The small village of Nookington was located near a forest where the various species of the now called 'Entomorph' were discovered. A collection of insectoid and arachnid humanoid creatures that sought to introduce themselves to the world, but were starting small so far. Several had come to open a small 'farmers market' of sorts, which included a bee people's pure honey, ant treats, and even spiders who had caught and humanely taken care of wild animals that threatened the town.
Recent developments had led to the discovery that with aid from other creatures, Entomorphs could much more easily spread their species, and grow a closer bond with the rest of the world. Thus, a breeding program was put up for a vote and passed in this small town. Currently, there was a board outside the town library with several requests from eager Ento parents, hoping for a host to their young.
Emelia was dropped off outside town standing in loose-fitting clothing hiding her fairly plump exterior. Her auburn hair mixed into her dress's colors as she made her way over to the small mating clinic. "Alright, you can do it. They all seem so nice and you could use the connections..." She took a deep breath before pushing the front door open. Looking around and seeing several groups of Entomorphs some dressed like doctors and others who looked like excited soon to be fathers or mothers.
The librarian smiled "Hello Ma'am, are you here to sign up for the first wave of the breeding program?" She smiles lightly "I can personally say that it is not only pleasurable but also surprisingly easy on the body to recover."
Emilia blushed before nodding. "Yes I, Yes I'm here to do that." She walked overlooking rather flustered as she eyed the driders in the corner of the room. "I am Emilia. I signed up for the drider program."
She looks it over "Ah yes, Tara will be your partner." She waves over and one of the driders skitters over. She looked to be about the size of a centaur, but with her spider lower half. "Thank you for signing up for our program Miss Emilia. My name is Tara." She smiles and holds her hand out, her fangs glinting a little past her lips. "Most have been a little nervous about signing up for our program, so I hope I can coerce you into giving a good word when this is over." She giggles a little bit.
Emilia's face turned fully crimson before shaking her head. "Yeah, I have heard a good bit about all this. I've always been a tad lonely and hearing that this was a good way to make a connection made me excited to come in." She looked back up into Tara in her bottom set of eyes nearly getting lost in the inky blackness.
Tara smiled "Alright then, one last question, and please be honest. Would you rather a hotel room, or my place? Either is fine, my place would at the end be more private, but the hotel room would be within the town limits." Tara gently reaches down and rubs Emilia's cheek with a smile. "You know, you truly are beautiful."
Emilia shuddered slightly before smiling. "I think your place sounds good. The hotel idea just feels... cheap." She shakily reached out putting her hand on one of Tara's legs feeling the hard black near leather-like leg. "You're also beautiful ya know... your legs are very pretty."
Tara giggles a little bit and playfully picks Emilia up "Thank you for the compliment, and I thought so too, I just wanted to make sure you were fully comfortable." She begins to walk out of the library, waving to the others who smiled at her. "So, what do you know of our kind? I'd be willing to answer any questions you have while I take you back home." She skitters towards the edge of town and into the forest...though the well-trodden path was well lit.
Emilia nodded following closely next to Tara. "Well, I've been curious about how being a mate actually works? I know the pregnancy is gonna last a few months at least so... do you want to get to know me during it? I..." She looked down, rubbing her belly gently. "I would like to... know our children and such..."
Tara smiles wide "Of course I would like to get to know you more. Also most opt to let our colonies raise the young, though we have a few who have opted to be parents. If you want to spend the time here with us, I would be thrilled to support you." She smiles lightly and rests a hand on Emilia's shoulder. "Essentially, I am going to inject you with...well technically it is a venom, but it induces ovulation, heightens pleasure responses and dulls pain, and it affects the stretchiness and tensile strength of the flesh. As you take in my eggs, it will cause you to get larger much faster than normal pregnancy for humans, but everyone who has gone through it is fine at the end, no stretch marks or anything."
Emilia smiled softly looking back to Tara. "If you're offering I'll definitely stay..." She was quiet as they continued down the path starting to lean into Tara as they walked. Just enjoying the presence of what would soon be her mate. "So do you have a husband or wife? Also how quickly do your young grow up? I'm more than willing to be in for the long haul."
"I do not have a mate of my own. I normally would give out unfertilized eggs, though they can absorb the eggs of a host mother to fill in the other parent's genetics. That is why we induce ovulation. As for how long they take to grow. Unlike insects and arachnids, we age and grow slower, though our rate of growth is faster than a humans. Driders like me would be considered fully grown at 15, though mature at 17. Though for human's sake, we are taking to waiting till at least 18...in human years. I am 25 for the sake of it." She smiles gently and giggles "Ants grow at an astounding rate, and they can be fully grown in as little as 3 years, though the drones are 100% loyal to their parents, particularly their mother for 15 years. And they don't reach sexual maturity for another year after that. Bees have a similar growth cycle...though that comes down to their base races. We driders have always been expected to be...somewhat solo loners...at least genetically."
Emilia reached over rubbing Tara's hand. "Well if you don't want to be alone... you don't have to. After all, we are starting to share our races' cultures so hopefully, now there won't be pressured to go solo anymore." She perked up as the pair approached a large now well-lit cave with cabins surrounding it families of driders inhabiting each.
Tara smiled and nodded "That sounds nice to me, I'd really like to see where this goes." She leads Emilia into a rather nice log cabin, large enough to support a good few extra bedrooms. Inside was a nice living room, then just past that a kitchen. A door in the side leads to the other half of the house where it was a short hallway with a few rooms off of it with a bathroom at the end. "I helped work on getting these newer homes put together...and I made mine in planning for having a family...though extensions should be pretty easy." She blushes and opens one door. "Here is my room." Inside there was an armoire, a lamp, bookcase, and while a normal bed was there, a web hammock in the corner, as well as the ceiling rafters being largely webbed went to show where she slept.
Emilia giggled walking into the room and sitting on the bed. "I will admit this is a far bigger home than I have ever lived in." She ran her fingers through the sheets smiling. "Just getting to get to know someone and explore parenthood sounds like a massive gift to me. You're coming off as nothing but kind to me so being your partner also sounds like tons of fun."
Tara smiles and moves up to Emilia "So then, shall we start now? Or would you like a bit of a 'wooing' dinner?'" She leans in and plants a kiss firmly on the girl's lips, her dainty yet strong fingers running down Emilia's back and scalp.
