"I was not going to do anything to him, you blind-worm! He is yours, I get it, calm down!" Jilly said as she backed up and scowled at Mary.
I was confused, but I needed to get the food, or the girls were never going to eat, but I didn't understand what was up with Mary and her possessiveness. Jilly went over with Nushi, and the two of them stared at me as I placed the steaks and ant sections on the grill.
"What? What do I not know?" I asked as I finished placing the last meat on the grill.
Mary was holding her arms around my neck and resting her head on my back contently now that the other girls were back from me. The Cerberus girls were on the other side of the fire sitting back a bit, and they were all watching the fire.
"You know why she is acting like this, don't you?" Jilly asked.
"No, well, I kind of do, but a bit of an explanation would help. I would assume Mary is going into heat or something like that, right?" I asked.
"She has grow
"First, you have the Fighters, and I am sure that would be the natural class for you, but make sure to listen to the others as well," Nushi told me with her tail swinging around excitedly.She looked cute like this, but I had to put a hand out to stop her. After that, it was time for the girls to eat. I had already taken the meat off the fire, and it was cooled now, and I had cut the meat up."Sorry, Nushi. Let me get everyone fed, and then you can explain it to me," I said as I gave Mary a quarter of a steak.I gave the other three pieces to the Cerberus girls, and each of them took a piece from my hand. The three looked cute as they chewed away.After I was done with them, I grabbed a bunch of chunks that I had cut smaller and dropped them into Mary's cleavage. The little snake hissed excitedly, and Mary cuddled into me more.I scooped up the ant sections and popped the first two into Jilly's mouth but then handed her the rest of them. Then I gra
After I placated Nushi, she went and joined the other girls while I finished feeding Mary. As I was doing that, I reopened the menu for the selection and was about to warn Mary to cover her eyes just in case, but I let that breath out as I made the selection.No light came on, but I did it with a crash course on what seemed to be a very basic class and then a small stat chart with numbers like a game. The names were straightforward enough that even this meathead could puzzle them out.[Shaman Class] Acquired!{Shaman}: With this class, you will need to create bonds with all forms of nature in order to receive Totems. Totems are marks that you will receive, and they will grant you minor abilities.You must gain Elemental Totem Marks in order to store more marks, or you will run out of skin to placemarks. To gain Elemental Totem Marks, you must form bonds with Pure Elementals.[Name]: Kazz[Level]: 2[Class]: Shaman[Strength]: 2
I moved to the front of the group to stand with Jilly and Nushi, but I wasn't really sure what to expect. I wasn't a Jeopardy guy, and I would never make it past the fifth question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire without using all of my Life Lines."Pst!" Nushi whispered to me and then pointed at her book.At first, I had no idea what she was insinuating, but then it dawned on me. This was a proud creature, and there was no way that it would hold back the answer if I got it wrong.I nodded, and Nushi's horns grew back to full strength, but I wanted to get some things straight before we started. It wasn't like the Sphinx had to answer me, but I would try to bait her into it."You must be pretty good at asking these questions. Does it matter if I ask some else? You know, considering it's most likely going to be something that I have no idea how to answer, right?" I asked in a casual tone.The creature looked me up and down, and I tried to dumb down
I left Jilly alone and dropped the talk of Lizy, but we were getting close to the waterfall now. I could hear the dull roar of the water get louder until we walked out into the clearing.The water was misting from the falls, and I walked over to the pool of water with the girls. As we approached, a shape rose out of the water in the form of a little old wizard."So, you did come and brought the girls with you; does that mean you are ready to sweat?" Wataluga asked me as he stepped out onto the grass."I hope your training is more than laughing me into submission; we already had that one," I said with a smile, and the old watery wizard smiled back at me, but then he started to expand."No jokes, but this will be harder than the hand-holding Grogvel does. I am just going to have you run today, and then tomorrow we'll start the fighting," Wataluga said as his body rapidly expanded to cover us up to our necks and fill the clearing with his watery body.
I walked over to the water and bent down to splash my face, and then I cupped my hands to take a drink. Mary was swimming around me as I did this, softly humming to some unknown melody that was both beautiful and alluring at the same.I turned my face to look into Mary's stone eyes as I listened to the song she was humming. I felt myself being drawn into Mary like there was some unseen force that was pulling me closer, then I got a rough smack upside my head.It didn't hurt, but I was knocked ass over tea kettle from the impact of Jilly's big hand in my squatting position. As I slowly picked myself up, I realized something, I did not have time to be messing around like this right now!"Come here! What did I just tell you!" Jilly shouted as she came over to the water edge and dove in after Mary.Or, that's what had assumed was happening, but only the female half of Jilly went in. Her red-plated centipede body stayed up, and soon it reared up, pulling Jilly
"I don't want any messing around, you hear me, old man? I want you to pick a short tale and not go on and on!" Jilly said, scowling at the massive burning face of Fireden.The Cerberus girls had just finished transforming, and now they were standing beside Mary and me. The girls had been all panting before, but the moment they turned back into human form, the girls all broke out in a sweat."Do we have to wear this dress right now?" Cera asked as the right-pawed hand pulled the hair from her eye that was sticking to her face."I am getting too wet," Bera complained as she looked down at her dress that was starting to get wet from the intense amount of sweat coming from the girls, and I nodded my head."Yes, you girls can get out of that, and I will carry it for you," I said, but the girls didn't move."We need your help to get it off, please. It is hard for us to take off or put clothes on," Riez said to me.I looked over at Jilly and Firede
"Now, Jilly is not going to like this, but she won't tell you exactly what happened either. So, I will tell you the story of two proud women, who are both terrible losers," Fireden said, and Jilly was gripping my shoulder as hard as the System would let her.The wave of heat that came off Fireden felt like they would melt my skin from my body. I wasn't sure what this was doing, but I just remembered feeling lighter and faster after I was done."One year ago, Jilly was living down in the crater with me and the rest of the Fire denizens of the crater. During that time, Lizy had arrived, and the two had become fast friends, but that only lasted until Jilly had offered Lizy a friendly bet," Fireden explained, but Jilly's face poked over my shoulder and I could feel her heartbeat racing on my back."That bitch cheated, and you know it! You know what she did wasn't right! That was my home!" Jilly shouted, but her tone was stra
Jilly let Nushi climb on top of her after she pulled away from me. I turned around to get my shorts and almost tripped over the Cerberus girls but was able to sidestep around them.I got my shorts on, scooped up all the rest of the girls' clothing, and then started back after Jilly. I also told the girls to go back into pup form for now, and later I would give them a bath.I decided that I was just going to rip the bandaid off with Jilly. I had to hope that she just tells me what the problem was when I ask."Hey, so are you ready to tell me how this spider cheated?" I asked plainly after I caught up to Jilly.She was quiet for a moment, but then she took a deep breath and then let it out. Whatever this was, it really bothered her, and I kind of wish that Mary wasn't needy today, but only kind of."I asked Lizy to take a bet with me about who could get the most men to come to us so we could feast on them. At the time, I had thought that I knew her q