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136. Taking Stock (R-18)
136. Taking Stock (R-18)
I find Sue in her pond finishing up with Megan and Gale as expected. Wait, Suka, Isabella, and Cottontail are here too? Huh, this bunny and this mouse look a little familiar—oh, I must recognize them from the southern breeding chamber when I went looking for Cottontail days ago. Good times! Everyone is exhausted like they ran a marathon.
Yeah, it looks like they were up to some wild shit without me around, but whatever. I’m wiped and it’s time for bed. Hey! That’s Moka and Chris... they look... Oh. Oh!
Scooping up Sue in my arms and tossing Moka and Chris on the pile, I tell the others it’s time for bed, “More fun tomorrow. I know it’s been exciting having all these new playmates and powers, but all the toys will still be there when the sun rises.”
They don’t protest too much as they follow me to a spot in the pavilion that I staked out earlier. Flou’s three bodies provide furry ‘waterbeds’ atop the floor matting for us to sleep on. Dura resting on her side serves at the headboard.
Gabby waddles into view, bowlegged from all the ‘punishment’ she received tonight. “T-t-that’s!!!”
“I know. But what does it mean?”
The Goblin Apprentice—and soon to be much more—points with a shaking finger at Chris and Moka, who I picked up because of their recent changes.
“Playmate Bunnies!”
Yes, both Moka and Chris were wearing outfits resembling Cottontail’s when I found them. A strapless corset teddy, bowtie, white collar, white cuffs, and black sheer pantyhose. They’re a couple of inches taller (all in the legs), slightly more curvaceous around the hips, waist, and thighs, with their breasts a single size larger. Moka’s outfit is shiny gold to compliment her delicious chocolate complexion whereas Chris’s is black in contrast to her white fur and hair.
“Yes, but how, why, and what does it mean for us and them?”
Gabby composes herself, adjusts her spectacles, and contemplates the answers to my questions. “We previously speculated on the requirements for the Playmate evolution, and I mentioned individuals may not be suited to certain paths. While the latter remains true, as for the former, I suspect we’ll have more Playmates in the future if we have the perfect storm of circumstances to instigate that evolution—despite it never being seen before according to the Book of Monsters. I can’t possibly speculate on the chances of more Showbunny Stage Magicians.”
“Hmm, but Moka was a Dust Bunny before. Does this mean she lost those powers?”
“Ah. While I did say that only Goblins and Slimes can proceed down multiple evolutionary paths, that doesn't mean other monsters can’t benefit from a... let’s say ‘convoluted’ route. Moka’s third tier potential, for example, goes as follows: Matron (if there isn’t another Fuzzy Matron nearby already), some form of Greater Bun (a generic third tier like March Hare), an Earth Magic Bunny, or a third tier Playmate varietal. When it comes time for her to evolve, she’ll ascend along the highest path she qualifies for that she’s naturally attuned to. What that will be, or if she will ever reach that point, I cannot say. What I can say, however, is that she’ll have access to her Playmate Outfit as an Earth Bunny or her Dust powers as a Playmate.”
Hmm. In other words, I doesn’t matter whether I think of her as a Dust Bunny with Playmate powers or as a Playmate with Dust powers. It only differentiates when she evolves to third tier, and she can’t evolve multiple paths the way Gabby and the Slimes can. Chris, of course, only has Playmate abilities.
“Mind if Spindle borrows this? She wants a fluffy pillow,” the Webling says, snapping me from my mental fugue while gesturing at Chris, the angora bunny girl.
“Wha?” Chris asks, awaking from her stupor, confused and rightly scared by the Wicked Weaver.
“Knock yourself out,” Megan replies as she stumbles over, then turns to me as Spindle abducts a protesting Chris—crawling up onto the ceiling to watch over the Sweet Bee larvae while cuddling the gagged fluffy bunny—and says, “More importantly, who’s getting Cottontail tonight?”@@@@
*All Marks – Ninety Two!*
*The Wolf Lord’s Toy Three Canine Marks!**Rainbird BrideThree Avian Marks!**Mermaid BrideOne Mer Mark!**Married the Goblin Herbalist ApprenticeThree Goblinoid Marks!**Fishman SlayerOne Mer Mark!**Cancer ConquestOne Mer Mark!**Pacified the Large Pink Jellyfish SlimeFour Slime Marks!**Overcame the MolemanTwo Fuzzy Marks!**Married the Showbunny Stage Magician Three Fuzzy Marks!**Ogress LayerTwo Goblinoid Marks!**Hobbled the HobgoblinOne Goblinoid Mark!**Roasted the Twisted Apple TreefolkTwo Forest Marks!* *Barbequed the Pitcher TreefolkOne Forest Mark!* *Tamed the Lesser Lupine Flamestalker
Two Canine Mark!* *Converted the Small Fuzzy Red Slime SwarmThree Slime Marks!**Denki Nezumi BrideTwo Fuzzy Mark!**Trounced the Bunny Patron
One Fuzzy Mark!**Made the Lesser Siren Sing
One Avian Mark!**Bloodied the Bloodwing HarpyOne Avian Mark!**Turned the Tables on a Black Widow WeblingTwo Darkling Marks!**Unearthed the Webling BurrowerOne Darkling Mark!**Kobold BrideOne Draconic Mark!**Slaughtered the LizardmenOne Draconic Mark**Satisfied the Wicked Weaver WeblingTwo Darkling Marks!**Decapitated the ImpOne Profane Mark!**Subdued the Harpy MatronOne Avian Mark!**Playing For the Home Team!One Human Mark!**Fucked the Sundew Treefolk One Forest Mark!**Routed the Murder Hornets Two Swarm Marks!* *Nursed the Sweet Bee Girl One Swarm Mark!**Froglin Blowjob Two Lake Marks!* *Desert Rose Dryad Lover Two Forest Marks!* *Swept up the Dust Bunny One Fuzzy Mark!* *Made Love to the Dormouse Matron One Fuzzy Mark!* *Green Stone Symbiont Lover Three Slime Marks!**Male Breeder MarksEighteen Marks!**Female Breeder Marks Fourteen Marks!*
*Committed Large Pink Jellyfish Slime*
*Dedicated Small Fuzzy Red Slime Swarm*
*Devoted Green Stone Symbiont*
I’m ecstatic to see my Slime girls are doing well, though their designation as ‘pets’ remains somewhat problematic. While Brenda no longer needs my help managing her instincts, Flou and Olindia both would have a tougher time managing themselves without their bond to me influencing their Slime urges. Not to mention Brenda is more Jonny's spouse than mine alone. I suppose it doesn't matter what the stupid breeder menu says.
*Offspring – Twenty-Seven*
*Mermaids Two (Unborn)*
*Goblins One (Unborn)*
*Mandragora Five (Unborn)*
*Fuzzy Six (Unborn)*
*Draconic Two (Unborn)*
*Human – One (Unborn)*
*Hybrids*
Slime Core Human – One (Unborn)
*Nine Sweet Bees (Adopted)*
It counts adoptions? Well, I’d be more upset if it didn’t. Good for you, weird Echidna mark magic system! And holy God Beast did my number of offspring jump up! I wasn’t even trying (hard) to abuse the Breeder mark counter.
Huh, Slime Core Human—that’s my and Olindia’s offspring. Form of the Father still reigns supreme, but the Inorganic Womb apparently necessitates the offspring to have a Slime-type core. I see, Olindia can’t support a full human offspring but can create a Hybrid Human Slime Core to nurture. Food for thought. Even more curious, my menu is counting this as a natural-born hybrid. Fascinating stuff!
Alright, I can see the sky brightening, it’s time for golden hour shenanigans!