Mistress of the Jungle (xgkf) GMed by thetwo

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"Sure!" She turned and looked at Molly, and started blushing again. Her study of the dress seemed to focus especially on the chest region, and when Molly got up to turn around the ass as well. After a minute, the cat-girl spoke. "Well, there's nothing wrong with the dress. It just doesn't fit her properly, around the stomach. I could probably fix it, if you like. Though..." Katie turned away from Molly, then realized she was now staring between Ayame's legs and fixed on her face. "she would have to take it off, first."

Ayame, though, was looking at Molly. And now that she knew what to look for it was obvious. Either the dress had shrunk or the slave's belly had grown since she had bought the dress. Since this morning, in fact. Even since getting into the shop. The redhead was frowning slightly, looking down at the too-tight dress. Then, with a shrug, she grabbed the hem of the dress and pulled it off before sitting back down.

 

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Ayame sighed and gave a light chuckle all at once, looking down and shaking her head slightly as the realization hit her. “Oh, of course... How foolish of me...” she began, pausing as she watched Molly go ahead and pull the dress off, causing the plant-woman to lightly chuckle again. “Hmm... Well, that decides that, I suppose... Go ahead and make the adjustments to her dress, just make sure to account for the fact that her stomach is going to keep growing for a while. She’s carrying some of my seedlings, after all...” Ayame finished, giving her servant a soft, knowing smile.

 

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"She's.... Oh! Um... congratulations?" Molly returned her Mistress's smile with a slightly uncertain one of her own, and handed the apprentice her dress. Katie, blushing more then ever, clutched the extra fabric to her chest with one hand while she pulled a needle, thread, and a knife out of a box near her chair with the other. "I can make a few changes so that she can wear it... um... throughout her... pregnancy."

She started working, concentrating on the dress to let her embarrassment fade. Unfortunately, she couldn't help occasionally glancing up, and invariably found her gaze on either Ayame or the slave. Whenever she so much glanced at Molly, the redhead moved one hand to her clit and started gently rubbing, producing almost as much effect on the su-ku-ta woman as on herself. And when she looked at the alraune instead, it became clear that she had a new respect for the cluster of prehensile vines. By the time she held up the altered dress for Molly's inspection, she was quite flustered.

The changes hadn't been dramatic. It was mostly just a few buttons and a slit over the belly, though minor changes had been made elsewhere. When Molly was as round as she would get, her belly would hang out in the open air, and afterward doing up a few well-placed buttons would leave it looking pretty much like it had before the alterations.

Molly took the dress back, but pushed it under her chair instead of pulling it on, smiling happily at the dressmaker. "This one is thankful."

Katie brushed aside the thanks, and now that she didn't have any work to do found herself staring at Ayame and her vines. "Um... the Madame will still be a while. Enchanting takes time." She swallowed loudly, still staring at the end of a vine, fiddling with her dress as she tried to ignore her increasingly obvious arousal.

 

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Ayame smiled softly throughout the process of the assistant altering her slave’s dress, amused by the effect that both she, and especially Molly, were having on the somewhat tormented cat-woman. When Katie was finished, the plant-woman nodded her own thanks as Molly retrieved her dress, and then chuckled softly to herself as the slave girl decided to slip it under her chair as opposed to slipping it back on.

With that brief bit of work done, Ayame noticed the cat-woman staring at her vines – and at the tip of one in particular – now that she had nothing else to distract herself with, which the Alraune then began to move idly as Katie fiddled with her own dress in an attempt to ignore her increasing arousal. “Hmm... Indeed. Madame Raith said as much when you left to go fetch the carapaces,” Ayame said in response to the assistant’s reminder that the shopkeeper would be a while yet. “I suppose that just leaves us with the problem of figuring out how to pass the time... Do you have any ideas on what we could do to...fill that time, Kitty?” the plant-woman hummed, allowing the vine that Katie was watching so absorbedly to idly drift towards her, but otherwise making no further moves her nor signaling Molly in any way.

 

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The cat-girl's eyes went wide as she watched the vine dance slowly towards her. For a moment her mouth also hung open in an inviting "o", but then she seemed to gather herself and said "I shouldn't... fill... Madame is... don't want seedlings... oh gods..." she gave a start as Molly's slow inching towards the su-ku-ta woman finally brought her in hip-to-hip contact.

The slave's eyes were closed, her mouth as open as it could get, with tongue gently wetting her lips in an enticing manner. Her legs were spread wide, and her constant and growing arousal had left half the stool damp. Her hands were playing with her breasts now, fingers circling nipples. Katie lost her almost hypnotic stare at the tentacle and stared instead at the naked woman, mouth hanging wide open, and breathing very heavily. Ayame couldn't help but notice the way both her hands had grabbed at her dress, bunching it up and pulling the hem up just enough to give her a look at the pink cotton panties she wore underneath. And the little damp patch that said she could perfectly well think of something to occupy the remaining time. And the not-so-little bulge that said that this "cat-girl" had a bit of surprise waiting for someone, if Ayame could get her out of that dress.

 

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Ayame simply grinned as the cat-woman seemingly fell deeper and deeper into her aroused state, the presence of the two naked women in such close proximity to her having a clear and noticeable effect on her body. As Molly continued to inch closer and closer to the assistant, they finally made contact at the hip, eliciting a slight start from Katie, whose almost hypnotized gaze shifted from the plant-woman’s vine the body of the slave girl writhing next to her, her mouth falling open and her breath going heavy at the sight. It was then that Ayame got a look up Katie’s dress as her hands absentmindedly bunched up the fabric, revealing not only the damp spot on the cotton pink panties underneath, but a fairly noticeable bulge hiding behind them, giving away the fact that this cat-woman wasn’t necessarily all woman.

The Alraune’s mind immediately thought back to the first customer than Molly had entertained the night before, her impish grin widening at the sight. “Hmm... Are you sure you don’t want to, Kitty...?” Ayame cooed, slowly slipping her vine under the cat-‘woman’’s dress and gently brushing it against her thigh. “You’re body rather incessantly seems to be saying otherwise...” she teased, but once again making no further moves.

 

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Katie let out an aroused moan as the vine brushed her inner thigh. "I... I'm... just don't give me kittens!" Suddenly coming to a decision, she pulled her dress up over her head, and thrust her hips forward, pushing the damp spot on her panties towards the vine that was teasing her.

With the dress out of the way, there could be no doubt about the su-ku-ta's equipment. The rounded tip of an erect cock stuck up out of the lining of the girl's panties, a bead of precum forming at the peak. It was actually on the smaller size of average, in Ayame's experience, but still throbbing with the need to be used. Molly, meanwhile, still had her eyes closed, but was now on her hands and knees in facing her Mistress, moaning softly with need.

 

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The plant-woman was taken aback slightly as Katie abruptly pulled her dress up over her head and off, amused by her sudden and open eagerness. After a moment, Ayame slipped the vine between the cat-woman’s legs beneath her panties, hooking it around the fabric and gently pulling, slipping them down her legs and off before tossing them aside. With the panties pulled away, the Alraune was given an unobstructed view of both the assistant’s damp nether-lips as well as her erect cock as it bounced free, a bead of precum already forming at the tip.

Ayame licked her lips at the sight, already imagining what it would feel like slipping between her own moistening folds. It wasn’t particularly impressive in size, but it seemed to fit proportionately with the cat-woman, and it was throbbing with need and standing proudly at attention just like any other. When the Alraune noticed Molly now on her hands and knees before her, all but presenting herself for the aroused assistant behind her, Ayame grinned and uncrossed her legs, spreading them to grant access to her slave, who was now moaning softly from her own need.

“Hmm... Come, dear~ Please your Mistress~” Ayame hummed to the slave girl, shifting herself forward slightly in her seat before returning her gaze to the cat-woman. “Oh Kitty~ Please feel free to have fun with Molly as thanks for the alterations to her dress. Afterwards, you can have your way with me, as well, so that I may express my own gratitude~” she finished, now waiting with anticipation.

 

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Molly didn't waste a second moving the final few inches forward, and immediately buried her tongue in her Mistress's slit. Katie seemed a little more surprised by the alraune's instructions, bringing a hand to her mouth as she drew in breath. Then she licked her lips, positioned herself, and without warning thrust into the slave's dripping pussy.

Molly's eyes snapped open and she let out a yelp, but she kept applying the lessons she'd learned over the last few days on how best to pleasure Ayame, and after a few thrusts from the feline prick began rolling her hips in time to the thrusts. The cat-girl looked like she was in heaven. She was panting, with her tongue hanging out and her breasts bouncing. Ayame could even see a bead of clear liquid running down one of her thighs.

As her own orgasm quickly approached under her slave's tongue, Ayame couldn't help but reach out with her vines and caress the little bouncing breasts of the su-ku-ta woman, whose eyes rolled back in pleasure at the touch. Her thrusts into Molly became erratic, and finally stopped with her modest member shoved up to the hilt inside the slave while it spurted hot liquid into the occupied womb. The alraune felt her slave moan into her velvet folds as she came. And while this wasn't quite as effective as when she had done it while deepthroating one of Ayame's vines, it was still enough - combined with the continued action of tongue against clit and slit - to push her over the edge, spilling her seed onto Katie's chest and Molly's back.

But the su-ku-ta woman clearly wasn't done. She pulled her still-erect cock from Molly, and practically pushed the slave out of the way as she approached the alraune. One hand bent around her prick to rub at the cat-girl's pussy, so far ignored but dripping with the need for this state of affairs to end. The other hand reached out for Ayame, positioning herself to penetrate with a pleasing eagerness now that she'd been brought out of her shell.

Molly, meanwhile, sat nearby on the floor. But knowing her Mistress's capabilities, she contrived to sit with her hips as far forward as they could go, exposing her cum-dripping pussy as well as the star of her ass, both below the slight bump of her belly. The redhead was glaring jealously at the cat-girl as she prepared to both penetrate and be penetrated by her mistress.

 

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Ayame panted lightly as she recovered from the orgasm that her slave’s ever-increasingly skilled mouth and tongue had given her, grinning as she stared hungrily into the cat-woman’s eyes as she moved between her legs and prepared to thrust inside. The plant-woman took the opportunity to lift one of her legs up and rested it on Katie’s shoulder, while at the same time positioning one of her vines at the entrance to the assistant’s own dripping pussy, teasing at her opening and making ready to ease its way inside.

The Alraune then looked down at the cum dripping from Molly’s love-tunnel before motioning the slave girl to come and stand next to her, licking her lips with the desire to taste the creamy concoction that the cat-woman had left within her depths.

 

[thetwo]

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Spoiler

Pregnancy (Ayame): ????
Pregnancy (Katie): ????

The catgirl seemed almost frantic with lust, and pushed into Ayame's cunt without preamble, starting up a quick pace. She was panting now, and it was all Ayame could do to slow the girl's pace enough that she wouldn't exhaust herself before they could finish having their "fun". But even with her already-obvious lust, the touch of a vine to the dripping lips of her flower was enough to bring an almost-pained moan to her open mouth. This turned into a moan of need fulfilled as the vine slipped into the well-lubricated tunnel and began matching Katie thrust for thrust as the Alraune motioned for her slave to approach.

Molly, obedient as always, stood with her cum-dripping pussy at the level of her mistress's mouth, and Ayame tasted the kitty's 'cream' mixed with the familiar taste of her slave's lust. She began orally pleasuring the slave, who was playing with her own breasts. Gratifyingly, she felt the redhead approach orgasm almost immediately. A slight gush of additional lubrication flavored still with the catgirl's salty emission filled Ayame's mouth, signifying her slave's orgasm just before her own. The exquisite pleasure of penetrating the same person who was penetrating her wasn't a common one, and combined with the pleasure she got from tongue-fucking Molly it meant that Ayame couldn't possibly delay her orgasm long.

She squeezed the su-ku-ta woman tight, filling her with seed less then a second before the other woman exploded as well, returning the favor. But Katie still didn't seem to be done, resuming her rapid thrusts as soon as her member stopped shooting spurts of hot cum into the plant-woman. Hardly ready to complain, Ayame started gyrating her hips again as well.

The sensation of a hand rubbing one of her vines took Ayame by surprise. Between everything that was going on, it took her a second to realize that Molly had somehow managed to find a free vine, and had guided it to her ass, where she was gently stroking it. Ayame didn't hesitate to push it in, and took the act as inspiration to sneak yet another vine up between the cat girl's legs to take her ass as well. The panting woman hardly seemed to notice, the existing pleasure already making her pant and moan as hard as she could.

Through the enormous pleasure, it was hard for Molly to even make out the vocalizations of the other two women more then just to notice that both women were making noise, and it was getting louder. Finally all three women reached a simultaneous peak.

This time it seemed Kitty had finally been satisfied, as she pulled out with a moan and sprawled onto the floor. She was face up, blue plant-cum leaking from her ass and copiously from her pink pussy. She was panting, exhausted, and happy. Ayame felt much the same way herself. Molly, however, still seemed both able and more then willing to keep going. She knelt between her Mistress's knees and with one big lick of her tongue cleaned up most of the mess the catgirl had left, though a thin trickle of cum was still leaking out. Then, seeing that her Mistress was satisfied, she turned to give the su-ku-ta the same treatment, thrusting her firm butt up towards her mistress, and spreading pussy with two fingers. The cat-sperm had all been licked off, but a dribble of plant-cum from her ass was quickly heading towards the slave's slit.

 

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Satisfied, Ayame basked in her afterglow as the cat-woman’s remaining seed lightly trickled out of her depths, taking a moment to lick her face and her vines free of any remaining sexual juices as she recovered, and waited for Katie – and Molly, less so – to recover as well. As her mind began to clear of the pleasurable haze, the plant-woman remembered something from before the group’s fun had started and glanced over at where the assistant had been sitting, idly reaching out with one of her vines in an effort to retrieve the book that the cat-woman had refused to share with them earlier.

As she did so, the Alraune absentmindedly rested one of her feet on Molly’s presented rear end, using her foot to lightly rub up-and-down and caress the slave girl’s firm, shapely ass.

 

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If Katie noticed Ayame going for her book, she didn't react, instead moaning pleasurably as Molly's tongue moved from her pussy to her still-hard but no longer throbbing member. Molly seemed to be taking great care to make sure it was clean, and was moaning appreciatively at her Mistress's attentions, her aroused pussy dripping with the want of more precise attention.

Ayame flipped through a few pages of the book. It seemed to be a trashy 'romance' novel, little more then softcore porn. Though such a novel wouldn't usually have completely naked breasts on the cover. She flipped a few pages further. It might be called a 'history of nudity among humans in the Anudor desert' but only insofar as it involved a lot of naked Anudorians. She flipped a few more pages. "Softcore porn" wasn't a fair characterization either. "Hardcore" might be better. She looked at the cover again. The relevant bits of the female protagonist weren't visible, but there could be no doubt as to why this book in particular had appealed to the cat-girl.

"Kitty!" Madame Raith's voice came from behind Ayame, shock filling her voice. "I hope you haven't taken advantage of my customers! And such a mess!" Ayame turned to see the woman trying very hard to keep the amusement on her face out of her voice. She turned to Ayame as the su-ku-ta woman spun around blushing furiously and grabbed her dress, pulling it on as fast as she could. "I do hope my assistant's wanton behavior hasn't offended you, Miss." Her face matched the serious tone of her voice this time. "Kitty, go up to the front and prepare the dress for our customer, she will want to wear it out of the shop."

The cat-girl rushed off without another word, and the Seamstress's face broke into a grin. She laughed quietly. "It is good to see her... mmm... out of her shell? But I see you have at least had a pleasant wait. The dress is finished. The final price for the fully tailored custom dress, plus enchantments, minus the cost of the components you already gave me and with a modest discount for being a good sport? An even 100 denarii. Come to the front when you are ready and Kitty should have the dress ready for you to wear."

The tailor walked off with a smile, leaving Ayame and Molly in the little screened-off area. The slave had already pulled her dress on, and was frowning at a pair of pink panties before shrugging and putting them down on Katie's stool. She stood waiting for her Mistress to move on, shifting uncomfortably with arousal that was still evident even after their time with the cat-girl.

Up at the front, the su-ku-ta woman had laid out the dress and made sure there were no pins or loose threads remaining. It was exactly as Ayame had requested, deep red with a variety of floral accents, and cut to expose her back, and legs all the way up to the hip though the slits on either side. Kitty herself had mostly managed to rid herself of her blush, but there was still an out-of-place tenting in her dress now that Ayame knew to look.

Spoiler

Ayame's custom dress: AV 5; EV 0; TP 25; DU 2. +6 stealth. This dress is removed rather then damaged when it takes TP damage. (Total Enchantment value: 90)

 

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Ayame grinned softly as she thumbed through the cat-woman’s book, finding it to be much of what she’d expected after having seen the cover earlier when Molly had shown it to her. After a moment, Madame Raith’s voice sounded in from behind, startling the plant-woman slightly before she turned to see an amused expression on the seamstress’s face, somewhat betraying the serious tone she was attempting to keep in her voice.

As Katie was ‘scolded’ by she shop owner, Ayame grinned in knowing amusement at the assistant’s reaction, and chuckled lightly herself as the cat-woman hurriedly pulled her dress back on and rushed to the front of the store as instructed. The Alraune then smiled kindly as Madame Raith addressed her, nodding in agreement at the comments regarding Katie before listening to the details of the completion of her dress. “Hmm... That’s sounds lovely, dear, thank you. And yes, Kitty was very pleasant company,” Ayame replied with a wink as the seamstress left and made her way to the front of the shop.

After a moment, Ayame turned to see Molly having already pulled her dress back on, eyeing Kitty’s pink panties before setting them down on her stool. The plant-woman proceeded to set the assistant’s naughty book back down next to her cotton underwear, ready to follow after the shopkeeper before hesitating as she looked at them, remembering the pair of panties that she had ‘recovered’ from Sally the night before. An impish grin tugged at the Alraune’s lips for a moment as she eyed them, and then reached out with one of her vines to pick them up and stashed them alongside Sally’s in her pack, stuffing her borrowed dress inside as well before emerging from behind the privacy screen and making her way to the front of the shop.

As she arrived up front, Ayame paused to get a good look at the work that Madame Raith had done on her dress, an obviously pleased smile on her face as she admired the quality of the woman’s work. It was exactly as she had requested it, and she could even feel the slight hint of the magic infused within the fabric. The plant-woman grinned as she picked up the dress and felt the soft, smooth fabric slide over her skin as she slipped it on, humming pleasantly at how infinitely more beautiful and comfortable it was compared to the one the guards had loaned her.

“Mmm... It’s perfect, dear,” Ayame said, smiling approvingly as she took a moment to walk around and get a sense of how the dress felt to move around in. After a moment she stopped and reached into her pack to retrieve her denarii pouch, and started counting out what she owed for the dress. “Let’s see... 100 denarii, I believe it was, yes?” she asked rhetorically, dropping the coins into a separate pouch as she counted them out before setting it down onto the counter, stowing her own back into her pack when she finished. “There we are! Thank you again for the lovely dress, Madame Raith. And thank you, Kitty, for making sure our wait was a pleasant one...” Ayame finished with a smile, winking at the cat-woman as she noticed the little tent poking out at the crotch of her dress.

 

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"Ah, a pleasure doing business with you. Do be sure to come back if there are any problems, or should you wish any other work done."

Ayame and Molly were barely out the door when Katie ran up to them. She was blushing furiously, and now trying to hide her erection with only moderate success. "I... ah... where are you staying, in case I ever need to talk to you?"

From back in the shop, Madame Raith called out. "Kitty you naughty girl, no skiving off until you've cleaned up this mess you've made!" The catgirl bit a lip and looked over her shoulder, but stayed just long enough to hear a response before running back into the shop, tail sticking straight up.

Ayame oriented herself in the unfamiliar city. The gate they had entered by was the eastern gate, and the su-ku-ta woman had mentioned a wizard who might offer lessons near the western gate. Currently she thought they were closer to the west gate, on the main road through the city.

 

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Ayame nodded appreciatively in response to the seamstress’s words, turning and making her way out of the shop with Molly before being stopped just outside by the cat-woman. The blush on her cheeks and her almost futile attempts to hide her still-present erection made the Alraune grin in amusement as she spoke, hearing the Madame call out to her from inside a moment later.

“Hmm... We’re staying at the Blue Man inn, for the time being,” the plant-woman replied to the assistant’s question. “Ask for ‘Ayame-sama’...” she finished, her voice dipping alluringly for a moment, giving a wink to Katie as she turned and ran back into the shop.

After taking a moment to orient herself again within the still-unfamiliar city, Ayame turned and set off down the main road through city with her slave in tow, heading towards the western gate where the cat-woman had said they could find a mage that could potentially assist Molly in improving her magical abilities.

 

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The pair crossed an impressive and obviously-new bridge that arched high above the river that ran through Acheron, and before too long arrived at another gate identical to the one through which they had entered. And outside it, Ayame saw... a very tall man in black armor, standing steadfastly over a shorter guard who was apparently trying to argue with him. But looking around it was obvious that this wasn't the same gate she had entered by, and that had been the better part of a day ago in any case.

And one of the things that marked this gate as different then the one she had seen the previous day was the sign hanging from a windowless wooden building. It said "Magnifico! Magical lessons, reasonable prices!" If Molly saw, she didn't say anything. Instead, she seemed to be staring at the scene outside the gate.

 

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As the pair neared the western gate, there were two things that drew the majority of Ayame’s attention. The first was the wooden building nearby with a sign indicating this ‘Magnifico’ person that Kitty had referenced them to. The second was a pair of seemingly mismatched guards that appeared to be arguing with one another just outside the gate, one of them easily standing taller than the other. The two guards seemed to take up the majority of Molly’s attention as well, and after a moment of thought, Ayame decided to indulge curiosity for the time being and see what was going on with the guards. She needed to return the dresses they had borrowed the previous day anyway, and this was as good a time as any to do so.

As the plant-woman made her way towards the gate, she would listen to try and get an idea of what the guards were talking about before approaching them, smiling pleasantly as she did so.

 

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"My Lord would never visit a place where chattel are treated as people." The black-armored man spoke in a flat tone.

The guardsman, however, sounded exasperated, and kept his hand on his sword's hilt as if he expected to have to use it. "Nevertheless, if he did visit, he would be required to obey our laws. And I would tell him the same thing I will continue to tell you: if your 'prince' is in the city, then he has not made himself known to the guards or the government. And no, the guards will not search every inn and whorehouse in the city until they find him. We have better things to do."

"I will not leave until I have delivered my summons. He can not hide forever."

"Fine. Just stop bothering the guards and trying to get into the city unless you're ready to obey the law."

The black-armored man turned suddenly and started walking away. The guardsman had his sword halfway out of its sheathe before he realized the suddenly-moving figure wasn't attacking, and sheepishly pushed it back in. The retreating visitor moved about a hundred yards away, then turned back towards the city, still as a statue and impassive.

Meanwhile there was a 'Bang!' from inside the magician's school, followed by the sound of someone cursing, unmistakable even if the words were too quiet to be made out.

 

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Ayame paused for a moment as she heard the men speaking, now recognizing the tall armored man as apparently the same person who had approached the city just after she had the day before. Apparently he hoped he would have better luck getting into Acheron through a different gate, but the guard seemed to be wise to him – which subsequently meant the rest of the city guard likely was as well – as he turned walked away from the gate, stopping a few hundred feet away.

As he left, there was a loud bang from inside Magnifico’s followed by a series of muffled cursing, indicating that someone had apparently made a rather explosive mistake. Giving a soft chuckle at the brief mental image, Ayame refocused on the guard and approached the gate the rest of the way, signaling a greeting to the guard with a light wave. “Pardon me, sir, but I couldn’t help overhearing your...discussion with that armored man,” the plant-woman began, her tone polite and respectful. “May I ask what it is he wants and why he is not being allowed to enter the city? What laws he is refusing to obey?”