Sorceress Sneezing (pt1)

UPDATE: I'm adding bits of story text to each of these posts with the Sorceress, and making the artwork in order so you can experience the story in sequence. Here's some text to go along with this first part.

She was getting far from the city.  As the Sorceress roamed deeper into the countryside of Hydeland and the lush spring landscape spread out vast and wide before her, she felt her nose tickle.  With a sniffle and wipe of her nose with the black fabric of her sleeve, she sighed and muttered something to herself about her poor constitution - a price she paid for her mastery of magic.  Indeed, it was that very magic that often helped her stay energetic and healthful, even on days such as these when the springtime pollen was at its worst.  However, after having returned from a particularly taxing adventure with her companions to save some townsfolk from monsters, they were all in a poor state.  Some were injured to an inch from death.  Some bedridden from afflictions or poisons.  For the Sorceress, while she had used her magic to heal her wounds, her mana stores were depleted and recovering slowly.  She didn’t even have enough to keep her terrible allergies at bay.

“Hahh… hehh-...” she hitched, raising a hand to face, feeling the itch worsen and crawl deeper into her tingling nasal passages which she knew were already filled with pollen, only to be subjected to even more with each shuddering breath.  She tried to fight it.  She had to gather medicinal herbs and various arcane ingredients to help concoct potions to help her companions recover.  “Heeegh-...” as she trudged down the path, her eyes darted here and there, unable to escape the sight of all the pollenating blooms in the lush landscape.  

“Ahhh!-..” she held on to her wide-brimmed hat, feeling the sneeze build and the urge swell all throughout her nose.  Her ample chest, barely contained by the frilly white lace of her dress hugging her large breasts, heaved and strained.  “Hahh.. HAAH-” she hitched, unable to hold her allergy attack at bay any longer.

“HEK-KIISSCHhhuu!!” the Sorceress sneezed, a creamy pale thigh protruding slightly through the high slit of her dress.  She felt a tiny trickle of watery mucus escape her nostrils due to the blast.  She quickly sniffled and wiped her nose again with her sleeve, wincing and blinking her irritated eyes.

Despite the itchy, watery discomfort, her magical attunement kept her senses keen.  She felt like she was being watched.  Glancing around her for signs of danger, she felt the tingle of magical energies crackle around her, notably different from the tingle of hay fever assaulting her eyes and nose.  With a deep sniffle, she furrowed her brow and readied herself.  Could she fight in her current weakened state?  Who or what was watching her?...  “Ighh-..” she cursed her nose for wanting to sneeze again.  Now was not the time.

“Hehhh-... hhikt-scHHIIUUuu!!”  Dammit!  Cursed allergies.

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So the hard drive where I stored a lot of my work-in-progress died... Pretty disappointed about that. But it made me try out some new ideas and get back to primarily using Stable Diffusion instead of DALL-E.

I got inspired by the Sorceress character from Dragon's Crown so I'm giving it a go to make an image set featuring her in a story I have in mind. Here are some early works which are WIP but I wanted to share with all patrons.

As always, thanks for your support!