Breaing the Rules

Breaking the Rules takes place in an RPG universe, and is the sequel to Bending the Rules. To understand the characters and how the world works, please start from Part 1 of either series. Not based on any particular gaming franchise or storyline, but there may be guest appearances.

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"How did you know there was a secondary exit?" Furaha said.

"Stands to reason," Ace said. "The way I figure it, that vault was designed as a trap of sorts. You saw the place where the wards wouldn't touch the operator of the button. I deduced that what those wards do is produce a giant block of ice in the standing areas of the room if the button is held down long enough. Once it does that, the person at the button may be unable to reach the original door. But he can go straight up."

"Brilliant. You've certainly earned your keep on this one. If I can't get you the currency directly, I'll write you a letter of recommendation that Tatenda will love. He can find you employment worthy of your skills."

"You have doubts about your organization?"

"The situation is delicate. I think I can reward you appropriately, but it will take me some time. If the Legion complaint against me does not go well-"

"Far be it from me to interrupt you from boosting my prospects, but you know that this evidence is going to exonerate you completely. I'm not letting you out of your debt that easily."

"Hmph. It's never quite that clear-cut. You think I'm just going to discard you and run off to the great world yonder to follow my game of secrets?"

"I know better than to underestimate you. And yeah, I'm not letting you leave here until I get the deed to your hut, or a Big Favor I can argue allows me use of it, or I can chase you down with and bug you to sell it to me if you forget."

Furaha laughed. "You're going to hate what comes next, then."

Kunto turned to Nuru. "I wonder if I might have a word."

"Certainly," Nuru said, walking with her, waving the rest of the group on.

"I am leaving. You shall not see me again."

"I'm sorry to hear that. It was nice meeting you, thanks for your help today."

"I hope you will forgive my bluntness. I do not know the protocol for questions such as these. Do my eyes deceive me? Are you closer to the valkyrie and the... elf than might normally be supposed?"

"We are very good friends," Nuru said, raising an eyebrow. "Is there some particular way you mean?"

Kunto flicked her tongue.

"I taste the air. It tells me of things unseen. You have a smell; the valkyrie has a smell; the elf, too. And those two, I ssssmell again on you, tinged with hintsss of sssome other fluidssss-"

"Have I been intimate with them, you mean? Our bodies together?"

"Yessss."

"You have guessed correctly."

"Thisss smell awakens feelings in me I did not know I had. Desiresssss forbidden to lamiae. If you are willing, I asssssk you to help me understand thhhem more deeply."

"You're horny? I can tell you all about that."

"Not to tell. To ssshow."

"Let me be blunt as well. I'm led to believe that it is improper for direct fertilization of your eggs in your belly, but I won't fit in your tail's opening. Is this still what you're asking me to do?"

"Were my nest mates to hear thhhis conversssation, I would be berated at lengthhh. My Matriarch sssays it is taboo, particularly outside the fertility ssseason. Inexplicably, the thhhought is anything but repulsssive withhh you. I have but one chance to explore thhhis feeling. Will you help me?"

Nuru tugged at Sanaa. "I'd love to! I think. Tell me how this should work."

/I thought as much. Ready for some more EXP?/

(You say that like I wouldn't do this for fun!)

/Let's be real. You might not have even considered this if it hadn't been for my offer./

(More like I wouldn't have thought it possible if you hadn't said it was. But knowing that it is? I'm definitely curious.)

"I have never done thhhis before. Let me show you what I have. Perhapsssthhhe way of it will become clear," her words slurred together awkwardly.

Kunto shed her armor, exposing the thick and muscular body underneath. She had no bust support, despite a large set of breasts; they were extremely firm and showed no jiggle with her movements.

"Wow. You look very attractive, even with no legs. I wasn't sure what to expect, honestly. Don't those hurt you at all with no bra?"

Kunto tilted her head. "I have never found a need. The gorgon magic ssssupports me."

"Oh, of course. Here, let me join you and... we'll try some things out."

He stripped down, and she watched him unblinking as he folded his clothes quickly. She laid the lance down and he walked up to face her directly.

"So, er... wow, you're tall right now," he said, craning to look up at her.

"Ah, a poor habit of mine, when I am feeling intimidated. You will need to sssee thhhis here," she said, lowering herself to his level.

"May I?" Nuru said, reaching for her breasts with both hands, stopping short of touching her.

"You may."

He watched her face for any sign of emotion and he leaned in and pressed his palms into her chest; she was hard, but somewhat pliable under his fingers.

"This is the damndest thing I've ever felt. You're like a living statue," Nuru said in awe.

"Thhhisss... is a compliment, yesss?"

"We humans make statues resembling things we admire. It is very much a compliment."

She sighed deeply, a sound of satisfaction that matched the smile creeping across her face; he almost expected her eyes to close, but he had to remind himself that they literally couldn't. He stroked her face and hair.

"You are a beautiful woman, Kunto. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."

"Now I really wish to feel you inside me."

/Hey. Her lisp disappeared again. She's feeling good about those compliments./

"In that case, let me see what else you have. Can you bring that up here again? That's so weird you can do that, but I love it."

She coiled and rose above him, bringing her belly to eye level with him, showing the extended hole that very much resembled a vulva right there in the middle of her torso, just above the line where her mottled skin tapered off across her hindquarters into the tail. She was scale-less except directly on her underside where the tail met the ground.

"Is it sensitive?" he asked.

"More than some parts of me. It's about as sensitive as my fingertips."

"May I?" Nuru said, reaching for her hands.

She nodded, not taking her eyes off of him.

/Take your time to warm her up. Remember your signature move; if you're going to be the best, you need to incorporate this into every encounter, at least in small ways. We won't be taking long today, but most of that time needs to be the foreplay. The anticipation is probably going to outshine the penetration in this case. Don't listen to what she says./

(Don't listen? But-)

/I know, it sounds like taking unfair advantage. But she doesn't know what she wants, exactly. She knows she wants the experience, and I'll stake my reputation that this is the best way to do it. This is how taboo works; the desire is often more fulfilling than the reality. Speaking of which, talk it up to her./

"Let me make sure I understand what you're asking. I need you to tell me in no uncertain terms. You want me to put my sperm right in your egg sac?"

She nodded.

"Say it."

She bared her teeth, and her hands tightened on his, keeping him from pulling away. Something glistened menacingly at the tips of her fangs; it occurred to Nuru that he didn't know if she was venomous or not. A chill shot up his spine at the thought.

/Woah, bad choice of words! She's mad. Tell her you're not making fun of her voice!/

"I don't care how you say it, whatever that sounds like for you, I just want to hear the words from your mouth."

Her fangs pulled back up.

"I- but-" she whispered.

Nuru reached slowly forward, trying to remain non-threatening, and put his hands on either side of her face.

"Say it with me," he whispered, pulling her head right in front of his; she adjusted her height to match him. "I want..."

"I want..." she replied.

"You to plant..."

"You to plant..."

"Your seed in me."

"Your seed in meeeeaaaaaahhh" she hissed, starting to squirm against him, end of her tail twisting and slapping on the ground. "Oh, this feeling!"

"It's good, isn't it?" he said, still holding her gaze on his, her eyes unreadable, unblinking slits but the rest of her face betraying the inner.

"More," she breathed.

Her lips were thin, and the fangs made him wary, but he pulled her forehead to his own and stared a little more with both of their mouths open. The tip of her tongue tickled his, surprising him.

"Do you... kiss?" he whispered.

"Not as you do."

She flicked and teased the tip of his tongue with feather-light touches; he stuck it out, wondering if that would encourage her, and found that it did. The light touch was there and, as soon as he recognized it, gone again, but much more frequently than before.

(I wouldn't have expected those little forked kisses to be so erotic, if you'd asked me even five minutes ago.)

/Isn't exploring new people fun!?/

(Thanks for Planting the Suggestion.)

/Ah, sweet corruption. You know my methods well./

(I hope your tower defense is going well. I don't want you dying on me anytime soon.)

/If I was on you, I'm not sure it's me that would be dying./

(I need to get that summon scroll with Furaha, so I can spank you for your insolence.)

/Promises, promises!/

Nuru let go of Kunto's head and put his arms down under her shoulders and lifted, suggesting rather than forcing her to rise above him again. "My human tongue can't taste the air, but it does other things I think you'll like."

He kissed her down her neck and across her chest as she lifted, trailing his tongue across her hairless skin. She shivered, digging her nails into his shoulders. He kissed around her nipples, seeing them harden and poke free of the rough skin which he found under a thin scaley film that felt like calloused skin.

"You feel this?" he said, kissing around her belly towards the opening below.

"It is... not so sensitive," she replied.

"We'll see about that," he said, going to one knee to put his face right there at the slit.

Her hands went for his head, perhaps to stop him, but he leaned forward and planted his tongue right in the middle of her.

"You are right, our tongues cannot do that!" she gasped.

He tongued the orifice, getting used to the foreign odor of it.

(What is this smell? I'm not sure I can even describe it.)

/Ask me if you ever need help with that, I'll see if I can come up with the words. Although, hopefully I don't make a comparison to something only a demon would know. It is pleasant though, isn't it? You're drooling a lot./

(And talk about exotic. I've never had anything like it before. That's part of why it's so difficult.)

He explored Kunto's folds as best he could; she was tight and firm, making it difficult to penetrate too deeply.

"Stop me if it's too much," Nuru said, rising back to his feet and slowly pushing two fingers into her.

(She doesn't really have a g-spot does she?)

/No, but fortunately she's got a brain that is getting off hard on this anyway./

She hissed after the second knuckle, but she gripped his forearm with both hands as he went to pull out.

"More," she whispered.

"Now you've done it," Nuru said, looking down at his cock twitching its way up to full hardness.

"I hope so," she whispered.

"Grab it," he said. "I want you to put it in."

"I... don't know if I can."

"Just guide it. I'll pull you in, you just push it whatever angle works best for you. Here, let's start with some lubrication."

He spat some of the remaining moisture from his mouth onto her hand, and guided her in spreading it over the skin of his cock. She put her other palm to his mouth and he kissed it, licking her and giving her more of his saliva. Her breath caught as he did so, and she eagerly stroked him with both hands to what was definitely full hardness.

"Are you ready to have a human inside you?" he said softly, taking the back of her head in one of his hands, and her shoulder in the other.

"Yes," she said.

"Then come closer."

He pulled. Her body resisted, but her instinct was to squeeze, not to escape, and millimeter by millimeter he sank into her, their gazes never breaking. Her hands finally let go and wrapped around his butt.

"I've got you," she whispered playfully, flicking her tongue out at him. "You don't get to leave until I've had my meal."

"I should have asked sooner if you feast on your mates, shouldn't I?" he said.

She laughed hoarsely. "We do not. Only the unwanted children."

"Well, that's alright then," he grinned.

"I just meant you can't pull out. I have you, and I'm not letting go."

"Yes, I can feel that. Wow, you're really strong."

"Half of it is the stone magic. I don't have to flex if my body can't move."

"I'm literally fucking a statue. This is unreal."

"Am I a good statue?"

"Worthy of any pedestal I can imagine."

"Your words please me. I wonder if this will please you."

"Gyaahhh! What did you just- holy fuck!"

Her body rippled bottom to top as the muscles in her abdomen flexed.

"That's- hoo. Maybe a little too strong. Can you do it softer?"

She tried it.

"Mmmm, I like that," he groaned.

"I am glad softer is good. I would have tired, doing it that hard for long."

"Oh yeah, keep doing that. You want my baby batter inside you, just keep squeezing. Fuck me, that's amazing."

"I want... I want..." she hissed.

"Yes, yes, tell me. Tell me everything."

"I want... your children... in me!"

Nuru completely lost control of his own body. He flopped around in Kunto's arms, feet kicking against the dirt, back arching to turn his face to the sky, and he cried out in ecstasy as he felt his cum rise up inside and overflow into a jet inside of the gorgon that pulsed around him, milking his entire body for all he was worth. He lost sense of time for a bit, and when he came back to full consciousness on the ground, he found Kunto still wrapped around him with his face pillowed on her chest, her breathing slow.

"Mmm... that was incredible," he whispered.

"It was," she replied. "But you must promise me one thing."

"What's that?"

"Never, ever tell anyone about this. If this shame of mine were to reach the ears of my Matriarch..."

"You have my word."

"Good. I would have had to eat you otherwise, and that would be the saddest meal of my life."

"I thought you didn't..."

"No, but we do eat enemies, as you have yourself observed."

Nuru was quiet for a moment. Then he sniffed. "Is that smoke?"

"Yes."

"Oh gods. What else do you smell?"

She flicked her tongue out into the air. "Thatch. Wood. Maybe tar. No meat."

"Oh. So no people?"

"No blood, no burning hair."

"I'd still better go."

"It is better this way. I must rest."

"Thank you again, Kunto. Be well."

"You... as well..." She shifted, letting him stand up, then climbing and coiling tightly in the branches of a nearby tree, drifted off to a watchful sleep.

*****

Nuru hurried back to Furaha's hut. Before he could reach there, he was suddenly yanked off his feet into the brush by the side of the road.

"Mmrrgh!" he tried to yell.

"Ssh, it's Ace. Hold still."

Nuru calmed for a second, letting Ace reveal himself before pulling his hooded cloak over his face again. "We have to go. We can't meet at the hut anymore, it's not safe. Wards or no, the Legion have stirred."

"Why do I smell smoke?" Nuru hissed.

"That's the worst part. The hut is gone. We burned it, to make it look like our venerable librarian was attacked and killed in her home. It won't fool them for long, but it'll give us a chance to cover our tracks. They'll have to go through the legal channels rather than running roughshod over all of us with a small army and locking us quietly away in a dungeon somewhere. Come on, I need to help move the boxes through the Multiversal office before the port police lock the place down."

"Uh... and how are we getting away once they do?"

"Crap, I forgot for a second you can't go through. OK, here. Let's move this way and I'll call my mount. Once I get to the other side, I'll call it with you riding like we've done a few times now."

"Forget that, let me go with you. We can meet up at my little cave home with your mount later.!Kafa Mara Nauyi!"

"But they're watching the road-"

"Then let's hurry!"

Ace dragged his fingers like he was trying to tear his face off. "Fine! Meet me there!"

FOOSH

Nuru took off running right through the smoke cloud as Ace vanished, believing that the risk of dismemberment to be low with his curse preventing him from going through the portal itself, and emerged from the other side unscathed. Just in case, he activated Tusa's oath, while at the same time doubting that he could catch up in time to be of help if he ran into actively hostile Legionnaires. He crashed through the underbrush, staying away from the road itself just to give himself a little safety, and emerged at one end of the market. He dashed dangerously fast between the stalls, drawing more than a few dirty looks and shouts of alarm. In order to avoid a moving cart, he leapt straight up and almost crashed into another booth, kicking up a bunch of sand as he came down and he entered cooldown. He felt the eyes of several guards on him but didn't let that slow him down; he made record time to the library and skidded to a halt inside the doorway, where several boxes were being hastily emptied onto the floor.

"-no time! The city guards are already making a perimeter!" Ace said.

Furaha stamped her foot. "Most of this is proprietary material. I need it for my work- Nuru! What are you doing here!? You have to get out, you can't come with us!"

"Sorry I wandered away there, Kunto wanted-"

"Nevermind the lamia, she's on her own! The Legion is marching, and they're going to be here soon. You can't be here when it arrives in force, trust me."

"She's right," Dayo said. "We can't protect you here, no matter the wards."

"What can I do to help?" Nuru insisted.

"Nothing," Furaha said. "We don't have time to get all of this through the gate, so I'm having to try and save whatever essentials I can. I'm leaving a lot behind, but I can't stop to mourne the losses."

"Tell me you're saving the oils!" Nuru gasped.

"Those aren't essential, I don't care what the label says," Furaha smiled sadly.

"I'll take them! I can't go through the gate anyway, we can put them in my cave until-"

"No time to argue," Ace said. "I've got one portal endpoint still active at your cave. They'll be able to track it, so we can't leave the box there forever, but it should be OK for a couple days. Is that everything in the box there?"

Furaha nodded, continuing to dump other boxes on the floor, collecting a few odds and ends into another box.

"Nuru, grab it, I need my hands free for this. Drop it on my say so, and then get the hell out of here," Ace said. "I'll have my mount meet you there, and then we'll do as agreed. Move!"

Nuru snatched up the box and ran to the front door.

"Now," Ace said.

Nuru dropped the box as the portal opened; Ace darted in and right back out afterwards. "Good luck my friend!" he said, giving Nuru a quick pat on the shoulder before snatching up another box and rushing through the travel gate.

"Alright, I'm off. But first-!" Nuru said, leaning over and giving Furaha a kiss.

She squeaked in surprise, but returned it for a short time. "You'd better go," she said, breaking away, tearing up.

"Right... once more, out into the fray," Nuru said, straightening up.

"Hmph," Dayo said, Shadow Walking to the dark corner of the doorway and stepping out to grab him for their own kiss. "There. Now you have my permission to leave," the valkyrie said, swatting him on the butt and sending him out on his way with a grin. "Git good, Nuru!"