Amethyst Sunset:
The world took nearly seventy-two hours for a full rotation. I sat on the beach alone watching the sun slowly sink below the horizon. Because of the leisurely pace I was able to observe the sunset through my mask in various spectra. It was my latest way of distracting myself from the growing negativity between the two princesses. My playtime with Ariel and Elsa was short lived and I did not mind it at all. They were attempting to repair the damage between themselves and I gave them all the space and time they required. I spent my time in meditation and while they were occupied, I explored the planet and star system via astral projection.
I found the ruins of the people that once inhabited this place. They were a cunning lot with a highly evolved understanding of engineering and stonework. This world was much different than many I had seen so far. The Heart of Fire as the former natives called their parent star was the same size as Sol the yellow star Earth orbited so serenely. But it burned with a bloody scarlet illumination and gave off strange radiation that may or may not have led to the extinction of sentient life in this system. I did not know the effect of long-term exposure, but I was not about to push my luck.
"We must not tarry in this place much longer," I said as Ariel cooked fish she had caught over a fire I had conjured. "This sun is none too good for the likes of us."
"Where are we going next?" Ariel asked and I had no answer for her. "You aren't going to leave us here?"
"No. I will open a portal to Earth for you. We part company here. I have something I need to attend to before I return home. What is it?" I turned to face Elsa. Her rage flared to the surface and she laid out a litany of vitriolic curses at me having slept with Ariel and her. She put more emphasis on Ariel though. Her possessiveness took over once more. Sharing was not caring it was taking advantage. "Hey, all of those were instigated by your girlfriend." I said emphasizing the word 'your' to mark her overly possessive nature.
"You don't take responsibility for any of the women you've fucked, do you?" Elsa asked.
"I do indeed. I have made you climax a dozen times. I think Ariel came at least twice that." I said and Ariel giggled just adding fuel to the flames of jealousy. The temperature plummeted and Left threw up a defensive shield instantly.
"Stop this!" Ariel screamed tears streaming down her cheeks before freezing there. "I'm done! Go!"
"You heard her," Elsa snarled. "Leave!"
"I wasn't talking to him." Ariel continued. "This jealousy is impossible! I am not a child. I am not a prize to be owned. I am my own person and I have made my decision. Until you master yourself or find some measure of inner peace, I don't want to see you anymore." Elsa glared at me and I kept a neutral expression on my face. "No! Do not blame him, if you want someone to blame it is me or yourself. Ghost has no bearing on my decision. You did this. You drove a wedge between us! I love you and I always will... but... while I am with you, I feel like I am suffocating!"
"I... I am sorry. I didn't mean to..." She said as I conjured a portal back to Earth. Elsa stumbled to her feet and with a single backward glance walked through it. Ariel let out a sigh of relief as I closed the gate.
"We better hurry and get whatever needs doing done." Ariel suggested and I smiled. "You lied!"
"I might have stretched the truth. Traci just finished a full analysis on the solar radiation. My first assumptions were wrong. The sunlight is not dangerous. I've explored several population centers, but I haven't had a chance to investigate close up, yet." I explained and she took my arm and hugged it.
"Can I cum?" Ariel asked batting her eyes at me.
"Like gang busters, and sure you can accompany me if you want." I chuckled. "You tell me if you start feeling strange in case, we were wrong."
We left our camp after dinner. I created a levitation disk and we used that to fly to the nearest abandoned settlement. We sat on the flat surface and circled the strange towering structures letting Ariel make her own guesses.
"They don't look damaged, were they built like that?" She asked and I shrugged.
"I have no idea." I replied as we made one last circuit of the largest of this town's structures. It stood five hundred feet high and divided into three separate sections. All three parts were formed of the same materials, but each had its own architectural style. The same was true of the other tower like buildings in the town. The lower portions were the widest and appeared sturdier than the other two. The middle section hovered twenty feet or so above the base. The gap was highlighted in the lowest floor of the middle with a gently angled landing area or ramp. The mid portion was enclosed like the lower and was taller yet thinner. The upper portion was the strangest of all. It hovered above the middle and was open to weather and sun. The few exterior walls were decorated with horizontal bars and ledges. "Weird."
"It looks like red granite," Ariel remarked. "What is that shiny stuff?"
"I don't know. That was one of the reasons I wanted a closer look. I think it has to do with the gravity defying effects of the hovering sections." I stated as we landed on one of the uppermost ledges in the top of the tower. "Careful, it is slick as shit!"
"This material is hydrophobic," Ariel said as she ran a hand against it. "Water would roll off it like a duck's back and look at those channels. You think it is for collecting rainwater?"
"Makes sense to me. A society needs fresh water. Why is it open like this?"
"It serves the Hah-Wah Master Svartalfar!" A voice speaking the dark elf language said a moment before a holographic image appeared in the air before us. I could not see what was projecting it and the quality of the hologram was extremely lifelike. The figure was roughly humanoid with elongated limbs and digits. Its arms were crossed in front of it exposing its thick transparent wing membranes. The membranes ran from wrist to ankle and were flexible enough for it to move its arms with little limitations. "My form is that of the Hah-Wah Master. How may I be of service?"
"Why do you call him Master and Svartalfar?" Ariel asked and I removed my mask. I had reverted to my dark elf form unconsciously. "Oh! Why Master then?"
"This world was part of the dark elf protectorate." The hologram explained. "We owed everything to the great and all powerful Svartalfar!"
"Propaganda. Tell me about this place. Why are the buildings constructed like this?" I asked.
"Simplicity itself. There were three sentient species that coexisted here. The Hah-Wah, the Kreffa, and Sash-Sish lived in harmony." It explained and displayed two other holograms. One was of a bipedal creature whose closest relative that I could recognize was a flying squirrel. It stood upright and possessed wicked hand and foot claws. They were cute with their large eyes for nocturnal activity and chubby cheeks but there was also a keen intelligence in their eyes. When they looked at you, they were appraising you with a grim determination. They had glide wings like their Terran cousins and perhaps that was why there was that gap between the middle and lower sections. They could make their way to the top of the base and then glide up to the mid-section. The other image was serpentine with a heavily armored dorsal side and a gleaming yellow ventral belly. They possessed two sets of three eyes on either side of their heads. Like most snakes their lower jaws could extend and allowed them to eat larger prey whole.
