Athanatos room 2
Athanatos kept hold of the door handle and panted for breath. His heart was pounding painfully in his chest. It felt like he was about to explode, fearing that one of the women would rip the door open, pulling him back inside. After a moment of silence, he figured he was safe, for now. Finally, he made it! He escaped the room. Somehow, he knew he had been waking up in there for a long time.
A part of him even wanted to go back. To run into their embraces and lose himself to countless hours of mind wiping pleasure. That's how he knew he was in way over his head. It had taken all his willpower just to leave a single room. Just to wind up... He looked around to find out just where he had made it to.
On one hand he hoped it meant he escaped. Very unlikely though. He knew that, honestly, he did. The monk leaned against the doorframe for a moment to catch his breath. Stuck in a dream but unable to control anything like he normally could. Was this a special part of the dream state? One where the succubus had more control, or even set the rules? Was he trapped in her own personal bubble of the astral plain?
If he was stuck here, what was his body doing back in his world? He roughly remembered facing against a necromancer. So much had happened he didn't know how to handle it all. Over a hundred years he had the gifts given to him by Dragus, the red dragon. And yet, nothing remarkable happened until recently.
When things did happen it just had to be in a horrifying, deadly way. So many lives lost. He couldn't dwell on that now though. He had to escape. Escape without becoming her damn puppet! Taking a deep breath to steel his nerves; he stood up straight and let out the air, examining his surroundings.
He stood in the middle of a hallway, nothing special about it. The walls were constructed by large stone blocks. It verified his suspicions that he was in a castle. He could see an identical door to the one he leaned against, at one end. The flickering firelight from hanging torches hardly reached the other pathway. Leaving it masked in darkness.
Looks like he'll have to decide which way to go. The [[Door he could see]], or venture into the [[dark unknown.]]
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Door he could see
The monk stared into the darkness, imagining all types of horrors jumping out at him. Walking blindly into a trap door, plummeting to his death. Could he die here? Would he wake up or would his body die? The mind made things real. He understood that much. Better not risk it.
Athan turned towards the door he could see at the end of the hall. He slowly walked up to it. It appeared sturdy and new, just like everything else. He briefly wondered how Meridiana had so much control over the dream state. It made sense that she could do more than others since it was her hunting ground. But, trapping him? Making it so he couldn't wake up in his body?
None of it made any sense. He found himself questioning everything he believed. The humans in his world were small fry compared to everything. Dragons were real, as were demons. Were there other worlds too? There had to be. What was Meridiana's homeworld like?
<i>Hello there, </i> spoke a hushed feminine voice to his left. It startled him since he was completely out of it, daydreaming.
[[Turn towards the voice]]
This soon since escaping the first room? He didn't like the implications of that. There was no way he would turn, stare into her eyes, get hypnotized, wake up in the bed. Surrounded by beautiful, seductive women... No way!
Not this time!
With determination he placed his hand on the doorknob and [[entered the room]].
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Turn towards the voice
Athan turned towards the voice at his left and saw a silted window. Outside holding herself up was a gray skinned woman with elongated ears, and purple hair.
"Oh, thank you! I'm so glad I found someone, totally like not under Meridiana's influence," she said with glee. Athan thought she was overcompensating though. As if she wanted him to lower his guard.
"Who are you then?" He asked hesitantly.
"Me? Oh, i'm no one special, just a lowly imp. You can call me Cyiarju," She said with a smile revealing a mouth full of sharp looking teeth.
"Ok, Cliarjo, it's um..."
"Cyiarju, you were like so close handsome."
"Right, um, what do you mean not under her influence? Anyways, forget that... more important. Where are we and how can I get out?"
"She like, likes to make people her fucktoys. They can't think about anything but her. It's totally sexy and all that but I serve another mistress. And like you're in Meridiana's private estate. She created it herself. My mistress is totally jealous... even if she won't admit it."
"Normally no one can get in without her like knowin about it and stuff. But I'm supper sneaky. My mistress wanted to know what Meridiana is up to. So, like, what's she up to? You look totally smart, you should know, right?"
Her eyes glimmered for just a second, catching Athanatos off guard. He found himself admiring the imp. Her multicolored eyes and the way she giggled at just about everything.
The moment passed quickly and Athan shook his head.
"She's um, she's basically trying to turn me into, what'd you call it?" He replied, growing more hesitant. Just which mistress did she belong to? Maybe it was a trick!
"A fucktoy?" She said as she looked at him with barely withheld lust, licking her lips. "You're like trying to resist her then?"
"Yeah, that's the general idea. So, do you know how to get out of here?"
"Of course! But for humans it's a lot trickier. You can't teleport or nothin." She kept looking down, making Athan feel uncomfortable. He covered up his junk with his hands as she giggled. "Awful shy aren't-cha?"
A shiver went down his spine. Should he be talking to her? Anyone could 'say' they don't serve the succubus.
"About that exit?" He said impatiently.
"Oh right, sorry totally distracted me with your loaded weapon. Say, you wouldn't mind letting me like, lick it?"
"Focus please, the exit..." Athan deadpanned. Not that he'd admit to his body reacting to her gawking at him. Her eyes kept glimmering in a distracting way, pulling him in. Even when he blinked, he could see the swirling colors. "I just want to get out before I can't resist her anymore. I don't want to be her... er fucktoy, as you said."