Author's Note:
A Drow's Dilemma began as a one-on-one roleplaying project and has been converted into a chapter-by-chapter format for weekly posting with the permission and assistance from my partner. It will contain a considerable amount of sexual themes such as femdom, lesbian, straight, 'reverse' rape, BDSM, group sex, romance, and other themes. The main goal of the story, however, is to tell an epic tale of adventures, gods and goddesses, fae, and nymphomaniacs. This episode and every episode to come will be available for free on Literotica for the foreseeable future. All characters that engage in sexual or suggestive situations are mentally and sexually mature: the human equivalent of 18 for their race.
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Episode 71: Rusalka
It turned out that the servants knew of an alternate way into the rusalka pool. All either Tsabdrin or Caleldir had to do was describe the glowing cave. No one knew what exactly was down there, but they did know that food and convicts were often delivered down there, never to be seen again. The place was spoken of with superstition, and they were of course warned from going near there. That didn't change the fact that there was where they needed to go. So Caleldir, Tsabdrin, and the two allosauruses found themselves in a nook of the castle in front of a small teleportation circle and a nervous-looking sorcerer.
Caleldir stooped down and examined the circle. "Nice. A simple, but functional design. Quite efficient for its purposes. I will have to ask you about the particulars later." He stood back up.
"I can port you four over there, but I can't get you guys back," the middle-aged human told them. "I really advise you not to go down there, though! With all four of you in the circle, there won't be room for me to go with you!"
"Is there a circle like this on the other side?" Tsabdrin asked. His cobalt eyes peered at the runes and markings as if he actually understood at least a little how it worked.
"Yes, but you need someone with a moderate measure of arcane power to activate and transport so much. I don't think a ranger and a-"
"I can get us back," the drow said, cutting him off. "If we're gone for half an hour, notify Ashyr."
Caleldir looked at the drow with surprise. Caleldir could probably figure out how to reactivate the circle, but his magic was not the most reliable. It did not quite work the way a normal mage's did. Therefore, it was very fortunate that Tsabdrin knew how. Caleldir was curious, but he decided to save any questioning for later.
Tsabdrin shoved the dinosaurs into the circle, joined them and Caleldir, and the four of them were transferred into the comparatively dark caverns of the rusalka lair. It seemed empty from their spot within one of the holes on the outside wall of the chamber. As the human claimed, there was an identical circle where they stood.
Caleldir stared out into the dark chamber. No one was stirring. "I thought rangers used divine magic, Tsabdrin," he noted. "Are you also trained in the arcane?" While he spoke, he took a step out into the chamber, looking around for the creepy-haired fey.
"I use both divine and arcane magic," Tsabdrin explained in undercommon, as it was the language he was most fluent in. "All of my sire's children can. My mother wanted me to be an arcanist, like Selene. So I trained a little in it before Ashyr got... uh, other ideas for what I should do." There was a distant smile on his face as he said this, his mind taking him to fond, youthful memories. "The Matron let Ashyr steal me away; I kept her out of trouble. For a while. So now I'm a ranger who can cast arcane spells."
"That makes sense." Caleldir nodded. "An Arcanist, eh? That is a discipline I have always had a special admiration for. I tend not to be able to cast that many spells at all myself, the few that I do are more from sheer force of will than arcane expertise, despite the fact that I hold a library of spell-tomes in my head. It is rather strange. At any rate, I am glad that you will be able to get us back. Now, let us see what is going on with those rusalka. I do not think that they have noticed us yet."
As they walked a little farther into the cave, still there was no sign of the rusalka within. But of course they hadn't been expecting visitors at this time of day. A face covered in silver-colored hair emerged briefly from the water. He eyes widened, and there was a flash of pointed teeth in a wicked smile. Then the woman disappeared back into the water with nary a ripple.
That smile unnerved Caleldir. "Great," he muttered once she had disappeared. "That was not a friendly expression. Why did I have to choose such unsavoury allies?"
Tsabdrin shifted uncomfortably. He had been glad the first time around that he hadn't had to deal with these women. They sounded far too much like those he had to deal with in the Underdark. Just... more rapey, if that was possible. Tsabdrin's beasts gave voice to their master's discomfort, both letting out a low, apprehensive rumble.
Caleldir glanced uneasily towards the dinosaurs. "Remember how easily Althaia ripped one of those apart? Well, these rusalka are no less strong. I suggest that you keep that in mind before you sic the dinos on them. I mean, Althaia can always bring them back to life, but that is not an ideal situation."
Tsabdrin scoffed in agreement. His companions' deaths had been awful for him. He didn't want to go through that ordeal again.
It was a couple a minutes of anticipation before there was more sign of movement within the cavern. Then, finally, a familiar figure slid out of the pool with a stalking gait of rolling hips and roiling hair.
"Caleldir," Rostimira greeted him warmly. "And you have brought a beautiful friend. You truly do care about us!" As she spoke, light-haired Nemanja and red-headed Mirjana emerged from the pool flanking her. The others were still nowhere to be seen.
The drow's gloved hands creaked with the force of his clenched fist, but he remained quiet. These were Caleldir's to negotiate with.
Caleldir swallowed, and he began to feel the heat of arousal. Dammit, he was supposed to be stronger than this! Forcing his lust down, he reasserted his self-control. "Ignore the drow ranger. We are merely here to inform you that we have taken control of the city, and have Faust in custody. We will be temporarily killing him and replacing him with another. Therefore, as per our former agreement, we will be taking control of his contract. You will continue to receive food, supplies, felons to execute, and can call on us to aide your sisters to the north, in exchange for cooperating with our administration and watching over the city undercroft. Now, unless you have something dreadfully important to say, Tsabdrin and I will be heading back to the castle." He readied himself to retrace his tracks.
"Ah, but we know a little something about you, pretty. Something that your other told me himself. He betrayed you; he said that you like being taken against your well. Master Goelon gave us permission to take you and breed with you." Rostimira said in tone that quite clearly revealed that she was pleased with herself. She continued her approach with slow, deliberate steps and flashing, taunting dark eyes. "That is why you are here, yes? Do not lie to yourself. You think you tell us Faust is deposed, but really you ask to be taken again." She chose to ignore the confusing bit about 'temporarily' killing Faust.
"That bastard." Caleldir cursed his alter ego. It was useless to try to talk his way out of this. The rusalka were sworn to the Ghost-King, not him. If Goelon gave them permission, it did not matter what he had to say on the matter.
Both allosaurs made a sudden, alarmed sound. Tsabdrin whipped his head around to see that another couple of Rusalka had taken hold of his beasts. They weren't trying to harm his companions, but they were doing a good job with keeping them down and immobile. "Why did you have to bring them?" One of the rusalka pouted. Her voice became strained when one of the dinosaurs began to thrash. Then all their focus was on keeping the huge lizards from being nuisances. "It means us two cannot play."
Small fucking miracles.
"Really, we're not here for your amusement." Tsabdrin insisted.
"I don't believe you." Rostimira responded.
"Well then, allow Tsabdrin to send his dinosaurs back up into the castle, so that they are not a distraction." Tsabdrin really did not seem to be looking forward to this, so Caleldir figured that even if he could not escape from these nuisances, at least he could give the ranger a chance to. And maybe bring help.
Despite his attempt to dodge away, Rostimira quickly ensnared him. He struggled uselessly for a moment. "Really, you should consider letting the drow evacuate the dinosaurs. I would hate for any of you to miss out on the fun, of course." He gave her an insincere smile.