Earth Quest 12 Attract Or Give

You stared at the squirming rear that Asuka could not see and then looked at her. "I think you should probably do the contract. I doubt this one's gonna give you too much trouble." You casually reached forward and grabbed its ass, squeezing lightly. It stopped and shivered. You smirked, giving it a light pat. For a spirit it was rather sensitive. Its quivering sex drooled ectoplasm onto the dirt below.

"You think so?" She stared intently at the shadowy Aura that she was seeing. No detail, just a squirming mass that you were crouched in front of.

"Sure. I just wish I could see what you see."

"I don't think you do." You commented, both hands spreading the spirits cheeks, then letting go so that they clap together.

"It's that scary, huh?" Asuka gulped.

Your mouth fell open as you looked at her. After a moment of thought you eyed the shaking rear and nodded.

"Yeah, it's scary." Fin added in your head.

`For one of you. This poor creature...`

`Do you know anything about this?` You asked.

`Both Mirra and I agree that it has a similar feel to something from our world but in a slightly different way. I don't think it'll be bad to bring it to heel. You've been able to handle it with just our Aura.` You nodded to that.

"Alright. Yeah, seems like it's a good call. What do you need?"

"I need the spirit to either agree, or be distressed or-"

"Both?" You asked, staring at it.

"Should be fine. My aunt didn't specify. I think it's probably better? Her familiars were brought in line through an agreement. The agreement is what's important so the way to get to that can be any number of things. You can force it, you can intimidate it, convince it."

"I think that... you should just do what you need to do. I don't think this is gonna offer any resistance to an agreement. Right?" You eyed the ass. It wagged up and down, as if agreeing.

"Yeah, the spirit just wants to get out of the machine."

Asuka brightened. "That makes sense! So... Part of this spirit's laws must have it tied to this object. It can't escape. So a contract that allows it would be favourable, right."

"Y... eah." You nod.

`I mean, it was trapped by me, but the point stands.`

Asuka stepped forward, closed her eyes and rested both hands on the machine. "To the spirit of this object I offer trade. For your contract to this Priestess I offer freedom from this place. Freedom to travel with me. In exchange you will abide by my Will or be returned to the state in which you are trapped now. You must agree for this contract to be formed." She waited. You watched as the ass nodded up and down ecstatically, slowly being engulfed in a ghostly blue light. You whistled, wondering where it went and what it was going to look like. As you stood up, Asuka opened her eyes and breathed out.

"It's done. Show yourself, Spirit." She smiled.

"Now that it's contracted to me I should be able to see it the way you do."

"Hopefully not." You remarked, resting your eyes on her shoulder. You pointed.

"Right there."

"Right w-" She froze, squealed loudly and collapsed, beginning to foam at the mouth nearly as a huge widow spider with long narrow legs perched on her shoulder. She wheezed and hyperventilated a bit, shaking and convulsing in place.

"H-hal - Halp! Off!"

You held your hand out to it. "You're scared of this?" You wondered out loud, letting the arachnid crawl hesitantly up your arm and onto your head.

"Ow..." You grumbled, feeling its pointed legs jabbing you. In spiritual terms the thing nestled down between your long, tall ears.

"Better not be on purpose." You looked up.

"I assure you, this is not my intent. My legs are just sharp in this form."

"Kay. What's her deal?" You pointed down to Asuka, who was slowly recovering from her horror.

"Arachnophobia is a common fear among mortals. This is simply an unhappy coincidence that she contracted me, and that this would be my most basic form."

"Does that mean you have other forms?"

"For a crumb of power I can do a great many things and take a great many forms."

Asuka shuddered. "W-why did it have to be a spider...." She whined.

"Mistress, I promised that I would not do you harm, though I suppose I can not help it looking like this. For whatever your fear of me is, they are unfounded."

"She's got a point. You don't have to be scared. She wont do anything to you."

"That's not the point!" She shouted.

"Phobias aren't logical! I'm just really creeped out!"

"Hmm. Well that's unfortunate. Is it possible for me to look after this gal while you slowly get over your fear?" You offered evenly. You did not care one way or another. It was just unfortunate that her familiar ended up being something she was afraid of.

"It is possible." Asuka nodded.

"Kay. Name?"

The spirit hesitated, obviously a bit perturbed at the arrangement that was made. "Aran..."

"Aran, our friend went missing here. Any ideas?" You asked.

"There are some spirits that are about as strong as I am, which is to say that they should not pose a threat to you or my Mistress."

You stopped to think for a moment. "To... the two of us?"

"Yes. You are spiritually exceptional and the Mistress is also quite attuned."

"If someone wasn't attuned-"

"Then I suppose they would be at the mercy of many of the spirits here that are like me. Typically this is just to give them a scare. In some cases, if they are weakened enough by fear and anxiety or other emotions they pose a risk of being parasitized or possessed."

"Tch." You clicked your tongue.

"She's technically my woman so we can't have that. Lead us to the sites where she'd most likely be."

As you walked Asuka kept a good distance between you and her own familiar. You were taken through a few sites. An old chimney that had a head pop out. You made sure to make it so that it wouldn't want to do that again anytime soon. Next was an old smoke pit surrounded by trash and debris. Apparently it was host to a spirit that had taken the form of pollution, but it did not do anything. It was simply a malignant presence on the environment that stopped the grass in that area from returning, and lured people to discard trash and make pollution there. You didn't care about any of that so you moved on.

"It should be around here somewhere..." Aran commented idly.

"What?"

"The next place... It is an old stained mattress that hosts a spirit of those who used it most commonly."

"I think I found it!" Asuka called out.

"But I don't see-" She squealed.

"Mistress!" Aran hissed. You ran in the direction of the scream and parted the tall grass to see a strange sight. On the outside it looked as if Asuka was being molested by a big ugly bastard with a balding head, dark brown hair and stained clothes. You could see by the appearance that the man must have a foul scent and the look of him was such that it even made you feel a bit sweaty just to see him. Looking through that image however you could see...

"S-su what are you doing!? You scared the hell out of me... We've been looking everywhere. Also..." She squirmed.

"Stop... touching me!"

"I can't~ Heh heh." She uttered in a low tone. She had a dopey expression on, with her lips curled up into a lewd grin as her hands rolled over Asuka's perky breasts, and slid between her thighs. To you it looked like it was the gross older man doing it, but you could see that in reality Su would be the one to get hurt if you tried anything. Before you could act, Su took Asuka to the mattress and straddled her, licking her lips.

"Gonna enjoy this~" She breathed, bending over to smother her. She licked up from Asuka's neck over her chin to her mouth where her tongue forced its way inside. From your perspective, Asuka's small body was obscured beneath the man. She was twitching as Su's mouth took on a long and slug-like quality.

"Shu-" Asuka uttered with her mouth being occupied. Slowly it looked like she stopped fighting.

"Su... Mmmn..." Her eyes grew lazy and unfocused as her body began to grind beneath the ugly bastard's form.

"No! This one was a slug all along?" Aran hissed.

"What?" You slowly inched forward as you were deciding what to do. Once she mentioned it, the man's fat body that surrounded and possessed Su's was draping over Asuka and as it did you could see something green and cloudy and sticky coating her slowly as it seeped out from his stomach like a trail. As Su sat within his body you could finally make out that it looked more like she was suspended within the spirit.

"You need to do something quickly or I will be stuck in the washing machine again! Some spirits are capable of affecting the real world. Slugs that develop and grows strong enough gain the ability to absorb others."

"Absorb!?" You lunged forward trying to get a grip on the spirit the way you did to Aran before. Your hand slid off it and once you pulled it away you began to feel a tingly sensation, then a very slow-building burn.

"Shit." You wiped it on your clothes. You looked in to see Su was acting out the actions of the spirit, but that her face was becoming red. Her extra layer that you told her to wear was beginning to get eaten. Below, Asuka's clothes were also starting to be eaten and as Su went through the motions of rutting her spirit cock between Asuka's thighs the girl was slowly being pulled inside the body of the 'slug' as well.

"Slugs assimilate what they consume. Those that are eaten do not even become spirits they will become a part of him. This is typical of most spirits that consume others..."

"Okay, fine! How do I stop this from happening?" You waited, giving her a few seconds to think.

"W-we can offer it something that would bring it more power sooner. The voracious slug would assault you due to the density of your Aura and leave them. At that point we can rely on Mistress' skill as a priestess to deal with him."

You gulped. "O-okay... But she's not that good at what she does."

"I - Yes... But the only other option is for you to offer me some of your Aura. As a spider spirit I am capable of withstanding most toxins and poisons and I can consume him if I am given enough power."

You grit your teeth. "You got the contract, but if I give you the power and Asuka gets absorbed you're free to do what you want... So why wouldn't you do that?"

"I suppose you will have to trust me. I will be returned to the position I was contracted in."

"But with my power you'll escape, since you were essentially just stuck with your ass out."

"..."