Red Dead To The World

Entering Flank Town

Flank town was once a vibrant border town.  It was the gateway into greater Eastern Audi.  In the time before the great teleportation, it was a shining oasis amid a harsh desert.  The grand bazaar of Flank town was legendary; more money, items, and people were traded in the grand bazaar than the merchant's guild proper touched in a week.  The taur country held many great peoples melted together in the border town.  Minotaurs, centaurs, pantaurs, orcs of all shades, and the rare lizardmen called the border town home and lived there.  It was the great melting pot of Eastern Audi. 

My friend awoke as a rich man in that city.  He didn't see the people as living things. So, long before we arrived, he hunted them with more savagery and gluttony than a thousand blood-starved vampires. 

My investigation started when I tripped over an empty pile of fur and tumbled through the sand.  A yell from me stopped Kale before the shocks could startup. 

"I have no time for your foolishness.  Get up; we must hurry."  Kale yelled.

With a yank, I unearthed an empty sack of flesh and hair.  Kale trotted closer, eyes wide and body tensed.  She was on high alert for any predator. 

"What do you think happened to him?"  I asked.  Holding the boneless seamless skin in my hands, I thought of Cell from DBZ.  While a lot of s**t might be in this world, I hoped to God the bio android didn't fall out of a portal and end up here.  If that happened, then I might as well turn around and take my chances with my shock collar's kill switch.

She took the sun-dried fur coat from my hands and ran her hands through it.  Even the face was perfectly preserved.  This wasn't normal; it couldn't be.  Even cell would leave a stab wound but only clothes. 

"Did some bug crawl inside of them, eat them from within, and crawl out the mouth?"  I asked.

Kale shivered. 

A look of determination appeared in her large blue eyes. "We won't make it to the herd without water from the oasis and solar wards to protect against the heat,"  Kale said. 

I reached down and pulled another empty skin sac from the sand.  Under Kale's gaze, I unearthed more until hundreds piled on top of each other.  One skin sac was of a centaur with the same hair color as Kale.  There were humans wearing collars, dogs, and camels.  All of them were hidden beneath the desert sand too skillfully for it to have been a mere predator. 

"If we go into the town, we might not make it at all.  Do you want me to scout it out for you?"  I asked. 

This could be my chance to get my collar off. Then, if I played it right, she might release me. 

"No, out of the question.  I won't send a pathetic human to brave a terror I would not.  We will go together, and that's final."  Kale said. 

"Don't regret it then.  If you want to masturbate one last time, I'm not going to stop you."  I tried to move my wanking hand, but my fingers only twitched.  That was a no-go.  Wanking without fleshlite chan or using my proper wanking hand wasn't done. So I'd have to go without a last send-off. 

I expected a shock for that, but instead, she looked determined.  "Many of my people have already died to whatever haunts Flank Town.  That is because I wasn't here.  I am a Beta rank mage trust in my skills, Red, and save your final gratification for when we face a foe I cannot defeat."  Kale said. 

After calculating my chances of getting away with it, I pulled my phone out, snapped a few pictures of the skins, and sent them to my brother. 

"Geez! You should turn around and head the other way from whatever did that.  Oh, and my master told me how to break the collars.  Do you have the magic parameter?"  Blue Star asked.

"Yes, I couldn't resist magic,"  I said even though it came to me by chance. 

"Here's a PDF with the spell you need to ward against electricity and the spell equivalent of magical bolt cutters.  My master has been nosy the last few days, so I'm going to play good apprentice.  Text me again in two days, and don't fight whatever sucked the inside out of those taurs."  Blue Star said. 

In a few minutes, the PDF downloaded, blasting my screen with text and diagrams spanning hundreds of pages.  They looked to be pictures taken from the pages of multiple books combined in a PDF. 

"What is that?"  Kale asked. 

She stared down at the phone in my hand.  I inventoried it before she could shock me.  Then I thought about it and smiled. 

"It's an image capturing and communication device.  I contacted my brother and asked him what he thought of what we found."  I said. 

To be fair, my other brother was only out of signal range. 

She looked me in the eyes before nodding slowly. 

"What did he have to say?"  Kale asked.

"Run the other direction, and don't mess with a creature that can do that. But, unfortunately, the other direction is back in lion territory, and there's no guarantee that stream hasn't dried up yet."  I shook my head and changed the subject.  "There are hundreds of dead here, will there be anyone left in the town?  Maybe the creature has already left."  I asked.

Kale stomped her hoof and swung her wand.  The wind kicked up and blasted a dust devil across the sands.

Kale grinned at the display of power and turned to me. "We aren't alone; there are tens of thousands in town, and even as we speak, I'm sure the best of us are investigating the monster that did this. 

I wasn't impressed by some cheap trick.  A dust devil wasn't going to stop something that bodied and dumped hundreds of powerful, intelligent taurs.  From my borrowed memories, I knew taurs were much stronger than humans, held the speed advantage, and made an attempt to take over the world every few centuries.  The taur empires ebbed and flowed like the tide.  Humans were better at magic, most of the time.  If a taur equaled a human in magic, then victory went to the taur most of the time.  If we were dealing with a human mage of some kind, then we might have a chance if Kale is around their level of magic.  The sophistication of sucking muscle, organs, and bones out of someone didn't sound like ordinary magic.  It made me think of cell, and I didn't like it one bit. 

Ding!

7th Quest

Locate the Scourge of Flank Town

Stipulation: Don't leave until you've identified the Scourge

Reward: 1 Bronze PARAM Die, 1 Bronze Skill Die

"f**k," I yelled.  A sharp buzz traveled through my collar. 

Kale raised a finger to her lips and pointed to a group of hyena women riding our way on horseback.  "Keep your eyes on the ground, and don't look any of them in the eyes.  They'll see it as a challenge.  If one propositions you for s*x, do it and remain hard for the love of the spirits.  The Spotted Pack is a hyenoid group that makes up most of the military scouts in flank town.  No nose is better than a Hyenoid, and no v****a looks more like a dick."  Kale said. 

In moments the scouts were on us.  I dutifully stared down at the ground and tried to make myself look as unappealing as possible.  Damn animal planet to hell.  After seeing them, all I could think about was how long their clits must be.  If the females were anything like actual hyenas, the females were larger, stronger, and more intelligent.  So, I was dealing with bitches with d***s that might be bigger than mine.  It was disconcerting. 

One dismounted and stepped forward.  I watched the hyenoid's weird clawed and padded humanoid feet silently stalk towards me.  Even to my enhanced senses, I couldn't hear the hyenoid's footsteps for the desert wind. Instead, she avoided us and ruffled through the pile of skins, sniffing them loud enough to make my ears twitch. 

A heavy slap on my ass snapped me to full wakefulness. 

Ding!

+1 RP With Silent

Silent 21/100 She sees you as a new solidly built male specimen ripe for a proposition. 

She bumped her nose against the back of my neck and sniffed.  I felt a warm wet tongue lap at my neck.  This was officially the weirdest thing I've ever experienced.  She placed a hand on my head and stepped to the side. 

"This isn't the creature we're looking for; he's just a human slave."  Silent said. 

"Please tell me, mistress Hyenoid what's going on.  My slave tripped over all these bodies.  Is there some creature hunting the town?"  Kale asked. 

Silent stopped in front of my face giving me a good view of her loincloth.  The hyenoid lifted her tail, showing off a 13in monster that made my d**k turn around and hide.  Oh, she was female; I could smell it.  She shook her hips at me, and I felt this morning's breakfast threaten to spill up. 

These were the worst waifus ever, and by the look of the skins, it was becoming clear that I'd gotten the genre wrong.  This world was clearly horror dressed up as an issekai.

"My name is Silent; my companions are Stalker and Jester.  I shouldn't tell you anything; the governor ordered us to keep this quiet."  Silent said before lifting my chin. 

I stared at her brown, almost black eyes, mohawk of brown hair, and soft C-cups.  After the eyes and hair, what else would I judge?  Her face was primarily human with the slightest snout.  She was taller than I expected, easily standing a head and shoulders taller than me.  Though her features were feminine, Silent's hard-packed muscular arms spoke of a powerful physique.  I wasn't sure if even my parameters would be enough to win a fight against her in pure strength. 

She placed her padded digit against my lips.  "So soft and thick their lovely."  She turned to one of her companions.  "We should collect the bodies and guide these two back to town.  The slaves are going to be busy sorting these for their burial."  Silent said. 

She lifted my lame arm and let it drop.  I almost pulled away when she tugged it towards her loincloth. Then, when my arm didn't twitch, no matter how hard I tried, she rubbed it against her genitals.  "Oh, you aren't faking it.  That or you're a great actor."  Silent said. 

"Mistress Silent, please stop molesting my property.  His arm is indeed lame; I've witnessed its lack of use through many beast attacks.  Red does have an excellent talent for spatial magic, but that is it."  Kale said. 

"You poor thing, and here I am taking advantage of you instead of doing my job."  She leaned in closer.  "I think you're teasing me."  I gasped as her hand groped my junk.  "How do my soft pads feel?  I felt that twitch; you're something special, Red."  Every time I felt as if I couldn't become less comfortable, this crazy hyena woman took it further. 

I turned to Kale and pleaded with her silently. Her face lit scarlet.  "I will not have my property fondled with right in front of me.  Time with my slave is expensive."  Kale said. 

Silent gripped my junk a final time before pulling her hand back.  "Oh, his package isn't anything to brag about.  My younger brother has him beat; just ask Jester he's one of her favorite husbands."  A shiver crawled down my spine at that.  The Hyenoid shook her head.  "Whatever, how much for a night."  Silent said. 

Kale looked torn.  I knew how she must have felt.  Somehow, Kale translated that to me without words.  If she requested too much, Silent would see it as an insult and might cause unending trouble.  Too little, and my ass would be used up well before Kale gathered enough supplies to leave comfortably.  Not to mention there was the creature killing.  But of course, my ass was more interesting to talk about. 

"One silver per night."  Kale declared. 

Silent stopped her groping and took a step back.  "That's pricy for a lame slave."  She turned her head to the side.  "Is he a grower instead of a shower?" 

"He is a slave that has earned my respect.  I could rent out his service for no less than a silver a night." 

Ding!

+2 RP with Kale

Kale 17/100 Through this situation, some of her feelings for you have been sorted out.  To her, you are a respectable slave. 

Ding!

+5 RP with Silent

Silent 26/100 She sees you as a valuable slave worth a delicate touch.

"Alright," Silent tossed two silvers to Kale.  My centauress companion caught the two glittering silver coins and stared at them dumbstruck.  Just like that, my ass was rented out to a heavily hung Hyenoid.  What the heck did a delicate touch even mean? 

My mind betrayed me with an image of her spitting on her member once.  In the image, she grins at me, "there you go, that's delicate." 

Kale handed Silent a small rock covered in strange symbols.  My eyes widened, and a sense of extreme energy struck me.  That little rock was the power source, lock, and key to my collar. 

"I'll return him in 48hrs.  Don't worry, I might dress him up a little.  That beard could use some color."  Silent said. 

She scooped me up and walked back to her mount. Then, she mounted her horse with me stuck between her legs with the ease of sitting in a chair.  "You smell nervous.  Is this your first time riding a horse?" Silent asked. 

"No, I'd ridden before," it wasn't that at all.  It was the bulge grinding through a loincloth against my rear.  I wanted out of here. 

We traveled quickly over a harsh prairie until the smell of smoke became unbearable.  "Was there a fire recently?"  Kale asked.

"Yes, one of the granaries it spread quickly.  Our fire team had to demolish several buildings to stop it.  Those skins belonged to the merchant caravan sent to help us resupply.  If this keeps up, we'll starve this winter.  If there are any of us left."  Silent said. 

"Is this preparation for a raid?"  Kale asked. 

"I thought the same until I saw the skins.  While it may still be a raid from the west, I think we have a rouge Flesh Mage."  Silent said. 

Jester added her two cents.  "Why can't they ever use their powers for good instead of evil? So they can twist flesh; it wouldn't be hard to make a living using that power."  Jester giggled.

"You just want larger p*****s for the men of your harem."  Silent said. 

I didn't want to mess with anyone who could manipulate flesh like clay.  A longer d**k would be nice but being slurped out of my skin sounded terrifying. 

"I've never heard of flesh mages.  Is it another term for blood mages?"  Kale asked. 

I've heard of both, and in most settings, blood mages are outlawed.  There are tons of plots about the evil blood mage summoning demons and extending their lifespans.  Flesh mages were more hentai powers than actual magic.  That didn't seem to be the case here. 

"No, they're different.  A blood mage can manipulate blood with mana and often double as a ritualist.  That is frowned upon in Taur country but not illegal.  Flesh mages are different; they can manipulate the whole body, and worse, they don't leave many clues.  We can normally track down a crazy blood mage; they're sloppy most time.  They often leave their scent in their footprints, and that makes tracking them beyond easy.  This guy masked his scent with something and seems to know how to throw us off his trail."  Silent said.

"So, he's experienced.  Have you contacted nearby settlements for similar occurrences?  There is a chance he might have slipped up early in his career."  I said. 

I felt something monstrous push against my bottom and squeezed my legs around the horse's flanks hard.  "Oh, you have a brain in that pretty little head of yours.  And here I thought you were just another pretty face.  Careful, or might not give you back." 

Ding!

RP +4 with Silent

Silent 30/100 She sees you as more valuable than the common slave. 

Ding!

RP+2 with Kale

Kale 19/100 You have invoked a sense of pride within her for owning an intelligent slave. 

"Captain, should we follow his advice.  I know humans are often a little backwards, but it isn't bad advice."  Stalker said. 

"Jester, go to the communication tower when we get back and ask around.  We might be able to find some clues."  Silent said. 

"Awe, I wanted to go out to eat with you and your toy," Jester said. 

"Mistress, what will you do while I'm preoccupied?"  I asked. 

"I'll prepare for the next leg of our journey and purchase a solar ward for you.  I can't have such a valuable piece of my property burnt before I get home."  Kale said.  Her tone was snobbish and completely for Silent's benefit.  I noticed by the way the Hyenoid grinding against me increased.  The feeling was terrifying.