Forbidden Arcana: Ariel

by Tamryn Tamer

  “Jinx,” Jericho said while sprinting to the tailor. “Just keep up, I’m thinking. Ariel, can you cast an illusion on Terra?”

  “Not while we’re in the village,” Ariel answered confirming that the village was now operating under standard safe zone rules. They could cast magic on themselves, beneficial magic on each other, get in bar fights, things of that nature. But weapons and offensive casting would be out of the question.

  “Okay,” Jericho said reaching the tailor in time to see Terra moving on to the jeweler. “That’s going to piss Jinx off.” Jericho mumbled to himself. He looked up at Ariel flying above, “Warn me when you see people and where they’re heading!”

  “Jericho,” Ariel said fretfully. “I already see people and they’re heading everywhere. They are all wearing red capes with golden birds on them and buying everything they touch.”

  “Fuck,” Jericho said realizing it was too late. “Jinx, new plan. Here’s ten thousand gold. Try to buy that house.”

  Jinx sprinted over to the house and it was immediately purchased in Jericho’s name. It was no different than when she purchased things at the market.

  “I should have thought of this earlier,” Jericho said while quickly handing Jinx a third of the remaining gold. “Buy as many homes as you can. No, go. Ariel get down here!”

  “Yes?” Ariel said as Jericho shoved another third of the gold into her hands. Jinx was already off buying everything in sight. “What do you want me to do?”

  “Buy any available small or mid-sized home that you feel is high value,” Jericho commanded. “Move as quickly as you can. You know this village better than any of us so you should be able to find them the fastest.”

  “What do you mean by high value?” Ariel looked worried. “What if I make a mistake?”

  “I trust you,” Jericho slapped her ass causing her to jump. “You can do it.”

  Ariel smiled and flew off. Jericho knew that every village, city, or town had homes that were special but finding them was a bit of a crap shoot. Sometimes a small home would have a massive basement or be in an extremely convenient location. While it didn’t impact the homes initial purchase price it massively impacted the resale value to players. One home in Dawn even sold for twenty times its value purely based on location.

  Ariel would also have an advantage in buying tree homes which he felt would have a decent value. They were the smallest and apartment-like in nature but the views were much better.

  Jericho rushed for the largest homes he could see. He didn’t have a huge amount of gold left but he’d have enough to snag up two or three as long as he got to them in time. He shifted his body weight as he took a sharp turn down a long path and sprinted full speed ahead toward a large manor.

  “Nope!” Terra laughed while snagging it up seconds before he could get to it. She laughed while sprinting off another direction. “That’s for the tavern!”

  Jericho growled while scanning the village realizing he wasn’t going to make it to any of the bigger villas or manors in time. “Manors…” he mumbled while looking toward the hill. There wasn’t a house there, he’d blown it up. But in the distance, he spotted a sign. He rushed toward it ignoring everything else while hoping he had enough gold to purchase the land.

  “I spent as much as I could,” Ariel said while touching down next to him. “I hope I did okay.”

  “I’m sure you did great,” Jericho said turning to look at her. She handed him the remaining gold she had which wasn’t much. “We’re heading to the manor.”

  “But there’s nothing there,” Ariel said perplexed.

  “Doesn’t matter,” Jericho said as they maneuvered through the streets. He saw a red cloak in the corner of his eye pivot toward him.

  “Jericho,” the playful voice called out to him. “Are you behind this?”

  “Fuck,” Jericho said ignoring the familiar voice. “Ariel is she following me?”

  “That’s a her?” Ariel asked while tilting her head. “Yes, she’s still following you. Are you sure she’s a she?”

  “Yeah,” Jericho answered while speeding up and calling down a gust of wind to make him a little lighter on his feet since it was a straight shot to the manor. “Her name is Diana.”

  “Where you heading?” Diana popped up right next to him using a blink step. “Are you avoiding me? You mad at me? I saw Terra here too. Are you and Terra an item? I mean in game, not in real life. Hey, why didn’t you accept my invitation into Phoenix? What’s with the fairy? How did you…”

  “Diana,” Jericho flashed a polite smile at the tiny red-scaled woman. Her emotionless jet-black eyes always caught him off guard. “Shouldn’t you be finding houses to buy?”

  “I am,” she smiled back flashing her fangs. “I’m following you. I figure you’re after something high value. So, rather than run around competing with other guildmembers buying up small plots, I’ll follow the guy who clearly knows what he’s doing. Then, I’m going to get it first. I’m sure it’s something good. Anyway, have you been avoiding me?”

  “I don’t suppose I can convince you to back off,” Jericho grinned.

  “Maybe if you make it worth my while,” she laughed. Jericho knew what she wanted, it was the same thing she always wanted. Her eyes shifted and Jericho realized she saw the for-sale sign on the property. They were almost there and there was no way he could beat her to it.

  On paper, the Ela were the best race in the game with the highest stats and overpowered racial perks. They also looked absolutely amazing with their colorful scales and black eyes, which was also the reason so few people played them. Why be a colorful dragon humanoid hybrid when you could be a sexy elf?

  “Phoenix is having a ball soon and I need a date,” Diana glanced away. “I know that last time was probably kind of a bucket list type of thing. But you also were really nice about everything. Other guys say all sorts of rude stuff or laugh or tell me to find a furry. I guess I should probably just reroll. I really didn’t think that far ahead when I made my character. I just really liked how she looked and it’s not as though…”

  “Alright,” Jericho answered as the sign approached. “I’ll come to the ball.”

  “Really!” Diana jumped excitedly as they continued forward. “Great! I’ll let you know when it is! I better find some property before I miss out!”

  “What just happened?” Ariel asked as they neared the wall.

  “Don’t worry about it,” Jericho said as he reached forward and tagged the sign. “Fuck. I’m short on gold.”

  Jericho looked around for Jinx but she wasn’t anywhere to be seen. He looked out over the village and almost all the property appeared to be gone. At least four different guilds had arrived and were running around the place searching for anything missed. None of them noticed the empty lot on the hill.

  “I need you to find Jinx,” Jericho said. “It’s important. We’re short a few thousand gold and this property is worth a couple million on resale. The only reason players haven’t come here is because there isn’t a house on it.”

  “Okay,” Ariel realized the importance and flew off.

  Jericho was standing in front of the sign so any players looking up toward the hill would just see a player scanning the village for any remaining properties. He wasn’t sure how long it’d be before players realized that the hill was for sale.

  He started to tap his foot and crack his knuckles while continually alternating between scanning the ground and the sky. Since Ariel could fly, he hoped Jinx just gave her the gold but deep down he knew there was no chance of that. Jinx would want to be the hero.

  Jericho froze as a flash of green dashed across the street in front of him. He hoped desperately Terra hadn’t seen him. Almost immediately his hope was dashed as her head peaked around the corner of the front gate.

  “Oh!” Terra’s eyes lit up. “Mine!”

  “Terra,” Jericho tensed up. “We can split it. It’d be fair to split.”

  “Right,” Terra grinned
as she pushed past Jericho. “Just like you planned to split it.”

  Terra froze as she set her hand on the signpost to purchase the property. Jericho realized she was also short on funds. She turned toward Jericho and smiled.

  “Alright,” she said. “We’ll split it.”

  “Jinx could be here any second with more gold,” Jericho glanced at her while checking to make sure no other players wandering around the village had noticed. “Eighty-twenty.”

  “Fifty-fifty,” she said. “Or I make a scene.”

  “You’d get nothing then,” Jericho laughed. “Eighty-twenty. Twenty percent is better than nothing.”

  “Oh, sweet innocent Jericho,” Terra stepped forward. “I have four older sisters. You better believe I’m willing to suffer as long as you suffer more.”

  “You’re bluffing,” Jericho sneered. “I’ll go up to seventy-thirty. Jinx could be here any second. Take the deal while you can.”

  “You did this to yourself,” Terra said. She took a deep breath and screamed, “This property is for sale!” She turned back to Jericho and offered her gold. “Fifty-fifty.”

  Jericho turned to see several people racing toward them and reached for the money. He stopped short as he saw Jinx hop over a wall. There was no assurance she would have enough gold to purchase the property. Even if she did, she might not reach him in time.

  “Fuck!” Jericho snatched the gold from Terra. “Fine! Fifty-fifty.”

  “That’s better,” Terra clapped as Jericho quickly purchased the property. “Was that so hard?”

  “Yes,” Jericho said while rolling his eyes. “But something is better than nothing.”

  “Jericho,” Jinx looked frustrated. “I don’t have any gold left! The idiot fairy said you needed my gold but you told me to spend it all! Buffoon! Lummox!”

  “That actually makes me feel a little better,” Jericho smiled at the frustrated familiar.

  “I’m sorry,” Ariel said while landing in front of him. “I didn’t make it in time. She’d spent all of the gold you gave her.”

  “It’s fine,” Jericho said as he looked at everything settling around the village. He turned to Terra, “How much of the village do you think we own?”

  “Combined?” Terra looked around. “Probably about sixty to seventy percent. I have a lot of businesses, a few large homes, a bunch of small ones. I was just tapping everything as I went past. What about you?”

  “No clue,” Jericho answered. “I send Jinx and Ariel off to purchase what they could. I asked Ariel to purchase any homes she thought might have special significance. I’ll have to see how that turned out.”

  “Smart,” Terra cracked her neck. “I think I’m due for a break. It’s been a long day. Talk more about it tomorrow?”

  “Yeah,” Jericho answered as Terra vanished. He looked to Jinx and Ariel. “Ariel, let’s head back to your place so I can log.”

  “Log?” Ariel tilted her head.

  “He disappears sometimes,” Jinx grumbled. “But he comes back.”

  “Oh,” Ariel said disappointed. Jericho couldn’t help but feel guilty as she looked at him with her sparkling blue eyes. “You promise you’ll come back?”

  “Yeah,” Jericho said. “I promise.”

  Chapter 9

  Fulfilling Obligations

  Jericho searched the upstairs for Jinx or Ariel hoping they hadn’t killed each other in his time away. He half expected the manor to be in shambles and one of them to be bound and gagged. Then again, he hadn’t searched the entire manor yet so the possibility still existed. He concentrated on their spirits and sensed them both downstairs in the rear living area. He headed toward them.

  “What the hell?” Jericho’s hair stood on end as he was greeted with a room full of illusionary hims. Jinx was lying on the sofa in her red underwear cuddling with a pile of jewels she’d brought up from the basement while Ariel was drinking wine and reading a book while dressed in white negligee. All the while illusions of him seemed to be doing anything from dancing half naked to whispering sweet nothings into Jinx’s ear. As soon as Ariel saw him she jumped out of her seat spilling her wine on the floor and the illusions vanished.

  “Master!” Ariel froze. Her blue eyes were wider than he’d ever seen and even from across the room he could see her legs trembling. “I can explain. It was Jinx’s idea!”

  “Traitorous bug! Insect! Turncoat!” Jinx snapped at Ariel before practically falling out of her seat to hug Jericho first.

  “Did anybody else see this?” Jericho asked gesturing everywhere. “Like Terra or any visitors?”

  “No!” Ariel stumbled as she rushed forward to hug him. “Absolutely not!”

  “Then it’s fine,” Jericho tried to get the image out of his head. “I’m just happy you two seem to be getting along.”

  “Really?” Ariel sighed. “You’re not angry?”

  “I told you he’d be fine with it!” Jinx said triumphantly. “Our master is an irredeemable sexual deviant! Idiot! Fool!”

  “That’s astonishingly accurate,” Jericho chuckled. “Anyway, there’s a lot to do today so…”

  “No!” Jinx glared up at him angrily. “You promised that if you got another familiar, you’d continue to meet my needs! Liar! Deceiver!”

  “But,” Jericho started to object but she had a point. He looked at Ariel whose judgmental eyes reaffirmed that he had obligations to meet. He ran his fingers across Ariel’s soft white negligee while his other hand moved down Jinx’s smooth back. As soon as his hands reached their asses, he gripped them both tightly and hoisted the girls over his shoulders. “Come on.”

  Jericho carried them upstairs. He cringed at the sound of various pottery crashing and paintings tearing as the two familiars flailed about laughing. He opened the master bedroom door with his foot and once inside tossed both girls onto the bed.

  His chest pounded as Ariel and Jinx both looked up at him wide eyed. Jinx’s tan slender legs covered in pale stripes slid about anxiously. Ariel sat up on her knees, her hands resting between her slightly spread legs covering her transparent panties while the rest of her white negligee fell gracefully at her sides.

  “Jericho, do me first,” Jinx whined. “I’m so hungry. Womanizer. Lothario.”

  Ariel quietly scooted to the side to wait her turn. Jericho fixated on Jinx who’d thrust her hand into her red panties and begun aggressively playing with herself. Ariel smiled politely and Jericho started to feel a little guilty.

  “Jinx,” Jericho’s voice was stern. “Ask Ariel to fuck me first.”

  “What?” Jinx sat up confused. Ariel appeared equally confused but remained silent. Jinx clenched her teeth. “You want to do her first? Deviant. Whoremonger.”

  “Yes,” Jericho answered while leaning forward and kissing Jinx. “But I want you to ask her to. Actually, I want you to beg her to fuck me first. And show her affection, deep affection. It would make me happy.”

  “You want me to beg that insect!?” Jinx responded. Jericho watched carefully as her legs started to rub together anxiously and her hand moved up and down her thigh. Her other hand slid up to her belly and slowly worked down. Jinx’s eyes dilated like she’d been caught in some sort of trap. “Only to make you happy. Brute. Barbarian.”

  “Good girl,” Jericho said kissing her deeply. He looked at Ariel whose face burned brightly as the rest of her trembled with excitement. He turned back toward Jinx and smiled wickedly.

  Jinx crawled toward the anxious fairy and Ariel practically jumped when Jinx touched her arm, pawing at it slowly as if she were begging for food. She leaned forward, licked up her arm to her shoulder, and repeated the action several times. Ariel slowly began to calm down.

  “Ariel,” Jinx practically whispered. She took a breath before increasing her volume slightly. “Please fuck Jericho first. Pretty please?” She peppered in more soft licks. “I want to see his thick cock stretch your pretty little pussy. Whiner. Killjoy.”

  “Are you sure?” Ariel’s
voice trembled. “You’re not going to be mad?”

  “I’m sure,” Jinx said softly while reaching between Ariel’s legs. Ariel let out a squeak as Jinx’s finger deftly moved her panties to the side and slid inside of her. A flash of jealousy momentarily shot across Jinx’s face as she touched Ariel’s pussy. She bit softly on Ariel’s shoulder clearly resisting the urge to bite harder. “Your pussy is amazing. Jericho’s cock deserves an amazing pussy like yours. Sourpuss. Downer.”

  “My pussy is amazing?” Ariel gave Jinx a loving look catching her completely off guard. “You really think so?”

  Before Jinx could respond Ariel practically tackled her and kissed her on the lips. Jinx was frozen for a moment unsure of what was happening or how to respond as Ariel thrust her tongue into her mouth while pressing her body against Jinx’s. Jinx looked at Jericho for help.

  “You two are just too cute,” Jericho couldn’t stop smiling as he removed his clothes. His cock was getting harder by the second. Ariel’s hands moved up and down Jinx’s body. Ariel pulled her mouth from Jinx’s, and dug into her neck before making her way down toward her chest. She pulled Jinx’s tit out of her bra and began barraging it with kisses.

  “You’re supposed to fuck Jericho,” Jinx whined as she attempted to get away. Ariel continued to suck on Jinx’s tit while shifting her ass toward Jericho. She moved back up to Jinx’s mouth kissing her deeply and then further up before shoving her small tits in Jinx’s face. “This isn’t what was supposed to happen. Idiots. Jerks.”

  Jericho slid his hands up and down Ariel’s soft negligee while pulling it up to get a better view of her ass. He could see her entire ass through her sheer panties and became engrossed in the softness of her flesh. His fingers hooked the top of her silky panties and pulled them down. He took a moment to allow her to lift her knees from the mattress and then pulled them completely off.

  “Tell me again?” she whined at Jinx.

  “Your pussy is amazing. Shrew. Floozy.” Jinx panted as Ariel buried her face into Jinx’s neck.