So. We’re caught up…

Kinda. I could go over what happened today, but I’ve been doing so much writing in the past few days… I don’t know what to do, Booksy. I’m used to having plenty to write about, but…

Well, I could go over how my journey finally got started in earnest… Yeah, I’ll do that!

I think I left off when I picked up Luce and got the show back on the road, but I should mention that it only took us about a day to get to Farrier and I wasn’t pleased with the general mood of the town. It was an industrial kind of place and my music was drowned out by a lot of ambient noise, so Hooversdum was more along my train of thought. Having found a secret boytoy in Max and knowing that Lucine actually liked the town meant that we headed back and prepared to settle down for awhile. Luce got with Raphtal and asked if he could get a job or something to bide time or earn a room, but he was eventually sent back to me by the Guild Captain (The person directly under the Guildmaster) and was ordered to grab me from the park bench I’d started playing on. It was actually kind of interesting and worry at the same time since I didn’t know if someone was going to try and kill me, but I was pleasantly surprised when I got to the Guild.

Max and the Unicorn I mentioned last time were waiting just outside the massive main doors of the Guildhouse, both of them smiling at me. Max’s smile was muted and a little shy, but Sootina’s was friendly and happy. Luce, however, was giving me sketchy looks all the while and I found out why when I got too close to both Guildies. They grabbed me and squished the fuck out of me, a certain hardness prodding me from the male half of the hug. When I was let go, Sootina gave me a brilliant smile, a quick kiss, and a hearty pat on the back. Luce was giggling his ass off like the old bastard he was while I was getting ushered into the Guild without a chance to stop or even really look back, the party already in full swing.

Apparently, my paramour had been exposed after our tryst and was accepted by the entire Guild once he wiped the floor with anyone who was brave enough to laugh at him. I was the guy who’d helped the Guildmaster sexually awaken or whatever, so I was treated as the guest of honor and was entreated to a fun day at the Guild full of soma and smooches. Max made it clear that he wasn’t looking for anything official since he’d just come out as being a little homo, so I taught him a couple of tricks to keep it quiet when he needed to and reminded him that we were only accepted in Hooversdum so far. After a nice kiss and an soothing assurance that we’d be fine anywhere Raphtal had a presence, I was actually open to the idea of doing more things other than sex with Max. The thing was that he had a drive for submission, but couldn’t really show it outwardly unless he wanted his Guild to crumble. Sootina knew and acted as his Mistress from time to time, but with me as his Dom, she wanted me to teach her how to handle him since she just couldn’t boss him around like I could. I didn’t know why I could and attributed it to my Silvertongue/Devil’s tongue thing, but that didn’t really give me an answer for her. I decided to say that it must have just been my fat meat-rod, to which she laughed and asked if I’d show her.

She might’ve been kidding at the time, but the look on her face when I unbuttoned and dropped drawers said that she didn’t really care. We were in a booth in the tavern-ish part of the guild whereas Lucine was entertaining his new friends in the lounge-looking bit, meaning that I had privacy and leeway to do what I wanted without being ineffectually scolded. Sootina was odd for a Pony in that she was tall and muscular, despite not being a Pegasus. That made it hard for her to get under the table to show her appreciation, even though she thought I’d prefer a guy doing it. What she didn’t know was that I’d have preferred no one else other than Max since they were the only ones in the Guild who’d shown any manner of skill at the task. Sootina was a beautiful ashen gray that was sexy like no other, and I’d wanted a piece of her since I’d seen her. The booty on the broad was ridiculous, even if her chest was nearly nonexistent. I swear, I could have sat on her backside and she’d have never noticed, which made me a little sad that she was just blowing me. Being caught by Max when he slid into the booth was great since Sootina had him scoot next to me so I could service him while she took care of me. I gave Max ‘the most amazing, most everything handy’ he’d ever gotten while Sootina? She made me appreciate Pony hospitality more than anything I’d experienced before. She didn’t stop while I was reaching the climax and even knew how to make it just that much better when it ended, keeping her mouth on me until I was completely spent. She also didn’t overstay her welcome and cleaned Max off of me before I could make him do it.

I’d thought it was over, but there’s a reason I fell in love with Pony hospitality. Max asked Sootina if she’d mind doing him too and she told him to ask me, which was great. I revealed my bisexuality to them in confidence and they didn’t disappoint me, though Sootina was mostly just happy to find that I was one of few people to find her attractive. That’s when I learned that other than physical endowments, the hotter you were (By Earth conventions), then the less desirable you were to a good majority of Septurns. That being said, I was slightly above average either way with some of my features being attractive to the Avalesch, but Max was just passably cute and Sootina was hideous by Ponydale standards. The western part of the world was kind of weird with their beauty standards, that too being pretty regressive. Apparently having unattractive features made one a stud in Avalese, which almost hurt my feelings. It sucked to think that two of the more attractive people I’d ever met had no self-confidence when it came to their appearances, but it also wasn’t my problem. I dipped my stick into Sootina and showed her a good time, got back to Max, had another go at Sootina while Max helped, and then gave him a piece of me while he was giving Sootina a piece of him. I was the only one without cum leaking out of their bum by the end of our time together and I just find that funny. After going soft only to harden again so many times, I was worn out, passing out with my head on Sootina’s arm while Max’s head was on my chest. I liked the feeling that we had when we were together; all three of us, that is. Yeah, I liked Max by himself, but I knew Sootina was his best friend and I just worked so well with both of them. It was nice to have a unit again, even if it wasn’t going to last forever.

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… Uh…

Shit, J-Man, that’s all I did today. When I woke up in the middle of the night I got to this point, but there just wasn’t anything really going on other than music and sex which seem to be a theme in this life. I can’t help but wonder if I’d be sleeping around so freely if Stellara was by my side, but I also wanted to share her with my new friends. Only time will tell if we’re going to ever meet again, but there are warring sides of me on that topic. I really just want a nap right now…

I’ll pick you up later, Booksy. I’ll try to add even more detail from here on out, but no promises.

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After going back to sleep, I woke up next to Sootina with Max being long gone. I didn’t know what to do, so I just sat next to her and let the morning unfold as it would until it became clear that she was going to have to be woken up. I did what I felt was natural, which was slipping my dick inside her, eliciting a happy moan and a smile when she turned to look at me. After a brief moment of surprise, she smiled even wider and wiggled her ass further onto my rod, obviously enjoying the feeling of being filled in the morning. We got a quickie out of the way and Sootina thanked me for the ‘Cock’s Call’ with the sun on the rise.

Without any idea of what to do next, I asked, “So… Am I supposed to stay here now, or can I go back to doing my thing?”

Sootina had her back turned to me, getting dressed as I watched. “Hmm? What’s stopping you from doing your thing here?”

“I don’t get paid for doing it here. I mean, I get laid, just not paid. I kinda need money to fulfill part of my aspiration or something.”

She turned to me, her small mounds still holding stiff peaks. “Why not hold a concert? You have my permission.”

“... Yeah, I could do that. Ring up some business for the Guild, make a bit of a name for myself. I guess I could do that for awhile.”

“And after your concerts?”

“Uh… See, I’m having problems with that one. My main thing has been drift, play music, drift, play music, but I don’t really know where to drift from here.”

“Then don’t.” She gave me a look. “You could very well have a home here. Max is smitten with you like no other I’ve seen, I like you plenty, and the Guild would be a great place to play your music. What else could you want?”

“I… I don’t know. I just don’t think the Guild-Life is the life for me.”

“You haven't tried it yet. You could offer a kind of service that we don’t yet have. Expand our revenue pool, potentially gain new business. It could be lucrative for both of us if you think about it.” She struggled with her bra as she spoke.

“That doesn’t sound half bad, I guess. Take non-shooty jobs, bang you and Max to the end of the world, make new music. I guess there’s worse I could do.” She smiled for a sec and nodded, still struggling with the clasps. “Sweetheart, if you need a hand just say something.”

“I’m a grown mare. I can fasten a bra.” She blew through her lips and made a horse-like noise that amused me to no end.

“I didn’t say you couldn’t, I just asked if you wanted to make things easier on yourself.”

Sootina shot me a dirty look. “My hands are just fumbly from last night is all.”

I rolled my eyes and got up, walking behind her as she huffed and folded her arms. I had her latched and ready to go in seconds. “See, Sooty? Was that so hard?”

She bumped me with her butt so I grabbed her hips and humped back, getting a husky chuckle in response. Her voice was pretty deep for a woman’s, but I’d noticed that a few Ponies didn’t look like they sounded. “I guess you can be even more useful than I thought. What do you say, Gatian? Stick with us and we’ll teach you things you never thought you’d learn.” She wrapped my arms around her.

I rested my head on her shoulder and gave it some more thought. “Well, I guess I need to make a name for myself somewhere. Why not one of the biggest towns in the whole country?”

“With one of the most diverse populaces in the world to boot. You’ll find more people from all over the world here than just about anywhere other than Bang Sing, Claytan, Hallowed Halter, or Fiskis. If you want your music to spread, Hooversdum is a great place to get the word out~“ She moved my hands under her bra, letting me play with her chest as I pleased.

“Yeah, yeah, you want me to stay. I wasn’t planning on leaving tonight or anything.”

She let me toy with her for a little longer before she moved my hands and faced me again, her expression disappointed. “I know I can’t force you to stick around, but I think you’ll really come to love the Guild if you do.”

I gave her a Gatian Brand smile and chuckled. “You’d be enough to stick around for a little while. Max is the main attraction, I’ll admit, but you’re interesting too.”

“Gee, glad to know I still come in second.” She gave me a mocking pout.

“Your ass is tighter,” I said truthfully.

“Uh-huh.”

“It’s also nicer.”

“Right.”

I firmly grasped it. “Wouldn’t say it if it wasn’t true. He’s more fun to fuck, but you’re -”

“Just because he’s a guy, he’s more fun?”

“He makes the cutest little whimpers!” She whimpered adorably, but I knew it was fake. “Close second, but the real deal is better.”

Her pout was great, so I gave her a kiss. “So what are we now?”

“You’re Max’s Daddy and I’m his Mommy. I guess we’re a couple.” She gave me a cheesy grin.

I snorted and rolled my eyes. “He doesn’t have a Daddy fetish.”

“Or a Mommy one, but that’s basically what we are. If you stick around, Max is partially going to be your responsibility too.”

“He seems like an autonomous guy.”

“He is, it’s just that he has a guilty conscience and kills a lot of people.”

“Oh. Damn.”

“Yeah. He could use a butt-fucking at the end of the day to forget his troubles.”

I gave her a look. “And what do I really get out of this that I couldn’t get elsewhere?”

Sootina laid her hand on my collar, her thumb pressing against my throat. “Regret is a powerful thing, Gatian.”

I looked at her hand. “Are you threatening me?”

“It’s not a threat, it’s a statement with reinforcement.” She started squeezing.

“You know this can end worse than just a broken shoulder, right? It’s well within my power to light you on fire.”

“And it’s well within my power to snap your neck and dispose of your body before you can finish that Arca.” Sootina’s once warm eyes were now cold and joyless. “If you break Max’s heart, I’ll break your body.”

“He’s known me for less than a week-”

“And yet he didn’t leave the Guild just in case you came back.”

“Fuck me.” I groaned.

“I have and it was pretty good. Stay here, Gatian; life will be so much better for you if you do.” The warmth came back to her face, a pleading there I hadn’t seen before.

“So if I stay and break Max’s heart, I get hurt. If I leave and don’t do that…?”

“He wouldn’t even care if you weren’t exclusive. No one treats Max like you do. At least, no one that gets away with it.”

“And if I turned him on you?”

“You’d make two enemies very quickly. I’m surprised you’d even mention it.”

“I’m an open kinda guy. Do you wanna have make-up sex or what?”

“You can’t be serious.”

“Why not? A little fear is sexy.” I chuckled.

She wrapped her hand around my throat, not being subtle about it this time. “I can do fear.”

“Choke me, Mommy.” I garbled back.

That’s how I learned that I have a mild choking fetish. So does Sootina, but she likes to be on the choking end rather than being the choke-ee, which was fine by me. Having her ride me and strangle me a little while doing it was hot and made the nut that much better, but what was really hot was the fact that Sootina kept referring to herself as ‘Auntie Sooty’ and kept up the act even after we finished. She scolded me for watching her dress and even made me leave the room once she caught me doing it again, adding a sense of excitement to the relationship that I hadn’t considered at any point in my twenty-six years. I was now aware of my Aunt fetish, which made sense because my Mom’s sister was so very unfortunately hot and made a habit of mowing the lawn in a bikini top. I wasn’t even a boob man back then, but fuck. When you’re thirteen and your super-hippy Aunt moves in and gets you high all the time? It’s hard not to develop that gross, awkward, ‘I’m never telling you because I don’t really want it’, incestuous crush and with Auntie Sooty it was mostly just hot. She was a different species entirely, but that didn’t meant that I wasn’t one hell of a sinner for what I was doing. Then again, kinky sex makes you a winner, so...

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After I got kicked out of Max’s room for peeping, I did some more peeping and didn’t get caught while doing it. Sootina was sure to give me a show from the keyhole I was looking in and I swear she smiled at me before she moved to leave the room. I wanted to play, so I kept up the act and pretended like I hadn’t been doing anything. Auntie didn’t say anything about me looking quite nonchalant with a tent in my pants, but she did guide me away from the living quarters and to the mess hall so I could get something to eat. Apparently, Max was already up and out of the Guild since he’d delayed leaving for some odd reason, so it was up to Sooty to keep the Guild running. The thing was that the Guild didn’t need anyone to micromanage it, so I basically just accompanied Sootina and got to know everybody. Lucine was out cold in a borrowed room, so I met all of his friends and about twenty other people (Again) before Auntie Sooty asked me what I wanted to do with my day. I wanted to know if she’d help me with my concert thing and she said yes, so I gathered my funds and took a sizeable chunk out of them to start making posters at the local ‘Printman’s’, or whatever she called it. Either way, I knew where I was going and what I needed, so Sooty left me to do what I wanted and made herself something to do in the form of gathering a census of some kind from the guildies.

While I was out and about on my lonesome, I thought about myself and where the road had taken me thus far. At this point in my journey I’d already lived a good portion of the rockstar life and I wasn’t really enjoying it, getting more pleasure out of the incestuous kink I indulged in with Sootina. Yeah, she was a little scary, but Max was scarier and I didn’t want to give him a reason to kill the shit out of me. I knew on sight that he could, but having him cross nearly fifty feet in the blink of an eye? Not worth it. I was newly cornered in a trap of my own design and I wasn’t even suffering for it, nor was I worried about it which in and of itself should have been worrisome. I mean, Sootina was a little bit of a negative, but when she’d been threatening me I’d had a feeling her words were empty and hadn’t really been scared as a result. Now that she was getting kinky and kind again, I was more likely to do as she suggested and stay put. The thing was that I didn’t know if Lucine would stick around long enough for me to get out of the situation I was in, though I didn’t doubt that he was in a better position than I was for any reason. I had the eye of one of the most ruthless Guilds in the world with one of their Guildmasters being infatuated with me for some reason. It wasn’t an ideal situation, but as I got my shit done and headed back to the Guild, I thought about what I could do to change it.

As I burned time by playing music in the Guild and then eventually writing, I still thought about my situation. Then I wondered why I would change anything. I mean, I had new friends in spades, Max was a sweet guy when you got to know him, Sooty was fun, and I could start my music career pretty well in Hooversdum, so why not stick around for awhile? The longer I thought about it, the more attractive the proposition became, especially when I thought about all I would technically be getting from involvement with Raphtal. Besides the sex and music, I also gained a valuable resource and protection from the Guild as well as possible gigs that might flow through the request line. It was hard to say that I’d give up a good thing that just up and hopped in my lap, but the possible cons were nearly as heavy as the pros even with minimal thought. As I stuck my posters on whatever I passed, I found that I didn’t really care. I just didn’t care about what would be good for me in the long run and wanted to focus on what feels good now. Having Max clam up and practically bow to me on sight? Hot. Having Sootina treat me like a naughty nephew? Hotter. Becoming the biggest musician in town? Easy, apparently, but I didn’t really care about becoming a big musician anymore. Stellara wasn’t around, and she was the one I wanted to become famous for so I could help her, but if she didn’t even want to be around me because of something I couldn’t control?

Fuck her.

I wasn’t taking the loss well. I’m still not. I saw that I was spiraling a while ago and I didn’t know how much longer it would be until I’m completely out of control… There’s no one to stop me, to put me on the right path, but Who’s to say that this isn’t the right one? Well… Other than Stella… God, I miss her… I miss her so much, Booksy. Nothing I do helps. Playing songs takes the edge off, but it doesn’t stop the ache from being there. I could handle being a failure. I could handle getting smacked around and being humiliated, but… Seeing someone who loves you look at you like you’re a monster hurts so fucking bad. I can’t… I can’t keep going like this. I can’t just keep ignoring it. I don’t know what I have to do, but I can’t just keep trying to get her face out of my head because it’s not working. Meaningless sex is just so draining, but all I want to do is a fuck a hole into something deep enough to mirror the one I feel in my chest. It’s… It’s worse than before. I knew who cared and who didn’t care, and I knew that Stellara had cared. She’d cared a lot, but in that one moment, she stopped looking at me like I was Human… She gave up on me just like that.

She gave up. I want to give up. Just blindly walking forward isn’t actually getting me anywhere, and Raphtal isn’t the place I need to be. Where else am I supposed to go though, Booksy? I could keep chasing Shadesong and maybe find a chance at real love, but what I had felt for Stella was as close as I cared to get. What we had was genuine and for her to throw it all away… Just…

Later. I can’t do this right now.

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I got back to the Guild and Max came in while I was writing some of this stuff. He helped, kinda. He’s so sweet that it’s almost sickening, but it’s not the ‘I want your approval!’ kind of eagerness that I’d expected. He looked up to me in a way I didn’t understand, and through my tears he was there for me. Max made a place for himself in my heart during my time of need, cementing a certain emotion I’d felt for him that wasn’t altogether good. I didn’t like Max like he wanted me to like him, though I thought that what I’d seen of him so far was nice and all. The guy was handsome, sweet, and a good fuck, but he wasn’t Stellara, and I hated him for it. It wasn’t fair to him, so I put on a mask and let him think he got me out of my funk with some hugs and the promise of something to do to stay busy in the morning. Sootina came in to check up on us while we were talking and sat in for a little while, making the polyamory in the room heighten to the third degree.

While I was thinking of it, I also didn’t like polyamory or any of what it implied. Even with the family unit as it was, it was starting to feel like I was banging Felix and Stellara was watching half the time. I didn’t like where I was and I had to hide it before it got me in trouble. The conversation I shared with Sootina and Max ended with me getting my own room in the Guild, and it honestly wasn’t half bad but the bribe was evident in it. I was given a second gun, courtesy of the Guild’s own Artificer that lived over in in Ponydale somewhere. Apparently, the thing was enchanted if the runes were anything to go by, and it was a repeating pistol with the lever on the finger-guard. It was an interesting piece to be sure, but I didn’t really want it and said as much. Max didn’t seem all that disappointed since that meant that I didn’t want Sootina’s gift, meaning that he could freely give his without making it seem like they were piling it on. His gift was far more reasonable. The small derringer-type gun was classy to say the least with its blackwood scales, and the fact that it was meant to be concealed on the wrist and used as such was super cool. I accepted that one and made Sootina a little salty, but Max was happy and gave me plenty of ammo to use for my last ditch thingy.

I wrote this out and took the time to wonder just what the fuck it was that I was doing with my life and everything within before I cam e to this exact point… I don’t know, Booksy… What should I do from here?

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Sootina was a huge help in getting everything for the concert figured out. Everything from tickets to concessions, she’d already taken care of the day I’d gone out and gotten my posters posted. She was a brutal taskmaster, but she was also a highly efficient business woman. As she’d suggested, I’d be doing a show a night twice a week for a couple months, garner a fanbase, and then my part of the deal would kick in. She would stay behind and manage the Guild while I took Max on tour as a lead vocalist while Lucine would be my plublassist. Together with the boys, I’d have my band and we’d tour Ponydale first out of the Avalesch countries, head to Chorell shortly after, hit Sotannylvania, and then head on up to Stalfisk with our first stop being in Flisitis. Once we were there we’d go to Thesuvia, knock on Laspone, and end our trip by coming back to Hooversdum via the Liar’s Strait. It sounded like a hell of a plan and everyone involved was interested, so instead of performing my concert by myself, I got my band together and started practicing.

Now, it took a few drinks for Max to get any kind of decent at signing, but Luce could work the plublass just like he always could. Actually, the more I played the undlegar alongside him and helped him get the beat to go along with the melody, Luce did pretty damn well and was enjoying his craft more and more. Max was just having fun singing because he was a little tipsy most of the time, but after a day or two, we managed to get him to the point of only needed a couple shots to sing decently. It was also during that time that it was agreed in the band that we needed some percussion and a way to transport everything we’d need to actually be a band, so Lucine was tasked with asking the Guildies if they knew anyone who could bongo longo time-o or otherwise add some flair to our music.

Once we found that to be a bust, Max got the ‘wagon’ and the ‘horses’ we’d need to pull it, though that doesn’t really do it justice. The carriage-thing had suspension and the ‘horses’ were bred for longevity, only needing grass and tree bark to keep going. IT would be easy to stock up on their food since they literally ate bark and grass, but it was also great how much they could haul. The under-carriage was made to store their food and maybe some of ours while the carriage itself was large enough for all three of us to sleep, wrestle, and change in if we ever wanted to. There was a catch, however; Lucine didn’t know Max and I were bisexual and he didn’t need to know.

That being said, having our Plublassist not know that Max and I were boning was probably going to be a problem, and I didn’t really want to take Max on tour anyway. However, it wasn’t really up to me so I just made the most of our practice time. Oh yeah, I totally forgot about the mission Sootina and Max took me on. Max was supposed to lead it but didn’t end up showing his face until Sootina and I were finished hunting the creature. I learned that Sootina was scary with her rifle and by no means someone to mess with inside of a hundred yards. She was also someone to be generally afraid of while you were in town, because she hunted the creatures we were supposed to kill from the bell tower of the Guild. Keep in mind that the furthest creature was near the outskirts of town, having been going after some livestock for its own hunger. Sooty didn’t even go to take a trophy, but she did offer to teach me how to snipe like no one else could. It was called ‘Gratana nuva-Longinus’ or ‘Spear of the Longarm’, and it was considerably harder for me to learn than Grata non-Aquix. First off, the rifle that Sootina used was called an Effingslei, and those motherfuckers were heavy. I couldn’t really move with it and that wasn’t really how I operated, so we looked around in the Guild’s armory for something a Human could feasibly wield.

Sooty was obviously either trying to emasculate me or was used to people with Choret strength because she kept handing me rifles that were in the ‘Effings’ caste of firearm. To explain, Effing was like a step off of a fifty caliber in either direction while my friend Clocky was a ‘Colic’ caste weapon, meaning nine millimeter to around a .40 or .45. We settled on a ‘Coffing’ that was basically a repeater with the capability to shoot a bit further and took that to a range just outside town. It was much easier for me to wield, but long-arms really weren’t my thing. I could hit the broad side of a barn if it was close enough, but outside of the odd lucky shot, I could barely land a target in the squares. Yes, the targets were squares. Don't ask me why. I could hit them with no problem as long as I was using a Colic or Ellic caste gun, but anything above that kicked too hard for me to be accurate with it. Sooty was disappointed, but that didn’t stop her from getting up close and personal while teaching me how to shoot anyway.

Once we got back to the Guild, Max had someone he was rather eager for me to meet. As we walked through the lively, well-ordered streets of Hooversdum, we went over the lyrics of a couple of songs I wanted to perform at the concert and had him tell me about his special gal. For one, he said that she was the woman that he was going to marry and have children with, looking at me expectantly. When I said that I expected him to eventually leave my tender cock- care. I meant care. Whenever he got tired of me, I expected him to just up and go settle down with someone since he’d made it clear he just wanted some cuddles and fuck from me, meaning that Sootina had the wrong idea. He proved my assumption right when he said that taking it up the butt was great and all, but his girl was willing to do that for him. She just wasn’t willing to be his Dom, which is where Sooty and I came it, as messed up as that is. He also explained that she’d been following us for some time, and I told him that I’d noticed the purple-haired, nerdy looking girl trailing behind us and bumping into things long before he mentioned her. We waved her forward and she came along, adorable to the point of bearing no inadequate words. Her hair was obviously dyed from being orange since her freckles and pale skin gave away her Sotan heritage. However, her eyes were also purple, which I assumed meant she was a Moon Maiden like Tansall from the Tidrel Welcome Center. She had a sweet smile and perfect, white teeth that were all in a row as well as slightly pinkened, round cheeks that looked like they were begging for a smooch. Her eyes were round and a little dispropotionately big but that just made her even cuter in a kitty kind of way. I already liked her, but Max’s look of absolute worship told me that I’d best not try my luck with her. He might bow to me when I stood behind him, but I doubted he’d let me spit in his face like that.

When she came over, she spoke before either of us could and said, “I’m sorry! I know I’ve just kind of been following you guys and… Um…” Her pink cheeks grew pinker. “Well… Eavesdropping is a bad habit, but I’m just really glad that Max finally found a guy friend he doesn’t punch every couple of minutes!” She beamed, though I found something about her odd.

Max gestured to the woman and I realized what it was that I’d pinged about her; she and Max shared an accent. “This is my fiance, Brume de Glose, or in Common-”

“Gloss is fine.” The smallish gal interrupted, shooting our man a salty look that was ruined by her being cute as fuck. “Maxi likes to forget who wears the panties in this relationship.”

I looked at her skirt. “... Is it not you?”

“Ah, you probably didn’t know. Men are only dominant in Avalesce. We’re Flistian. Well, I’m from Flistis. He’s a muckblood from Thesuvia.”

Max rolled his eyes. “You’re from Thesuvia too, and you’re barely even Flistian, you half-Sotan.” She pouted extra hard at him. “It just means we get the best of both worlds, and don’t forget that you were jealous not too long ago.”

“Hush!”

I chuckled. “You two make a good match.”

Gloss sent me a little smile. “... You seem like a nice Daddy, if I can say that.”

I gave her a blank grin in turn. “I did the huh-who what-now?”

She looked at Max and he blushed. “Uh… I didn’t really get to cover what I wanted from you, did I…?”

“No. No you did not.”

He chuckled awkwardly. “... I kinda want you to.. .Um… Dominate me and my wife?”

“Oh.”

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to!” He said quickly. “B-But she could be in the band too! Thesuvian drummers are some of the best in the world, after all.”

“... Yeah, dude. Whatever. It’s cool. I’ll do the thing and we can see if she can bang drum.”

They looked at me and I shook my head. “You two keep looking at me like a deer in the headlights and I’ll let Auntie Sooty handle you.”

They smile and Gloss said, “You’ll be great! Thank you, Daddy!”

It turned me on a little when she said it, and when Max said, “Thanks, Pops,” I got a little stiffer. It was horribly wrong of me and I really didn’t want to think of the implications, but there was always my mind numbing at the thought of Daddy-domming two people that were barely younger than me. Unless it went too far, I couldn’t say that I even gave a shit.

We went back to the Guild and it turned out that Gloss was awful on the drums, but she could play the tambourine and a synthesizer type instrument with a little effort. Through the matte blue keys of her instrument of choice, Gloss could lay down a solid beat that Luce could pick up and harmonize with. From there, I added in the undlegar and we got Max’s vocals to come together with a little liquid love, making a few songs turn out pretty well. Adding the dungo (The synth Gloss played) and Max’s vocals to Gauner’s Grovel and a couple of the other songs made the difference to them in my opinion. Luce thought thew songs had been fine before, but I was glad for the extra parts and had fun playing Black Hole Sun with my new crew. The best part was that there just so happened to be a percussion mode with the dungo that added a weightless bass to songs. The day was mostly spent learning how to play together and talk with each other without pissing each other off, and to my surprise, we all melded together pretty well. Luce was the odd one out, but Gloss and Max eventually came to accept him as something of a grumpy old grandpa while I was still ‘Daddy’. In private, Gloss called me that while Max’s ‘Pops’ was only for when the three of us were completely alone, though it was still a little weird to me.

We practiced long into the night to get ready for the concert since it was only a few days away, but with Gloss staying the night at the Guild, I learned more about Max and she herself than I could have through normal means. I learned that Gloss was Flistian and had been born in Thesuvia in a smallish town called Terra Halter. I found the name to be a little silly but Gloss had fond memories of Terra and told me the tale of her life in about five hours. She told me everything from the time she broke her arm while ice skating and how her fifth birthday party was the best ever, but then she also told me about how she’d been raised with a brother and a father who’d been more than happy to feel her up from time to time. It never went beyond over-the-clothes according to her, but she’d been molested by her relatives nonetheless and was seeking something similar outside of their reach as a result. With Max as her brother substitute and me as her hot young Dad, Gloss was glad about the arrangement and answered any questions I had about her. Her favorite color was, of course, purple, and she loved guys with my complexion. Her biggest turn on was to have someone peep on her and her biggest turn off was being put down. Gloss’ favorite kink was upskirts and showing people her panties as long as she thought they were cute, which explained the amount of times she’d crossed her legs while we were talking. Her least favorite kink was bondage, which she explained away as just not liking being tied up.

Max opened up about himself as well, telling me about his small town of Wiltshire Halter and how he had been raised with another brother himself. His life had been somewhat smooth since his family had a touch of wealth and influence, but he’d trained hard nonetheless to become one of the most challenging physical opponents of all Avalesce. However, his brother was always the star of the show and in Thesuvia, Max felt like he was living in his shadow. He explained that he’d sacrificed a part of his soul and his Terru for training from the most legendary fighter that had ever lived, Noir the Nightmare. She was supposedly a Fullmaster from long ago that had killed the majority of her opponents with spiked gloves and powerful kicks, which Max mimicked by using gloves reinforced with steel and similarly deadly kick. He was a hand-to-hand expert beyond pretty much any other that I was likely to meet, and the fact that I had even met him meant my life was noteworthy. He was a ‘One’master that was technically a ranking noble, and Max went on to brag a little bit and get himself scolded by Gloss, to which I responded by giving her a stern talking to for not letting her equal speak. The blush on her face told me I was doing something right, and when I laid into Max for bragging like she’d been doing, they both teamed up on me, tackling me to the floor. I gave as good as I got since no one was terribly serious, but they ended up on either side of me with their hands in my pants at some point. I wasn’t sure what kinds of fathers they’d had, but I was really hoping that they’d never done the same sort of thing with them.

Before anything else could happen, I grabbed Gloss and sat her on my lap to gauge Max’s reaction. He was happy as far as I could tell and so was she, both of them wearing smiles as I took my time in getting to know them a little more. Max was all business outside of our private time, but Gloss was half play, half study day in and day out. I say half because she played with me and paid plenty of attention to how I reacted to certain things. She was impish to say the least and loved to flash her smile, but what I really noticed about Gloss was that she was quick to warm up to someone and was keen on getting more information from me than I her, and that was saying something. We both wanted more information about the other whereas Max was content to learn as he went along, but he was happy to talk about himself and lead on the conversation. He was honestly really funny and such a great guy when you got to know him, but I think that my time with Max was turning me straight. I saw fewer and fewer reasons to be with guys the longer I was with him, but I also saw more about him that I wanted to keep around. There was the fact that he was fiercely loyal and didn’t have much of a jealous streak in him if the time Gloss spent in my lap is anything to go by. She honestly just liked cuddles and I was happy to give them to her since she was so short and adorable, but then Max wanted some too and I had to split my attention between them. They really were semi-childlike in their demeanors, but they had enough maturity between them for it to not feel like I was molesting children or something.

The night ended with Gloss trying to read over my shoulder as I browsed some legends and mythology while Max spent his time whittling something or other, being content to give me alone time with his wife-to-be. I learned some interesting stuff about prophecies that had and hadn’t come true over the years, though there were a few that stuck out more than others. One where a child was born under a falling star that turned out to be an omen for the death of the village it was born in was interesting because of the details behind it, and the one where a woman was supposed to choose a white bow out of a selection, hit a target dead center, and then split said arrow was cool because it was like Avatar: The Last Airbender. That one was apparently exciting when it happened because it meant the end of Choresh occupation in Sotannyvania or something like thing. It might have been Bir’re in Sotannyvania. Whatever. There was also one that really snagged my eye because of how dope I thought it was. The guy in the ‘Minstrel’s Maladies’, as the fable was called, was supposed to have been some travelling flutist or piper that played songs that drove people some kind of crazy. Some of the prophecy was in plain Common, but then some of it was in bastard French/Hebrew that I couldn’t make out with any real reliability, and another part was in some form of Old English or a variant thereof. That alone made the prophecy/legend a little on the crazy interesting side, but then there was also the portion in the middle of all the gobbledegook that was in Common and Hebrew that said ‘To save the [Ruler-(Female?)] of the dust from creation, the [Minstrel] blew into [his pipe(?)] and sounded a great [cacophony] of such melancholy that his foes fell before him in [bloodied bits].’. I thought that shit was so cool, but at the same time I worried about someone using my songs to hurt people like the Minstrel did in the legend. I didn’t know if it had come to pass or not since the indicator in the book was damaged (It was near the top of the page, of course) so I couldn’t really find out, nor was I that interested. Most of the things in the book had either proven false one way or another or were improbable anyway. I considered it no big loss and continued on with my literary adventures to start writing in my favorite book-shaped pal, you.

I’m gonna finish up in my room, but that’s all for now. Page break not necessary since I’m picking up with current shit from semi-current stuff...

Gloss was happy to get to know more about me and we talked while I wrote, going over our favorite animals, sweets, and food. She really was a Chatty Cathy and when she hopped on my lap again to get closer to me, she made a note of the woody she sat on while I wrote. I had to explain that she just had a nice butt and was really cute, to which she replied that she would be happy to play with me and Max for a little bit if I wanted. I couldn’t bring myself to take that step quite yet, but it was on the itinerary. I didn’t let Gloss read any of my journals, but she did express considerable interest into looking into my mind. It was enough to freak me out a little with her wording, but I couldn’t have cared much less about it overall. Any brain-tapping could wait until the morning, though when I left Max’s room she followed me after a quick word with him. He just gave me a knowing look and said, ‘Don't be a bad Dad, Pops,’ when I asked why she was coming with me instead of staying behind.

I figured I was about to get laid when Gloss stopped me so she could pick out some nightclothes, but she just grabbed a modest gown and followed along to my room. When we got there, she hopped into my borrowed bed and got cozy before I got changed and headed to bed for myself. All she wanted was cuddles, and I just had to take the time to get this written out to say that Gloss was a cuddlemonster beyond all cuddlers.

That’s all. Now I’m done.