"You could have at least given him some pants," grumbled Roka as Kashka approached with the young man from the captain's quarters. Kal felt she had a point. The erection that tented the covers and gave away his nature now bounced freely as the cat led him over.
"Actually, that's a bit of a problem," said Kashka. "His name is Gavim, and when he became a slave, he couldn't keep it up. His masters considered him too pretty to discard, so they took him to a wizard. The wizard put him to sleep, and when he woke up, his cock was bigger and stayed hard. It's been that way ever since."
"It goes down for a little while every few hours," he mumbled, his face blushing bright red with shame, "but it always comes back. It'll rub if I try to wear pants, and I'll make a mess."
"What do you two think?" Roka asked Kal and Kashka.
"Your boat, Captain. Your call," said Kal as Kashka grinned and nodded in agreement
"I'm aware, smartass mage and cat. I'm asking your opinions."
"Treat him like any other slave you've rescued."
"That's fair. Gavim, I can put you off at one of the ports in Azumbaho or the mainland once we reach it. Or, if you don't mind the company of monster girls, you can stay on board as crew. Keep in mind you will need to learn a skill other than using that," she said, pointing at the boy's cock. "Scarlet might give you a bump in pay for keeping the crew happy with it. But it won't be a requirement. You can say no at any time. Men like Kal are in short supply, and us girls would appreciate it."
"Oh sure, he gets paid for it," Kal complained with an exaggerated roll of his eyes.
"Hush, you," said Kashka, elbowing him in the side. As Kal howled in mock pain and pretended she cracked a rib, Kashka noticed Hali staring at them from behind Roka. "Something wrong?"
"You two are like totally different people! When you left with Emru I was scared to even be around you two, and now here you are, joking and laughing!" the mermaid exclaimed.
Kal shared a look with the cat before smiling at the mermaid. "Sorry that we scared you. We get pretty intense before any fight, and I have a particular hate for bandits after they killed one of my lovers. Pirates are just the sea-faring version in my eyes. As for Kashka..."
"Kal and I met because he was marked for assassination. I was the assassin. Kal saved me from that life, but the skills I learned keep me alive in situations like this, and I fall back into that mindset."
Hali's eyes nearly fell out of her head when Kashka said she was an assassin. A yell from the stairs to the lower decks distracted everyone.
"Hey! Could we get a little help here?" The otter-girl shouted as she and the mouse struggled to carry the men from the crew quarters up the stairs.
"On it," said Kal, jogging over while tracing the strength rune in the air.
Roka cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Kashka, check the rigging. Hali, help toss the corpses overboard. Get Naivoo to help you when she's done bringing supplies up." Roka crooked a finger at the human woman, "Pon, Gavim's with you. Take him to the helm and start teaching him how to read maps and navigate. Seems like the safest place for someone who can't wear pants."
The woman cast a sidelong glance at the boy and his protruding erection. "Um, Cap'n?"
"What?"
"I've passed on all of my turns with Kal. I'm not comfortable being around him," she nodded toward Gavim, "especially when he's like that."
"Since you weren't listening when Kashka explained. They enchanted his cock, and he can't do anything about it. Gavim, if you need release, come find one of us monster girls to help you. But if you touch Pon without permission, I'll throw your ass overboard myself. Also, stay away from the cat unless you want the mage pissed off at you. The rest of us, myself included, will be happy to empty your balls, but not until the pirate's corpses are gone and the ship is in order."
The young man nervously nodded before following the human woman to the wheelhouse. The glazed look in his eyes made Roka wonder if he understood a word she had said.
Cleanup went quickly with the help of Kal's strength and light spells, as well as a little magic to take care of all the blood in the crew quarters. Naura, the otter, quickly stripped since her fur was easier to clean than clothes. Kal wondered for a moment if she was hoping to entice him but breathed a sigh of relief when she went back to work moving bodies. One of the girls wanting sex while disposing of corpses would have been very strange.
"The sharks will eat well tonight," said Roka as Naivoo and the otter tossed the last pirate overboard. As Naivoo used her water jets to clean Naura, the mouse-girl, Muri, arrived, stripped off her bloody clothes, and then requested similar treatment. She took significantly longer to clean since her fur lacked the otter-girl's waterproofing.
Kal came over to stand next to the cow-woman after hauling the dinghy up onto the ship and securing it. The smaller boat was nowhere near as heavy as the longboats and little challenge for his magic-enhanced strength with the help of a couple pulleys.
"Emru is headed back to The Scarlet Bitch. How's the new crewmember doing?" he asked.
"Fine, though Pon is none too happy about him. But I think his small stature is making it easier for her. I get what the slavers meant by 'too pretty.' 'Pretty' seems to suit him better than 'handsome.'"
"I thought he was a girl when I started throwing the former captain around."
"Listen, Kal, I appreciate what you did when I came on board. But this is just an away mission, and I'm still the first mate of The Scarlet Bitch for now, not the captain."
"Aww, but I liked calling you Captain."
"I won't say I didn't like it, too. Red is the Captain and leader of our group, but The Scarlet Bitch is owned by its crew. They are the ones to decide if this boat will end up as my command or if we will even keep it." She chuckled, "That sounds good and all, but whatever Red chooses, the rest of the crew goes along with. It's worked for us so far."
"You said it seems like a waste to leave the ship."
"It is, but we need carpenters, ropemakers, swabbies, and two dozen more women to keep this boat seaworthy. With this crew, we can't even drop the anchor because we don't have enough muscle to raise it again. We can't pull women from The Bitch because it needs its crew, and there aren't droves of monster girls looking to sign on at each port. Even if there were, we'd need to teach them everything about sailing."
"Kashka learned rigging quickly, and you're teaching Gavim navigation."
"Kashka is a lot smarter than you give her credit for, and Gavim will be working in the wheelhouse for months before he's trusted with more than reading a compass and spinning the wheel."
"I'm just saying that new people can be taught. As for finding a crew, only a handful of the women in Kuji's slums knew about your ship, and none of them knew you were looking to take on more crewmates."
"That's because we weren't looking back in Kuji."
