Chapter 11 : Late Afternoon
“Wait... Are you serious!?” questioned Kianna as she followed Anton up the stairs.
“Of course I am.” chuckled Anton as he reached the landing and turned down the second floor hallway “Why wouldn't I be?”
“...You, you really wanna go on a date with me? ...Like, for real?” asked Kianna.
“Yes, I do!” laughed Anton “And I don't know why that would be such a surprise to you!”
With her ears pointed straight upward...
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Chapter 10 : Night
The fading light of the waning evening found Anton sitting up against the headboard of his bed with his arms wrapped reassuringly around a sobbing Kianna's slender frame. After curling herself up in his lap, the devastated dark elf had hidden her face as she cried softly into Anton's chest.
Having recounted her life's story to her daughters, Olivia had taken her leave earlier in the afternoon.
And having been left alone at the table, Fiona and Kianna h...
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Chapter 9 : Morning
Fiona scrunched up her face in irritation as a loud series of obnoxious beeps began to ring in her ears.
“Will somebody turn that shit off!” she growled as she tried to block the sound by covering her head with the folds of the blanket she had been sleeping on “Seriously! It's-! Ow! Hey! Don't kick me, bitch!”
Ignoring her grumbling daughter who had been sleeping at the foot of the large bed, Olivia stretched out her legs and lifted her arms u...
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Chapter 8 : Night
Stepping through the portal and into the house's foyer, Anton sighed softly as he looked about at the familiar sight of the house's entryway.
“Home sweet home...” he muttered quietly as he stepped past the open sitting room and spied Tessa's sleeping form in the far corner.
As he made his way through the darkened house and towards the staircase, he couldn't help but to grin as the thought occurred to him that although this wasn't technically his home, it...
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Chapter 7 : Night
“I held out for as long as I could. But eventually my mind was lost...” said Olivia in a soft tone “I don't remember exactly when it happened, or what finally did it... But at some point... I was theirs... And they became my entire world... I wanted them. More than anything. I wanted to please them... I wanted them to want me, to touch me, to take me... I wanted them to hurt me... I even begged them for it... And they did. Everyday...”
Anton said noth...
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Chapter 6 : Late evening
The room was silent for a long moment as the three motionless beings all stared at one another.
Without a word, Anton shifted his eyes away from Olivia and locked them with the huli jing's.
The fox girl stared back at him for a moment before raising her hands as a show of parlay.
“The night is yours.” she said softly as her dagger disappeared and she held her now empty palms out in surrender.
Anton nodded before turning back to Ol...
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Chapter 5 : Evening
“You know, Olivia...” said Anton as he set his wineglass down “I have to say that I'm a bit surprised that you wanted to meet with me like this. Not that I didn't think we'd eventually need to have a talk, of course. I just wouldn't have expected such a casual setting for our first meeting.”
“Well... Anton...” said Olivia as she put a bit of cold emphasis on his name “I have to say that I'm a bit surprised that you agreed to meet with me at al...
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Chapter 4 : After Midnight
Fiona gasped audibly as her eyes shot open wide. Staring up at the ceiling above her bed, she breathed out a sigh of relief at finding herself back in the familiar space of her room. Relaxing enough to let her head sink further into her pillow, she began to mentally go over everything that had just happened to her.
She was still in the process of trying to decide if anything that she was remembering actually happened to her, or was all just a dream, ...
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Chapter 3 : Morning
“Okay, so... Not that I'm really complaining here, cause this is actually pretty good...” said Fiona as she lifted a forkful of long noodles up out of her bowl “But why are we eating soup for breakfast?”
“Because it's what came out of the breakfast bucket this morning.” said Kianna.
“...The what bucket?” questioned both Fiona and Mica in unison.
“The, the breakfast bucket!” exclaimed Kianna as she pointed to a small blue buck...
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Chapter 2 : Early Evening
“You two stay right here. I'm going to go get Mica and Tessa.” said Anton as he stepped around the dark elves “When I get back we'll all make our way to the dungeon to repair the ward.”
“What, no! We'll come with you!” cried Fiona “We need to stick together!”
“What if there's enemies! You'll need us to help you fight!” exclaimed Kianna.
“Listen! I don't like splitting up either. But it'll be easier for me to fight if ...
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Chapter 1 : Morning
Fiona had a thin grimace on her face as she stood at the edge of the archway that led into the front siting room. Gazing into the room, her eyes narrowed in suspicion as her ears slowly pointed themselves straight back.
Situated in the far back corner of the room sat the subject of her attention, a motionless Tessa.
Although the mantis had been offered a room of her own, she had decided of her own accord to take up residence in this room instead. And ...
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Hello, everyone!
This is just a quick message to let everyone know that starting tomorrow we will be moving on to the third arc in the series...
The Mothers and Daughters Arc.
I hope everyone has been enjoying the story so far, and I just want to say thank you to everyone here for all their support.
You guys are all seriously awesome! Thank you so much for being here!
Here's to another Arc done, and many more to come!
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Chapter 32 : Late Afternoon
Bursting through the portal and into the backyard at top speed, Mica frantically tried to gain her footing, but hitting the ground at a run proved to be too difficult for her, and before she could even manage a few steps, she began to tumble and fall. Landing on her shoulder, she rolled to the side as she and the mantis came to a crashing halt. Behind them the portal winked out of existence.
Lying on her back now, the kiochi began to laugh manically...
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Chapter 31 : Afternoon
Jumping back and away from the now shimmering mantis, Mica tossed the empty bottle aside as a wide, excited smile spread across her face.
This glow coming from the mantis began to quickly build up on itself until the whole area was awash with the bright golden light.
The watching spectators were all forced to squint as the mantis began to slowly rise back up to her feet. Looking all the world like a being made out of pure light now, it was impossib...
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Chapter 30 : Afternoon
Mica had been silent for some time now. Sitting at the table across from Anton, she had patiently listened to everything he had to say before dropping her gaze to the tabletop and going still.
Kianna and Fiona were both standing off to the side where they could lean against the counter-top and listen in themselves. Their ears pointed themselves straight upwards in surprise when Mica suddenly pushed her chair away from the table and stood up.
Turnin...
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Chapter 29 : Early Afternoon
Glancing down at his watch and seeing that they were only about twenty minutes out from when they were supposed to meet with Leopold and Ila, Anton nodded and turned to Fiona and Mica.
Standing all together in the kitchen, he and Kianna were each wearing nice, semi-casual outfits in accordance with their upcoming business meeting. While Fiona and Mica were both dressed from head to toe in solid black, form-fitting clothing that made them look all t...
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Chapter 28 : Late Afternoon
Anton hummed quietly to himself as he ran the metal bristles of the cleaning brush across the barbecue's grates.
After their excursion in the dungeon, he and the dark elves had all taken a bit of a long breather before getting themselves cleaned up and finally coming back upstairs.
Refreshed and hungry now, Anton was busy with preparing to grill up another batch of chicken to go with the pasta and green bean casserole he had baking in the oven...
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Chapter 27 : Morning
“God's alive! I
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Chapter 26 : Morning
The low groaning sound of stressed wood filled the air a second before Mokai ripped all of his claws out of the floor in a single instant.
Watching as tiny bits of splintered wood fell to scatter around the tsuchigumo's feet, Mica's confidence wavered a bit at the realization of the damage he was apparently quite capable of.
Shifting himself into motion, Mokai made his way across the room and stopped in front of a large armoire.
“You have no ...
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Chapter 25 : Morning
Mica and the dark elves all stood in stunned silence as the purple sheet slipped away from Mokai and revealed him for what he truly was, a very large tsuchigumo.
With a humanoids upper body mounted atop the cephalothorax of a gigantic spider, a full grown tsuchigumo was, without question, an impressive sight. And even for those who were familiar with the species, to see one in the flesh was still striking.
Although he possessed what seemed to be the ...
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Chapter 24 : Early Morning
Anton grumbled to himself as he reached over to his nightstand and shut off his phones alarm.
Still several hours away from dawn in their part of the world, the room around him was completely dark, so before pulling his arm back to himself he grudgingly flicked on his bedside lamp.
Pointing her ears straight back, Kianna scrunched up her face with a whine before pulling the blanket up over her head and hiding herself from the light.
Chuck...
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Chapter 23 : Afternoon
“Alright, personally!” said Fiona as she led the way through the double sets of automatic doors that separated the mall from the outside world “With a project like this I think it's best to start with the first layer first.”
“First layer?” asked Anton.
“Mm hm, first layer, the one right against the skin.” explained Fiona as she looked back at Mica and grinned “The fun layer that's full of little tiny...
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Chapter 22 : Early Afternoon
“Miss Mica.” called Solassi as she opened the door to the waiting area “We're ready for you now.”
“...Mm, wish me luck. I guess.” muttered Mica as she rose out of her seat.
“Yep. Have fun...” mumbled Fiona as she bobbed her foot in an impatience manner.
Following the floating psychai into the back rooms, Mica was lead to the same scale that Kianna had used before and was subsequently measur...
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Chapter 21 : Early Morning
Stretching out his legs as his waking mind found its way back to full consciousness, Anton cracked open his eyes as he felt Kianna begin to stir next to him.
Tucking herself in underneath their blanket, the dark elf wiggled back and forth as she wrapped her arms around Anton's torso and snuggled herself in against him.
Having lost all of their clothing via an evening of playful sex, the two had spent the night sleeping naked in each other's arm...
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Chapter 20 : Early Evening
“...Stop fidgeting, Mica.” mumbled Anton as he slowly shifted the tiny dental mirror back and forth as he looked over the backsides of Mica's teeth in her top jaw.
Holding her mouth open for him, Mica had a miserable looking expression on her face as she tightly closed her eyes and went rigid in an attempt to remain motionless.
Having already been introduced to the Whitehead gag and subsequently saved from having to experience it due to Kianna'...
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Chapter 19 : Afternoon
In the instant the dome fell away, Reality was lost.
Fueled by the connection they had to Anton, Fiona and Kianna spared no thought to conserving their power as they unleashed the full might of their combined auras out into the world around them.
Ila and Nokko both froze where they stood as existence itself was bathed in a cold, unnatural darkness.
Nokko's eyes went wide as the sky above began to dim down into a sickening a...
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Chapter 18 : Afternoon
The three shinoccubi standing at the portal were all slightly taller than Mica but were otherwise very similar to her in appearance. Two of them, like Mica, were female kiochi while one was clearly a kiogah.
The kiogah stood in stark contrast to the two women at his side due to several obvious key differences in his features. The first of which were his larger horns, which were only slightly longer but were much broader at their base a...
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Chapter 17 : Afternoon
“Kianna.” called Anton as he tilted his head to the side to crack his neck “If we could get another 30 minutes, please.”
“Of course, Master!” replied the dark elf as she again set up the timer on her phone.
“Yes! This is about to get really good now!” smiled Fiona as she rubbed her hands together.
The Mica's all grimaced angrily at her before quickly turning back to Anton.
“Okay!”...
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Chapter 16 : Afternoon
Mica twisted back and forth at the waist before bending forward and dropping her upper body down so that she could touch the toes of first one foot and then the other.
Once again tied back into a multi-banded ponytail, her raven-black hair was shimmering with its almost unnatural looking dark blue color in the sunlight as it bounced about with her movements.
Rising back up to her full height she clasped her hands together and lif...
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Chapter 15 : Afternoon
“Ugh!” cried Fiona as she dropped down and sat on a bark-less fallen tree trunk “Did we seriously have to hike out miles and miles just so we could get to nowhere! We couldn't have just done this shit in the backyard!?”
“No, there's a good chance that things are going to get intense. And I'd rather not risk damaging the house.” explained Anton “Besides, a little exercise isn't going to kill you. And honestly, if tha...
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