lame if you ask me…” she told him honestly, then gave a shrug, ”I mean, don’t get me wrong, I can see where it would come in handy, but the whole idea of using power that isn’t your own just seems wrong…”

Watching him retrieve the book, she rose a brow once more, placing a hand on the dragon-esk cover as it was placed in front of her, ”It’s a spell book, huh?” she asked. ”I mean, I knew I felt something magical from it, but I don’t think I’d have ever imagined something like that hiding between the covers…”

Smiling at his comment, she nodded, ”I’m so happy to hear that!~ I worked my butt off to get it! I’m so glad it isn’t just some flop!” With a giggle she gave the man a nod, ”Trust me, luck had nothing to do with it.”

Taking a sip from her mug, she rounded into the living room, ”So, what exactly do you need me to do? I mean, how can I help?” Indeed, she was curious about the contents of the mysterious magical book after hearing Ethar had never seen anything like it. And the realization brought both a smile to her lips, and color back into her cheeks.

[Ethar Luxun]

"I agree that it does seem... 'lame', as you put it. But if it means the difference between losing or winning a fight that can save a planet, or peoples lives, who are we to say what is lame?" He asked as he put the book down and walked over to his chair near the fireplace.

When Ohkara said that she worked her butt off to get the book, he gave her an odd glance like he was confused about something. "Worked your butt off? But Ohkara.... You still have your butt." He said as a grin crept across his face, like he was intentionally messing with her. "Heh, sorry, couldnt help that. I can imagine you went to unimaginable lengths to get such an item. There are actually only two of these books known in existence. A White book, and a Black one. Or so the elder council says back on my world."

When Ohkara asked how she could help with his project, Ethar grabbed what looked like an ordinary piece of 2 feet long piece of rope. Knots tied at the end. From a small table beside his chair and walked over to Ohkara. "From what I translated, the spell works as a conduit to transfer power. It can go either way, but it only works on an item that is connected, or apart of something. So, for this experiment, I have enchanted this piece of rope. I will hold one end, and you hold the other. Then, I utter the enchantments activation word, and... thats that. The spell should actually only last an hour or two." He said, as he offered Ohkara one end of the knotted rope while he held the other.

"The spell is a double edged sword though. You will lose your energy for the duration of the spell, so you wouldnt be able to project blasts or do anything ki related. So if it works, this should only be used as a last resort technique..."

[Ohkara Minamaru]

She nodded at his comment; as she’d already stated, she felt the same way. Still, the whole idea of taking power that didn’t belong to you was one that rubbed her the wrong way. Of course, there were other ways of looking at it; however, the green-haired lass’s thick-headedness wouldn’t let her see it those ways. If one was to become powerful, they needed to work at it. Simply borrowing power could be a temporary fix, yes, but in actuality, it felt more like just slapping a bandaid on a gunshot.

Ohkara’s brow furrowed at the man’s comment, and she shot him a look, ”Looking at my butt, are you?” she growled. However, the charade wouldn’t last long as she let out a giggle and gave the man a cutesy pose, ”As pervy as ever, I see!” she teased him, sticking out her pierced tongue and pulling down on her right eyelid.

”But this is the first time you’ve used it, right?” she asked as she eyed the string, ”I don’t know a whole lot about magic, but I do know it can be dangerous…” She’d experienced such a thing in her conflict with the grey-skinned temptress that claimed she’d kill Ethar a year back. ”What if something goes wrong during this test?” she asked, ”I know that there’s probably no other way, but it just seems kinda risky to me…”

Ki was tied into a person’s life force. As such, taking it could likely result in some serious side-effects. The whole idea of being a guinea pig was an off-putting one.

[Ethar Luxun]

Giving Ohkara an odd look as she tried to turn the tide on Ethar, calling him a pervert for talking about her butt. He then decided to shoot for the moon, and say something he never dreamt of saying. He was, of course, attempting to catch his friend off guard, as he said "I cant help that your butt looks good now can I?" as he still grinned and snickered a bit. He wasnt experienced with playing the teasing game that Ohkara was playing with him, but it was still kinda fun.

"Mm, Yesh, this is the first time Ive used this spell, but you know how careful I usually am when it comes to magic. It took me almost a year to translate the first spell, And Im 99% sure I translated it all correctly. These spells do appear to have a failsafe built right into them. The support spells can do no harm, and if they threaten to do so, the spell fails and nothing happens.It would just waste magical energy, thats all." He said, since he did understand how Ohkara felt. Magic was indeed dangerous if it was improperly used and executed. But Ethar was fairly certain that the spell he had managed to translate so far, could do no harm to either one of them.

"I assure you, nothing bad will come of it. Besides, after this, I got something.... awesome, to show ya." He said, as he waited for Ohkara to either grab the other end of the rope to continue the experiment.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ethar’s next comment made Ohkara turn her head and glance at him sideways. Eyeing the man, she brought a finger to her lips and nibbled on the fingertip, ”Okay, who are you, and what have you done with Ethar?” she asked, teasingly. With a giggle, she shook her head, ”There’s no way the Ethar I know would say that! And I’m certainly sure he’s more of a boob-guy anyways!” she laughed, then gave a cutesy shrug, ”Though I will admit, I kinda like this Ethar!~” she added with a wink.

Lowering her hand, she turned her gaze to the rope and took a deep breath, ”Alright, Ethar… I’m gonna trust you on this one, but if you mess up, I’m gonna beat the crap outta you.”

Carefully, her hand took hold of the open end of the rope, and she gulped hard, ”Alright then, do whatever it is you gotta do before I change my mind…”

[Ethar Luxun]

"I saw both your butt and boobs naked that one time a long time ago. If that happened again now since I've matured, I would of taken the few precious moments to enjoy the sight, rather then just pass out from an embarassing nosebleed." He said with a laugh. When Ohkara winked at him, Ethar couldn't help but turn a bit red.

Coughing a bit as he saw Ohkara take hold of the rope. Things started to get serious as she said she was ready, and for him not to mess up. "Yes Ma'am. Ill do my best." He said as he held his end of the rope firmly as he spoke a set of words "Büs Plàntå".

Once the words were spoken, the rope began to glow softly, as it would start at Ohkara's end of the rope, and slowly made its way to Ethars and seemingly entered his skin. Ethar would start to glow brightly. Bright enough to force Ohkara to look away to protect her eyes, and at that moment, Ohkara could feel something suddenly grab her body, like it was a giant fist, but the feeling wouldnt last long, as the sensation soon vanished.

Moments later, the glow would fade. But if Ohkara would look back at Ethar, she would see something that would be shocking to some, maybe even terrifying to others. Before Ohkara, stood a WOMAN with brown hair, with GREEN highlights. An ample chest, as well as quite the feminine figure. The woman even had one yellow eye, and one blue eye. And the spooky thing about the yellow eye, it looked identical to Ohkara's eyes. The womans clothes didn't seem to change either, as she still wore Ethar's jeans and his shirt with vest.

There was a few moments of silence before the woman spoke. Her voice was soft, and it did resemble Ethar's own voice a bit. "Huh, what is odd... I dont feel anything...How about you Ohkara?" She asked.

It seemed that the spell didnt work out right, and instead of transferring Ohkara's power to Ethar... it transferred a copy of her genetic code, and merged it with Ethars own genetic code!

[Ohkara Minamaru]

The bright light did indeed make Ohkara turn her face away and shut her eyes. The whole process ended up feeling as uncomfortable as she had thought. Luckily for her, it would be short-lived. As the room returned to its normal level of brightness, Ohkara’s eyes opened and she turned back to Ethar. However, the man would no longer be standing at the other end of the string they held. Instead would be a rather peculiar looking woman, somehow resembling Ohkara a bit. Ohkara’s eyes widened, and then the woman spoke.

Suddenly, Ohkara burst into laughter, dropping the rope and holding her sided, ”Oh my god!” she bellowed, shaking her head. Just as she thought, Ethar had messed something up, and ultimately ended up swapping his own gender. The idea seemed impossible, but with magic in play, Ohkara knew that was not the case. It had indeed happened, just as it appeared.

Ohkara pushed forwards through her laughter, a hand rising, and a finger quickly poking at the woman’s rather voluptuous chest, ”Holy crap! What did you do!?” she said, quickly rounding the woman and eying her up and down. From behind, she’d wrap her arms around the girl and grab her boobs, squeezing them with a giggling fit, ”I can’t freaking believe it! You turned yourself into a girl!” she squealed, releasing the woman to head back around to her front.

Her hand rocketed into her pocket, and with speed and precision, she removed her phone, snapping a few quick pictures of the female Ethar, ”Smile and say: ‘I’m a dummy’!” she teased, still laughing.

[Ethar Luxun]

Ethar looked confused as to what Ohkara was laughing about ,since she was not aware of the change she had gone through. As she pointed at him...well, her, and asked what had happened, she replied "What are you going on about? Clearly the spell had failed.... but..."

But Ohkara was already making her way around her, and without warning, Ohkara came up behind her, and groped her new ample chest, saying that the spell turned him, into a girl. This made her face turn bright red as Ohkara groped her, and much to Ohkara's surprise, the breasts that she was groping felt a bit bigger then her own. More then likely due to the fact Ethar was older then her, and so the new body reflected that a bit. "H-Hey!" She said as Ohkara let go of her chest. "Now I feel violated...." She said, crossing her arms to bar off anymore perverted attempts.

Then Ohkara had the gull to take out her phone and started to take pictures. "S-Stop that! This isnt funny!" She said growling, but Ohkara didnt stop. So Ethar quickly held up a finger, and produced a small blast of electricity that was aimed at Ohkaras hand. If it hit, the small jolt would be the equivilant to a powerfu lstatic shock that would hopefully cause Ohkara to drop the phone onto the soft rug below.

"This is serious!"

[Ohkara Minamaru]

The woman growled at Ohkara when she produced her phone, making an attempt to throw the phone away with a quick ki attack. Ohkara’s free hand quickly lashed out, slapping the blast away, and she pocketed her phone, ”Yeah it is! Seriously funny!” she snorted, shaking her head.

Lunging forwards, Ohkara’s hands outstretched, and she’d attempt to tackle the woman. If successful, her fingers would rapidly move around the girl’s sides, in an attempt to tickle her, ”Violated, huh? How about now!” she’d exclaim, sticking her tongue out at the woman she’d have pinned to the floor, as she continued to tickle her.

Curiously, Ohkara wondered how long such a silly thing would last and, more importantly, how something like this would have even happened. To what extent was Ethar turned into a female? Did this mean he had all the parts? Did they work? Did this mean he could bear a child? Honestly, most of the questions she had probably would never get an answer, still, she found humor in the idea of Ethar giving birth to a child, and it made her break into a fit of laughter once again.

[Ethar Luxun]

"H-Hey! S-Stop it!" Ethar said, as she was tackled by Ohkara, and knocked to the floor. She started to squirm around as Ohkara started to tickle her. Ethar started to laugh uncontrollably as the Succubus in training Summers turned when she heard the commotion, and she was greeted with a plain view of Ohkara's butt. With a smug look on her face, she quickly ran, grabbed her own phone from her bedroom and came back as Ohkara started to tickle Ethar.

She started to take pictures with Ohkara ontop of the female Ethar as she snickered "Going to add this to my collection for sure..." She said.

Ethar was still laughing as he couldnt help but lash and squirm about as Ohkara was tickling her. Her mind wasnt focused on the same thing Ohkara's mind was, but she did think to push Ohkara off of her, so she instinctively reached up to push on her chest... but ended up groping her breasts in both hands. Not intentionally, of course.

Ethar would be silent for a moment... before she gently squeezed and said "Wow, softer then I read they were..." as her face turned a bright red. Her normal instincts kicked in as Ethar quickly took her hands away. "I-Im so sorry! Sorry!" She said, apologizing, hoping Ohkara would react too negatively.

Summers lowered her phone as she giggled evily. "THAT is a top 5 picture. Muh ha ha!" She said, as she ran back to her room with the phone.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

It was all fun and games for a little while; Ohkara didn’t even mind the fact that the little succubus was clicking away pictures as she tortured the female Ethar. However, things took a turn as Ethar proceeded to attempt to push Ohkara away, and in turn grabbed her breasts. Ohkara’s face whitened for a moment, and she sat there for a second in shock, only for Ethar to comment on the feel of her.

Her face turned bright red, and she jumped off her friend, pushing her arms into her chest to shield herself, ”You pervert!” she shrieked, quickly freeing a hand to grab up the closest object next to her and hurl it at Ethar. Luckily for him, the object was a throw pillow ontop of one of the chairs.

”If you wanna grope someone then grope yourself, you sicko!” she said, pointing a finger to him, or rather her, ”You got your own to touch, you freaking pervert!”

Though Ethar wasn’t exactly a pervert in every sense of the word, weird things like this were common between the two when they interacted. Undoubtly, there were too many for them to be utter coincidences. And so, a “closeted-pervert” was what she dubbed him. Surely, this was accurate, at least from her experiences.

Turning to Summers, or rather the direction she ran, Ohkara called to her: ”How do you deal with a pervert like him! He doesn’t ever do things like that to you, does he?” she asked then turned to Ethar once more, casting him an angry, but serious gaze, ”You don’t touch her, do you?!” Everything about her expression said: “answer wrong, and I’ll kill you”.

[Ethar Luxun]

Summers just burst out laughing as Ohkara started to freak out, and grabbed a pillow from his chair. "I-I said Im sorry, I didnt do..." Ethar started to say, but got a facefull of pillow, as the force of the throw forced him to lay back on the floor as his head hit the floor with a small thud.

Summers then fell onto the floor laughing just outside of her room as Ohkara started to talk to her.

She eventually stopped laughing and got up to her feet and walked back int othe room where Ohkara and Ethar were to answer her question. "Well he....er...She... Has her nose stuck in books so much, or is outside working so much, I havent noticed this perverted side of him yet." She replied as Ethar sighed in relief as she sat up and rubbed the back of her head. But then Summers had a devilish grin on her face as Ohkara asked Ethar if She touched the young Succubus at all.

And before Ethar could answer, Summers said "Oh but he keeps telling me what he plans to do with me when I physically come of age. All of the lewd things that he read upon in his books." as she snickered, and Ethar went as white as a sheet. She knew Summers was trying to get her in trouble with Ohkara, so she quickly responded "Untrue! Such things were not even thought of!" She said.

Summers faked a few pouts as she said "Bwaaah, Don't lie Ethar! Its not good for you!" As she clearly faked her crying.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Being as intuitive and she was, Ohkara caught on to the lie quickly; hell, Summer’s even contradicted herself with her second statement. Still, that didn’t mean Ohkara couldn’t join in the fun as well. Her toxic green ki bursted to life at her feet, cycloning around them as she rose a pointed finger to the female version of Ethar, ”Oh, is that so?” she asked, baring a well-faked sadistic snarl. Ki began to form at the tip of her finger, as she eyed her friend, looking like she was well intended to kill him, or her, right on the spot.

Suddenly, Ohkara whipped around, grabbing a second throw pillow, and chucked it at the succubus, ”Don’t lie, Summers!” she exclaimed, mimicking the young woman in both words and tone, ”It’s not good for you!”

Turning back to Ethar, she gave a giggle and a wink, ”Don’t worry… I know you’re not that dumb,” she told him, ”You dummy.”

”It’s probably a good thing too, because I don’t mess around when it comes to stuff like that. And the only way I communicate with people that do stuff like that is with my fist,” she explained, jabbing a quick few punches into the air in front of her.

Turning, she offered Ethar a hand to haul her from the ground, ”So then, what is it we’re going to do about your little situation?” she asked, motioning to his feminine body with her other hand, ”It’s not like you can stay like that forever, right?”

[Ethar Luxun]

Summers fell over as the pillow hit her in the chest, since she was quite small still. "Oof!" She said, as she grabbed the pillow and tossed it onto the floor. She stuck her tongue out at Ohkara playfully.

Meanwhile, Ethar had almost gone into full panic mode when Ohkara faked about having to attack him. He beelived it enough, since the last time he had dealt wit hOhkara's boobs, she blew a hole in his bedroom wall for just looking at them. Laughing a bit as Ohkara talked, and showed off how she dealt with perverts, Ethar replied "Well I am glad I am not a pervert then. I probably would of died a long time ago then. Heh."

And with Ohkara's help, She was lifted off the ground and asked about what was going to happen with the new...awkward situation.

"Well, We have to figure out what happened, why it happened, and then how to fix it. The spell is temporarily, so the fixing part will be done on its own eventually. A few hours at most. As for the 'what'..." She started to say as she walked over to a mirror on the wall and looked at herself carefully. "Instead of transferring your power to me..." She said, as she poked at the highlights in her hair. "It looks like your genetic code was spliced into my own instead."

Summers perked her ears as she got up to her feet when she heard Ethar. "Sooo... What your saying is... The spell fucked up somehow, and it turned you into a possible Step-sister of Ohkara's?" She asked, looking a bit confused.

Looking back to Summers and Ohkara, Ethar replied "Seems like it."

[Ohkara Minamaru]

“Hey now,” Ohkara said, wiggling a finger, and shooting Ethar a serious eye, ”I never said you weren’t one…” she told him, ”You’re just…” she placed her finger to her chin and pondered a moment before finishing, ”… the safe kind…” she gave a light laugh before shooting him one more serious glance, ”But don’t think that does mean,” her fingers pointed to her eyes, then to him, ”that I’m not watching you.” And then she’d smile kindly, and continue on.

The conversation turned to tides of genetic swap, and Ohkara scratched her head, ”If he’s partially a copy of me, wouldn’t that mean he’s more like a fake clone?” she asked, and let out a laugh, ”I mean siblings are different genetically than exact clone copies.” Turning, she crossed her arms and turned her back to them; fact was, there was no reason to rush into anything, as Ethar had already confirmed that the effects of the spell would wear off. Ohkara could be as much a pain in Ethar’s butt as she could.

Of course, that fun didn’t keep Ohkara’s mind from moving on. She lit up as she got an idea, her finger raising as she turned to them, ”Well, seeing as you’re a girl now, and you have my genetics, what does that mean for your abilities? Like… in fighting?” the idea of sparring with the feminine Ethar was one Ohkara couldn’t pass up- especially if that meant making Ethar uncomfortable. ”At the very least, he’ll see exactly what I have to go through on a daily basis…”