Editor's note: this story contains scenes of gay male sexual content.
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Karee cleaned up Nimira's bench as quickly as he could, he'd dribbled a very large puddle all over it. Nimira had not only left the plug in him, she'd left his hands cuffed behind his back, so it was tricky going.
Karee paused, face-down in a puddle of cum. There was something there, in the corner of his mind, a presence. He reached out towards it. He'd felt this before, Lanya's presence, back when he used to pray to her. He prodded at the presence with his mind. "Lanya?" He queried it, nervously. He really hoped it wasn't Lanya.
The presence laughed, or, at least it showed amusement, it seemed to find the idea silly. It drifted closer to him, observing him. It definitely wasn't Lanya. Lanya had felt loving, but stern, strict. This presence felt, playful, inquisitive, silly.
"...Myria?" He queried instead. The presence laughed again, this time, it wasn't teasing him. "I am pleased that you found your way to me, mortal... Allow me to restore what was yours. I know you will make good use of it."
Karee recoiled, Lanya had never directly spoken to him, and by all accounts, the gods almost never directly spoke to their followers, especially not a nobody like him. The presence touched him, gently, and then withdrew, leaving something behind. Karee gasped, that feeling... was it, Myria's power? Had she given him a fragment of it, she'd granted him divine spells again? Karee chanted a few quick words, and felt the magic work, a small light appearing in his hand. Or, he assumed that was where it was, he could see it off the walls. He couldn't return someone to life like his dad, or reduce twenty skeletons to dust with a wave of his hand like his mom, but it was... something. It was also kind of cool that Myria came to him with his face in a puddle of his own cum and a buttplug in his ass and she hadn't seemed to mind, because he had every intention of doing that again, if Nimira would let him.
He finished cleaning up and sat down, waiting for Nimira to return. He didn't have to wait long, she came in well before she said she would. "Well that was fast, Raka has already... What's that light?"
"Oh! It's just a simple spell. You probably know it." Karee dismissed the spell, reutning the room's only light source to being the lantern in the corner.
"How the fuck...! You're a servant of Lanya after all, aren't..." She paused for a moment, then grabbed Karee by the hair and pulled him to his feet.
"Ow!! What're you doing?" Karee protested as Nimira spun him around, inspecting him.
"You need a holy symbol to cast spells. The only one on you is the one I drew on you." She said, as though that were an accusation of some kind.
"Yeah, Myria gave me my spells back," Karee squirmed in her grasp.
"She... What? You just got here!" Nimira spun him back around to glare at him.
"I dunno! I used to be able to cast a few spells but Lanya stopped granting them years ago. Myria just, showed up and said something about restoring what was mine?"
"She spoke to you," Nimira said, clearly not believing a word of it.
"I guess? It was more like a voice in my head."
"Ugh..." Nimira backed up until she was against the wall, and she leaned on it. "Why is Raka always right. I thought maybe that for once she just wanted to fuck you."
"So... does that mean I'm gonna be a cleric here?" Karee asked.
"Probably. Myria is a goddess that embodies freedom, individuality, and chaos. You don't have to do anything you don't want to. If you choose to stay here though I will be very strict with you. You have a lot of training to catch up on."
"You can be as strict with me as you like, Mistress," Karee lowered his tone huskily and wiggled his plugged butt at Nimira.
"Whore," Nimira chuckled and gave his ass a good slap, drawing a moan out of the little femboy. She gripped the plug and started to pull, making Karee gasp as it stretched him. It came out with an audible wet 'pop' and a feminine whine. Nimira threw it in her bag of stuff that she'd left on the table and undid the cuffs on Karee's wrists.
"I don't have that many eager little masochists around here anymore so I might just find some time to torment you later. Seeing as how I'm in charge of you I deserve a little fun out of it anyway."
"I'll be sure to be a very naughty boy," Karee turned around and flashed a seductive smile at her.
Nimira frowned, hands on her hips. "Don't you go thinking that misbehaving will end up with me bringing you back here. Playtime is for obedient toys, and I know damn well you can't whip a masochist as punishment. I will throw a chastity belt on you faster than you can blink if you make trouble for me, not even Raka will go behind my back to fuck you if she sees I'm actually punishing you."
"I wouldn't dream of it, Mistress," Karee beamed innocently.
"You learn too fast," Nimira grumbled, "get dressed, let's go."
Karee threw his clothes on quickly and followed Nimira out the door. She led him through the labyrinthe hallways of the cathedral to a large open doom that wasn't the main hall. There were a series of unimpressive beds in the room, probably about twelve of them. Each had a large trunk at the base. People in initiate uniforms milled about the room, though Karee noticed they seemed to be keeping a nervous eye on Nimira.
"You'll be staying here," Nimira stopped in front of one of the beds and kicked lightly at one of the posts. "Classes start tomorrow. Ask your fellow initiates to show you around. They'll also assign you some chores. Your uniform is in the trunk, you're expected to wear it most days." Karee raised his hand. "What?" She asked, frowning.
"Can I wear the female uniform?" Karee asked, excitedly.
Nimira snorted derisively. "Do you really think you'd fool anybody if you wore the male uniform?"
"Umm...? Maybe?" Karee pouted, confused.
"Yeah I doubt that. You're pretty obviously not much of a male, I don't think anybody would be fooled into thinking otherwise."
Karee smiled. Nimira said what everybody at home had always said but she hasn't said it just to be an ass to him. It was just the truth, he was sort of... halfway in-between; she saw that and didn't care. It was almost disorienting, most people cared a lot, even the people who didn't think it was a bad thing, like Lan, or some of the other boys from back home.
"Thanks so much, Mistress, I'll see you in class tomorrow." Karee bounced happily.
"Get someone to show you where everything is. And I don't care how sore your ass is, sit still during class tomorrow," Nimira chuckled to herself and left.
Karee turned to address the room as she left. "Hi everybody, I'm Karee, nice to meet you." He announced. He got a bunch of absent-minded waves and greetings, but he did notice two different people watching him interestedly. Karee licked his lips. This was going to be a much better environment.
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The clatter of his fellow initiates woke Karee. He yawned and sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Several others around him were getting dressed, others were already getting their things together. Karee didn't wait for an invitation himself, hopping out of the little cot and digging around in his trunk for his outfit. The female initiate dress wasn't that much different from the male's robes, it turned out. The dress had a bit of a lower cut top and fitted tighter around his hips, showing off his butt nicely. It would do just fine, he decided.
"Excuse me, how can I help?" Karee inquired after one of his bunkmates, a human girl about his age.