A Lovely Illusion
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 118123
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Ginnie went on to explain the details, and Lila listened intently, determined not to mess up this opportunity, knowing that it might be the last chance she ever got to be human again. Finally, Ginnie led her into her room, and got working on crafting the illusion. It didn't take too long, and after a few minutes she was wearing a big grin, and told Lila to look at herself in the mirror. So she did. The woman staring back was lovely indeed, with long golden hair that tumbled to her waist and huge brown eyes. She wasn't sure how to feel about the fact that she would still say that the princess Belboz had made Fred into about five years before had been even more radiant. "Good, eh?" asked Ginnie. "I've no idea what you looked like once upon a time, but it hardly needs to be a match. In any case, you ought to be pretty, but not too memorably gorgeous. Obviously, you'll target young men. The only problem with this is that it requires more work on my part; I have no capacity to let you trigger the illusion yourself. This means that you'll have to leave this tower in human form, with this disguise, and snag a victim with haste, rather than lying in wait by the roadside. The nearest village is an hour and a half away by foot; you'll have only a few hours there. You'll also have to be extremely subtle, lest they notice and pass around stories of the beautiful waif who appears from the wilderness and preys upon young men." Lila was realizing this would be more complicated than she'd thought, but her determination was solidified when Ginnie warned, "You'll have one chance. You must succeed the first time, or there shall not be a second. Do you understand?" Lila nodded vigorously. Oh, she understood, all right. Failure was not an option. This was all she had. Ginnie showed her a map and explained how to get to and from the village, and Lila's head hurt from all the directions, but she did her best. It wasn't long after the discussion was done that she found herself reverting, and she returned to the gardens to rest before her trial. The following morning, Ginnie sent her off.
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