While Gyllen is still in the process of sailing over into the next continent, about to embark on the final leg of his grand excursion, let us turn our collective attentions back to his home country of Snjórland one final time to see how life there has carried on for a few of its residents since the good prince's departure.
One night, in a small hostel on an unnamed lane in Malmhule's Monster District, four orc males - Abe, Ben, Chad and Dean - were sat together in a circle either on a chair or a stool in a single-bedroom apartment. For those with sharp memories, you may mind this quartet of tusked, green-skinned males to be the very same set of studs whom Min had introduced Gyllen to not long after the goblin woman had made her initial meeting with the human lad, and subsequently bringing the blond into his first ever session of group coitus (for those who require a refresher or simply not in the know, please refer to chapter four of this tale). The reason for their gathering was because Dean had organised something for the four friends to amuse themselves with for this evening, though he refused to divulge the exact nature as to what shape this entertainment was to take, but given the circumstances and their track record, the other three could take a guess as to what was in store.
Currently, the quartet were deep in conversation as a way to pass the minutes until their leisure arrived, with a plentiful supply of bottled beer on hand to help keep their chat fuelled until the appointed time, the topic soon shifting towards past glories.
"When woz the last time we evens all got togetha like this?" Abe asked his confidants.
"I think it woz when Min first intraduced us to Goldie. Trust me, that ain't sumfin' I'm gonna be forgettin' for a
long
while, lemme tell ya~!" Ben answered with a toothy grin.
"Ah, yeah!" Abe returned, his face lighting up as the events of that day came flooding back to him. "Man, I haven' seen those two 'round 'ere for
ages.
Where'd ya 'spose they dis'ppeared off ta? Ya fink Min finally landed 'erself in the clink?"
"Didn' ya 'ear? Min's old crew showed up at the 'arbour coupla months back, an' she decided to run wiv 'em again for a while." Chad responded. "No idea when she's gonna be back though. Word on th' street is that they've takin' Prince Pussy wiv 'em on a tour o' th' world, or sum shit like that."
"For real? 'Ow th' 'el did folk like Min score a gig like that?" Abe inquired. "Ya sure they didn' kidnap 'im instead?" He added, chortling at his own joke.
"That's me guess why Goldie hasn' been showin' face either." Chad continued. "I wager 'e don' feel too safe walkin' th' streets o' th' Monster District wivout sumone 'oo's already been 'round the scheme."
"Wotta ya talkin' about? 'E's got four burly bodyguards right 'ere t' protect 'im!" Ben laughed, but his expression soon became sober. "...Oi, I jus' 'ad a thought...'spose Prince Pussy really is on the same boat trip wiv Min...and Goldie looks a 'elluva lot like Prince Pussy...ya don' 'spose Goldie really
is
Prince Pussy? And Min 'ad sum 'ow got chummy wiv 'im?"
"...Naaah! Don' go spewin' bollocks like that now!" Abe retorted, though only after he had taken a brief second to think the theory over. "'E said it 'imself, remember? 'Royals don' do this sort of thing', or sumfin' 'long those lines."
"Oh, yeah! That reminds me!" Chad then suddenly interjected. "'ave you guys 'eard 'bout that
new
streetwalker 'oo's started peddlin' her wares jus' th' other week?"
"Gonna 'ave to be more specific, mate." Abe said. "A new workin' girl pops every other 'our in this neighbour-'ood alone."
"Well, she's a 'uman bird for starters! Bit on the mature side, if ya get what I mean, but she's got curves t'
die
for! I think she's mostly been stickin' t' Old Town, but she's been startin' to make sum rounds right 'ere in th' Monster District!" Chad went on to explain. "But get this! Th' weirdest part is that she's th' spittin' image of Queen 'Elio!"
"Pull th' other one!" Ben shouted in disbelief.
"I'm serious! I dunno if it's just a coincidence, or if th' local sluts doin' themselves up like the nobles is a new fad alluva sudden, but I swear it's th' truth!" Chad insisted.
"Mebbe 'er and Goldie are runnin' some kinda ring togetha. A family business, if ya like." Abe joked. "Oh! Ya think there's one 'oo looks like Princess Eir? Always wanted to get me hooks on those milkers." Before anybody could humour his notion however, Dean, who had been unusually quiet the entire discussion, snorted out a dirty snicker that sounded as though he was trying to stifle for a while.
"Alright, I give. Wot's givin' you th' giggles then?" Ben asked their host.
"Oh, you'll see...once our fun gets 'ere." Dean said, still with a wide smirk on his face. "But first, 'ow's 'bout a little pre-show t' get us in th' right mood~?" The host orc then leaned his upper body over to the side to reach into an old, beat-up satchel that was leaning against the legs of his chair, pulling out from it a small paperback volume before proudly displaying it to his companions with a smug expression, the cover portraying a full-body illustration of a brunette halfling woman with her back turned on the viewer, hands raised and placed on the wall in front and half-looking over her shoulder, with the only articles on her shapely, diminutive figure being a pair of elbow-length gloves and a pair of knee-high socks on her short arms and legs respectively, alongside a G-string that did nothing to help conceal her chunky arse cheeks, all of them the same sky blue dye, and evidentially going topless considering there was no semblance of a strap running beneath her shoulder blades, with only the outer edges of her melons teasingly visible from the observer's viewpoint.
"Gods damn, is that th' new 'Tarts'?" Chad excitedly said upon laying his eyes the racy book, 'Tarts Bimonthly' being Snjórland's premier gentleman's magazine and a particular favourite amongst the male residents of the Monster District. "Wasn' that 'spose to be comin' out tomorrow? 'Ow the 'el didja get yer mitts on an early copy, ya sly bastard?"
"Me cousin's mate's younger brother works down at th' press where they print 'em." Dean explained. "I did 'im a few solids, jostled about a few twats 'e didn' get on wiv, and 'e lemme 'ave this as thanks just this mornin'! Easiest piece o' work I ever did, lemme tell ya. Still 'aven' taken a look inside yet though."
"Wot're ya waitin' for then! Give us a flick through then!" Abe pleaded, the inside his mouth slavering just from imaging alone what contents the paperback held.
Sure enough, Dean opened up to the first page of the magazine and (being the only one amongst them who was semi-literate) began to read aloud the graphic recounts and explicit interviews relating to a wide variety of girls of different backgrounds and different races the various 'journalists' had encountered from all across Occasus, and even a little beyond its borders, sharing the pictures with his friends whenever they were to frequently pop up, with the occasional comment being made by one of his guests sprinkling his oration. Just as Dean was relaying the descriptor of a particularly exotic specimen of a mermaid with sparkling scales and flowing hair both as brilliant blue as the midday ocean itself living a nudist lifestyle in the south seas separating Caliga and the Dark Continent, he was suddenly interrupted by one of the others without warning.