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 128: Setup
Caleldir quickly set up the eight control crystals in a circle around the egg, which he set in the center of the room. Unlike the back-up crystals, these were small, fragile, and temporary, intended to help Aida power herself up then shatter once she had grown beyond them. For now, they would show when the back-up crystals were installed around the perimeter.
Soon, they started to glow. When the first one lit up and sent a rainbow-tinged beam of light into the egg, the egg swelled slightly in size. And so on for each as the rusalka, Dahlia, and Selene placed the crystals. By the time the seventh was glowing, the egg was big enough to hold a full-grown woman. The eighth crystal caused the iridescently silver egg to begin to shudder. Web-like veins began to sprout across the shuddering egg, growing longer and deeper with every moment. Light began to shine through those cracks, cycling through a rainbow of colors. Then, stillness. The lights still cycled, but they seemed to gather and solidify in the center of the egg. Finally, they decided on a color: white. The now white core stood, moving right through the upper shell of the egg, causing bits of it to fall to the side. At first, it was just brightness in a vaguely humanoid shape. Then the light melted like water, flowing down the body of a perfectly shaped, perfectly naked woman with thigh-length hair that flowed around her as if she was still submerged in water. Caleldir grinned broadly.
"Testing: Boot Up Successful. Crystals Secure. Systems Operational. Detecting in Restricted Area: Six Rusalka, Mistress Dahlia, Mistress Selene, Master Caleldir. Rusalka not hostile. No action required," her voice droned and echoed across the chamber, seeming to not even originate from her expressionless lips.
Caleldir's expression snapped to serious and contemplative as he listened to her status report. Ah. White. Inspections. Excellent.
Her glowing white eyes blinked. She focused on the man in front of her, studying him for a moment. Then she smiled in soft pleasure and her voice changed to a more conversational tone. "Good evening, Master Caleldir," Aida said as she stepped out of the bottom half of her egg. Liquid white light dripped off her feet and shone on the floor with her every footstep. The effect went away, however, after the few steps it took to approach the man who activated her. When she stopped, her coloration turned from all-white to almost white skin with pale blue hair and eyes. Her flowing locks calmed into something near normal, though with every movement of her head it seemed that her hair followed in slow, exaggerated motion. "Thank you for activating me."
Looking her over, she really was beautiful. Of course, he had helped design her, so he was bound to find her aesthetically pleasing. He had not been super keen on the 'permanent nudity' aspect of her mainframe, especially considering that her main body here was fully biological with all the parts that implied, but Risa and Fedwyn had both considered it a very good idea, and he could not argue with the effect. Like the nymphs when they were not being overly amorous, her nudity suggested purity of essence rather than sexual licentiousness. Besides, it would be very rare for people to see this part of her body at all, and then almost only if she let them.
"I am very pleased that the activation went well, Aida," he said with a happy nod. "How are you feeling?"
"Feeling?" Aida asked. Her hands came up to brush against the smooth skin of her arm. "Physically, solid. Soft." She lifted her hands further to run through her flowing hair, which looked more like she was interacting with water rather than strands of hair. It caused her to smile. "So many new sensations experienced for the first time."
The newborn Animating Intellect grew more excited as she came out of the daze of her birth and initial test of her systems. She began to spin slowly around the room she was in, seeing beyond the stone walls and out into her entire new domain. She seemed to flow as she walked, and not just because of the way her hair shifted. Her Rusalka genes were quite apparent in the flowing hair, though with her innocently joyful expression she seemed more like a nymph.
Watching Aida dance around the room was mesmerizing. Caleldir smiled indulgently and leaned against the wall and watched her complete her circuit.
After one complete circuit, she stopped again, and she could be seen grinning broadly. "Emotionally: Awestruck." Then, on a whim, she embraced Caleldir and squeezed him tightly. He could feel for himself just how solid and soft she was. Though she was fully nude, there was little sexuality to the gesture. She was just excited and feeling affectionate toward one of her creators.
Caleldir's eyes went wide. Aida was rather innocent, but she was fully grown, and her soft, warm, pleasant frame was extremely attractive. Her sudden hug made him aware of an erection. Well. That was unfortunate. It was not like she was a child mentally or physically, but being sexually attracted to his own creation was perverse all the same. A quick glance downward was the only indication that Aida noticed any change in Caleldir. For the moment, she seemed far too busy sensing her surroundings to even consider what she should do about the information that she had caused arousal in the man who had activated her. So that was a relief. It was time to focus on other things.
"Again, I thank you for activating me," Aida said into his shoulder before pulling away. "I have so much to do! So many things to see! I already love this city!" Which was, of course, part of her programming.
Smoothing his clothes down, Caleldir smiled at her. "It was my joy to activate you," he said. "This city will be your home now, so it is good that you like it. I am sure that in time it will grow to love you as well."
"Oh! Mistress Selene approaches!" she said suddenly, and turned toward the entrance to her inner sanctum. As she said, Selene entered the room soon after. Her calculating eyes were immediately on the near-white blue-haired animating intellect.
Caleldir hadn't expected the drow first; Selene had to walk and Dahlia could port. Likely she was distracted by something somewhere else. For all he knew she could have ported back to her Seduction upon finishing. He greeted her cordially. "Good to see you, Selene."
"I assume everything went smoothly," Selene stated more than asked. It was clear what the answer was.
"Good evening, Mistress Selene. Everything is functioning as intended, as far as I can tell!" Aida reported happily.
"Excellent," Selene responded with satisfaction. She was not grinning like Caleldir, but it was clear that she was pleased.
"Yes, things went really well. Aida is quite happy to be alive now. I will see you topside! Hopefully soon, but if I cannot escape from the rusalka - and I cannot if Dahlia does not get back here - then they may keep me down here for a day or two."
"Try not to let that happen. I will likely be present for the full report when you are ready to meet with Phanuel. I would stay now, but..." The mage eyed the place she entered with suspicion. "I would really rather not be around when the rusalka return. I am not in danger of bumping into them right now, am I?"
Aida's expression was vacant for a moment. "No. They are gathered next to their home pool and - okay, they do seem to be approaching now."
"That's my signal, then," she gave Caleldir a quick kiss as a farewell and fled.
Then there was the nude Dahlia, just in time to see the drow leave. She didn't bother to walk there, of course, since she could just port her way to her master. Aida started for a moment, began to change to her alert color of Yellow, then shook herself of her momentary alarm, all in the space of less than a second. "Mistress Dahlia, good evening! I should have expected you."
"Yeah, sorry. I'm used to jumping around with an A.I. who is used to Succubi," Dahlia apologized. She looked toward Caleldir and addressed him. "Are things all set?"
Caleldir was relieved to see Dahlia port back. Whatever she had been doing, it had not taken her that long. "Good to have you back, Dahlia." Caleldir began. "So, the rusalka are on our way here, then? We should discuss our strategy for evading them. I was thinking about just buffing myself with enough magic to run away from them and having you dismiss the creatures they summon. That should about do it since porting out is against the rules."
"That could work," Dahlia agreed with an amused smile on her face. She didn't seem at all worried about the Rusalka. Instead, she approached the A.I. to inspect her body. Aida allowed the handsy succubus to feel her skin, the curve of her body, and the give of her breasts.
Caleldir narrowed his eyes, then turned away as Dahlia felt up Aida. The fact that she seemed so very disinclined to discuss anti-rusalka measures was somewhat worrying. Then again, she was probably mostly interested in Aida.
"Try to keep the molestation of the A.I. to a minimum," he said dryly. He was not sure how she would react to that sort of thing. He probably did not have to worry, given her other designers.
"Yup. Everything seems to be in order. Biologically speaking, that is," Dahlia concluded, her amused grin even bigger than before.
Aida seemed amused as well. And perhaps a little aroused. "I see why I was programmed to expect more personal treatment from you, Mistress Dahlia," she observed. "I must ask you to give me some space for now. There are still calibrations to be made now that I have greeted the team. Though I suppose the rusalka will want to see me before I can get to that."
"Eh, don't worry. We'll be too busy to get in your way in a moment," The succubus responded with a shrug.
