Roric panted as the last ratterkin fell, leaving the group wondering how close to the exit they were. It had been hours since they fell down that ramp into the lower tunnels. It had been a slow walk down cave tunnels and winding paths ever since. They fought a dozen battles against various low-level monsters, slowly refining their tactics. It was clear they needed the practice as they often wasted powers or got in each other's way. He wasn't about to take them into the much larger dungeon of black depths until they were functioning as a team.
Jaina ran up and planted a kiss, giving him a heal in the most pleasing way possible. He decided to wrap her in his arms, sharing the warmth of her skin as well as the taste of her lips.
"Well, this is nice," Jaina said when she was done healing him.
"I love you," Roric said and held her close. "You mean the world to me."
"Do you think I would have come in here to be your sex slave if I didn't know that?" Jaina replied. "You loved me when I was an unhealthy, unattractive woman, and there was no New Eden to fix things. You never once treated me like I was anything less than the focus of your heart, and I will never forget it."
"I just don't want to get out of the habit of saying it," Roric replied and held her at arm's length. "You may be my slave, but I never want to reach a point where I take that for granted."
"Well, master," Jaina said and leaned in to rub her nose on his. "I love you with all my heart, and I will always be your slave."
Roric knew she meant those words, and it touched him in a way that was hard to explain. It also made him think of the others and if they would one day mean as much to him as Jaina did. Certainly, they were all lovely to look at, especially Gisley with her wings out. But all women in New Eden were beautiful, with bodies perfectly sculpted to be whatever they wanted. What really mattered was the woman inside and her ability to express that love. It was a funny irony that, by making all women beautiful, you took away the power that often held. Gone was the competition to fight over a select few based solely on looks. Another factor was that the pretty girls from the real world avoided New Eden like the plague. This meant that New Eden attracted the smart down to earth type that had some understanding of themselves, or at the very least could recognize their flaws. They were mentally able to handle being put in a world with a nearly perfectly level playing field. Women came to New Eden in an almost two-to-one ratio with men, and then almost a third of all men played as women, while only three percent of women chose to be men. This led to women outnumbering men by over three to one and left a world ripe for harems and poly relationships.
Now that he thought of the others, he admitted that he had many dreams, but they needed time to mature. Gisley was an angel, Evalynn a strong companion, and Chandice, a bright woman who enjoyed the company of Beastmen. They were all suitable in some way and had come so quickly he hadn't the means to collar them all. Jaina embraced them, enjoying the fun of having so many women to love, but this was the superficial love of sex. Roric wanted the more profound love of commitment like he and Jaina had between themselves. He prayed that his harem would last and that all three of those women would find happiness with him. So far, it was looking good, but it was early days when everything was exciting and new. How would they feel six months from now when that excitement had worn off?
"I think we have climbed back to the level we fell from," Evalynn said as she looked down a dark tunnel. "We are fighting the ratterkin again, and they don't seem surprised to see us."
"I hope that means we are close to the exit," Chandice said as she summoned a new imp to replace one that was slain in the fight.
"I want to get out, so we don't miss the dancing and the stuff after," Gisley said.
"Oh, is somebody looking forward to serving more men tonight?" Jaina laughed.
Roric smiled at their banter as he helped Evalynn loot the bodies. They were all bonding together well, with Jaina making each woman feel like she belonged. He realized that Jaina was the glue pulling this strange family together. She encouraged all of them to embrace being a slave and led the way by showing just how happy she was doing it. Only Chandice wasn't snared in this net, but she was firmly bound to Jaina in other ways.
"I was thinking about how we do things," Roric said as he moved to look down a tunnel. "When we can manage three collars, would you girls be interested in an orgy?"
"I wouldn't say no to that," Jaina said.
"I was kind of hoping we would do that one day," Evalynn added.
Gisley looked around nervously at their expectant faces as they waited on her answer.
"I will do it if you want," she said.
"I won't force that on you," Roric said. "I was just wondering how you felt about the idea."
"I never thought about it before," Gisley said. "But I want to try it."
"What girl hasn't thought about that before?" Jaina laughed as she took Chandice's hand.
"Not all of us spend our days dreaming of having sex," Chandice reminded. "I did a fair bit of reading and playing normal games."
"So did I, but I still had time to think of being part of an orgy," Jaina said.
"When our forest home is built, there might be cause for us to host regular ones," Evalynn said. "We could have special holidays where we came together with guests or maybe just anyone lucky enough to be in the woods that day."
"I love how you think," Jaina said.
"Could we do one under a full moon?" Gisley asked.
"Of course, we can," Jaina replied. "Assuming our master is alright with it, of course."
"I am fine with there being special holidays where you three come together to have sex with strangers in the woods," Roric said.
"How often should we have them?" Evalynn asked as she shouldered her weapon and followed Roric into the tunnel.
"They shouldn't be an everyday thing," Jaina said as she and the others walked along. "It should be something special that happens now and then."
"The white moon is eclipsed by the blue one twice a year," Gisley said. "When it does, I have extra power for a short while."
"Then we can have a lunar orgy on those days for Gisley," Jaina agreed and pondered her own. "I think I would like to have one on the anniversary of our coming in."
"I think that is a good one," Roric agreed.
"Hmm. How to mark mine as special then?" Evalynn said.
"Yours is easy," Jaina replied. "The day you found your forest should be the day that is most special to you. It's the day we settle down to enjoy our happiness together."
"You're right. That is a good one," Evalynn agreed.
"What about Chandice?" Gisley asked.
"I'm not a slave," Chandice reminded the fairy woman.
"But you are still a part of us. So you should have a day," Gisley insisted.
"Common," Jaina urged. "What day would you like to have your orgy on?"
Chandice looked lost in thought for a moment and then lit up as she finally had an idea.
"How about the day I reach level thirty and summon my first succubus?"
"I think that's perfect," Jaina said.
"I think so too," Roric agreed. "All of these days are truly special to each of you in some way. It will help mark the passage of time and remind us why we came together."
"Somebody is a romantic," Chandice said with a giggle.
"He's the perfect man to be a slave master," Jaina said with a contented sigh. "I can't believe how lucky I was. You should all know I was hardly a catch in the real world, but when Roric met me face-to-face for the first time, he treated me like I was my avatar. You would swear he was looking at the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and he made me feel things nobody had ever done before."
"Oooh, how sweet," Gisley said.
"I knew after our second date that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him," Jaina admitted. "After our third date, I started to wish I could be his slave just like I pretended to be in the games."
"So you decided to come to New Eden?" Evalynn asked.
"New Eden wasn't even a thing then," Jaina said happily. "He loved me like that, just the way I was with no hope of ever-changing it."
"Goodness, he is a romantic," Chandice said as Roric glanced back for just a moment.
"He is the most special person I have ever met, but when New Eden did come about, I immediately asked him about going," Jaina said. "I told him this was the life I wanted, and we spent a full year talking about it."
"Those were some long conversations," Roric added as they rounded a bend in the tunnel. "After that year, we enrolled in the preparation courses. When Jaina told them what roles she planned to play, they tried to talk both of us out of it."
"Those courses are terrible," Chandice griped. "They try to talk everybody out of it. They even required me to take an additional psychological prep."
"Us too," Jaina laughed. "The counselor nearly rejected my profile, saying I was expecting too much and would suffer a breakdown when the reality hit."
"They gave me hell about it," Roric said. "What right do I have to expect this or that from Jaina? Why don't I appreciate the value of human life? So I asked them if they ask the same questions of political leaders who send soldiers off to die in wars."
"I am surprised they passed you two," Chandice said.
"We thought about lying and just saying we wanted to be normal things, but then we would have been able to do the research we wanted," Roric said. "So we went in holding hand and told them flat out this is what we were going to do."
"They challenged us a hundred times, but we never wavered," Jaina said. "And they ultimately made us take ninety days of couples counseling. The woman running it was very nice, and she said we had what it took to make this work, so here we are."
"I didn't have any trouble with my courses," Gisley said. "I took the classes, and they sent me in."
"Does anyone mind my asking where they are from?" Jaina asked. "I know some people like to put their previous life away like it was a dream."
"I already know you and Roric are from the US," Chandice said. "I'm from Spain."
"I am Irish," Evalynn said.
