Hug Your Destiny [NSFW] - Explicit / Kink (Trans Protag)

Alternatively, you have angels with very normal names, like Jane and Mary.
Like rather a lot of common English names, both of those are Hebrew in origin.

We don't know about Mary because we don't know what the Hebrew root means, but Jane is even, like, in the same pattern I was describing, just using a different word for "God" because Biblical Hebrew had several of those.

If there are angels named Jane, or possibly Joanna - "God is Gracious" - they no doubt fit in fine with all the " Venom of God( Samael) "s, " Lion of God( Ariel) "s, " My God is an Oath( Elizabeth) "s, and " Who is Like God?( Michael) "s running around.

Or, well. Fluttering around, I suppose.
 
Chapter Six - Speared and Shafted
And when they moved, they moved fast. I had to watch for a few moments before I really knew what I was seeing. Still, the opening moments told me a lot about how Thagolynn operated. She moved just as confidently as she had as she entered the field, striding brazenly towards Charlotte with a sort of swagger in the way she swayed her hips, somehow sauntering even at a dead run. It leaned more towards threatening than sensual, though, because her strut left footprints in what appeared to be solid stone. It was strange, as I focused, I could actually see the rock flaking as her feet pressed into it, see the small clouds of dust slowly rise. To say my eyesight had improved would be a gross understatement.

That was why I saw the brief hesitation in Thagolynn's stance when, instead of retreating or steadying herself, Charlotte stepped forward, and at a faster pace. Even from here I could all but feel the moment of self-doubt enter the Dragon's mind. She didn't falter for long, though, and as they closed the distance, she took the first swing, throwing her entire weight behind her strike. I had time to watch as Charlotte brought her spear up to block the sword, the soulsilver tip the only material she had that could actually do so, and it was then I realized things seemed… slower.

Not slowed to a crawl, exactly, but when I'd used to watch Charlotte and Beeps fight, their movements had been so quick I'd had trouble following them precisely, and I doubted Charlotte had somehow gotten slower when she became a hero, or that she wasn't fighting seriously now. Despite that, I was following easily, with even enough time to anticipate what was going on. I was worried, though, a spear was hardly ideal to deflect with in the first place, and when the only surface that would even work was the comparatively tiny blade at the end...

But I realized I'd misjudged what Charlotte was trying to do only after I saw her do it. The first part I'd gotten right. As it glanced off the spearblade, the edge of Thagolynn's sword wasn't slowed by the shaft of Charlotte's spear, but neither did it actually cut the shaft, flowing through it like water, the properties of soulsilver not extending to the grip of the spear. Apparently, it seemed to be made of different materials, likely to ensure you didn't drain your own spirit as you fought with the weapon.

The blow continued unhindered, and Charlotte ducked under the blade of the sword as it swung, passing through her spear like air, while the point of that spear grazed Thagolynn lightly across the nose, who, having committed so completely to her strike, failed to entirely pull her head back in time to totally avoid it.

First blood, sort of.

Of course, as that thought crossed my mind, and gasps echoed lightly in the stadium, the crowd having suddenly become much quieter, Thagolynn let out a growl, and went on the offensive. Her strikes were swift, but Charlotte seemed to barely be ahead of her every move, dodging and circling at just the right time to avoid contact with the enemy, while simultaneously scoring tiny, glancing hits of her own.

The dance continued, and Thagolynn became more and more furious at her failure to carve into her prey, sometimes leaving glowing energetic lines in the landscape instead, on particularly bad misses.

The two were quick to move, Charlotte putting pieces of landscape between her and the Dragon, only for Thagolynn to destroy them outright as she tore straight through.

And then, out of nowhere, the Dragon let out a wild strike with her knee, connecting solidly with Charlotte's stomach.

Charlotte went flying.

Straight up.

Thagolynn, a vicious sneer on her face, wasted no time and took off into the air after her, all her confident swagger traded for fury and fire as she streaked off like a burning boulder from a trebuchet, with an impact that was just the same. The cheers went up as she struck again, bare handed, and Charlotte was flung straight back down towards the ground. Two solid hits like that had my grip tightening on Amy's hand. With rigorous training, even humans could develop their personal energies to incredible heights, but taking a punch from a monster while you're wearing armor is one thing, taking a hit from a Dragon while in rags was another.

But, to my surprise, Charlotte wasn't done.

Midway to the ground, she seemed to recover, and she threw her spear upwards at a blur. It lanced up directly into Thagolynn's stomach before she had a chance to react, knocking the air out of her before rebounding against her flesh and falling back downwards. Thagolynn struggled to breathe, scrabbling for the spear to deny Charlotte her weapon and end the fight in all but a few moments. But… between the impact, her wheezing, and her desperate clawing for the spear...

She'd dropped her sword.

And as Charlotte landed on the ground in a three point pose...

She caught it.

The crowd went nuts. As Thagolynn rushed down towards her, Charlotte leapt back up to meet her, and this time, she swung the sword. She caught Thagolynn in a vicious uppercut, straight from her hips up through her chest and out the top of her head, and the dark energy intended to corrupt Charlotte bled into Thagolynn instead, drawing a throaty moan out of her as the spear fell from her hands.

Charlotte grabbed it in her off hand, guiding it back into the naked woman's hands and towards her drooling snatch, and instinct did the rest, as Thagolynn shoved the soulsilver blade inside herself over and over, masturbating along the shaft of the spear. As they landed on the ground, the Dragon Warrior rolled onto her back, hips in the air, either not feeling or not caring as the spear cut away at her energies more and more as she sated herself with the shaft.

But Charlotte wasn't quite finished.

She stood over her would-be opponent as the poor woman fought desperately for release, and Charlotte drove the sword down with finality into her gut. Immediately, a growling scream of sheerest joy ripped out of Thagolynn's throat as her body's thrusts into the spear now slid her torso along the blade of the sword as well, dumping more and more of the absurdly concentrated demonic power into her every time she helplessly bucked her hips.

Charlotte walked back towards the gate she'd entered through, and when it failed to rise for her, she simply tore it from the wall, tossing it carelessly aside, and walked calmly out of view.

Lord alive.

I am so horny for her right now.

I turned to Faust, her eyes glittering.

"I must have her, Lyle," she said.

I found, despite myself, that I couldn't help but nod.
 
Chapter Seven - Deputy
The "Pit" under the arena wasn't quite what I expected. I'd heard, and even read, many stories about heroes in arenas and dangerous wild lands, and those places always seemed to be dirty, dark, stone-hewn, and generally barbarous. More dungeon than anything else. That wasn't the case here. It looked more like a fancy inn, honestly. There weren't a lot of places I could compare it to, but that was a decent start. It did still sort of have that 'dingy' quality I was expecting, but in a way that felt almost purposeful.

The room was open, with about a third taken up by rough, wooden tables, and a bar that spanned the nearby wall. I'd been told that the fights here were a regular thing, amongst the more rambunctious Mamono, and I guess a place to unwind afterwards, or to boast about your fights sort of fit with that vision? It certainly wasn't anywhere I'd be comfortable spending my time, but I could see the appeal, I guess.

Along the far wall, opposite the bar, were several doors leading to private rooms, likely for that day's fighters to prepare themselves in, if they needed the space. It was one of these that seemed to have been repurposed, a hand-carved sign which read; "Warning: Angry Heroine, flirt at your own risk" had been affixed above the doorway, and the walls had been made lightly translucent, so that you could vaguely see what was happening inside. I'd expected Charlotte to be in there, but there were two figures, each on opposite sides of the room.

That didn't seem to track.

A Minotaur appeared to be guarding the door, but she took one look at us and couldn't leave fast enough. I wasn't sure what that was all about.

"Do you think that's Samael in there?" I asked, not really expecting a conclusive response, per se.

"I should think so." Faust replied. "These wards are quite ingenious. Incredibly powerful, but Charlotte could likely destroy them easily, given her earlier display. Yet the first ward to break, by far the most fragile, would be the one ensuring Samael, or whomever that may be, must keep their distance from her. So long as she does not damage them, she may sleep soundly, but attempt an escape…"

Huh. Clever.

"Are we really just going to walk in there?" That didn't strike me as an amazing plan.

"That doesn't sound like an amazing plan." Amy chimed in, her eyes lingering on the Minotaur as she hurriedly departed. She was blushing, if barely. Did they know each other?

"No, I think not. Far too small a space. The hall has been cleared that we might have our reunion here, perhaps at one of the tables?" Faust explained, half musing as her whims solidified into a plan. "We are entrusted to ensure she does not escape, which ought to be simple, between the five of us."

I looked at her, suspiciously. "You really think we can wrangle someone even a Dragon couldn't handle?"

If she was nervous, she hid it well. "She shall pose us no threat. She will be ours within the hour, I am sure of it." Her eyes swam in the way they did when she talked about the romance of my eventual murder at her hands, and I started to get a creeping suspicion there wasn't a plan in her head guiding her actions so much as a very horny, very optimistic daydream.

I had the sense that this could go very wrong, very fast, but before I could voice it, the door opened with a wave of Faust's hand.

Through the doorway, I got my first look at Samael, and it was quite a bit more of her than I'd expected to see.

She was leaning against the wall, seated on her bed with her legs slightly apart, and her bluish skin was exposed, she was entirely naked, much like Thagolynn had been, but for all that it was seductive, she made it seem so casual, too. She wasn't paying any attention to herself, or where she was, she'd gotten herself comfortable, and now she only had eyes for one thing.

"-and the way you tore that gate straight off the walls, oh Charlotte, it made me so happy. Didn't I always tell you it was that dramatic flair that separated a heroine from mere military fodder?" Her hips wiggled suggestively as she said 'heroine', but it seemed largely unconscious. She lifted a large bottle she'd tucked between her legs up to her lips, and I noted that it appeared to be from the bar. She tilted it skyward, and a little dribbled down her cheek as she took it from her mouth with a satisfied; "Ah~..." sound, sliding it back between her legs again, tucking it tightly against herself, hiding her crotch from view once more.

"Oh!" She cried, "Every time I forget just how delightfully cold it is." Her nipples hardened in agreement, and I noticed her long, white hair was matted, slick with sweat, and wildly sticking to her body.

This was what an angel of combat, sent from above to train heroes of justice… this was what that looked like?

...It was a bit different than I'd imagined it.

"Um… Is Charlotte in there?" Blackberry asked, piping up for the first time. "I'd… I'd like her to… to… signmysaddle!"

Samael turned and noticed us, finally. Her face was flushed, but not, I thought, from embarrassment. How much had she been drinking? I wanted to pin her down and show her how much fun proper hygiene can be and oh my lord no stop.

But before I could step forward and say something about the plates and cups left strewn about Samael's side of the room, and before Faust could step forward to begin whatever machinations she'd plotted in her head, Charlotte filled the doorway, glaring at the lot of us.

"Leave me alone." She growled, eyes sweeping over us with practiced ease. Then, she paused. "...Beeps?"

The Automaton stepped forward, gracefully. "Charlotte." She cocked her head. "Proud."

"What are you doing here? You should be back in town, protecting…" Her eyes widened. "No."

Her gaze swung back to Sally just as she drew herself up to her most… Faust.

"Behold, Charlotte! I am Faust von Frankenstein, co-ruler of this domain, and known to you once as Sally Franks!" Her body sparked off dark energies, as her head once more caught flame, a frightening visage that I'd quite gotten used to. "I have come… for your soul!"

Charlotte's eyes narrowed, and she focused back onto me. "What have you done to her, you foul Demon? The Sally I knew was nothing like that… that thing!"

"Uh, actually," I said, "you have it backwards, you see-"

And then her fist went through my head.

I collapsed, shocked, pooling on the floor. I felt as she carried through, stepping just barely on my edges as she adapted to the change in situation, and I pulled myself together, as quickly as I could manage. I was in a panic, she didn't know it yet, but she'd done the one thing she absolutely shouldn't have done, and I had to head it off before…

"Charlotte, you fiend!" Faust cried, "I shall have your-!"

Anything Faust was going to say was quickly blown away by a terrible sound, echoing from the body of my dearest deputy, as her sirens kicked on.

BWWWAAAAAAAMMMMM!

CHARLOTTE FRANCESCA ABERNATHY
BWWWAAAAAAAMMMMM!

YOU ARE UNDER ARREST
BWWWAAAAAAAMMMMM!

KNEEL AND SUBMIT
BWWWAAAAAAAMMMMM!

YOUR PUNISHMENT COMES

Uh oh.
 
Oh that's a very cool stylistic thing from Beeps!

I'll admit I'm looking forward to them talking this out... I really want to see Lyle talking to someone who knew them before and all, here? That's going to be very interesting.
 
Her eyes swam in the way they did when she talked about the romance of my eventual murder at her hands, and I started to get a creeping suspicion there wasn't a plan in her head guiding her actions so much as a very horny, very optimistic daydream.
Look, it's not like Faust's plans have ever worked flawlessly either. I seem to recall the entire previous story as a bit of a testament to that.
Samael turned and noticed us, finally. Her face was flushed, but not, I thought, from embarrassment. How much had she been drinking? I wanted to pin her down and show her how much fun proper hygiene can be and oh my lord no stop.
I never thought I'd type something like this ... but Lyle's hygiene fetish continues to be really cute?
Charlotte's eyes narrowed, and she focused back onto me. "What have you done to her, you foul Demon? The Sally I knew was nothing like that… that thing!"

"Uh, actually," I said, "you have it backwards, you see-"
...This probably could have been predicted! It's not an unreasonable assumption, really. Oops.

In fairness, Charlotte, when even was the last time you were around Faust anyway? Like, years back, when she was a kid, right? Are you even qualified to say what Faust is or is not like?

She grew up, as kids do.

and, um

became a fearsome mistress of undeath, as ... as kids do

and, um, plotted to murder (but romantic-like) and resurrect her best friend as a skeleton.

...

okay look the point is it's been a while and people change and frankly I suspect that even as a kid some of Faust's intrinsic Faust-ness probably shone through. Also, her relationship with Ly-

Oh, right, Charlotte doesn't recognize Lyle, duh.

Well, there's the problem. Once Charlotte is informed that the demon she just head-sploded is Lyle, that will presumably clear up some of the order-of-operations confusion.

Although probably not the general 'wtf is happening and why is everyone mamono now' confusion?

Samael, Faust, Lyle, Beeps - all 'evil' now, rather abruptly ...

Yeah, it is not a good time in Charlottesville right now, is it?
Anything Faust was going to say was quickly blown away by a terrible sound, echoing from the body of my dearest deputy, as her sirens kicked on.
What.

Beeps.

Beeps why.
 
I think this was very OOC on Faust's part. After all, as we all know, she is very tactful and dignified and has an excellent sense of time and place.
 
and I started to get a creeping suspicion there wasn't a plan in her head guiding her actions so much as a very horny, very optimistic daydream.
This, combined with the statement that she's an (accomplished) aspiring world-dominating megalomaniac, sums up Faust better than just about anything else. The previous story had its title for a very good reason.
 
Chapter Eight - A Hero, Surrounded, Negotiates
"-and that's when we came down to see you." I said. It felt like so little, all laid out like that. It had only been a few weeks ago, not even a month, that I'd been living at home with Beeps, and only a little further back than that, Sally had been alive with us too, even if she'd already fallen ill. A lot had happened in such a short time, but the explanation had been so simple, boiled down.

I paused, looking at Charlotte, but of course she wasn't exactly going to respond. Kneeling, her body immobile, covered thickly in Beeps' spraystone, and gagged with some fabric when she wouldn't stop interrupting, she wasn't in a position to do much at all.

Circling behind her, I carefully removed the gag.

"So…" I said, trepidatiously, "are you willing to talk?"

She looked up at me, grumpily. Cutely, a part of my mind whispered. She looked good all bound up in the gloppy mess, even if it had hardened to hold her. Something about that was just so… right. I resolved not to think about it too much. That was sure to be a winning strategy.

"Lyle. You're an Alp?" She asked, flatly.

"Um… a little bit?"

She glowered at me. "A little bit?"

I shuffled my feet.

"Oh for Lilith's sake, Lyle," Faust groaned. "Yes, Lyle is an Alp. Some mixture of Shoggoth and Demon I'm quite keen to study... to find its weaknesses." The last part was said so quietly I almost missed it, but it drew a slight smile from me anyway.

"Okay." She sighed, "So, assuming I believe all of this nonsense, why does it matter? You have me now, why bother explaining anything?"

Samael chimed in, "I still can't believe after all that training you just gave up and got on your knees because the metal lady said so. You didn't even hesitate. I'd be angry that I trained you better, if it weren't so in my favor, Charly."

Charlotte for her part, blushed when she looked over at Samael to respond, partly, I assume, because she was embarrassed about her 'defeat', and partly because Samael was seated on a table, legs spread wide and dangling off, angled to give Charlotte quite a show anytime she looked straight ahead.

"It… it was practically instinct. I'm ashamed myself, but… she... Beepatrice, she's almost like my mother." She looked away again, to avoid seeing Samael.

A sharp inhale. "That… that makes us sisters!" Blackberry all but shouted, rearing up in excitement. She trotted up lightly but insistently, pushing her way to the front of the group. I forgot sometimes she was the largest of us by far.

Charlotte didn't seem to share her enthusiasm, though, merely sighing and ignoring her.

I bristled a little at that, but had to face the fact that it was probably the best reaction she could have gotten from Charlotte right now.

"I'm trying to give you a choice," I said. "You deserve to choose, you just need to know what your choices actually look like, not what you've been told they do."

"Ly-le," Faust groaned. "We wish to show her pleasures she cannot imagine. Literally cannot. She is incapable of making an informed choice, and once she has been made capable, she will choose correctly, as all do. Must we endure this rigamarole?"

I frowned. "It is not 'rigamarole', Faust. She's a person, we should treat her like one."

She arched her eyebrow at me. "And, praytell, which 'persons' do you know at the moment that you are not either sleeping with or fantasizing about sleeping with?"

I spluttered. "That- that's not, I mean it's not like I-!"

I took a deep breath, and rallied myself. "Faust, this isn't right, and you know it's not. You're more than sexy enough to seduce her properly. Are you saying you can't?"

Now it was her turn to make incoherent noises, and I turned back to Charlotte, satisfied.

I just needed to convince her. I had to. I knew this was the right way. I'd made the right choice, we all had. She'd see that if we showed her.

"How long have you been an Alp, Lyle? A few days, right?" I nodded, and Charlotte continued, "Ugh… Probably haven't gone completely insane yet. Alps turn slowly. There's a chance you're telling the truth. ...Let's make a deal."

Making a deal sounded like an AMAZING idea.

"Okay!" I said, a little surprised at my own enthusiasm.

"You let me out of here, keep the other monsters off of me, and give me a place to stay for a day or so, and I'll give your girls a chance. But… if one of them tries something, you let someone else get by you, or I'm not convinced, then after that, I go free, and you help me escape."

"A day or two isn't much time," I argued, crossing my arms. "What if we agree not to push any demonic energy your way, and get you clean food, but you stay a week?"

She narrowed her eyes. "I'll want my own room. With a lock."

I nodded, "That's fine, but you can't hide out in it. You have to spend most of the time actually interacting with us, or there's no point."

She chewed her lip. "60/40. That's enough time to sleep and have some privacy. Even if I have to spend time with you that's better than I get here."

I nodded again. "That sounds fair."

"Deal?" she asked, a glint in her eye, she looked intense. I couldn't really figure out why, though?

Faust's eyes widened, and she shouted, "Wait!" just as I said;

"Deal."

Red, orange, and yellow erupted between Charlotte and myself, spontaneous fire just within my reach, as a Demonic Contract burned its way into existence.

I knew instinctively I was bound to the terms, and so was she. I had to shelter her, protect her, and help her escape in a week's time, and in return, she had to… give us a chance.

Uh.

Whoops.
 
"How long have you been an Alp, Lyle? A few days, right?" I nodded, and Charlotte continued, "Ugh… Probably haven't gone completely insane yet. Alps turn slowly. There's a chance you're telling the truth. ...Let's make a deal."

Interesting to see how human culture views alps! I guess they would have to come across like traitors, and I mean.... there are some mental changes. I wonder if that's seen as "turning" like how we would see vampires or zombies or something, or if it's more of a changeling thing, with seeing them as a different person so you don't feel guilty, or like.... the person you were friends with but maddened and unable to help themselves? A lot of potential lenses from a human point of view, I'd think.

I knew instinctively I was bound to the terms, and so was she. I had to shelter her, protect her, and help her escape in a week's time, and in return, she had to… give us a chance.

Uh.

Whoops.

Well, it's a little better than that sounds - at least, from the wording earlier she gets to escape if someone makes a move?

Which admittedly seems pretty likely, but there's also a chance the terms don't require that help. (Although narratively, much less of one. It would be boring if the deal just worked like Lyle wanted.)
 
"...Let's make a deal."

Making a deal sounded like an AMAZING idea.

"Okay!" I said, a little surprised at my own enthusiasm.
*sigh*
Someone really should have sat Lyle down and gone through the whole awkward demon puberty talk. Or gotten a really cringey picture book on the subject. Or something. Explained the bats and the bees.

...but in this case that someone would probably have had to have been Magenta; and I can't really blame her for wanting to be as far away from this group as possible at the moment.

...right, okay, I'm blushing now in secondhand mortification just from imagining the whole thing. "Now, Lyle, you may start to have strange feelings when you see other people's souls..." etc, etc
 
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Chapter Nine - Interlude - Charlotte (One)

Enemy Territory
Morningwood
Founder Faust von Frankenstein's Manor
Temporary Personal Quarters




Day 11 of Capture
Evening




I stared up at the ceiling. The room had done a passable job of imitating a Hero's barracks, once we'd returned to Sally's home. I tried not to notice the little differences that clued me in that this furniture was more for roleplaying that lifestyle than truthfully living it. I did not need those images in my mind.

...Things were not going particularly well. I was capable of admitting that. A week is an awfully long time, and I had no idea how long my collar could protect me in a city like this. I'd heard stories of people surviving upwards of a month behind enemy lines, a full week and half longer than I'd be here if everything worked out, but none of them had ever been captured like I had. They'd been hiding out, moving closer and closer to the border, hiding their energy signature and dodging patrols. It was pretty likely stories like mine never got told because no one returned home to tell them.

I'd be the first.

I'd made a career out of doing the impossible, after all. They didn't give the title of 'Hero' to just anyone. You had to be smart, quick, strong, and stubborn like a rock. You had to be able to smile at children and townsfolk while being ready to run any of them through any moment. Everybody thought that was absurd, even cruel, at first. Then you saw your first glamour fall, realized it really could be anyone, anytime, anywhere. If you were lucky, someone more experienced was there to catch it. If not, then sometimes a long time comrade was just… gone. Ripped away into the sky, or the ground, or a portal to hell. Always smiling emptily as their minds were overwhelmed in a moment of weakness and flooded with pleasure before they could fortify themselves.

It was just… looking at the townsfolk, always planning how to kill them in a single strike…

It never felt very Heroic.

There was a quiet truth, too. One never whispered by even veterans, but when you realized it yourself, you could see it in their eyes. They knew too. It was true. It hurt even thinking it, but I knew it was true.

We'd already lost.

It wasn't obvious, not at first. It took me a few years to see it, and some never did. The truth of the matter, though, was at some point, there'd gotten to be more of them than us. Not by numbers, not total population, but in terms of strength. What made a monster monstrous had always been their ability to prey on humankind, but after the current Demon Lord took hold, and their hunger… changed shape… they'd slowly grown in power even further, over time.

It was there in the records, if you looked, but you could track it in real time too, if slowly. We had to throw more and more soldiers at less and less monsters to get a victory at all. Soldiers that took years to train, just to have a chance against their casual power. It was why Heroes had even come about, near as I could tell. The Chief God breaking the chains of humanity on those trusted to be pure of heart, so that they could rise to the heights monsters had reached naturally over time.

But time and time again, the monsters pushed us back, losing city after city, countryside after countryside. Defend one town, and then rush to protect another, only to find a den of debauchery sprung up in the first town when your back had turned. Once they decided a place was theirs, it was only a matter of time, as well as how many Heroes you wanted to fall when they decided to simply overwhelm the defences. It was all there, in the history books. There wasn't really any way to hide it, but most people simply didn't have access to a wide enough view to see how bad it was. Because the national governments weren't panicking, the general population just assumed people elsewhere in their kingdoms were holding up better. But they weren't.

The borders were steady, but not because of anything we'd done. They'd just… stopped advancing. About thirty years ago. No more pushing, no more turning the holy lands Demonic. Well, not at the rate they'd been. We still lost a town, now and then, though the population usually disappeared, and individual people and families went missing all the time, especially near the border, but it could happen even in the capital. Still, it was a drop in the bucket, comparatively.

They were biding their time, and it took me a long while to understand why. I think maybe I knew longer than I'd admit to myself, but the thought made me sick inside. Passage to neighboring kingdoms used their seas, their mountains, their plains. We were 'allowed' to leave to sustain ourselves, to think we were clever and quick, or even lucky, but sometimes a caravan was taken as tithe. Situations were similar across the globe, unless you were in one of the heretic states that openly traded with Mamono instead. Otherwise…? We were penned in. Every kingdom, every city-state, every island.

Livestock.

...No one would be staging a daring rescue for me. For all my power, if I fell, I didn't add much to their side. It wasn't worth possibly losing more trying to get me back. Besides, there was the albatross around my neck. I'd been claimed... by Samael. Dammit, Sammie. ...She'd never stop chasing me, and killing her would be… arduous. Both from a time, resources, and personnel perspective, but also an emotional one. Anywhere I went, she'd be trying to infiltrate in short order, and Chief knows what chaos she'd cause as she did.

Worse, it seems I'd picked up even more interest. Sally, Lyle, Beeps. The four of them together would be unstoppable, not to mention the others associated with them they could call on.

Even if I escaped, I'd be running straight to a monastery to receive my Final Reward. Burn the body, grind the bones, and scatter the pieces. Entrust the soul unto an angel, and they might yet escape their doom. It was the only way to be sure no one else would be harmed by my failure. That I wouldn't simply be brought back to life.

But I had to give them 'a chance'.

I breathed out a heavy sigh. I had no idea to what lengths I would be compelled to participate, but the contract had been my only hope. A Hero bargaining with a Demon, like in the old stories, from before. The terms could hardly have been better. Lyle was never exactly an idiot but he lived too much in his own head to have predicted what would happen, and had been too sheltered by Beeps to have felt the need to learn his limits.

He still seemed to have his faculties, mostly, but the madness was obviously burning at the edges of his mind, and there was simply no telling when he would catch flame entirely. Alps, for all that they thought they could be useful and reasonable, had to be treated as hostile.

Eventually they turned too.

I needed to get some rest. I had a long few days ahead.
 
Today someone said of the Attorney General, "there's a new sheriff in town", and I just want you to know that you have permanently altered the implications of the word "sheriff" in my mind. Good job, I guess.
 
Chapter Ten - Fear and Passion
These damn underwear again? Being a Shoggoth, a sort of Slime-type monster, as well as a Demon, I had a fair amount of control over my look. Not enough to look masculine, exactly, and that wasn't something I really aimed for anyway, but I could reshape myself without a lot of other limits, including my clothes. So why did I always end up wearing these same pink panties? I'd seen them on Faust, that is, an actual cloth version of them, years ago by accident, back when she was still Sally, and they'd gotten stuck in my memory, she hadn't been wearing anything else, and that'd… made an impression, but they were too lacy, too revealing, too… risqué, frankly, for my tastes.

So why…?

I took them off and set them aside, seeing as I found myself incapable of shifting them away, and replaced them with my standard plain flesh tone ones. Well, my flesh tone, anyway. Deep bluish-purple was technically a flesh tone. And it was sorta risqué too, a bit? I kinda looked naked like this, that was sexy, right? Justifying it like that helped solidify the change. It was easier to hold the shape without thinking about it when the reason could be finagled into something vaguely sexual.

I looked at the underwear again. I couldn't get the image of Sally wearing them out of my head. That was a memory I'd uh… spent a fair bit of time with over the years. Though lately I increasingly substituted her new form into old memories. Even childhood Sally had sharp teeth and light blue skin in my thoughts these days. It'd been too long since I'd seen her human, I guess. Should have had a picture done. Too late now.

That same memory slid back into my head again, Faust, looking like she did now, wearing those lacy, frilly panties… Lord. I hadn't had much sex lately. I'd lost control of myself a few times when my body grazed against something in the wrong spot, or happened to get a taste of someone else especially strongly, but I'd been trying to adjust to my new self and…

And I was really really horny.

I was still a little afraid to indulge, though. I knew that what had swept me away before wasn't really a factor anymore, although I'd fight anyone who said these girls and I weren't married, but remembering that haze still made me pause.

I took a deep breath, cuddling into my bed. That was one advantage to keeping this stupid furniture around, I guess. Hard to cuddle into yourself for comfort.

Focus, Lyle.

…This society couldn't function if everyone was a braindead fuck-junkie. You're afraid of something that isn't real, Lyle. It's propaganda. It couldn't even function if roughly half were drooling empty-headed sex slaves, and the other half had to care for and dote on them. You were an outlier, brought on by a bad situation, and over-reaching.

I shuddered, let the breath out, and inhaled again. I didn't need to breathe, but focusing on that now was the opposite of helpful. Blackberry is fine, happy, and lives a full life. She's not an animal. Amy is fine, happy, and lives a full life. She's not an animal. Faust is fine, happy, and live a full life. …A weird life, but a full one. Actually… Okay, she's dead, bad example. She, uh, dies a full death, though…?

Look, the point is, Lyle… uh I mean, me… er, self? …Lyle. The point is, you can be fine, happy, and live a full life too. You aren't an animal, either.

I let out the second breath.

"A-amy!?" I called, and my voice wavered, "Can you come in here?"

I heard her hooves clop-clopping across the floor, and she gently opened the door, sliding in before shutting it behind her.

"Lyle? Where-?" She said. "Oh, oh honey…"

I was shaking. Dammit.

I felt as her weight shifted the mattress, crawling across the large bed to reach me where I was curled up near the headboard. I opened an eye to look at her, not really knowing when I'd closed them.

"H-hey…" I choked out, a frail smile forcing its way onto my face.

Instead of responding, she finished closing the distance, lying parallel to me on the bed, eyes level with mine. She smiled at me, a small, warm expression, rather than a joyful one, and slowly reached her hand out to touch me.

I flinched.

"I'm sorry," I said, immediately, "I didn't mean-"

"Shhhh, Lyle, It's okay," she said, her smile not wavering as her hand withdrew, "talk to me?"

I nodded, taking a couple of breaths. She smelled nice, I loved her and it was silly to be afraid.

"I'm scared," I said, to start.

She nodded, waiting patiently.

"I'm scared of… myself. Of not being myself. Of losing myself like I did before. I know it won't happen again, but what if it does? I just… it feels wrong. My head feels wrong, like I'm… scrabbling to hold onto something I never wanted in the first place but I can't let go because it's all I know. I wish…"

I paused, trailing off, searching for what I meant in the sea of overwhelming words and phrases that all felt too trite to really capture it, as if words could never mean the things we felt for real, but we'd all agreed to pretend and now I couldn't anymore.

"It's okay, take your time," she said. "I know how it feels. I-I remember the fear."

I looked at her, curiously. "Yeah?"

She nodded. "I told you before that I was born human, right?" It was my turn to nod. Her voice was soft, gentle. It usually was, but this was almost a whisper. "I… didn't tell you I was one of the last to turn. One of the Mamono radicals tainted our milk supply with Extra Thick Holstaur milk. It starts to turn you instantly, women into Holstaurus, men into Incubi especially suited to them."

I started to uncurl myself, she needed me to listen to this.

"I was at the general store buying something last minute for breakfast for the family. I don't even remember what it was. Small farming towns like that, they run like clockwork, and by the time I was walking back, almost everyone else in town had had a sip. I ran to my house, desperate to warn my family, knowing deep down it was too late already but refusing to believe it. In the end, my own mother pinned me down and made me drink."

I leaned into her, nuzzling at her neck.

She laughed a little at my display. "It's okay, it doesn't bother me now. I struggled and I fought, I was terrified, but… for me it was over quick, and I thanked them for it only shortly after. I know how that sounds, but it's true. I've thought about it a lot since that day, and I think it boils down to this. Maybe… maybe it got inside my head, drove me mad, and made me unable to dislike what had happened… or maybe they were right."

She paused. "Maybe it really was that good, that I only had to try it to be completely convinced, that all the terror was for nothing. Maybe it's not sinister at all, and it's just that much better than everything else. Maybe it's a mix. Maybe there's not any meaningful difference between the two. All I know is, I'd have reacted the same either way, so it doesn't really matter which it was, which it is. Not to me. I'd be happy to help someone else the same way, if it came to that."

She wrapped her arms around me. It felt so nice.

"But I never forgot that fear. It was horrible. A dark blemish on an otherwise happy memory, tainting it forever. I know how you're feeling, Lyle. It gets better."

I kissed her neck. "Thank you."

She rubbed her cheek against the top of my head, her horn scraping mine, sending a thrill through me that brought me back to my own predicament.

"I just- I wish it could be like that for me. I wish it was over, that the fear was gone. I know what I want, what my body is screaming for, but I keep flinching away. I want to be brave, I want to be strong, but I wish I didn't have to. Why do I have to be different? Why couldn't I have been…? Why can't it be easy?"

"I don't know, sweetie," she said, holding me tight, "I don't know. I'm here, though. I'm here for you. I love you, and I'll love you whatever happens."

"Thanks, Amy, that means everything," I mumbled into her shoulder. "I'm… I'm just… I'm really really horny."

"I know, babe, I can, uh… smell you. I have a pretty good nose. Also, you're matting my fur a little." So I was. A little might honestly be an understatement. "Are you still scared?"

"Yeah. A lot. But… I want to do this, I need to. I don't want to keep putting it off, waiting until I lose control of myself and just… going on instinct."

"Mmmm…" she nodded. "We'll have to be quiet, unless we want to scare Charlotte."

I rocked my hips. "Yeah… I'm worried about that too. But we can talk about it later."

I met her eyes, and I saw that same hunger in her that I felt in me.

Fuck it feels good to be wanted.

I rubbed my chest against hers, my bra disappearing and my nipples catching against her sweater.

"A-aaah~" she moaned, "Lyle~"

"It's been a while since I milked you, hasn't it Amy?" I asked.

"Y-yeah… I'm f-f-fullllll," she whimpered.

"That's not good," I whispered, "have you been saving yourself for me?"

"Husband, husband, husband," she murmured.

"Take off your clothes, Amy." She all but ripped off her sweater, eagerly squirming to remove it while staying as close to me as possible, and once she free herself, started on her cow-printed bra.

"No," She looked at me, stricken, "let me."

I place my hand on her chest and her eyes rolled back in her head, her back arching as her hips rocked into mine.

"Lyle, Lyle, Lyle," she babbled, breathlessly, her hands working down to her skirt and panites both, but with much less precision than she'd had removing her sweater a moment a go, if just as eagerly.

I lovingly slid my hands under the fabric, pulling it up and away with the same motion that pressed my fingers more firmly into her tits.

Her hands stopped working at her clothes, halfway down her knees, and flew up to caress my own hands. Good enough. I didn't really have an amazing idea of how this worked exactly, between two ladies, but I figured with a tentacle or two, I could fudge it for now.

A bit of myself pooling behind her undid the clasp, and her bra pulled free. I flung it aside, pieces of me flowing up from my waist, questing towards her ass, her pussy, both at once, and the tendrils pierced her just as I kissed her on the mouth. My tongue slid around inside her mouth like jelly, and I had to fight the urge to press in deeper, take her completely, surround her and clean her all over. She hadn't signed up for that, I argued to myself. I'd talk to her about it later.

Milk began to leak from her, and I panicked at the thought of missing a drop, briefly losing cohesion, reforming again near-instantly, but with her legs entirely coated with myself, flowing through her fur, scouring for anything that had gotten caught up in it. It was a-amazing. The dirt, the grime, it was all horribly delicious, and I couldn't hold back from cleaning her every inch that I already held, though I managed to resist pulling her in further. All the while I continued to thrust and pulse inside her with the tentacles branching out into her body, deeper and deeper.

Yes… deeper. I didn't neglect her tits either, though, didn't forget her milk. My hands had opened up a little mouth each, like the ones I used to speak sometimes when I wasn't thinking, and they sucked at her breasts in tandem. Amy's efforts to fuck me back looked like nothing less than convulsions as she lost control of herself entirely under the ministrations of two of her husband's mouths at once, as well as the one already trying to kiss her senseless on her lips.

She came desperately, her hands pressing mine more firmly against her chest every moment, so much so that I had to work to keep them from collapsing into gooey bliss. She kept humping my tentacles, doing her best to milk me in return, although I couldn't satisfy her like that anymore. The feeling was almost the same, though, and I was barely holding it together. But I felt so empty. How could I cum like this? There was no way, it was impossible!

"Amy, Amy, please, my pussy, please~" She stared at me thoughtlessly for a moment before recognition entered her eyes, and, somewhat reluctantly, her hand trailed down my body, where my waist met the gooey mess that held her fast, and slipped her hand between my thighs. Her fingers quested up against the edges and I was so, so tense. The she slipped her fingers inside.

And the world sang.
 
So why…?

I took them off and set them aside, seeing as I found myself incapable of shifting them away, and replaced them with my standard plain flesh tone ones. Well, my flesh tone, anyway. Deep bluish-purple was technically a flesh tone. And it was sorta risqué too, a bit? I kinda looked naked like this, that was sexy, right? Justifying it like that helped solidify the change. It was easier to hold the shape without thinking about it when the reason could be finagled into something vaguely sexual.

So, some of this is clearly subconscious influence, and some of this is how the magic system works, I would think? Demon Lord making everything have to be twisted that way, a bit?

I wonder what a 'generic' shoggoth would be like, without that influence. Probably mostly the slime and mouths...

"I was at the general store buying something last minute for breakfast for the family. I don't even remember what it was. Small farming towns like that, they run like clockwork, and by the time I was walking back, almost everyone else in town had had a sip. I ran to my house, desperate to warn my family, knowing deep down it was too late already but refusing to believe it. In the end, my own mother pinned me down and made me drink."

Yeah, that seems traumatizing. Also kind of a shitty way to do it even if you're trying to get everyone converted, so... minus points for her mom there! That's mean and not very effective.

She laughed a little at my display. "It's okay, it doesn't bother me now. I struggled and I fought, I was terrified, but… for me it was over quick, and I thanked them for it only shortly after. I know how that sounds, but it's true. I've thought about it a lot since that day, and I think it boils down to this. Maybe… maybe it got inside my head, drove me mad, and made me unable to dislike what had happened… or maybe they were right."

She paused. "Maybe it really was that good, that I only had to try it to be completely convinced, that all the terror was for nothing. Maybe it's not sinister at all, and it's just that much better than everything else. Maybe it's a mix. Maybe there's not any meaningful difference between the two. All I know is, I'd have reacted the same either way, so it doesn't really matter which it was, which it is. Not to me. I'd be happy to help someone else the same way, if it came to that."

This is partly rationalization, but.... people's fears about monsterizing and other things are pretty irrational in setting too, it seems like. So it's kind of mixed? She's adapted to it, either way, which is something.

And the rest I don't really need to analyze.
 
...huh, interesting chapter-number jump. Assuming it was intentional, that suggests we've got some sort of metanarrative shenanigans afoot, and I look forward to trying to put together exactly what happened (or didn't happen, as the case may be) in the missing time-chunk.
 
...huh, interesting chapter-number jump. Assuming it was intentional, that suggests we've got some sort of metanarrative shenanigans afoot, and I look forward to trying to put together exactly what happened (or didn't happen, as the case may be) in the missing time-chunk.

I'm glad you said something and are paying so much attention, but in this case I actually just made a mistake when transcribing! I corrected it. Thanks!
 
Yeah, that seems traumatizing. Also kind of a shitty way to do it even if you're trying to get everyone converted, so... minus points for her mom there! That's mean and not very effective.
I think one of the morally ambiguous things about the setting is that a nontrivial fraction of all monster girls really do act that way, and see nothing wrong with it.

Monsterization is a lot of things, but it is also a self-spreading phenomenon by which people can be nonconsensually altered and then turn into people who will themselves nonconsensually spread it to others.

It's not as horrific as, say, a zombie apocalypse, in that you can have a perfectly fulfilling life after undergoing the transformation- it doesn't inherently make you lesser-than.

But it's still got that "hegemonizing swarm" dynamic.

This is partly rationalization, but.... people's fears about monsterizing and other things are pretty irrational in setting too, it seems like. So it's kind of mixed? She's adapted to it, either way, which is something.
It should be noted that Amy seems to have been pretty damn miserable most of the time before she met our Main Cast. Like, so desperate for companionship that she was literally sleeping in a cardboard box labeled "FREE TO A GOOD HOME" by the side of the road.

Using how she was doing in those days as a baseline... She might well have been as happy or happier if her village had never transformed. Which doesn't mean everyone else in her village would feel the same way, and which doesn't mean she isn't happier now... But it's something to consider.
 
Chapter Eleven - Bandage Solutions
I didn't pull myself together until the morning, and I was still kind of dazed after that. Amy excused herself to go on her morning run, and let me get my bearings. She'd claimed I'd been very cuddly sleeper last night, and I believed it. I got a nice, warm feeling just looking at her. Collapsing into a puddle wasn't that different from sleeping, it was very restful, and I found the latter much easier if I'd done the former first.

I had other things to focus on this morning, though.

"There," Charlotte said, "My name, your saddle."

Blackberry danced back and forth on her hooves, turning in a circle as she did. She spent a lot of her time here in the main room, and I felt a little guilty that it was difficult for her to enter the other rooms in the house. Her earnest glee at the signature seemed to only serve to unnerve Charlotte more.

"Lyle, Lyle, look!" I looked. "She signed my saddle! A real Hero!" She had. "This is the best day ever!"

…I felt irrationally jealous. "Really? The best one? You can't think of anything better?"

Her eyes widened. "No no no, I mean, it's a best day ever, not the best day ever, sorry Lyle."

I let out an exaggerated sigh of relief. "Good, I was worried I'd lost the first and second spots. Our marriage is really important to me, and I put a lot of work into that date to make it absolutely perfect."

She blushed and squeed, and I realized I was watching Charlotte for a reaction, waiting for her to realize I was still Blackberry's best day ever, that she was mine, not hers, and then I realized how dumb that was.

"So what are we waiting on now?" Charlotte was being a bit crabby.

Well, a bit crabbier than I wanted to excuse, even considering her situation. I'd told her I'd take her out to get some supplies, whatever she wanted within reason. I'd mostly intended to help her get comfortable while she stayed with us, but she'd asked to buy a spear and shield, and I'd agreed, to her surprise. She'd asked for camping supplies; we'd be getting those too. I hoped she wouldn't use them in the end, but I'd rather she got home safely than getting caught by an Amazon or something on the way to the border, winding up part of some insular tribe, and then we never heard from her again.

But that wouldn't happen. We'd convince her. I'd convince her. I needed to get a chance to talk to Samael. She's the one who knows the most about Charlotte these days, and she'd probably be a lot more honest.

"Faust asked us to wait. She has something that's going to help keep things calm out there, even with you walking around, and I think that's worth waiting for."

She looked irritated, crossing her arms and leaning back against the wall. Kind of petulant for a big Hero, but I did need to remember that this was basically the only outlet she had in what must be a very frightening situation, from her perspective.

"I'm supposed to protect you, right?" She looked at me, frowning, and I continued, "Shouldn't you be more pleased I'm taking that seriously?"

She nodded, slowly. "I'm not sure I trust her to follow through on your behalf, though."

That wasn't unfair. Faust comes on pretty strongly.

"Sally wouldn't hurt us, Charlotte, she loves us." Blackberry had accepted Charlotte into our 'herd' rather quickly, and seemed to be taking a liking to Samael as well. I'd have to work hard to make sure she didn't suffer for that.

"I'll ask Faust when she comes out." I said, "She wouldn't lie to me."

It didn't look like Charlotte shared the faith I had, but it was a moot point, Faust was walking out of her room now. I'd asked her for her help, much like I had with Blackberry's date. I was confident in my ability to convince the others here at home not to mistreat Charlotte, but walking unguarded through the bustling streets? I didn't want to know what would happen if I failed to uphold my end of the bargain, and it only took one desperate Mamono to cross that line.

If Charlotte were a man, I'm not sure it would have even been possible, frankly. Most monsters are only passingly interested in adding human women into their ranks, but an unattached man, even escorted by another Mamono? Well, I wasn't sure there wouldn't be at least one in the crowd who'd consider that an invitation to try to seduce him 'properly'.

Faust hadn't let me down with Blackberry, and as I'd just explained to Charlotte, I was confident she had a solution for this, too.

…That is, I had been.

"Behold!" she said, "I present to you the ingenious solution to all of your problems."

It didn't look ingenious.

"Sally, that's just a bundle of dirty cloth." I said.

Faust glared at me. "This is no mere 'dirty cloth', Lyle. Think you me a simple seamstress?"

I opened my mouth, but she held up her finger, her tail swaying menacingly behind her, sharp spines on display. I let her finish.

"Indeed, though this may seem useless at first, it is in fact the same type of magical cloth many Mummies make use of to hide their sensitive skin from casual touch." She seemed quite smug. "I intend to inflict myself with the Mummy's pleasure curse quite soon, and these same strips of cloth will serve me well when I do. Until then, however, they make for a stunningly simple disguise."

"Will that work?" I asked, "I… really can't risk breaching the contract."

I didn't want to know what would happen if I did. Just the idea of it was somehow incredibly foreboding, setting my body at high alert.

She moved up closer to me, placing her hand on my shoulder. "Lyle, my love, you must know I would never risk your safety? I assure you, this will succeed."

"If you say so, Faust." I tried not to make it obvious how much even this simple touch made me want her. Poor Charlotte didn't need to see that.

Yet.

She smiled up at me. "It is true that this would be unlikely to work with any regular human woman, but Charlotte, while wearing that collar, quite by design does not set off the 'purity' instincts that Mamono possess, even if her human energies are not hidden, per se. Surrounded by yourself, Beepatrice, and Blackberry, and disguised as a Mamono famous for disliking casual touch from strangers, this will work. The most important thing is confidence. Believe she is Mamono, and they will too."

I turned to Charlotte, "Well? Does that satisfy you? I think I'm convinced."

"I'll need to remove my clothes for this?" Charlotte asked, her tone flat.

Faust's smile turned devilish. "Indeed, and entirely so. Mummies do not bother with even the skimpiest of underthings. The touch of mundane fabric on such naturally sensitive areas would be akin to torture."

"Absolutely not." Charlotte said, crossing her arms.

Faust huffed, like a child who'd been denied a new toy. "Come now Charlotte, where is your vaunted bravery? It is no cursed gift, as agreed. Truthfully, I think you shall find no better armor than this against Mamono, after all, their sole magical property is the reduction of pleasure. You would be wise to take these with you, should you escape. There is no more effective countermeasure against Eromancy than these. Or… is it that you prefer your dignity to your virginity? I can certainly oblige you in that case."

"Faust…" I said, warningly.

She looked at me, eyes aflutter. "Lyle dear, I am merely offering. If she accepts of her own free will, there is hardly a need to protect her."

My eyes narrowed. "Sally."

She hung her head. "Oh very well. Go then, and have your prude parade you… you… you killjoy. Gallivant across town with nary a sensual sway to your step. What foolishness. I will remain here. I have an appointment with an Owl Mage to see about gathering her lost feathers for my projects."

She looked back up. "Before I forget, Lyle, how do you feel about mono-eyed Mamono?"

Non-sequitur, but okay. "I've never really thought about it. Why?"

"I've been considering perhaps, the eye of a Gazer, to replace my own. A large amount of real estate, yes, but they're quite powerf-"

"Faust, your eyes are gorgeous. Please don't remove them. I love them." I said, hardly even pausing to think.

"You love-?" She began to blush. "Such a bother you are. Whatever am I to do? Very well, Lyle, to satisfy your silliness, I will acquiesce. Perhaps there is another ocular typing that I can mimic with arcane means instead…?"

The last part was said as she wandered off into her room, the Mummy wrappings still in her hands.

"Beeps, can you…?" I gestured vaguely, and she nodded, following after Faust. If I went into her room while she was in a 'Science Mood', one thing would lead to another and it'd be a few hours before I'd remember I'd wanted to leave.

"Do you need any help getting changed?" Blackberry asked, "I used to help my sisters all the time, and-"

"No, thank you." Charlotte replied curtly, stalking towards her room, catching the wrappings as Beeps tossed them her way. "I'll be out shortly."

"Oh." Blackberry said, forlornly. "Okay."

I put my hand on her back.

"Don't take it personally, Blackberry." I said. "She's just scared."

"I know, that's why I want to be there for her." She said, in response. "…I don't know what to do, Lyle."

"She'll come around, heart of my heart."

Blackberry perked up a little, she loved the cute nicknames.

But I was less certain, inside.
 
"So what are we waiting on now?" Charlotte was being a bit crabby.

Well, a bit crabbier than I wanted to excuse, even considering her situation. I'd told her I'd take her out to get some supplies, whatever she wanted within reason. I'd mostly intended to help her get comfortable while she stayed with us, but she'd asked to buy a spear and shield, and I'd agreed, to her surprise. She'd asked for camping supplies; we'd be getting those too. I hoped she wouldn't use them in the end, but I'd rather she got home safely than getting caught by an Amazon or something on the way to the border, winding up part of some insular tribe, and then we never heard from her again.

But that wouldn't happen. We'd convince her. I'd convince her. I needed to get a chance to talk to Samael. She's the one who knows the most about Charlotte these days, and she'd probably be a lot more honest.

Cmon, Lyle! You can talk Charlotte into this.

If Charlotte were a man, I'm not sure it would have even been possible, frankly. Most monsters are only passingly interested in adding human women into their ranks, but an unattached man, even escorted by another Mamono? Well, I wasn't sure there wouldn't be at least one in the crowd who'd consider that an invitation to try to seduce him 'properly'.

Monster girl setting and Gender:tm: coming back as always. This is glossed over but is sort of telling about the issues you'd have here if you didn't already have a partner or two.

"Faust, your eyes are gorgeous. Please don't remove them. I love them." I said, hardly even pausing to think.

"You love-?" She began to blush. "Such a bother you are. Whatever am I to do? Very well, Lyle, to satisfy your silliness, I will acquiesce. Perhaps there is another ocular typing that I can mimic with arcane means instead…?"

Awww. Although Faust really should calm down on the modificiations a bit. She's already very strong!
 
This entire thread of discussion seems to be founded on the - frankly baffling - idea that there needs to be a reason to replace one's eyes with cool magic eyes

Pretty sure the whole self-modification kick Faust has going is largely an end unto itself.

Seriously why wouldn't someone want cool magic eyes? Confuse.
 
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