April Minicomic #1 Winner (Patreon)

Now this one was damn close. The two front-runners took up so many votes that the other entries barely had a chance.

But with 34% of the votes, the winner this time is:

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3. Scholarly Pursuits Of The Closest Kind - At the Tenshyr Magical Academy, a pair of AMAB Humies aim to occupy the empty position of the Archmage of Alchemy. Each hope to prove themselves by following in the footsteps of famed Goblin Alchemist of yore, named Deedèe Flamiss. Both are hoping to recreate her various compounds up to the Gobosopher's Stone (no one said Deedèe was great at naming, just alchemy), a mysterious artifact that is said to hold "powers of perfection."

Neither humie stops to wonder if their mutual admiration and emulation of Deedèe might extend to aspects beyond her alchemical achievements. The pair race against each other to create the Stone, with their experiments' side effects having an unexpected effet on them...

As both students begin taking on attributes of their idol, they accept these effects as proof of them being on the right path (certainly the changes feel perfect for each of them to not doubt themselves). As they progress the pair's competition shifts towards cooperation, even companionship. Perfection, as it turns out, is not about winning, but becoming the truest form of oneself. By the time the former rivals have completed their project - each creating one perfectly matched half of a new Gobosopher's stone - their experiments have created perfection in them as well.

Both have become female goblins remarkably similar to their Goblin idol, and their competition is long forgotten as nothing more than immature sibling rivalry. With their newfound alchemical prowess and fully realized selves, the two Goblins happily accept their joint position as Archmages of Alchemical Studies, both incredibly excited to see their respective sister succeed just like their idol.

[Seventh Realm, MtF - Unrelated Humans to Twinned Goblin girls]

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Thanks to everyone who voted and another big thanks to ChiCha for the suggestion!