A cloaked figure slinks through the shadows in the lower levels of the Morgue, searching for.. well, Nicorina really needs clothes that will fit her Skreek body, and not be too out of place in Underside. To that end, she needs someone of similar build - or who might have a large collection of outfits to choose from. At least she may found a bit of luck - Jacoba the Lapi buck is walking down a side hall, carrying a bundle of clothing.
"Ehehehehehe," cackles the be-cloaked skreek as she slinks down the hallway right towards Jacoba. "You!" she accuses and points one bare finger at him and before he can blink she's standing right in front of him! "I have caught you, little lapi..."
"What?" the buck squeaks, and blinks in the dim light. "You don't look bigger than me.." he points out. "Who are you?"
"I am the demon that has been haunting your club these past few days!" the skreek declares as she circles him and drags her hand along his chest, then his back. "Surely you can figure out who I am!" Nicorina then licks one of his ears.
"Silver eyes.. Nicora?" Jacoba gasps. "How many bodies do you have?" he asks, looking behind the cloak to see her long naked tail.
"Oh, a few," Nicorina claims as she drapes her arms over his shoulders as she hugs her from behind. "But there is a teeensy little problem with that ... I don't have clothing that fits all of them. I find myself in need of some I can wear down in Underside. I'm just certain you can help me. You're a very helpful lapi..."
"Oh, well.. I do do the laundry, but.. ah.. what size are you?" the bunny asks, trying not to slouch with a Skreek on his back.
"I ... honestly have no idea. I've never measured this body," Nicorina admits as she playfully chews on one of his ears. "Any good place with a measuring tape?"
"Oh, well, Hortense has one.. ah.." the buck says, trying to stay focused through the ear-nibbling. "Why Underside?" he asks.
"Oh, I've got some snooping to do. A leeetle espionage on behalf of some folks to make sure a certain transport is safe," Nicorina claims. "And I can't say any more than that."
"So.. ah, you need to blend in?" Jacoba says, moving down the hall with the Skreek hanging off his back. "Like.. look normal?"
"Why, are you saying I'm not normal?" Nicorina asks Jacoba with a faux tone of hurt in her voice. "But yes, I need to blend in."
"Well, it's just that.. I mean, you've seen how we all dress right?" the bunny asks. "Hortense goes Underside though.. she'd know what to wear. She's got a guest.. these are his clothes.. but I don't think she's started yet.."
"A guest? Really? Do tell me about this guest," Nicorina purrs into the lapi's ear.
"Oh.. just someone she dragged down from the club," the bunny notes, shivering a bit. "If he lasts through her tests, he gets to spend time with a bunny. If he fails.. he has to be Hortense's toy for a bit.."
"Being her toy is fun though," Nicorina notes, "Lets go see if she'll be willing to loan me some clothes before she gets too busy." The skreek then pinches Jacoba's butt.
The rabbit squeaks, and takes Nicorina to the familiar door into the playroom, where he knocks. "Who is it?" Hortense sings out sweetly from within.
"Your friendly favorite club visitor and her faithful lapi escort, Jacoba," Nicorina sings out right back. "The guest you gave to the vartan and the rhian..."
The door opens, and the white face of Hortense appears. "Oh.. hmm, this is a new one then.." she says, and reaches across to twiddle Nicorina's whiskers. "What did you want me to do with you, little rat?" she asks suggestively.
"Oh, my mind reels with possibilities!" Nicorina cackles, "But ... what I really need is some clothing that will fit me and help me blend in Underside for a bit."
"Come inside.. Jacoba, you can go on ahead with the laundry," Hortense notes, inviting Nicorina while dismissing Jacoba.
Nicorina gives Jacoba a playful swat on his backside. Her tail swishes, then the be-cloaked skreek slinks through the doorway as she accepts the invite.
The room is actually well lit this time, revealing all the weird stuff hung from the walls. The suspension harness is all tucked up against the ceiling for now, since the center of the room is taken up by a simple wooden chair, and a small table with an hourglass on it. In the chair is a naked, worried looking Rath'ani boy, with his hands in his lap.
Nicora pulls the hood of her cloak back. "OoooooOoo," she goes, "You have a new toy." She even circles the rath'ani a couple times and drags her finger along the back of his shoulders. "Why so frightened? It's quite an honor to be her sacrifice..."
Nicorina ....
The door closes with a heavy thud. Hortense - wrapped in leather belts, including a skirt made from them - turns and gestures to the seated figure. "This is Kerwyn, and today is his 18th birthday!" she tells Nicorina.
"Hello.." the boy says in a small voice.
"Oh, is it?" Nicorina asks as she leans down and mock-whispers, "And was your present a wish to be given to the khatta, hmmm?"
"Oh.. no?" the boy says apologetically. "I saw a bunny and.. ended up here." He tries smiling, but his eyes are too frightened.
"I was going to give him my standard test," Hortense says, resting a hand on the boy's opposite shoulder. "He has to sit still for twenty minutes, and not make a sound. That should be easy, shouldn't it, Kerwyn? And then you get to see your bunny."
"Oooh, but if you go with a bunny, you'll leave poor Hortense all alone," Nicorina chides the boy and taps his nose with a bare finger. Hortense's explanation then makes Nicorina grin widely. "But ah, I see that she has a little test to make sure you're worthy. I suppose that is a fair wager for your time..."
"I.. yeah, I can sit still, that's easy," Kerwyn admits, smiling a bit more genuinely now.
"Good boy!" Hortense says, leaning in to whisper into the raccoon's ear, "Now sit on your hands please, and curl your tail up between your legs.."
"Oh ... I wouldn't say easy," Nicorina says ominously, then cackles. "Mind if I watch?" she now asks Hortense.
The does this, though clearly embarrassed to move his hands away form his lap. His fluffy tail pokes between his legs, and he holds them closed on it.
"Watch? Oh, you're going to help me," Hortense says, as she turns over the hourglass to start the sand flowing. "See, I have a new feather," the Khatta notes, producing a long white feather from her belts. "But Rath'ani fur is thick.. and using it on his nose just wouldn't be fair at all! So.. you'll get him to expose some other skin, won't you?"
"And oh, I suppose his feet aren't good enough either?" Nicorina asks as she eyes the rath'ani in a predatory sort of way that is rather out of place on a skreek.
The raccoon looks really nervous now!
"I have to think in the best interest of my bunnies," Hortense says, coming around to Nicorina, and opening up the front of the cloak. "Now.. let's see what you've done this time.. ooo, you're white below the neck.."
Nicorina sheds the cloak, revealing her snow-white body and with all of her jewelry nicely in place, including her lock and chain. "Now, if you'll excuse me for a moment..." she adds, then saunters over to the wall, in full view of the rath'ani, and pulls down a few things. "Why, these will work nicely," she concludes as she saunters her way right back and circles him until she's standing right behind him. "Everything is more worrying when you can't see, you know," the skreek comments as she drapes a blindfold over his eyes and ties it snugly.
"Oh my, how are you going to tease him if he can't see you?" Hortense asks with a purr, as bats at Nicorina's tail.
Nicorina answers that by leaning down and licking the rath'ani's ear. "By inspiring his imagination of course," she tells Hortense as she wraps her arms around Kerwyn and pokes him here and there with little sharp claws.
The raccoon shivers and bites his lip, but doesn't make a peep or move.. yet..
And so the skreeks claws rake a bit, just enough to be noticeable. "Ooo, he's got some endurance," she teases just before she licks his other ear, then circles him so that she stands in front of him...
Kerwyn is probably wishing he'd crossed his legs for this. But then there wouldn't be anything to keep his tail from lashing about. He tries to compensate with some deep breathing.
"Aww, are you having problems?" Nicorina asks Kerwyn as she slides into his lap, straddling his legs and pinning his hands too! She leans in and ever so slightly touches one of two barred bits of her body lightly to his nose to tease him.
The boy vibrates now, and probably wants to whimper. Of course, that doesn't stop him from sticking his tongue out to try and catch the nose-teaser.
And Nicorina lets him, since his imagination will fill in what that is .. and might look like. "Dear me, you seem to be a little excited," she remarks. Her own hands go and feel just how excited he might be, too.
That only makes things worse. Being blindfolded may have helped, since Kerwyn seems less embarrassed.. but is certainly baring some sensitive skin. As long as he has something to lick, he doesn't seem to mind though.
And Nicorina lets him lick for a bit before she slides back off his lap. Instead of telling Hortense he's 'ready' she gestures with her hands and indicates just where he is probably very sensitive ... and being blindfolded he can't see the feather coming. The skreek licks the rath'ani from nose tip to between his ears.
As a reward, Nicorina gets a Khatta-tail across her chest, as Hortense leans over and goes to work with her feather. Rath'ani have thick fur, so it's hard to tell if Kerwyn is turning blue or not.. but his cheeks are puffed out and he seems to be holding his breath.
And Nicorina takes advantage of the moment to rub Hortense's backside ... under her skirt!
The Khatta doesn't seem to notice this.. at least as far as her own feather-teasing goes. "If he can hold out until the sands run down, he should be able to handle one of the does," she purrs. "If any choose him." She swats at Nicorina with her tail.
And Nicorina swats Hortense right back playfully. She slinks away from the khatta and goes to stand behind Kerwyn again. While the khatta uses her feather with expert precision, Nicorina goes back to licking his ears and play-scratching him with her claws along his chest.
The boy does not last until the sand runs out. With a gasp, he reaches up and pulls his blindfold off! "No more!" he begs.
Nicorina awws. "Well, no lapi for you. I guess you'll have to stay with Hortense," she says as she draws back. "Pity, because I covet her; but I must try to not be so greedy..."
"Can I have a Skreek instead?" Kerwyn asks, ever hopeful.
"I suppose that depends on if Hortense will accept a skreek instead of you," Nicorina cackles as she tickles his ears.
Hortense laughs, and puts the feather away.. for now. "So, you need clothes, is it?" she asks Nicorina with a grin. "I don't recall you wearing any save that one time.."
"Well, I need to go to Underside and do a bit of snooping. I can hardly do that naked. People would notice me," Nicorina remarks with a grin. She lifts up one of her feet and places it in the rath'ani's lap so that she can lean on her knee.
"Hmmm," Hortense ponders, and comes over and starts.. well, feeling up Nicorina.. although she's actually taking measurements, often using her tail as a ruler. "Where in Underside are you going?" she asks, while Kerwyn just.. squirms and pets at Nicorina's leg. Rath'ani are all about tactile sensation, after all..
"The docks," Nicorina answers. "I have to check out some transport for a few friends."
"So, you need to get onto an airship, or just feel out the crew?" Hortense asks, resting her head on Nicorina's shoulder and idly playing with her chains.
"Both in all likelyhood," Nicorina remarks as it's now her turn to squirm a bit. "And that also reminds me, do you have anything stronger that would keep me safer in a city like, oh, Babel? I'm not sure that chain will be enough."
"If you can't defend yourself from getting into a situation where it will come up.. don't wear the chain, as it would likely be torn away and take some rings with it," Hortense purrs. "The same goes for Underside. But.. you feel pretty strong," she notes, squeezing one of Nicorina's arms. Igorina was surprisingly strong, certainly stronger than a typical Skreek.
"Oh, I can take care of myself ... in more ways than one," Nicorina notes as she wiggles her toes in Kerwyn's lap. She also flashes an enigmatic grin to Hortense.
"Hmmm, I have just the thing for you then," the Khatta purrs, and lets go of the Skreek. "Do what you want to Kerwyn until I get back," she says.
And then she's out of the door.. which is closed and locked behind her.
And so Nicorina sits back in his lap, straddling him. "And just what do you want, hmm?" she teases him. Since he's without blindfold he can see all of her now.
"Well.." The boy's hands gravitate to Nicorina's chest, and he starts giggling wildly. "Do those chains come off?" he asks.
"Oh, if I want them too," Nicorina teases and places her hands on the back-rest of the chair. she doesn't do anything to dissuade where his hands are going. "Are you trying to say you have something better to put there?"
"You're pretty soft," the raccoon notes... feeling the softest parts of Nicorina. "You'll.. you'll help me lose my virginity on my birthday, won't you?" he pleads.
"Are you sure you want to? It doesn't come back," Nicorina continues to tease the rath'ani. She even licks his nose.
"Heh, it's not like I'm hoping to be a sacrifice or something," the boy says, nervously.
"Oh, I'm sure they have a room for that down here somewhere," Nicorina teases as she taps her shin with her left hand. Her rigth ... well, it's undoing the lock and then slides it off and the chain out.
The raccoon's tail is thumping on the floor now. "Oh wow.. uh, what's your name?" he asks, sounding almost drunk.
"Does it matter?" Nicorina asks as she slides forward on the chair, pressing her chest to his. She shifts just a bit, and the rath'ani leaves a new sensation when part of him becomes part of her.
It's probably for the best that Nicorina is on top and 'in control' as Kerwyn has no clue as to what to do, but thinks whatever it is needs to be done with great haste.
And Nicorina uses her unusually impressive strength to keep the rath'ani under control and moving at a pace that will actually make it all feel better than hurrying through it. Every now and then the skreek makes a suggestion, or even sometimes an order about what exactly he should be doing next. Minutes and minutes pass, then the skreek seems to decide it's time because her movement becomes insistent ... and she's not going to let him stop or slow down now. "Time for you to release the fountain of life," she murmurs in his ear.
"There's a fountain?" the boy says, momentarily confused and terrified that he missed something.. but then Nicorina's own movements shut off that part of his brain anyway, and the part of his body that does know what's going on and what to do about takes over. The result is that Kerwyn has a very goofy smile.
And Nicorina kisses him as things settle, introducing him to a small bar of metal in the process. "Good boy," she tells him when the kiss breaks. And then to be evil, she adds, "I'll be sure to name your child after you..."
As if timing things precisely, just as Kerwyn's eyes go wide and draws in breath for a good scream, the door to the room unlocks and Hortense returns, along with Jacoba and two does. The buck sniffs the air, hands his bundle off to one of the girls, and says, "I'll go draw a bath.." before retreating.
"Don't worry, I was kidding about the child," Nicorina whispers to Kerwyn as she slides off his lap and stands up. "He's all yours," she tells Hortense while she grins like mad. "With proper training, he'll be good."
"I.. ubba.." the Rath'ani mutters. The two does giggle, and lead him out on shaky legs.
Nicorina drapes her chain around her neck. "Have I mentioned I really like you?" she remarks to Hortense. "You've been a lot of fun."
"I brought you some clothes," Hortense notes, and looks over Nicorina. "You can try them on after our bath. But I think I have the look you want: pirate wench! Leather half-bustier to leave your belly exposed, with a cloth under-shirt - though you should do without it, really, and a layered skirt good for hiding weapons. The hat and eyepatch are optional.."
Nicorina grins widely at the suggested attire. "Well, that sounds absolutely perfect!" she cackles, "Even the eye patch and hat. I'll just have to try that out. Almost as fun as the bridle was." The last bit comes with a wink.
Hortense offers her hand, to lead the Skreek back to the bathing room. She doesn't offer to pick up her cloak or suggest she get dressed in any manner. "I guarantee it will get you a private tour of any airship by the first mate," she purrs. "But first, since you've worn out my toy, you will have to wash my back and whatever else I feel in the mood to have scrubbed.."
"There is an old saying about a khatta and her prey. Since I like you I'll be the replacement for your rath'ani for as many hours as I can allow," Nicorina says as she leans over and fishes something from her cloak, then puts it around her neck; the cloth choker with the 'H' clasp. "Lets see to your bath ... then to what trouble a poor little skreek can get up to in this terrible place ... then arr, it's off to be a piraty wench and ferret out the secrets o' the mast!"
she adds as she takes the khatta's hand.