"Check your sheet," Roric insisted as Jaina finished lacing her dress. "I bet you're close to leveling."
Jaina was anxious to see if that was true and, with a thought, brought up the orange glow that was her sheet. Sure enough, she had more experience than before and was close to level three.
"Wait!" she cried in confusion. "I am almost level three."
"Your what?" Roric asked in surprise and pulled open his own sheet. "I am almost level two. How did you skip two and go to three?"
"I don't know," Jaina said as she tapped through the unbelievably complex interface. "The visitors really needed to hire a UI designer." She tapped her experience bar to see it did show a breakdown of the ten most recent gains, and her eyes went wide to see the results.
"Roric!" she cried. "It says I got experience for seducing you."
"So you were using your powers on me," he laughed.
"OH MY GOSH!" she cried even louder. "I get experience for having sex!"
"You do?" he asked. "Did you know that before you picked it?"
"I had no idea," she replied as she looked through her level two options. "There is so much to know about every class. I just picked this one for the ability to change shapes."
"That's the race," Roric pointed out as he smiled widely. "I bet you're earning XP for sex from your actual class. It must be a perk of seductress."
"Well, I guess it makes sense," Jaina admitted with a blush. "I can't really fight, so I have to earn experience somehow."
"And all you can do is seduce and have sex," he said and shook his ruffled mane. "Sheesh, you're going to level fast."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Jaina asked as her embarrassment grew to think of what he was getting at.
He took her gently into his arms and cradled her head to his shoulder. "Shh. I am glad you level this way. The collar will cut your levels down to once every ten, so maybe you can make a lot of it up."
"By having sex night and day?" she asked.
"Would you prefer to have to grind monsters for very little reward?" he asked with a canine-like smile.
"I guess not," she replied and looked down as her cheeks went bright red. "I still get some experience when you kill things."
"And I will get some when you have sex," he replied, causing her to jump.
"What are you talking about?" Jaina asked in alarm.
He smiled and explained that he had a little secret too. Once he was level five and could create a collar, he would earn experience by playing with his pet. She was shocked that he had kept that from her and asked if that was why he pushed so hard for her to play a social class with sex skills. He admitted that was part of his plan, but it all worked out. Now they both had an easy path to level up and could look forward to her passing out a lot in the future.
"You're terrible," she laughed as he rubbed her stomach.
"Do you want me to help you level up to three real quick?" he asked.
"No," she cried and turned in his arms. "I already had my nap, and I still feel it. Let's get you to two and then go find that village."
He nodded, and they headed out to find more birds to help push him over. It took another hour, but four more birds went down, and Roric proudly announced he had leveled. Jaina checked her sheet to see that she was very close to level three. Assuming they made love again later, she would easily gain it.
With his level safely locked away, they headed for the road and started the hunt for the elusive town. It was amazing to be exploring a new world as she held her gnoll conqueror's arm and looked forward to the future.
"I still can't believe we did this," he said and looked down at Jaina. "Do you remember how we met?"
"Of course I do," she replied as her blush returned. They had met online through an adult-themed MMO and quickly developed a heated relationship. After months of playing together, he finally mentioned ordering a pizza from her favorite place. They quickly discovered that they lived less than an hour apart and decided to meet. Unfortunately, neither of them was super attractive, with him being rather skinny and she overweight. She also had a medical condition that rendered her unable to work and left her at home with time on her hands. Her time online was her only escape, and Eric quickly looked past all her faults and loved the woman inside. What followed was an erotic relationship where much of what they pretended in the game became real.
Then the visitors came and made New Eden by borrowing elements from their favorite game. Suddenly a whole new possibility opened up before them. They had an opportunity to live the fantasy free from their previous limitations and in perfect beautiful bodies. Now the game was real, and Jaina knew where it would lead.
"What a funny journey we have had," Jaina said as she leaned against him. "I can't believe I am going to be your sex slave."
"I can't wait until I can build a fort and add NPC guards," he said as he rubbed her back. "Then I can sit on my throne while you dance on your chain or kneel before me with those soft lips."
Jaina felt a chill run up her spine as he described a scene from their previous MMO. It was so much easier to pretend to do those things when you were looking through a screen. Now she would be doing them for real, and it sent such a thrill through her being she actually shook.
"So you plan to chain me to your throne?" she asked.
"It's where you belong," he replied and looked at her chest. Then, he reached out and pulled the dress down to admire them.
"Are you happy now?" she asked as they walked along with her top exposed.
"Make your skin whiter," she replied. "I want them to be creamy white."
Jaina used her racial power to adjust her skin tone and slowly grew pale until he said it was perfect. She laughed and played with other variations, able to grow or shorten her hair at will. After an hour of walking, they crested a small hill to see a few dozen small buildings nestled in the trees.
"That must be the village," he said as they watched from a distance.
"Good, can I pull my top up now?" she asked, growing nervous that people would see.
"You do realize you won't have clothes once you wear my collar?" he asked with a concerned look.
"I will warm up to it," she said with a perpetual blush at this point. She remembered the MMO and how he would put a chain on her collar and take her for walks. He intentionally went where other players would see her, but that was just pretending, and this was so very real. Would he really make her walk naked through a village like this?
To her relief, he pulled the dress up and tucked her breasts away. Then together, they walked down the road and approached the modest village. They immediately saw other players running about, and a few paused to stare at the two as they approached the guards on the road.
"Why are they staring?" Jaina whispered as she noticed the glares.
"It's because I am gnoll," he replied and patted her hand.
"But you're a silver mane gnoll," Jaina protested. "Those are hero players."
"Maybe, but most gnolls are monster players, and they are probably waiting to see if the guards react to me. It might take some time for people to get accustomed to seeing me," he replied.
Jaina nodded nervously as they drew ever closer to the guards, who appeared very lifelike. She knew they had to be NPCs, but they moved and yawned while watching them approach as if bored. One of them even waived when he noticed Jaina looking, and she smiled in return. The players went about their business, seeing that the guards didn't care about the new strangers.
"I feel nervous now," Jaina said as they worked their way into the streets of a town fresh from a fantasy novel. "I am a monster player. What if something attacks me?"
"Don't be," Roric insisted as they passed a woman with blue skin and three eyes. "We agreed on your race because people detect it as human or whatever race you are trying to mimic. So nobody will have cause to attack you unless you do something to give yourself away."
"You mean like change forms?" she asked.
"Even that doesn't give you away," he said and reminded her that there were several hero races that could change form.
"They still might attack you because of how you look," she insisted.
"Don't worry about me," he insisted. "People tolerate orcs and other races. So they will be fine with me. Besides, we're not playing the game to make other people happy. This is all about us."
"I know," Jaina replied and started to cling to his arm as a strange man in dark leathers smiled at her suggestively. She knew things like that would happen, especially considering her class. But now that she was here, it felt intimidating in a way she couldn't quite explain. If they were staring at her now, how much worse would it be when she was naked? Men and probably some women were going to leer at her openly and discuss what they saw. Maybe she could talk Roric out of it before he hit the fifth level or at least stall for time. After all, wasn't there some danger in being so openly suggestive?
"Hey, look," Roric said and pointed to the building on the corner. Jaina looked up from her thoughts and shrugged at the simple building whose only notable feature was it had three floors and glass windows.
"What's so special about that?" she asked. He laughed before pointing and telling her to read the sign over the door. She was shocked to see it said brothel and clung to him tightly, so he didn't get any ideas.