Author's Notes: This story is erotic fantasy written by Etaski. I reserve the right to be listed as the author of this story, wherever it is posted. If found posted anywhere except Literotica.com with this note attached, this story is posted without my permission. © Etaski 2010
This is an experiment in second person storytelling. I realized that second person is often done well in roleplaying games (RPGs), of which I'm very fond.
A Necanthrope is a creature out of the urban horror RPG, "SLA Industries" by Nightfall Games. A bit like a vampire that feeds on nightmares and energy instead of blood (though that's not the whole extent), they are also what an Ebon becomes-- immortal, powerful, and twisted-- should they actually return from "the White" after their mortal body has died. Ebons are a race of mortal, gifted humans who use their "flux" to create magical effects, and they can be taken as a vassal by a Necanthrope and bound to them.
Some are thrilled to be chosen, others less so.
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Mort City. Agony's penthouse. 652 SD.
It's been said that if you get the water of a bath hot enough, a Necanthrope can actually feel it.
Heated water creates steam; grey mist rises and flows from the bath, cloaking the mirror in a veil that allows only the vaguest reflection of what is actually there to be seen. If it's been long enough, the air is heavy with water as it enters the lungs, making it seem difficult to breathe. It hangs in the air as fog, obscuring a clear sight of what is languishing in your bathtub. You can hear the water, though, swishing and swirling around a naked body.
There are three thick candles lit; they are the only source of light and they glow bright with visible halos around each flame. Occasionally you can see twinkling colors as the light reflects off the water droplets suspended in the air.
As you get closer to the tub, you see only her head is above the surface of the water, black hair framing her lovely Ebon's face, its length floating atop the water like seaweed. The rest of her pale form is stretched out underneath the dark water, vague and fuzzy around the edges like your reflection in the mirror. Her eyes as she watches are you a blank, pure white.
"Agony." She sounds pleased to see you. "You've been gone long. I was starting to get impatient, until I saw what a nice, large bath you have. Join me, won't you, my vassal?"
You don't have much choice; she raises one pale hand from the water, her nails matte black, and snaps her fingers. You feel something shift and pull painfully inside your mind and you begin to interdermalize your Deathsuit, leaving you quite nude in front of her.
You see her smile; her lips colored her favorite color: raven red, so dark it appears black in most light. You also see her metallic, sharp teeth as her perfect Ebon visage falters for a moment; she seems—in that brief instant—tired. And clearly she is quite hungry.
"Agony."
You step closer and lift one foot to test the water with your toe. It is scalding! You put your foot back on the bathmat at the side of the tub and do not climb in.
"Join me," she repeats, sounding impatient.
You try to explain that the temperature would burn you; it is too hot to tolerate. You are close enough now to see that her skin is still deathly pale. Not even the faintest blush, though the skin of any living creature would be lobster red sitting in water that hot.
Her scowl is unforgiving of such squeamishness. Then she smiles a cruel smile. "My pet," she purrs.
You discover she is not talking to you when you feel something cold and hard wrap around your ankle. It is Syn, her Gore Cannon; the living weapon that you care for from time to time, and it constricts its tentacle to hold you firmly by the foot. Syn waits, however, until you've shouted in alarm and try to pull free before it yanks backward, throwing you off balance.
You fall headfirst into the burning hot water; the rush of heat across your body, all of your skin, is so intense it feels agonizingly cold. You resurface yelling, angry and in pain. Your mistress wraps her arms around you from the back, her mouth next to your ear.
"Quiet, vassal, quiet," she hisses, nipping your earlobe with sharp, needle teeth. Her hands stretch out across your bare chest, which is now blushing brightly with heat rash, touching you intimately and familiarly like a fine possession.
You swear you can feel other mouths, one set in each of her palms, and the teeth are nibbling at your skin, teasing your nipples with tiny tongues. Her dark red lips are kissing your shoulder, and you slowly become accustomed to the heat of the water as your feel her feed you a little of her own flux, just enough to take the edge off the pain.