Geography (Sturm)

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Both women seemed both sated and content, though the hunger with which Narin returned Claire's kiss was just as telling as Claire's lack of objection to being Narin's personal sex slave for eternity, and she blushed gently as they pulled away.

Claire's sudden instigation about her new official position however brought raucus laughter to both her new friends, the tears of mirth flowing as they thought about it, hugging her tightly and agreeing between giggles that it was indeed important and they'd take her new duties very seriously.

"Well, I suppose we should" Narin said, Dori nodding in agreement before they headed back into the ruins, to find them peaceful for the most part, the science team easily set up and running on margeret's smooth control, though her employer did spare a knowing sideways glance at Claire as she entered with her new friends several hours later. "Glad you 3 could make it, we found a set of underground tunnels, you ladies up for jumping farther into the rabbit hole?" She asked, cocking her hips and grinning.

 

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Claire made some unabashed eye contact with Narin after their kiss, their earlier fucking more or less getting rid of her shy personality in favor of this more sexually-assertive, if not necessarily dominant, version of herself. She happily joined in the laughter at what she had said, holding the girls to her and giving Dori a full kiss on the lips, not wanting the succubus to be left out.

As they made their way back to camp, with a little more butt-pinching than was perhaps necessary, Claire reflected on how she was definitely more than a little attached to the girls at this point. She had found them both in states of need, distress, and weakness, and now felt more than a little responsible for keeping them safe. While her made-up position of authority was certainly just an excuse to keep the girls to herself, perhaps it was also her way of wanting to look out for them without just coming out and saying it.

The thoughts bounced around in her head for a bit, but when she got back to camp she was all smiles, meeting the sidelong glance from Margeret with a bemused shrug. At the mention of tunnels, Claire looked at her two new supernatural friends, saying, "Well I don't know about you girls, but I'm ready for some more adventure! So long as you two are ready, I say deeper we go!" Her hands, one on Dori's back and one on Narin's, slid a little lower, but didn't do anything more sensual than that. She had had a lot of fun these past few hours, certainly making up for earlier trials, and now she was ready to get back to work.

 

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"Well, as long as our... Guests are happy with everything" Margeret said, looking at them and chuckling to herself as she whistled loudly and began barking orders again, pointing offhandedly to a set of lights in the center of the room and a tunnel, as previously stated. The tunnel itself was carved straight down into the earth, the central emblem in the floor probably a hidden door of some kind that headed straight down into complete darkness, despite the floodlights shining down into it.

Narin shivered visibly against her, but steeled herself and got ready to follow her new friend, Dori didn't care in the slightest, and in the inky blackness, Claire felt her power hum inside her soul, the shadows calling to her, that odd brand of magic burning beneath her skin.

It was time to move on, of that there was no doubt, but it was up to Claire as to how to proceed and both Narin and Dori were waiting for orders from her, ceding the lead to her.

 

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Claire didn't say anything to Margeret's lighthearted comment, she just gave a not-really embarrassed smile and held the girls a little more tightly, enjoying the company.

When the three of them stood at the entrance to the tunnel, she noticed Narin's nervousness. She took the dryad's hand in her own, intertwining their fingers before boldly pulling her towards her for a solid and rather passionate kiss. When she pulled back, she didn't let go of her new friend's hand or look in any way embarrassed. "Whatever happens down there, I will remain by your side, I will protect you, count on it." Dori didn't seem to need any encouragement, not as reliant on sunlight and trees and whatnot as Narin was. Claire didn't want to be redundant, but she also didn't want to make Dori feel left out.

She pinched Dori's cute butt. In a mock serious voice she said, "And you, behave."

And with that the three girls set off into the tunnel, Claire feeling the shadow magic within her stirring powerfully. It worried her, but she wouldn't allow herself to show it, keeping on a brave face for Narin. Besides, when it came down to it, the shadow magic could be a huge help to them down here.

Spoiler

Not entirely clear on what this tunnel thing looks like, so I'm just generically advancing into it, also safely. Not about to dive headlong into the pit of doom from 300 or anything.

 

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Claire led the way, and Narin nodded quietly to her words of encouragement. She looked a great deal healthier then before, and more active from all the stimulation and the meal she'd gotten outside, but the dark still scared her. Down into the darkness, deeper into the shadows they moved, and Claire felt an odd heat behind her eyes. She could see down here, everything tinged in a soft blue glow for her, the shadows were nothing but allies and the darkness beckoned her onwards, ever onwards.

About halfway down, it simply became too dark to see for the others, and Dori summoned a small floating ball of light to guide them until they reached the base. And down here, it was a different story. Dori grinned maliciously, and Claire felt raw power pulse through her body for a moment. This place was older then the temple above it, by a wide margin. Two doors, both on opposite sides of a small antechamber, beckoned to them, and all they had to do was choose. Claire would be able to see what the others couldn't. Two curling sigils, burned into the wood by a power similar to her own, though she couldn't read them, the sight of them evoking whispers in her mind of danger, promise, power, and caution...

 

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Claire felt the strange sensation behind her eyes, allowing her to see in the darkness, more or less unhindered. It wasn't a stretch to believe this had something to do with the shadow magic she had learned from the mysterious book.

Now that they were in this strange place beneath the temple, she could feel its age, indeed, wherever they were now was old enough to be its own entity. The place had its own air, its own menace, and its own power. She did not know what sort of place they found themselves in, but she knew she should tread carefully.

Seeing Dori's not so nice look, she hesitantly touched the succubus on the shoulder. "Umm...Dori...are you alright?

Seeing no way to differentiate the doors, she picked the nearest one and started towards it. Keeping an arm around Narin's waist as the poor dryad seemed particularly uncomfortable down here.

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Let me know if there were actually differentiating features between the doors and I will edit accordingly to pick one based on something other than nearness.

 

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Dori could only shake her head and smile for a moment, her arms spreading slightly as she stretched and her wings and tail slipping into sight as she sighed happily, her small horns sliding up into being on her scalp. "Yea hun, I'm alright, just... this place. Makes ya tingle doesn't it..." She said with a chuckle. "Almost feels like Home's closer here. I'm excited about what we've found."

Narin glanced at her like she was insane for a moment, but then shook her head. "Pfft. Demons. Fucking Crazy, every one of you" Which drew a laugh from Dori as she stuck her tongue out. "Regardless, we need to crack these sigils to open the doors" Dori said.

It took a moment to realise that the floating ball of light was entirely for Narin's benefit, as Dori's eyes were glowing a soft red in the dark and she had no trouble seeing down here either, and as for the sigils, at the mention of being closer to home, Claire realised the language the sigils were written in, was Abyssal Script, this was no place for humans to be wandering, either above or below. It was going to be interesting...

Sadly though, upon this realisation, Claire rightfully still had no idea what the doors said, but Dori was happy to provide. "One door reads West. The other reads East. Seems simple, but it never is. If the person who set this up had a sense of humor, I have a guess as to what it means, for the good man treads west in search of god whilst the wicked man walks east. But how you interpret that, down here, is up to you I suppose Claire."

 

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"Hmm... Well i guess I do feel it a little, though I think that's because I found a weird book that taught me shadow magic back on the floor you two were on. Still...I can't say I'm that excited to be here." Claire gave a nervous laugh.

Realizing the language the sigils were written in didn't make Claire feel any better about being down here, in fact, she felt worse. Still, they had to go somewhere. "Well if they imply what you think, I would say we go west. However, seeing as how they are written in Abyssal Script and we definitely feel closer to your...home...well, good and wicked are rather subjective. I feel like wicked down here might be good by my reckoning, and a god down here might not be all that good... Now what's this about cracking the sigils?"

 

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"Ahhh Sweetheart, if only things were as simple down in my home. No no no Claire, In Hell, it's more about how it Wants you to see things. Trust me, there's more here then even you can see..." Claire said, still grinning, and as she focused, her body alit in a soft glow of orange flames, the light spreading out suddenly as the flames followed hidden paths and runes carved into the floor and walls around the doors. "Ahhh yes, there's the key to it all. Nothing is straight here Claire, tread carefully..."

The new runes were in a language completely beyond Claire's understanding, but Dori was starting to chant, the runes sputtering and dying as her attention turned to each in turn, and slowly dissolved into mist around her, the shadows only clinging to the corners more hungrily as the moment passed, and the sigils on the doors changed. "Seems it's a riddle, and not at the same time. Hrm... test of character perhaps?" Dori muttered, as the sigils changed from East and West, to Law, and Passion.

 

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The more Dori explained, the more confused Claire became. Nothing ever could be simple in these blasted places, could it? At Dori's warning to tread carefully, Claire opted to just stay still, letting Dori do whatever it was she was doing and opting to just cling to Narin for the time being, watching in amazement the arcane show taking place before her.

When all had settled and east and west had changed to law and passion, Claire looked on, a little confused. "Law and passion? Could it mean something akin to rules or restraint, and behaving with reckless abandon? And it's a character test now? Claire sighed and rubbed her temple. "Geeze I wish they had taught us this sort of stuff in school, I feel a little behind the curve here. Anyway, what are we supposed to do here, Dori? Do we actually go through these doors, or do we just verbally select one or the other and continue making choices like that?

 

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"We make a choice Claire, nothing more, and the door will open. I'm all for passion personally, because it's a lot more fun, and rules can get stuffy, but the choice will change fundamentally whats behind these doors, because they're both going to open..." Dori said, looking between the doors. "I rightfully have no idea what comes after this though Claire. This stuff is older then I am. By a long shot..."

 

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"Ah, I see...I think. A little. Shit." Claire thought for a little bit. "Well, I agree, passion probably would be more fun, wild, and free and all that. However, it would be much easier to lose ourselves in passion. I mean I probably would have just run off into the jungle with you two while we were having our fun up there if you had asked...Losing control like that down here could be...bad. I vote for Law." The choice made, Claire was left to wait and hope she hadn't just doomed them all.

 

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Spoiler

Rock falls, everybody dies.

At the utterance of Law from Claire's lips, both sigils exploded with light and sound, both doors turning into dust in an instant. behind each, was a narrow, torchlit corridor, those runes that she had seen Dori messing with inscribed on every wall, floor, and ceiling in sight. Glimmering faintly in the light, Dori offered an explanation.

"Seems that everywhere in here, now contains laws rather then chaos. And they MUST be adhered to, that's what all these runes are... this could get annoying..." She said quietly.

 

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Fucking rocks

As the doors turned to dust and Claire saw the intimidating runes that ran off behind them, she already started to wish she had chosen passion, especially as Dori explained they had to follow them. But now was not the time to waver. She had to be strong here, even as scared as she was, feeling as though some ancient force watched over them, ready to pass judgement on them.

"Well...there's nothing to it, I guess we just need to go...right, Dori?" If Dori gave the okay, she would move to one of the doors. "What do the runes say, what is the law we must follow?" She gulped, quite nervous and she hadn't even entered a tunnel yet.

 

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Dori stopped Claire before she stepped over the threshold, and kissed her passionately, the taste of her flowing through Claire for a moment as the succubus spoke into her mind gently. I can only do this once, a gift for you... She said, the words a little sad before Claire was literally bombarded with knowledge. Every written word in the abyssal language, and there was far more to it then she had ever been taught before.

Stepping back, watching Claire reel a little from the mental blow, Dori smiled softly, i... I thought it would be important, so... Blushing furiously, the succubus, walked forward and stood at the door, her arms crossed to hide her face. Narin giggled and poked the succubus in the shoulder. Someones~ In~ Love~~ L.O.V.E. Love~ Lovey love love love~ the Dryad mercilessly teased, still giggling like a schoolgirl at the succubus' expense, thinking it all hilarious.

Shaddup stupid. Dori said, still flustered, flailing her wings at the dryad before returning to sulk in embarrassment. Looking at the runes now, Claire could see they were a twisted, and reworked version of the language itself, like a subcode just beneath the surface of the language she had been taught. This was probably how demons had tricked their way out of countless summonings, by playing off the vanity of their summoners, and then using knowledge the mage in question simply didn't posess. Now she could read them, and most of them were prayers, old prayers from people and demons long turned to dust with the ages. But the one that stood out was a rule, like Dori had warned, and it said quite simply, "The Truth here, Shall be your Salvation." A lie wouldn't be tolerated beyond this door.

There were certain to be other, more annoying rules to follow in here, but this was the first, and as she focused on it, she could see penalties starting to unfold, but they were still jumbled and partially hidden. Some ranged from segments of summoning spells, to pain, pleasure, torment, and slavery. breaking the rules here had serious consequences.

 

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Needless to say, Claire was rather surprised by the sudden, surprisingly heartfelt kiss from the succubus. After her brain stopped feeling like a blown-up wreck from yet another direct-download knowledge session, she found herself yet more surprised by the apparent blush and embarrassment written on Dori's face, especially as Narin started teasing her. She hadn't even known succubi could feel embarrassment.

Feeling touched by Dori's display, Claire went over behind the flustered succubus and wrapped her up in a great, big, hug. "Oh Dori don't be upset, I think that was sweet! Besides, Narin's probably just jealous that you didn't kiss her like that!" She gave a sly look at Narin before continuing. "Now come on you big, love-able, succubus! The sooner we get a move on, the sooner we can all get out of here and have some time to sit down and...relax." She kissed the succubus' neck, and pulled away, pinching Narin's butt as she did so. Despite her bravado, there was the faintest trace of a blush on her cheeks as well. She had assumed Dori's behavior was just her being a succubus, did the lust demon actually have feelings for her? Did the dryad? Did Claire have feelings for them? She compartmentalized the thoughts before they combined with the sudden Abyssal knowledge to make her brain explode.

Moving to the door, she let the others, mostly Narin who she didn't think could read the script, know what the law was. "Alright girls, it says 'The truth here, Shall be your salvation.' I guess that means we can't lie beyond this point. From the looks of it the punishment can be pretty bad. You girls ready?" When everything was in order, Claire would lead the way, somewhat apprehensively, into this dangerous, new place.

 

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the other ladies nodded and together they made their way into the corridor, after of course, Dori struggled weakly in the hug, and Narin gave a gasp and a blush from the ass pinching laid upon her. Still both of them seemed pretty happy all things considered and thankfully, as they stepped in, Claire hadn't seen fit to abuse the rules here and start ruthlessly questioning the pair of them. Behind them, it was no stretch of imagination to see the door they had just passed through closing behind them, Dori sighing softly at it before they continued. Seems were in this till we see it through. Lets not keep this place waiting, because I think it's alive...

Whether that bothere Claire or not, she could see the end of the hallway hit a T intersection, and each had floating script in the air, a new rule to follow down either path, a place of Laws was what this place had become, and justice and law walked hand in hand, but it wasn't their law, or their justice, but that of the place here. The path on the right said quite plainly "No clothing, armour, or adornment shall be worn in my presence, so that I may see you as you truly are" And the other to the left said "No violence shall be worked within this domain without leave of the guardian here, that I know such an act is just in my eyes." Whichever they chose, it was clear that it's corresponding law would become binding.

 

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Though she was greatly tempted to take advantage of this zone of truth, Claire didn't. For one thing, using the law for her own gain, while perhaps allowed, just didn't seem right. Besides, relationships, her relationships anyway, were built on trust and love. She trusted her lovers to tell her the truth, to question them while they were forced to tell the truth would be a violation of that trust. She did have questions for them, but they could wait.

"It would seem so. Let's go." She was quite nervous herself. This place was power unimaginable, but she wouldn't let this place get to her. Thinking back to Dori's display, she felt a sense of motivation and purpose. She would be strong for them, she would get them all out of here.

Reaching the crossroads, she examined each of the laws before her. "What do you girls think? No clothes, or no fighting? I'm tempted to go for no clothes, I like at least having the freedom to fight back if I choose. But I'm not the only one this affects. So if you two think differently, let me know. Also, Dori, are these laws cumulative, will we still be bound by the laws from past hallways as we go on, will we still have to tell the truth even though we've entered a place with a new law?"

 

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Both of the girls considered the options for a moment, though their choice was obvious in the end, being what they were, with Dori actually laughing at the question. Hahahah Wait, you're telling me that not only do we get to walk around naked, but it's required? Hrm. Hard choice Which had Narin giggling like an idiot for a second, since she was already naked. Clothing is rediculous anyway, it only gets in the way. With both girls having made their choice, Claire's second question was addressed, though the answer took some thinking about on Dori's part.

I think most of these are cumulative, you'll know when you pass into another area, it's called a Lock rather simply, it'll show on your dominant wrist, so if you're right handed, that arm. And the rule will show there as a band in the compressed version of the language I showed you. But if that's your choice, I think you need to strip down she said, Narin eyeing her rather openly. Ooo Claire naked again? Even more reason for me to agree with Dori on the hallway

With a wave of her hand, Dori's clothing simply vanished, and both women stood there, smiling widely and waiting, maybe hoping for a little striptease as well while they were at it.

 

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In response to the girls silly comments and giggling, Claire shook her head with a laugh. "Right, I am walking around with a sex demon and a horny dryad after all. Guess that settles that..."

When Dori explained the way the magic here worked, she instinctively looked down at her right wrist to see the mark for herself. What worries and nervousness she had was alleviated when Dori remarked about her needing to strip down. Seeing as the prospect of her getting naked was enough to actually unite Dori and Narin, Claire grinned, and blushed a little too. Given the looks she was receiving, she decided to oblige the women with a little show.

"Okay ladies, I guess I better get out of these silly clothes..." She promptly turned her back to the two and started undoing her top, looking over her shoulder with a sultry look on her face. She slowly let her top fall down, revealing the soft, clear skin of her back first, the fabric stopping a the bend of her arms before she straightened them, allowing the shirt to fall to her feet.

Still wearing a black bra, short safari shorts, shoes, and black panties, she bent over at the waist, slipping off her shoes and socks before slowly undoing her shorts and sliding them down her long, shapely legs, wiggling her pantie-encapsulated ass at her partners as she did so.

Now wearing nothing but her black bra and panties, but still facing away from the two, Claire reached up and slowly undid her bra strap, letting the straps fall away, but holding it to her chest before allowing it to drop to the floor.

That just left her panties. Turning around, her firm breasts hanging strong and free, pert nipples at attention, she put a hand on her hip and cocked it, looking at the two supernatural women daringly. "Well, are you two just going to stand there, or are you going to help me take these panties off myself?"

Once they were done playing dress-down, Claire would lead the naked women down the path she had chosen, as close to ready to see what lay ahead as she would ever be.