Drow's Dilemma Ep. 100: Fallout

"I have already scouted the place - it's what we did first. All of us put together were not strong enough to traverse even the best path."

"Dahlia, what do you need to recover your energy?" Probably sex, but maybe she did not have time for that. "We will definitely rescue your entire Seduction - as long as they are able to be rescued - as well as Ashyr herself. And we will do so as quickly as possible. But we need more information. Much more. What else can you tell us?"

The female arcanist rubbed her face with both hands. "Caleldir, if it's stayed constant... We did not come for Ashyr for months - maybe even years from her perspective," she observed. "We cannot wait one more moment. We must go now. No paladins, no plans, no long explanations. Dahlia can lead the way and explain while we travel."

The youngest drow held up her hand to try to get her older sister to stop for a moment. -Risa? Can you alter time in your dimension right now? Or at least a part large enough for us to power Dahlia and talk things through? This is too dangerous a mission to dive into blindly.-

"Sidhriia is right," Caleldir agreed. "We cannot just leap into this blindly. Yes, it worries and distressed me that Ashyr has been there for months - maybe even years - without our realizing it. But if we get captured as well because we decided to act before we could plan, then our haste will not do any good for her at all. Far from it. We have to be at least a little patient, as irksome as it is."

Rise, looking distressed, shook her head. "I can slow down time easily. But that will make the problem worse. Accelerating local time... well, I could do so quickly, but that will... " She took a deep breath. "I.. I will do what I can. It is not easy. I will have to physically burn part of my dimension to power it." She closed her eyes for a moment. The dimension around them rumbled and quivered for a moment, then stillness. She opened her eyes. "There. I had to destroy a large part of the forest, but the next day in here will translate to a minute outside." She relaxed before passing out.

Caleldir gasped a bit, catching her with telekinesis. He let her down gently. One of the R.I.S.A.s appeared in the room with glassy-eyed silence to pick up the unconscious body of the Animating Intellect and port her to another part of the complex.

"Somebody is going to have to try to give her some serious power boosting," Caleldir commented wryly. He turned to Selene. "So, we have a day in which Ashyr will experience some fourteen minutes at most. We can calm down and consider things. I think that, if we can smuggle a Paladin into the dimension, Meeting with Althaia will be a huge asset. There is nothing like having a paladin help in Hell." He stroked Dahlia's hair and sighed. "We need to get you back up and healthy," He said tenderly to his familiar. "Save what you know until after that." He glanced over at Sidhriia. "Sidhriia? Selene? Would you help me revive a couple of succubi?"

"No," Selene said with an air of finality in her tone. "I most certainly will not power that succubus. With Risa, it's fine; she gains power from the act being done. Dahlia will drain power from me, and that cannot be good for me in my condition." Also, she rather hated and was intensely jealous of the woman.

"I did not think you would want to," Caleldir replied uneasily. He was aware of Selene's jealousy and was unable to judge it. It was justified in his view, after all. But he was not really able to do anything about it. He could not get rid of Dahlia anymore now that they were bound like this.

-Is it dangerous?- Sidhriia asked, tilting her head in curiosity. -To couple with someone like her when carrying a child?-

"Maybe. Probably. It's suspected that that's how half-succubi are made. Such creatures are difficult to study; they can usually hide well as a garden variety nymphomaniac," Selene said with a protective hand over her slightly bulged stomach.

-Oh. Then maybe I shouldn't either?- Sidhriia thought slowly. She looked ambivalent about the situation; a part of her wanted to see what having sex with such an experienced partner would be like... but also she was a soul-sucking demon which generally didn't hold well with people of her alignment. She didn't know whether to be disappointed or relieved.

"You are probably not pregnant, sister. We are not a very fertile race. Even if you were not using protection - which you really should be from now on," Selene said with a dismissive wave of her hand. Besides, she was too young by a century to think about carrying children.

A brilliant red began to creep into Riia's cheeks and slowly spread to the rest of her face. -Selene. You were told why the rebels kept me...-

Caleldir swallowed. "You have potent fertility magic," he said in a low tone. "Are... are you already pregnant, Riia?"

-I was led to believe that it is the purpose of intercourse... I am simply better at ensuring the goal was achieved,- Sidhriia said with a blush so brilliant that she was almost literally glowing. -So yes. I conceived.-

"How can you even tell? It's barely been two weeks! No one can know these things at two weeks!" The older sister protested.

-I know. I can sense the life, just like I can in your womb - though yours is stronger, of course, being more mature.- Her face was still red, and she was beginning to look worried. She brought her knees up to her chest and looked cautiously at Caleldir and Selene. Caleldir actually looked like he was quickly warming up to the idea, but Selene looked angry. -Did I do something wrong? I didn't mean to displease either of you.-

"You're too young, Riia! I didn't have my first child until I was solidly past a century! That just how it's done in this society! You have to experience life! Be young before you're tied down! Mature mentally!" Selene took a deep breath to say more, but let out that breath in a long sigh when she saw that she was upsetting her little sister. "It's alright, Sidhriia. It's not too late. We can go to the Duskhaven market to get one of those potions for females who can't afford to be mothers ye-"

Caleldir gasped a little, then pressed his lips together firmly. Despite the fact that Dahlia was still in his arms, his mind had almost completely forgotten the weakened succubus.

-No!- Riia cut Selene off with horror. -Please don't make me get rid of him or her!-

A disgusted sigh escaped from Selene's lips. This was not the way things should be. But, looking at her sister's face, it was increasingly difficult to be angry with her. It wasn't as if Sidhriia knew about her own society's customs and deliberately broke them to spite everyone. The young woman barely knew any of the standards that her own people had. She did know that intercourse with a male produced offspring and that most other women had the drive to have a few during the course of her life. Usually, that urge didn't even come until decades after full maturity... but it wasn't insane to suppose that maybe those inclinations were learned and not genetic.

"We are absolutely not going to end the pregnancy," he said with conviction. "Sidhriia, you may be younger than is socially acceptable in your race to have children, but you have done nothing wrong. Nothing at all. Except insofar as we have not yet figured out how to treat the curse on Duskhaven women, but we can work with that."

"You don't have to take a potion if you want to continue the pregnancy," Selene conceded in a gentler tone than she had been using recently.

Caleldir relaxed, reluctant though that agreement may have been, with the idea of keeping Sidhriia's child. "That all said, Sidhriia, while the purpose of intercourse is most fundamentally about reproduction, it does have other purposes as well. Bonding with another being most prominent."

He rubbed his hands together. "I am glad you let me know this early. As soon as we have recovered Ashyr, I need to do some serious work on the young one. I can, with current resources, determine the sex and likely phenotype of the child. If we can get another chance to raid the Monastery and steal the designs and materials to build a new Geneforge within the next month, I can also do as I have done with Selene's daughter and engineer away genetic flaws and select for superior traits. I could also do a better check-up on Selene and I's daughter, although it is too late to manipulate her genetics. I can still remove or add various magical effects, though."

Another deep breath. "So... for now, we can just be aware of the fact that Sidhriia is pregnant. But we do need to still prepare for Ashyr's rescue."

"Anyway, before the conversation was derailed, we were talking about succubi being dangerous. Normally, yes, it would be dangerous to couple with a succubus. But with Dahlia, not so much. I can prevent her from turning other people - including turning a pregnant woman into a succubus, which is what actually creates a Cambion. Not that being a Cambion is that much of an issue. I have worked with one before. Risa was fond of her. A bit weird, she was, and chafed under the behavioral rules in Deusterra, but she was not evil or overtly dysfunctional. But that is irrelevant. What is relevant here is that Dahlia here is not dangerous to either of you, and you do not have to help me if you do not want to. You can help Risa instead. She is in a pretty bad way right now. The time acceleration spell has taken a terrible toll on her."

Caleldir's suggestion was punctuated by a snore audible throughout the room. Both of the Duskhaven sisters blinked at the source of the noise: a fast asleep Dahlia still on Caleldir's lap.

-If it will not hurt us or our babies and will help everyone, then I would like to help you, Caleldir.- In fact, she wanted him far more than she wanted to learn what it was like to be with a succubus. But the two of them were sort of a package deal for the foreseeable future. Riia stood up and self-consciously smoothed down her filmy lavender dress. A blush was beginning to rise to her face again, too. This time for decidedly positive reasons. The young woman had not yet gotten used to the idea that she could finally couple with other people even considering the fact that she'd done so every day since she was rescued around two weeks ago. The thought of pleasure, physical contact, intimacy, and love that she was allowed to partake in was surreal.

"I suppose I will help too. It will be more efficient," Selene finally agreed. For her, it was all about wanting Caleldir and nothing about Dahlia.

"Just so you know, the fact that I have a succubus familiar now that I cannot really get rid of until she wants to leave does not mean that you cannot have me apart from her. You should know that by now. My relationship with Dahlia is not entirely voluntary, while my relationship with you two is voluntary." At least it was now. With Selene... well, she did not have that much room for judging Dahlia when it came to unintentionally forcing a bond between them.

Noting Sidhriia's blush, Caleldir gave her a smile and ran his fingers along the side of her face. "I thank you for your help in this. But remember that I am here if you need me." He turned to Selene. His expression faltered a bit. He did feel bad for inspiring her jealousy. "And you, Selene, I ask to be patient with me. You will always be the first one I was with. And the mother of my first child. I will be there for you as long as I am alive, and you still want me to be."

With that, he hefted the snoring succubus up in his arms and began carrying her to the nearest bed (never that far away in this building). She stirred slightly but did not yet wake. "Anyway, let us awaken a succubus."

The Duskhaven sisters followed Caleldir as he carried Dahlia to the nearest bed. Riia sought Selene's hand for the short walk there, as Caleldir's hands were full of succubus. They crawled up on the bed when Caleldir set the succubus down and began the 'festivities' with a long kiss against her full lips. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled into his kiss. She even began to kiss him back before she was fully awake.

When Dahlia started replying to his lips with her own kissing smile, Caleldir relaxed a little and ran his hand tenderly over her body, as nude as it normally was. He had every intention of a slow, loving revival for Dahlia, gently pulling her from her weakness back into strength.

Dahlia herself had other intentions.

She realized how desperately hungry she was. He felt the flash of intent too late. Dahlia grabbed hold of him by her arms and legs and used her incredible strength to roll both of them over. With the desperation that only a starving succubus could muster, she began to kiss down the center line of his body. Over his chin, across his collarbone, down his sternum, over his lightly muscled stomach, and straight to his manhood. All the while, she moved and clawed clothing out of the way to only kiss bare flesh.

Her long tongue stretched out to draw wetly across his length. Then her hand lifted his shaft to allow her to quickly taste every inch of his cock. That was only to help him slide smoothly into her mouth, which she did in the next moment. Her desperate pace didn't change; she bobbed her head at a quick, steady pace - clearly intending to bring him to orgasm as soon as possible. All the while, her completely black eyes looked up at him through heavy eyelashes. Looking down, his eyes met hers, and he gave her a twitching smile.

Meanwhile, Selene and Sidhriia's lips met as the caressed and fondled clothing off of each other. It wasn't a complex process, disrobing each other, but they took their time with it as their hands likely brushed against every inch of each other's flesh.

-R.I.S.A.?- Sidhriia projected the thought shyly across the room as she and Selene were enjoying each other's flesh. -Will it help power you more if you join?-

R.I.S.A. did not respond to Sidhriia's thoughts at first. After a few long seconds, a wispy reply came back. [R.I.S.A. lacks the energy to properly manifest right now. She will reply to you once the mainframe has rebooted.]

Caleldir gasped against Dahlia's blowjob. "Risa will need a bit, Sidhriia. She will arrive soon." For now, the A.I. would not be present.

Not even R.I.S.A.s to help facilitate the foursome? She must have drained quite a bit of power in order to give them the time that they needed. And need it they did; Sidhriia wasn't going to complain. All there was to do was continue as she was, 'worshipping' Risa in her domain. She bit her lip as Selene gently laid her now naked body down on the soft bed sheets next to Caleldir. Gasped when she felt fingers slide through her aroused sex. Moaned when she felt her sister's fingers penetrate her tight warmth.

Next to her, she heard another long, ragged exhalation from Caleldir. He gripped the bed tighter and shot his essence up into the succubus. The pleasure of his release flowed from him over their bond to her.

Dahlia was moaning and gasping a bit more boisterously than the pale drow was. It was about as loud, though, as her mouth (and part of her throat) was currently being occupied by Caleldir's throbbing cock. Being filled by him anywhere, of course, was pleasurable for his succubus familiar. His orgasms were brain-searing ecstasy. Only after her cock stopped throbbing did she pull her mouth away, gently sucking as she did.

"It's a good thing that's not what I was doing when we were stuck together," Dahlia noted smirkingly to her master. Everyone was included in the joke, though, since she said it aloud instead of in Caleldir's mind.

That got a short laugh from Sidhriia, who had always been more comfortable about Dahlia and Caleldir's relationship than Selene had.

Caleldir chuckled uneasily. It was a funny observation, true, but the idea of her upper mouth being stuck to his cock rather than her lower mouth was a distressing one. If movements had been difficult before... yeah. And her giving her true name would have been rather a chore as well. Also, and more important than the disturbing what-if, was the fact that he was fairly sure that Selene did not like being reminded of that whole situation. She did not like that Dahlia was his familiar. She did not like that he had had sex with her for nearly three days straight.

And he was right. Selene didn't seem to find being reminded of the incident very amusing. The older sister stopped the gentle touches that she lavished her younger sister with. Then she turned her gaze to the red-horned demon. Dahlia's grin turned sheepish for the brief moment before Selene lashed out with magic that forced Dahlia to her back near the foot of the bed. This was followed up by the drow pouncing on the demon with a blur of magically-aided speed. The succubus was pinned, with an aggressive dark elf glowering over her and black vines encircling her limbs. Instead of struggling, though, Dahlia chose to let it happen. Something was growl-whispered into Dahlia's ear, which led directly to Selene forcefully engulfing a cock that hadn't been there moments before, fucking her forcefully as she would have done to a male. As she had done to Caleldir all those months ago.

Sidhriia looked a bit shocked at that turn of events.

Selene's sudden violent outburst was understandable. It still took him by surprise. He was about to try to restrain Selene when he noticed the sudden coitus. That... err... okay then. Red succubus dick. Well... okay then. That was a sight that was both disturbing and much sexier than he wanted to admit.

Shaking his head, he turned his attention to Sidhriia. He chuckled to see her shock, pulling her into his embrace. "Well, I guess that Selene is going to go ahead and give Dahlia a bit of power on her own. I am not sure I want to be getting in the middle of that." He kissed Sidhriia on the shoulder. "Shall we leave them to it?"

There was no tender embrace nor kissing at the foot of the bed where Selene forcefully took Caleldir's familiar. It was all power, bared teeth, and gasps trying to be muffled. Dahlia began to make a token effort to pull at the vines that tied her - just to see how strong they were - but the only thing she could manage was a few tensed muscles. Nice. Caleldir's first mate was actually quite strong, magically speaking.

Through the bond of their minds, Caleldir was able to sense the appreciation Dahlia felt. He winced a bit. Well. At least Selene's hatred seemed to be one-sided.

-Does... Selene usually do that?- Sidhriia asked, still staring at the two women coupling. That was just about the strangest thing the young drow had ever seen. Up until that point, it was female parts with female, or male parts with female. No one ever got tied down, either. There wasn't any aggression. Everything that was done was carefully asked or implied permission. This was none of those things. Riia would have been more uncomfortable with the situation, but it really appeared as if Dahlia was enjoying herself - quite enthusiastically, in fact. And her older sister got to feel like she was more in charge of the situation. -Yeah... probably best to leave them to it.-

"The first time Selene had sex with me, she used poison to incpacitate me and took me over my protests in order to antagonize Ashyr, who she was then in conflict with," Caleldir explained.

Sidhriia looked surprised and concerned for Caleldir. She would have never guessed how they were before; clearly, both of them loved and cared for each other deeply, and would never do anything so invasive as forcing each other physically without knowing they had consent. Probably. The pale drow looked askance at her older sister, who had always been so gentle and caring with Riia that she thought that that was how Selene always was.

"So... yeah. This is fairly normal for her. She has issues. At least I can vouch that Dahlia is loving this greatly." He sighed and ran his hand up and down Sidhriia's back. "I am differently constituted. Not good at the whole 'forcing' thing. Or even overt aggression." He gave her a kiss on her forehead. "I hope that you do not mind."