"Ara? Ara Ara Ara Ara?"(What? You can talk now?)
"So could have you, but you opted for the eye pokers instead. Speaking of those pokers, I asked you once nicely. So, either take your hands out of my face, or I'll thank them off your hands. If you know what I mean."
I grinned, showing off my large and numerous mouthful of teeth. The Bunny girl pulled her hands back and stepped back from me. She looked very skeptical of me, so I raised a wolf leg to stop her before she backed into the cave walk. Maybe the rabbit part of her a natural flight instinct to predators.
"All right, I think we got off on a bad foot, somewhere, but I'm not here to hurt you."
"Ara? Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara?! ARA ARA ARA ARA ARA ARA ARA!"(Oh? Like you weren't coming to kill my mother and me?! THE SNAKE JUST BEAT YOU TO US!)
Okay, I agree with Trinity; the Ara was incredibly cute...but after the fourteenth one, my head started to hurt. What was this bullshit? Mom? This girl was another player; was she trying to play me for dumb?
"Don't give me that shit, woman! That was no more your mother; then I am your uncle!"
"Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara Ara!"(I wouldn't want to be related to some as ugly as you!)
...Ouch. That was grating when Trinity said it, but to hear it from this random player. I turned and flew out of the cave; I'm not some whiney bitch all hung up on his feeling, but that stung. I heard some noise from the cave, but I just flew off and found a tree; I didn't need that kind of person around me.
I settled down in a large pine tree and coiled myself around the top. I would get a bit sticky, but it should be safe up here for the most part—stupid rabbit.
I started to drift off, but I heard something below me, and I could smile something gross. I just wanted to sleep, and now someone was going to bother me, and the thing smelled horrible. It was dark, so I couldn't see what was down below, and the horrible smell made it impossible to make it out in my mind.
Then, it started to move away from me, and some of the tension in my body let go. I was about to settle back in when I decided to try the air one more time to make sure. Are you serious?
The thing had to go that way? Was I going to be allowed any sleep tonight? What was the point in saving the little wretch anyway?
It had been easier to lie to me and then insult me rather than just admitting she was trying to play me. I get it, it's a game, but that was no reason for people to act like that!
Man, who was I kidding? I thought as I flew out of the tree, back to the cave. There was no way I could leave her, but I didn't have to help her right away. Maybe I was worrying for nothing; she would have got me there when I snuck up on her.
I flew under the pale and dimmed moonlight that pushed down through the fog, barely visible. I could see the thing that was moving low to the ground and silently. Legs of a spider, arms of a man and tail of a scorpion, and a crocodile body? What the hell was I looking at? A Sporpodile?!
I had to hold myself back, and I was stuck in a serious conundrum. Help now, because I would have a hard time taking it alone, or wait and rescue bunny girl to try and win favor. The problem with the last choice was that we could both potentially die in tight quarters with that Sporpodile.
"Hey! ugly! Over here!"
I called out as I darted for the tail of the thing, but I messed up by calling out too soon. The tail sucked in at the last second, and I tried to get past the Sporpodile but was hit with a right hook that sent me spinning in the air. Great, this thing was big, fast, smart, and it hit like a truck.
"Who are you?"
"Does it matter if you're going to die right away, Dave?"
"Seriously, I am the picture of ugly right now, and I look nothing like my avatar. Why can you keep identifying me so easily?!"
"Ha, so that is true then! You really don't know, do you? I won't be the one to spoil this."
I had righted myself in the air before hitting anything, so I wasn't injured from the punch, Hardened Scales for the win. That's when I noticed her sneaking out of the cave...and away from the fight. Really? I dodge a tail strike from the thing, trying to figure out what to do about it.
Then my concern was soon selfed, as I watched her out of the corner of my eye, ducking and a left hook. Then appears at the top of the small cliff overhanging us pushing a large rock; I get it. I got him into place and then nodded to him, but that was my signal to drop it.
I stepped forwards and pushed the thing backward, hard.
[Hammer Tail]
I spun my body and smashed my tail into the creature, and I was knocked back. That was the moment the rock came down, smashing the body into a bloody pulp, gross. Now to her, what would the brat do? Claim the victory for herself?
Chapter 134: Hybrid
I watched her jump down the rockface expertly, and she was down before the soul light appeared. I kept an eye on her as she started to walk towards me with a critical look on her face; great, here we go again. What now?
"Ara..." (Sorry...)
That was all that she said, but I was still taken aback by the suddenness of it. Sorry? For calling me ugly? I guess, but I was over that now; I was more concerned about what happened now. What was the plan now? Would she just run away again?
"It's fine; we got off on the wrong foot, I'm..."
I paused at my name; did I want to tell her? The others seem to recognize me for my actions, but my name seems to mark me. Maybe I would try something different this time; what was a cool name?
"...Grayson. I'm a player just like you, that's why I got mad at you earlier..."
Something from the corner of my eye put my talking on pause again. I had forgotten entirely about the lights, and they slammed into her back and my chest. There was no impact or any feeling at all, just a light red flash at the bottom of my HUD. I had partially noticed the light the last few times, but Trina had been there to distract me, but she was gone now, and I was alone.
I shook my head to clear the negative thoughts out, I wasn't a child that needed a guide, but the company had been friendly, even if I hadn't appreciated it at the time. I looked back at the bunny girl, who hadn't said anything besides sorry, and she seemed to be thinking about something.
"Hmm? What's up?"
"...Ara Ara Ara?"(...What's a player?)
...
That was not the answer I had expected, and I was bewildered. Why was there someone without a memory in a new game? Even if this were the "Lost Soul' Simon had mentioned, she would have to have memory in a new game, wouldn't she?
"What do you know? What was happening before I came? Didn't you just wake up in that hole? Wait, before you answer anything else, do your evolution and try to get human speech. I think you sound adorable, but it's starting to give me a headache."
The bunny girl seemed to understand what I meant and stepped back from me. Once she took on the far-off look typical of someone interacting with their HUD. I focused on opening my EVOLVE screen and popped open my Evolution Choice, but it was labeled differently, and the choices were different.
Existential Evolution Choice:
{Humaniod}{Pure Beast}{Hybrid}
I saw a flash and turned to find...oh damn. What the hell did she pick? Babs was still not showing skin, still just short grey fur and long ears, but now...ya, I was not picking pure beast no matter how cool I might look. Nope, it was Hybrid or Humanoid, but not being adventurous just for the sake of sexual urges would be pretty pathetic on my part...kind of...
"What did you end up picking?"
"Hybrid...oh? I can talk now like you?"
"Thank goodness, although, with this new look of yours, I might have been able to handle the Ara's for a bit longer, hehe. Well, it's my turn to try this out; I think I will make the same choice; wish me luck, whatever your name is."
"Kierra."
I wanted to compliment her, but coming from me right now wouldn't mean much. In my current state, I looked like nothing more than a failed science experi
ment. Come on! Please give me something dope!
{Hybrid}
I flashed with light, but time slowed as the flash happened. Suddenly, I could see my ugly body for the first time close up on my HUD. I really was hard to look at, considering how many different parts were in me; it was no surprise.
Then my body started to change and morph; my image began to change into a more humanoid shape, but not completely. Wings and a tail grew, but as they did, a message popped up over my picture with another choice, but only two this time.
Evolution Choice:
{Scorpion}{Spider}
{Scorpion}
The message disappeared, and the image of my new body reappeared, with the tail now beginning to curve, but then it went limp and dropped. Interesting, I could see the stinger now at the end, but the tail was not jointed but smooth like a... dragon's tail? My legs were fascinating now, they weren't the standard human straight legs, but instead, a type of reverse join that had my knees bent backward.
My body was good, and it looked badass now, but I finally drew my gaze up to the place I had been avoiding, my face. Maybe it was the comment Kierra had made earlier, or maybe just how good she looked now, but I really didn't want to be ugly anymore. I looked up and let out a sigh of relief as the screen and light disappeared and time started to move along again.
"Woah."
I opened my eyes to see Kierra open-mouthed, staring at me. Well, this was awkward; I cleared my throat, twice, before she came back from whatever place her brain had just gone. She quickly turned around with a shake of her head and started to place back and forth, but finally, she stopped and, with a deep breath, came over to me.
"That place you...found me was my home. I've been in there with my mother since I was born. As far as I know, but now...why am I like this? My head feels like it's going to explode, and I didn't think before, I was just..."
"I don't know what's going on here, but I think we should stick together for the time being. Everyone here is trying to kill us to get to the top, and each other, but I think I can get around us having to fight each other."
"You said before that this was a game; what did you mean by that?"
Oh, boy, sleeping is for the dead anyway, right?
Chapter 135: Mating Skill
After a draining amount of explaining things and answering questions, I was finally able to get some sleep. Thankfully I was able to sleep through the night with no disturbances; I had found a good place in the cave near a wall and curled up.
When I woke up, I was surprised to find Kierra tucked into my arms; What was this? I hadn't gone to sleep with me in her arms, so how did she end up here? I was the person who intended to kill her before this; even though I had helped after and explained things, I didn't think she would have gotten over the fear of me so quickly.
I decided that there was nothing wrong with just staying still for now and letting her sleep. The day must have taken a lot out of her; I know I was still feeling tired, but better than I had been. By the time I had finished answering her questions, I had been ready to sleep where I sat, but I had pulled myself over to the wall and laid down.
Well, since I was awake, Time to pull up the sheet and see what had changed. I felt Kierra move around a bit, but then she went still again, so I pulled her in a bit closer before opening the screen up.
Current Evolution: Winged Wolf Scorpion Dragon-Kin
Current Combat Skills:
[Sting] 1h -target takes damage and becomes slower for 5m
[Hammer Fists] 3s
[Donkey Punch Kick] 30s
[Integrated Hardened Scales](Passive)-Gain more resistance to non-magical attacks
Survival Skills:
[Heat Sense] 5m
[Hunter Sense] 20m
Mating Skills:
[Fox]: Fox-like charm: You attract females with your charm and have an increased chance for mating.
[Wolf]: Wolf-like Olfaction: Your sense of smell is increased to help you better understand when a female is in heat, increasing your chances of matingWolf-like olfaction.
[Dragon]: Dragon-like Reproductive Organ: You have been endowed with a sufficiently sized reproductive tool to help satisfy your mate, Increasing my chance of mating.
[Scorpion]: Scorpion-like Mating Armaments: Create spears and Chiton Shields.
...Well, it seems the bottom part has filled itself out quite well; I mean... what the hell? The sheet wasn't making a lot of sense; why were there mating skills with this game? Next quest, WHY DID ONE OF THEM MAKE WEAPONS?!
I must have squeezed Kierra in my...excitement? I don't know if that was the right word for what I felt right now; I think it should be classified as excitement/confusion/more confusion. Was I reading this, right? Does sex make weapons?
Suddenly I was distracted by the feeling of Kierra pushing her bottom into my very naked self, and then I smelt it. I like a pure drug; the smell hit me like a truck, making me take in a deep breath of the scent, her scent. I could hear Kierra's heavy breathing now, and I could feel her furry finger move up my arms and squeezing each time she pushed into me.
"Are you okay?" I asked her gently.
"I...can't stop... the feeling...please...I need..."
Her voice trailed off, but she started to move her hands down between her legs and then reach to me. Kierra pushed and turned onto her back, hands still searching. I could see the lust in her eyes and the need as her hands wrapped around my stiff shaft. It was pulsing now and aching to be pressed into her; the smell of her was driving me wild, making me lose patience.
I took her into my arms and began to kiss her as she guided me in, but once the tip was in, I force it in the rest of the way, making her cry out. I wanted to stop when she did that because I didn't want to hurt her, but my body wouldn't let me stop; it needed this more than just as a need for sex. No, this was a primal urge that I wasn't in control of entirely, but my little bunny girl didn't fight me as I drove myself into her repeatedly make her moan now loudly.
After nearly an hour of nonstop fucking, I was finally able to cum, but what happened didn't make much sense. When both of us finished, Kierra nearly ten times, I pulled out of her shaking little body, cringing at some of the blood left from my brutal entry, but that's when the weird shit started to happen.
Whatever was left in me pulled out in a stream, leaving me with a weird but completed feeling, no other way to describe it other than I felt whole. Then in went into Kierra as she lay panting in my arms, and I watched her moan and arch her back out in ecstasy. Suddenly, Kierra lit up in my arms like a star, and I had to squeeze my eyes shut hard, but even then, I was left blind.
Something was wrong; the thing in my arms was not Kierra. I took a second for my sunspots to leave, and I was confounded when I saw what was in my arms. It was a spear, albeit a lovely one, but it was still not a hot little bunny girl name Kierra! What the hell, so if I mated, I could get weapons and armor...interesting, so that's why she had no idea what I was talking about!
That just meant that she was a computer programed NPC, but she had seemed real at the time with the way her emotions reacted when I talked to her about being a player. Maybe she wasn't an NPC? But what women would volunteer to come to be used like this?
Dammit, why did I have to fuck things up with Trina? Honestly, this was all standard me stuff, but I wasn't sure how I felt about screwing for weapons. Then again, people had been doing this since the dawn of time for less scrupulous things.
I stood up with my new spear and felt my new tail drag on the ground as I walked to the cave entrance. As I got closer, I started to feel a breeze push on my wings, and I got excited. Well, I had wings, a body that wouldn't melt mirrors, and a new sex forged spear; things could be worse.
Chapter 136: No, Really, Thanks
I stepped outside of the cave and looked around, but I was perplexed by the assault to my senses.
Saltwater, sand, and tropical weather greeted me as I stepped out of the mouth of
the cave. What the hell? I was just in a forest when I had fallen asleep, wasn't I?
I stopped trying to think around the problem and just let my brain fall into the mindset of, 'this is all just a game'-mode. No point in trying to overthink anything; I would just have to deal with this as it was. Thinking about how things were made me check my status bar, and my hunger was in the red.
Well, time to forage; I stepped out of the cave and walked out on to the beach, and started to look around. The area seemed to be a cove of sorts, so I turned back to see what was past the cave, but the cave was gone. Also, there was only a tall cliff wall behind a sparse amount of palm trees, but the cliff face seemed to go on forever.
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