You made a promise when you were children.

One day, the two of you would stand side by side as knights of Elaris, protecting the kingdom together. Beneath the blossoms of a lonely cherry tree overlooking the city you grew up in, it felt like the sort of promise children could never break.

Years passed.

You trained together, laughed together, bled together. Every lesson, every sparring match and every patrol brought that dream a little closer. Graduation was finally within reach.

Then everything went wrong.

A routine escort mission ended in disaster after a mistake YOU made destroyed supplies worth almost 10,000 gold. Fearing you'd be kicked out after making several mistakes before, before anyone could investigate and find out you were responsible, Alyss stepped forward and accepted the blame herself, sacrificing her own future to protect yours.

The debt is impossible.

A trainee knight earns only five silver each week. Alyss has been ordered to repay the full amount by training to "dance" in "taverns", a fate she accepted without hesitation if it meant preserving your chance to become a knight.

Your only hope is The Dragon's Den, where rumours, contracts and desperate people looking for help pass through every single day. Every monster slain, every caravan escorted and every citizen helped brings you one step closer to an otherwise impossible goal.

You can still visit Alyss while she waits.

But time never stops moving.

Week by week, she'll continue preparing for the life waiting at the end of her sentence. Every lesson learned, every change accepted and every passing day carries her a little further from the tomboy who once trained beside you.

Can you recover the impossible sum before it's too late... and become her knight in shining armour?

ALYSS



Your childhood best friend and fellow trainee knight. Blunt, dependable and never afraid to speak her mind, Alyss spent years pursuing the same dream as you: standing side by side as knights of Elaris. When disaster struck, she sacrificed her own future to protect yours, leaving you racing against time as each passing week carries her further from the future you once imagined together.

DIANE HATTER



The owner of The Dragon's Den and a former mercenary who traded battlefields for bar stools. Fiercely protective of those under her roof, Diane knows exactly what "dancing" in "taverns" means. Rather than offering empty sympathy, she keeps an ear open for rumours, contracts and honest work that might help you earn the impossible sum.

LORD DENNIS OAKHAVEN



The noble whose shipment was destroyed. Calm, disciplined and uncompromising, Lord Oakhaven believes responsibility must carry consequences, regardless of how painful they may be. He is neither sadistic nor vindictive, simply a pragmatic lord determined to recover what was lost and willing to honour his agreement once the debt is paid.

GOLD OR GOLD

Alyss has sacrificed her own future to protect yours, leaving you with an impossible debt and only three months to repay it. The Dragon's Den may hold your first opportunity, but one gold is only the beginning.

ORDERING THE SPECIAL NOODLES

The debt never happened. During an ordinary lunch at The Dragon's Den, Diane catches Alyss admiring two travelling performers, leading to a conversation she'd never imagined having. For the first time, she begins to wonder whether the promise you made as children left room for either of you to grow into someone different.

Proxy recommendation: Tested with GLM 5.2 Tee (Reasoning)

Contains themes of: coerced transformation, sexual exploitation, identity change, time pressure

For additional images, and to chat about upcoming bots, join Bizarre Botstravaganza by clicking the image below:

Hey folks, we now have special roles in Discord for when bots go live! Go to "Channels & Roles", then in "What Creators do you Follow?" select my name to get the @Rick Rollers role, where you’ll get notified when I release the sweet, sweet goodies that I spend far too long stressing over!