Careful, careful... If this pick broke, I wouldn't get another chance...
After the illithid had finally finished having sex with me, he had re-gagged me and locked the gag. Then he'd called an orc thrall and told him to lock me up in a cell. He'd also told the orc to give me back my clothes. I wondered at this, a little. It was a kindness I had not expected. However, it was also a big mistake. I kept a set of lockpicks concealed in my belt.
The lock on the gag clicked open. I removed it, and then, frowning, worked my jaw around. The muscles were a bit stiff. The door would be a bigger challenge, with its hinges on the outside, and no keyhole inside, but there was a way. I began to sing softly.
Unlike the illithid, I was no mind control expert, but I could use my song to suggest things to the weak willed. I suggested to the orc thrall on patrol that he wanted to have his way me. He resisted for longer than I had expected, but, eventually, he succumbed, and opened the cell door.
Before he could do anything else, I smoothly transitioned to a lullaby. The orc swayed for a second, and then toppled over, snoring. I stepped over him, and made my way toward the entrance of the cave, still singing quietly. Anyone I encountered on my way out would hopefully fall asleep upon hearing it, possibly even before I knew they were there. Soon the cave entrance was in sight. I quickened my pace.
Suddenly, near the entrance, a shadow moved. I caught a glimpse of catlike green eyes, and then I was frozen, unable to move. The lights flared to life, and I saw Serasis.
-And here I thought you'd enjoyed our time together,- the illithid taunted. -You certainly seemed to be having fun at the time.-
I struggled against his mind control. I'd wondered if the illithid, powerful as he was, would be affected by my song. I guess I had my answer.
-I knew the lockpicks were there, you silly child.- the illithid told me. -And the orc would not have succumbed to your song had I not allowed it. I wanted to see what you'd do.- He sighed. -It appears I have my answer.- He beckoned to me, and, against my will, I moved closer. -You do have quite the lovely voice, but you really are an apprentice, aren't you? I was expecting to feel a bit sleepy, at least, when you used your lullaby, but you have no real power. It makes your resistance to my domination even more of a puzzle.-
-Now, you have a choice,- Serasis continued. -You can continue to try to escape me. I guarantee you will not succeed. Or you could give up. Come quietly. There are worse things than being my sex slave.- He chuckled. -Yes, much worse things.-
He turned and headed back into the cave, and my body followed. I fought every step, but it was hopeless.
-I take care of my own,- the illithid informed me. -I will take good care of you, if you will let me. Or you can continue your pointless resistance. Your choice.-
I was locked back in the cell, this time without the gag. After a while, the orc brought me some food. I sang to him, but Serasis had been telling the truth. The orc resisted my song effortlessly. I ate, and then went to sleep. I would need to be well rested. Tomorrow was a new day, with new opportunities. If one of them was the opportunity to escape, well, I would take it.
*
The next day, I sat on the illithid's lap once more, hands bound behind my back and legs straddling the illithid's muscular purple thigh. A spreader bar prevented me from closing my legs, and an arm around my waist held me in my seat. Not that I would have made it far if I did stand up.
Serasis continued telling his story to Thom as he gently stroked and tweaked my nipples. . -The next time I needed to feed,- he said. -I deliberately chose a female victim, intending to put to use what the elf had taught me. The experience was, however, unsatisfying. The woman screamed and thrashed throughout the process, and experienced pain, which rather disrupted my own pleasure.- Once again, I closed my eyes, and let the past play out before me.
*
Serasis looked down at the female. She was whimpering, terrified. -What did I do wrong?- he asked her. She just looked up at him, confused and frightened. With a sigh, he ate her brain. Then he returned to the slave pens.
It took Serasis several minutes to find what he was looking for. Finally he spotted her; another elf dressed in the same rather revealing fashion as the one who had taught him about sex. She looked similar, too. Perhaps the two were related, he mused.
When Serasis had her safely chained in his quarters, he released her mind. Then he asked the question again. It required some explanation.
When he had finished explaining, she shook her head. "You kill my sister, after all she did was help you, and now you expect me to answer your question?"
-I could tear the information I require from your mind,- Serasis threatened.
She looked at him shrewdly. "No, you can't. Or you would already be doing it. I know a bit about you mind flayers. You tend not to be the patient sort. And you... You must be a young one. You haven't fully developed your powers yet. And you can't ask the others for help, because then they'd know what you're up to."
-If you don't tell me, I'll kill you!- Serasis raged.
She looked back evenly. "You'll kill me anyways after I answer you. You can't afford to put me back in the slave pens. Not with what I know." Then she shrugged. "You may as well kill me now. I'll tell you nothing."
-Aren't you afraid to die?- Serasis wondered.
"Not really. I've made my peace with death," she answered.
-But you must fear pain,- he mused.
The elf shrugged again. "I won't say I like it, but it won't get you your answer."
She sounded like she meant it. Besides, if she screamed, someone might wonder what he was up to.
Serasis began to pace. What to do? What to do? He wasn't sure he could live without the wonders of sex, now. Actually, he wasn't entirely sure he could live with them. Not with all the other mind flayers watching him, noting every odd behavior. He would have to run away soon.
What if he ran away now? If the threat of painful death wouldn't make her answer him, how about the hope of life?
-What if,- he said slowly, -I were to let you go?-
She raised her eyebrows. "The other mindflayers would let you?"
-No. But I cannot stay here forever. Not as I am. We could leave together,- he said. -Just tell me what I did wrong with the other female.-
She looked up at him shrewdly. "I'll tell you after we're out of the city."
-Why not now?- Serasis asked.
