The Abbey of Records
At the top of the rocky path, which had actually been occasionally augmented by actual steps cut into the stone of the mountainside, the little troop found something of an expansive, broad shelf. A stream fell tumbling down the mountain, and formed a rushing brook that cut across the shelf in front of them, running right to left, on its way to join in the wide lake that dominated the level area. For the most part, the place looked like a well-tended park or picnic ground. On the other side of the brook was the other distinctive feature of the green shelf: a stone building, or a tight complex of buildings, from which sprouted a tall tower of pinkish stone. Tascha thought the building, or buildings around the base of the tower resembled a monastery more than anything else. As for the tower itself, with its coloration, and the way the upper storeys swelled out to accommodate a larger space at the top, it was rather obviously phallic.
That's a bit heavy handed,
she thought to herself.
Although, after their sweaty climb, which had taken several hours, the sight of that beautiful lake, and the thought of a swim, was quite appealing, Don and Tascha led the little troop straight for the bridge that spanned the brook and carried the path they were on toward the tower. As they approached, Tascha was surprised to see that there was a large, very dark-skinned man standing there, barring the way onto the bridge. She was pretty sure he hadn't been there a moment before. He had thick muscles, stood at least two meters tall, and was leaning on a very large and shiny sword. Of course, he also had a prodigious cock and a pair of heavy balls hanging between his legs.
None of them had had any kind of play since they had convened by the pool that morning, prior to leaving the Resort by way of the now rather cooperative gate, so Tascha wasn't at all surprised that she found herself thinking she would like to see if this big, black fellow was as good a fuck as she imagined he must be. He didn't look like he was there to offer sex, though.
When they got close enough, the big man held up his hand and said, "Halt." Naturally enough, Tascha thought, he had a deep, sexy bass voice.
"Hello," Don offered. "We would like to visit the tower."
"The tower is not open to all," the man said impassively.
"To whom is it open?" Tascha asked.
"To members of the Order and to eligible pilgrims." Tascha got the sense that making these pronouncements was the whole point of this man's existence. He intoned his lines as if he was an actor with a small cameo part that he would nevertheless act the hell out of.
Don frowned a moment before saying, "We're pilgrims. We need to speak with the Sage of the Tower."
The big, black man said nothing for a long moment as he looked the party over carefully. He fixed each of them with his inscrutable dark eyes as if he was examining their souls, or at least reading their minds. Finally, he said, "Three of you may pass."
Don asked, "Do you mean the three of us?" as he indicated himself, Tascha and Nicole.
The impassive guard nodded once.
"Good guess," Tascha whispered.
"It just seemed to make sense," Don muttered.
"What are our friends supposed to do?" Tascha asked, but the man didn't even bother to shrug.
"We could wait by the lake," Shelonda suggested.
Tascha was about to say that was a good idea, but Amy chimed in, asking, "How long will you be?"
"That's a very good question," Don nodded.
Shelonda frowned and then offered, "Why don't we go for a swim, and if you're not back when we're done, we'll just go back down to the Resort and you can come meet us there?"
"I like that idea," Amy grinned. Tascha suspected Amy would be quite happy to give up their little quest and stay at the Resort indefinitely.
"The Resort's a big place," Victor observed quietly.
"That's right," Don nodded. "Why don't we try checking in with the Sheriff? You guys stop in and tell her where you're going, and we'll ask her where you are."
"I'm not sure the sheriff will appreciate that," Tascha thought, but nobody else had any better ideas, so the sextet split into two groups – Amy, Shelonda and Victor heading off to swim in the lake, as Don, Nicole and Tascha slipped past the muscular guard and crossed the wooden bridge.
There was no sign or any other indication of where they should go, but they could only see one door: a heavy, wooden thing of dark brown, with a large metal knocker set in the middle of it. It struck Tascha just then that there was nothing at all sexual about this door, the wall it was set into, or the building attached to the wall – unless you counted the gigantic phallus sticking out of it, of course. Tascha reached out and lifted the clapper and let it fall. There was a very loud bang on their side of the door. After a long moment, she banged again.