Chapter 4 – Firsts of Many
The next day was spent in pure agony.
There were no more health tonics to be found in his place of residence. Draconis had to leave to get some. He’d wrapped it with a bandage before leaving and force-feeding me again. Asshole.
I spent hours staring at the room, studying the details. Hiding places, vantage points. I counted the pillows and books in the study and their placement. I didn’t think I was small enough to fit beneath the gap of the door, or strong enough to force it open. Yet.
Draconis had taken the club but hadn’t replaced the tattered, burned, and bloodied dress. The agony of my leg wound just fueled my motivation to escape. It fueled my disdain for the dragons.
When Draconis returned and healed me, I went to rest. The sleep was nice. I hadn’t been able to through the pain of the gaping hole in my thigh. Draconis was also excited that I had gained a second element trait, however, poison wouldn't have been his first choice.
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Buzzz! Buzzz!
What? Who? Where? I sat up, blinking. An alarm? For wha—
I felt a pressure swell inside me. A force I couldn’t control. It started in my stomach and moved down to my hips, radiating waves of pressure down my thigh muscles. Pushing felt like the right thing to do, and so I did. I pushed, gripping the sides of the bed as sweat began to drip down my face.
Fuuuuuuuck! It felt like my hips dislocated for a second, forcing my legs apart as the tip of a solid white egg bore through me. Slowly. Way too slowly. It stretched me and I thought I might explode. Should this hurt me? I thought to myself.
"The egg birthing process is mostly painless, as eggs naturally possess an Aura of Elasticity. This aura causes anything within its radius to become temporarily elastic and stretchy," the voice in my head replied to my thoughts.
I didn’t know what to think of that. I felt a small twinge as I bent my knees and braced my feet. I pushed harder. Come on!
Pop!
It was the size of a basketball! Then after a moment it suddenly grew in size into a beach ball. I was breathing heavily and collapsed back against the bed. That was exhausting.
The door swung open and the dragon entered in a hurry. He pulled the entire roof off the house. “I missed it! Dang,” Draconis said as he picked up the egg. To him, it was more like a golf ball. “It’s perfect. Humans are amazing!” Then he left with the egg.
I laid there in a pool of sweat and whatever else, trying to catch my breath. The dragon returned after a short moment and I heard a thud outside the house. He’d dropped something inside the glass. Then he grabbed me.
There was a device with two long cables with suction cups at the ends. They ran into the machine to where three glass bottles were carefully situated. What is that?
The dragon held me with one hand and pulled the dress off me in one tug. I tried to cover up but he held my arms to the side. Pervert! He picked up one of the suction cups and stuck it to my breast. Then the other.
The suction was the strangest sensation I'd ever felt. A stream of liquid was being pulled from my body. The suction increased and It felt awkward, but I couldn’t move to do anything about it.
You have been harvested for your Human Milk! You will replenish your stores in 4 hours!
God this is the worst, I thought to myself as he pulled the cups off and dropped me. Did he expect me to land on my feet like a cat? Because I didn’t. And it hurt every fucking time.
He’d set the milking contraption down on his desk and lifted a creature out of one of their containers. Then he came towards me. Again? Already? I ran back into the house, shut the door, and jumped into the bed under the covers. He lifted the roof and I heard another Thud!
Draconis closed the house and put the muffling lid back on my cage. I wouldn’t come out. Then something touched my leg.
I nearly fell off the side as I jumped back into the headboard. I didn’t see anything in the room. I scanned the room carefully, but nothing seemed out of place. Was I just imagining it? The voice in the back of my head was a reminder that this world sucked.
You have resisted the Shadopus’s poison!
What the fuck is a Shadopus? I felt something touch me again, and I got another prompt.
You have resisted the Shadopus’s poison!
I didn’t even see anything! I threw the covers off and jumped to the foot of the bed. Something wrapped around my leg and when I turned I could barely see it. An inky black shadow was wrapping around my leg, inching upward. It was nearly invisible in the darkness.
You have been grappled by Shadopus!
You have been poisoned by Shadopus!
Another tendril grabbed my other leg and yanked them apart, with another tendril wrapping around my stomach. I screamed. The shadow receded. I screamed again and it receded a little more. When I screamed again, I choked.
One of the inky black tentacles jammed into my mouth before I could finish my scream. It hit the back of my throat and I gagged. The thing lifted me into the air and turned me over. I was facing the ceiling, held up by tentacles around my legs and waist. I tried to pull the tentacle from my mouth to no avail. I couldn’t even grip it, yet it felt so solid in my mouth.
You have been restrained and silenced by Shadopus!
Four more tentacles loomed around, poking and prodding every inch of my body. I got more notifications saying I'd resisted poison, but not nearly as many times as he jabbed me. I was starting to feel incredibly warm and I had a tingle. It was an odd tingle, like something you couldn’t scratch. But I wanted to scratch it.
When the tentacle violated me I expected to feel anger and embarrassment. But the itch, for the briefest of moments, was scratched. I felt relieved, even. Then it returned. The itch. No! What did he inject me with? I was practically drooling and dripping wet.
I squirmed and the Shadopus tightened his grip on my legs. He scratched my itch for me. Over and over again. I covered my face. The sensation was intense. Amazing. This feeling could last forever…
No! I screamed internally again. This is bad, the world’s having too much of an effect on me!
My body tensed and I lost my voice. I spasmed against the tentacle that was having his way with me and fell limp in his grip. I couldn’t think. The poison was making me want more, and my mind was having trouble fighting back.
The tentacle sped up, pumping in and out of me faster and a second tentacle loomed closely. Yes, both! Wait, no. Damnit!
I was incredibly sensitive now and the feeling was too intense! I could barely breathe. Then he stopped suddenly. The first tentacle pulsed and he unloaded thick bursts of his warm goop inside me. I was full. More dripped down my leg. Then he started pumping again without a second thought.
“Fffffk, ffffffk, Nnngg!” I couldn’t form words with the tentacle in my mouth. My eyes rolled back into my head and I spasmed again. The Shadopus didn’t stop.
A tentacle went between my ass cheeks while two others pulled them apart. No, let's not. Seriously! OK, maybe just a little? The goop had thoroughly soaked everything down there and doubled as a lubricant. There was a slight twinge as one of the tentacles pushed against my ass.
A brief pain tensed my back and tears whelmed around my eyes. I’d never had anything in my ass before. Each small movement lanced me with another jolt. It didn’t stop him from speeding up.
He spread me wide and alternated the three tentacles in and out of me in quick succession. Again and again. The sensations were too much. My mouth was gaped open and I was experiencing the best itch-scratching of my life. I closed my eyes and soon the pain faded. Everything faded except the repetitive sound of slapping tentacles having their way with me and my feelings of ecstasy.
They all three thrust deep into me simultaneously, and the one in my mouth crept down my throat. Oddly enough I could still breathe.
Then I choked. Shadopus semen was pumped down my throat. Four of the unattended tentacles aimed at me and coated me in a fresh coat. He spread me further as two more tentacles joined in on the fun. I expected pain but there was only pleasure. Was this the elastic effect from the egg still?
Aura of Elasticity will last for 3 minutes and 47 seconds, the voice told me.
I wanted it badly. I couldn’t control myself at all. I didn’t feel like myself. I spread myself wider and ushered the monster to fill me more. I freely gulped down his tentacle juice. What am I doing?
The rest of the tentacles stretched me out for a total of seven squirming around my insides and one in my mouth. I could see them bulging in my stomach. It was hard to tell the ratio of ass to pussy as they pistoned me at rotating intervals until I started to convulse in their grip. The one in my mouth pulled out and shot a load directly between my eyes, and then across my chest.
The Shadopus slammed me onto the bed and went into a frenzy. All eight of his tentacles were thrusting into me at different intervals and into each of my holes. I gripped the sheets and pressed hard against the bed, but the sensations were so overwhelming. My breath caught in my chest and I thought I wouldn’t be able to take any more.
Then the Shadopus did his thing. They all thrust into me simultaneously and I expanded like a balloon.
You have been impregnated by Shadowpus! Egg gestation time: 24 hours!
Soon the effect of the elasticity wore off and gallons of thick white ooze were forced out of me along with the majority of the tentacles. My bed was a swimming pool. Draconis never came back for the Shadopus. I was too exhausted to move and fell asleep with tentacles still inside of me.
Ten minutes later I was woken up by another notification.
You have been impregnated by Shadowpus! Egg gestation time: 23:49
What the fuck? One tentacle was still inside of me. I couldn’t grip the thing to pull it out of myself. It was just there. I couldn’t make any physical contact with the Shadopus at all, but he could do it to me. Incorporeal? Is he a ghost or something?
You have been impregnated by Shadowpus! Egg gestation time: 23:46
The notification sounded again as I struggled. This time I saw what happened. A lump of shadow appeared to move up the tendril from the main body. I still couldn’t stop it. The lump passed through my hand and into me. It went right into me with no hesitation, even without the elasticity effect. Are those all eggs?
I swore I was woken up over a dozen times, unable to do anything or escape its inky grip. I’m not strong enough. We’ll change that.
I didn't even remember falling asleep.
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I woke up feeling like I needed to throw up. The Shadopus was gone and I couldn’t see over my own stomach. I was laying in a slurry of monster jizz and blankets and couldn’t even sit up! Why is this world like this? I was at a loss for words. It looked like I’d swallowed a whole baby hippo!
I managed to slide off the bed and into the bathroom to shower. The water was warm. The house came with a self-heating water dispenser that could be refilled. When I looked at my status, my gestation time was at 14:34.
It was hard to tell the time without ever being able to look outside or at a clock. I didn’t even know how time worked in this world. Days could be 30 hours and years could be decades. These were Dragons. Not that that meant anything either! All these memories and knowledge and nothing can help me. I need to get stronger. I grumbled and punched the wall.
Crack!
You deal 12 bludgeoning damage to Wall!
A huge chunk of the wall fell away from where I'd punched it. I am stronger now. What about jumping? Could I jump the glass sides? I was eager but cautious. I knew that if I showed I could do it, he might be more cautious. But I wanted to know.
I walked out of the small house, barely fitting through the door with my enlarged stomach. I didn’t think jumping with this belly would work, but I was able to leap up to the roof easily enough. Then the door opened. I yeeted myself off the roof so hard and fast I dealt 9 damage to myself.
“Breakfast time!” The dragon announced. Breakfast, I repeated in my mind.
Draconis replaced both my bowls and filled them with water and the granola-like food substance. I couldn’t read the food bag, but the water tasted like regular water. He leaned down and examined me closely.
“Fourteen and a half hours, huh? I won't miss it this time!” Draconis walked to his desk and picked up a rectangular device with an electronic display, then returned to my glass case.
Clock? I asked myself. No reply from the voice in my head.
“Alright, I picked up some skill gems in town. All water element stuff. We’re going to teach you a new skill!”
The first four did nothing. I heard a voice in the back of my head each time he touched me with a stone.
Unable to learn the skill: Water Blast!
Unable to learn the skill: Power Wash!
Unable to learn the skill: HydroSphere!
Unable to learn the skill: Torrential Burst!
You have learned the skill Downpour! You can now create a sphere of rainy weather centered on a point you choose within 30 meters!
“Finally! What the hell is wrong with these things? It’s not a great skill, but it worked! Why can’t you learn the others? Do you need to evolve first?” Draconis was annoyed, especially when the next two failed. I couldn’t learn Aqua Fist or Bubble Trap.
Draconis put the gems away with a sigh and stared at me for a long moment. “Maybe some poison skills then. I’ll head back to town and pick some up and be back in time to watch you lay some eggs. Maybe I’ll pick you up a new partner. Breeding is usually a difficult matching of egg types and stat values but with you? I can breed any male to get a good egg.”
I’m so done with your nonsense, I thought to myself. Do you think I’m just going to fuck every monster you drop into my enclosure? Probably, but not by choice! The dragon returned the lid to my glass cage and left the room.
I jumped onto the roof to see how close I was to the lid. Not even halfway. If I punched it, I risked knocking it off and not being able to put it back on. Was there anything I could do? I felt limited in my choices.
I spent time observing the room again, this time from the roof of my small house and not bleeding out on the blankets. His desk was clean and the drawer was closed. There was a new enclosure on my table with the Warp Snek in it. He glared at me every so often. I wondered if he could warp at me through the glass, but I didn’t find out.
I figured out that I could practice my dodge skills by setting up simple traps: heavy objects that would fall toward me that would deal physical damage to me. I got a little creative with it.
You have dodged Bed!
You take 4 damage from Bed!
You take 3 damage from Bookshelf!
You have dodged Bookshelf!
You have dodged Improvised Spear Trap!
I trained in short bursts as much as my body and cooldowns would allow. I broke a broom and sharpened it using a piece of glass to make a spear I could endanger myself with. I exhausted my use of Splash every time they came back up in an attempt to make it stronger. It didn’t work.
I didn’t even know if my skills could rank up. I didn’t really know how to get new ones, either. I got Dodge from fighting the Warp Snek, but I didn’t know why. Many of those water skills would have been useful if I could have learned them. I hadn’t gotten any new traits or skills from anything else yet either. I was running blind here. I wish there was a handbook.
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There were four hours left when Draconis reappeared and he spent half of that miking me and complaining the store only had one poison skill available.
Poison Doubling The next poison skill you use activates twice! |
“Useless without another poison skill,” Draconis said. “We’ll focus on levels tomorrow.”
I spent a couple of hours resting, activating Poison Doubling to see how it felt. It was a pulse of energy that originated in my abdomen and quickly spread to the rest of my body, waiting to culminate into an extra powerful hit. I could use it with Antitoxin to heal myself twice but that wasn't super helpful.
Buzzzz! Buzzzz!
The fated time had arrived. I wasn’t a fan of what happened next, especially with spectators. This time I got in the bathtub. Draconis watched, mildly aroused by what he saw. The eggs were smaller than the last batch and there were fourteen in total, each the size of a baseball and very squishy.
They oozed out of me in a thick white goop that filled the bottom of the tub. The eggs doubled in size as they floated, and Draconis carefully picked them out of the goop with a pair of tongs half my size.
“Goodnight! Tomorrow we make you evolve.” And with that, he closed the lid and left the room.
Evolution? That'll be the first step in my plan. I'll get stronger, then I'll escape this nonsense and be free!