Jerrod was, by most measures, quite a brawny man.
The stockman had built up his strength helping the ship's brimstone mage roll around barrels and get the pipes set up. Helping mages kill people was good exercise. He'd never been much of a warrior, reallyâhe could hold his own, as could any pirate who faced regular resistance, but he'd mostly been in charge of moving things around. It made it extra-hard to get work after being branded. Nobody would hire him as an honest laborer, but he didn't exactly know how to hold his own around proper mercenaries. As such, he always ended up the runt, and a man Jerrod's size wasn't accustomed to being the runt.
That was why this job really was a dream come true. Bobbin's job offer had been persuasive, to say the least:
"Come work for us, help with the harvest, and fuck a babe with kitty ears or a snake tail every now and then.
He was a big guy. It was nice to have honest work that played to his strengths.
Still, every now and then he wished he'd learned some...
proper
criminal skills.
Like how to break down a door.
The Thriae built them sturdy, as it turned out.
He rammed into the wooden door again, grunting with effort. He heard the beembos giggling from up above in the clover trees, but he couldn't pay them any heed. All it would take was one look. Not that they could mind control him, obviouslyânot with his amuletâbut he couldn't afford any distractions right now.
Damn it, who built a cottage door this solid? And where the hell was Bobbin? He needed her help. She could just blast this door off its hinges, no doubt, or... well, she might also have the key, considering she was fucking these particular babes just about every day at her leisure.
He ran at the door again, groaning as his shoulder cracked slightly from the impact. It wasn't a broken boneâhe just didn't stretch often enough. He'd have to ask the scarecrows about that later.
Speaking of which, he looked over at Seven. "Anything you can do?" he snapped. "This door ain't going down anytime soon, and we need to get in there! Shit knows what they're getting up to in there!"
Seven shrugged. "There's always the chimney."
"Do I look like a smoke hag?"
She giggled. "I was gonna say you'd make a nice gift sprite, but..." She gestured at the door. "Let me try."
Jerrod stepped out of the way as the curvaceous, silver button-eyed woman advanced, rolling her shoulders in a way he initially took to be flirtatious. She was a slight young thing, with baggy, patchy clothes covering a very thin frameâstraw was stuffed in her trousers, her sleeves, and under her breasts just to keep to her clothes from slipping off. A scythe was strapped to her back, but her petite form looked barely capable of understanding the purpose of such an instrument, let alone wielding it in melee. "Yeah, sure." He snorted. "I'm sure you canâ"
She grabbed the doorkob and twisted downwards, snapping it out of the wooden door in one sharp motion.
Jerrod blinked. "Right. Magic construct lady."
Seven winked at him. "
Mostly
lady. But you know that!"
Grinning, Jerrod pulled open the door and slowly advanced. There was no one in the entrance room, but he could hear sounds coming from the back of the cottageâthe bedroom, no doubt. Giggling. Sexual sounds. Moaning. That wasn't so bad.
Then he heard splashing sounds, and he swallowed.
That
was bad.
He started to move forward, but Seven grabbed his arm and tugged him back. "There's mead, I think," she whispered. Jerrod's head swam as he belatedly recognized it, tooâa sneaky, spicy odor that was very good at slipping beneath a human's guard. "The amulet will protect you from their control, but not the drug. Careful, J."
Jerrod nodded, stepped outside, and took a deep breath.
He clutched his nose and rushed back in. This would have to be quick.
The scarecrow sauntered after him, not so much unconcerned as she was simply excited. She really was the most wanton of her numberâJerrod would have to reward her for fetching him after this. Or was that the horniness from the mead telling him that? Shit, ever since he'd started eating that prisoner fruit, he just didn't know anymore...
The sexual sounds got louder as they hurried through the door entered the kitchen/parlor area. The parlor was heady and hot. One of the Thriae's favorite tricksâheating up the dwelling to make the victim more receptive. Bobbin told him that was a popular hypnosis technique.
Then there was the Master's Chairâan ironically named chair that Jerrod himself had once unwisely sat in. It was practically covered in honey now. Not good.
Damn it, how had Senya been left alone this long? Bobbin knew better than this! Jerrod would've understood if it was the holstaurâBobbin had made it very clear to him that she could
not
resist that creatureâbut she
always
had the Thriae eating out of her hand.
The scarecrow kept her mouth and nose uncovered as she made her way towards the bedroom. Jerrod let her lead the wayâthe scarecrows were imbued with a lot of advantages to help them handle the monster girls, and he was in no mood to tell her how to do her job. The mead smell wouldn't affect her one bit.
Though... there
was
a certain sway to her hips, now that he noticed it. Seven didn't exactly have Thriae hips, but she always put on that sensual sway when she was feeling needy. He'd learned to recognize it pretty quickly after meeting her.
She came to the doorway and stopped. The blonde scarecrow glanced back at him, button eyes frowning. Her legs rubbed together, almost unconsciously, and there was a familiar quiver to her lips. "I feel funny," she whispered. "There's a... a field."
"A what?" Jerrod stared at her blankly, mumbling beneath his hand. "Know y'can be real whore sometimes, bu' hol' off for just five minutes and I'll fuck your
brains
out. Or wha'ever 'tis scarecrows got."
"I... I can't..." Her voice was very small, but growing higher-pitched. She started to rub her body, moaning. "Oh, they... oh, they were planning for toda
aaAAYY
â"
"Shh!" Jerrod rushed forward and put his hand over her lips, smothering her moan as she spilled into his arms. She started kissing his hand, sucking on his fingersâshe was
clearly
desperate for attention. "Shit, what's gotten into you?"
"H-horny," she moaned. "Oh, they... she's so
good
... mm..."
Jerrod stared dumbly as the scarecrow sucked his thumb like a cock. The act seemed to be bringing her almost orgasmic levels of pleasure, but at least she was being quieter now. The wet sounds of her sucking weren't too noticeable, nor were her little moans and whimpers. Still... "Maybe you should wait outside?" he murmured, trying not to use up too much breath. One built up a good lung capacity after a few days with the spritelion, but he wasn't sure how much longer he had in him.
"
Mmm
..." She looked up at him, lashes fluttering, button eyes shimmering with lust. She licked her lips, long tongue sensuously lingering over soft skin.
Don't mind me,
that tongue said.
Just act like I'm not here.