Chapter 105

Citrine sighs when she figures out what we’re talking about and says “I had some system earrings once. Just touch them to the place the piercing is supposed to be. If you want to take them off… Well that’s the hard part, and it will end up painful.” So it’s fine if we don’t want to take them off? I hand Amber her piercing and start taking off my shirt. “I think Ruby just want’s to see us wearing the nipple piercings. Sis can be a little horny sometimes, but I’m excited to get more matching jewelry with my wife.” Amber tells us, and I see Sapphire nodding, while Cindy says “I probably wouldn’t call matching nipple piercings romantic myself, but you two do make me a little jealous. I should find a boyfriend.”

“Marble is looking for a girlfriend.” Amber says, and Cindy responds “Oh, are you trying to set me up with a relative? What does he look like, and what’s he like?” I hold the piercing up to my right nipple, making sure the bar is pretty much level. I feel a little tingle, and the bar is now going through the base of my nipple. It didn’t hurt so I show it to Amber, who shows me hers. I think hers looks better, but maybe it’s because of the size of her breasts. The bar is more noticeable on me. “He looks like Opal, but without the boobs. As for what he’s like… shy I guess? He’s not very good at making friends.” Amber tells Cindy while we show the other women our new accessories.

“Well send him and any other relatives my way. Maybe I’ll be able to marry into your family.” Cindy says, but Sapphire laughs and tells her “We spent 10 years getting fucked silly in a dungeon together, you’re already one of my sisters.” The conversation goes for a while, my daughters suggesting various male relatives to my friend. “Hey, what happened to the baby Opals, I want to hold one.” Cindy asks and I say “Sara claimed both baby bodies for the night, she’s currently telling me a nice story about a dragon that likes apples.” She got woken up by the system message, and is now waiting for the shop to be available. She’s done so much for me by watching babies, that letting her take care of my tiny bodies was an easy price. She’d still take care of babies if I didn’t, since she loves it so much, but she asked so I went with her.

“The poor dragon is allergic to apples, so I’m excited to see where the story goes from here.” I tell my friend and daughters. The dragon keeps finding apples to eat, but sneezes, burning them. It’s unfortunate, but entertaining. I hear the system chime again, and we all seem to focus on the screens for the new Quest shop. It ends up being a very long list, but I already know what I’m getting. I look over at Citrine and see her frown, since she probably doesn’t have enough points for it. What would the points be good for if I couldn’t use at least some of them to help my babies. I spend 1,000,000 of my points and purchase one of the most expensive items.

(Potion of Purification)Consume to remove all corruption, and gain immunity to future sources.

It lands in my little body’s hands, since I’m sitting in Citrine’s lap, I turn to the side and give her a kiss on the cheek. “This is for you sweetie.” I tell her, placing the bottle in her hand. She looks at it confused for a second before she gets a shocked expression and asks “How did… it was a million…” I see her eyes water and she says “Thank you mom.” before drinking the potion. Her wing color doesn’t change back to white, but I can tell the potion worked because she looks relieved. “I didn’t think I’d ever be able to get rid of that, and it looks like we still match.” She says, so I give her a big smile and hug. I do like her wings better this color, they look cooler, and match my hair.

“What’s going on?” Amber asks, so I tell her about the potion I got for her sister. “I didn’t even have close to enough points for it, so it was a little discouraging seeing it in the list, who would have known mom had so many points. Is there anything in the list I can get you with my 2690 points?” Citrine asks, so I say “Get me something you think I’ll like.” That gives me an idea though, so I look at the list again. Spending 200,000 more points a piece of paper with a design on it shows up in my hand, and I walk over to Sapphire with it. “This one is for you my cute daughter.” She takes it and looks it over before laughing and giving me a big hug. “I didn’t see that in the list, thanks mom. This will be super useful.” My blue haired daughters say before pulling down her pants and placing the paper on one of her butt cheeks.

(Mark of the Monster Slut)Place on skin to gain resistance to all negative effects from sexual encounters with monsters.

I saw it and immediately thought of Sapphire. Sex with monsters is her hobby after all. I decide that I like spending my points on other people, and use the rest to get 3 matching rings that say

(Ring of Bonds)You may track linked rings when equipped. Touch rings together while equipped to link.

I bought them with my Bunny body, so I don’t have to wait to give them to Ruby. When I hand them to her she checks what they are and asks “Can’t we already track each other because of the neck tattoos?” Tasha looks at them and says “She’s giving them to us, there are three of them.” I nod and smile. Once Penny reads what they do, I get hugged by all three of them. “Thanks wife, this is a really thoughtful thing to do.” My red haired wife says, so I wiggle. Giving stuff to people is fun, but I’m out of points now, so I wait to see what the others get.

Citrine ended up getting me a ring that makes me lighter when worn. “This way we can fly around easier, I hope you like it.” I put it on my little hand and hug her saying “It’s going to be lots of fun, and now you’ll be able to go faster right?” She nods and I do even more wiggles. Everyone ends up getting at least one little thing for someone else, and the mood in both places raises from the previous somber and quiet affair. I haven’t forgotten about dealing with what happened in Dragon Roost, but spending time with family and giving gifts has made me feel a little lighter. I’m snuggling the pillow that Cindy got everyone, when I hear another chime and see

Ding!

Votes for this year’s Quest have been tallied.

Congratulations!

The theme for this year’s World Quest will be Slavery.

For this quest each Player will choose from the following.

Suppress:

Players that choose this option will get rewards for the amount of slaves they and their Landowner can keep. The longer you keep a slave, the better the reward.

Rise up:

Players that choose this option will get rewards for the amount of slaves freed by them and their Landowner. Better rewards for time spent free.

Abstain:

Players that choose this option will get rewards passively for as long as they are not enslaved and don’t own slaves. No chance for better rewards.

You have 30 minutes to decide or Abstain will be chosen for you.

“Why is it so different from last time?” I hear Citrine ask. How could enough Landowners vote for this option? Maybe they didn’t know what slavery was, like me before it was explained. “We’re all going to pick Rise Up right?” Cindy asks, and I nod. I see the others agreeing as well. If we can get points from freeing people then it’s the choice that will make me feel the best. I pick it and hear a chime.

Ding!

You have chosen Rise Up.

As a Landowner you receive the ability to remove (Brand) from Players while on your Land.

Everyone but Cindy is married to one of my bodies, so I tell her the part about (Brand). Since the others would have seen the same message. Citrine speaks up saying “I remember it’s a high tier Slaver skill. I don’t remember the details, but I think it works like the slave collars. Does that mean Landowners that chose Suppress will get to use (Brand) on their Land, or is it everyone who chose it? Either way it’s not good news for anyone they’d target.” After another 30 minutes there’s another screen.

Ding!

Choices have been made and the following will be applied to each Player based on their decision.

Suppress: Players who chose Suppress will receive the (Brand) skill. Detriment to experience gained.

Rise Up: Players who chose Rise Up will receive a 50% debuff to all stats, and a bonus to experience.

Abstain: Players who chose Abstain will get no bonuses or detriments.

It wouldn’t be suppressing or rising up if you start on equal footing. Good luck Players!

I suddenly feel weak with all my bodies. That must be the debuff it talked about, and I can see the others are feeling it as well. This will probably affect our plans a lot, and I can see that everyone looks upset. “We need to have a meeting with everyone as soon as possible. Citrine, can you fly little mom to Central. We need Jessica’s smarts.” Sapphire says, and my black winged daughter responds “I kept one of my classes and mom has the ring, so I should be able to.” I forgot that she’d probably be resetting her classes after getting rid of the corruption.

After my little body leaves with Citrine, Sapphire speaks up again. “Mom, I think with this debuff we need to start on that plan with the Hounds. Cindy, I think we can help your Necromancer class at the same time.” I try to think about what she means when Cindy asks “What was the plan, does it consist of a lot of bodies?” Sapphire nods and tells her “We’re going to use one of mom’s skills to breed Hounds, but it sounded like some of them wouldn’t give loyalty, so we’ll give those corpses to you.” Oh I do remember talking about that with my blue haired daughter. Not the corpses for Cindy part, but she probably just thought of it because she’s smart.

“I think we need a more concerted effort to make and train Battle Boars and Hoppers. It doesn’t sound like they will get the debuff either.” Amber adds to the conversation. I guess since monsters aren’t Players, they wouldn’t have the lowered stats. I don’t think I could have come up with those ideas, so I’m glad I have such smart daughters. I wonder what Ruby and Jessica can think of. I use my Bunny body to tell Ruby our Tamer and Hound plans, and she nods saying “I’ll see if anyone here has similar skills, since I think they’ll be important with the debuff. Keep me informed if Jessica has any good ideas. Penny, Tasha, let’s get everyone gathered and see who picked which option.”

I didn’t even think about people choosing other things in Opal’s Home, but it’s probably a good idea to check. So I tell the others and they all get frowns. “What will we do if people chose Suppress?” Cindy asks, but my daughters don’t answer. I get an idea though and say “Couldn’t we set aside a camp for them, and let them (Brand) bad Players who own slaves? That way they can still get points?” I see Cindy shaking her head before she says “How could we make sure they don’t just turn into normal slavers? Maybe a sort of prison system? We’d have to have someone trustworthy to look over it so evil things aren’t done there.” I don’t know what a prison is, but it would have to be a family member in charge. I wonder who picked it.

We leave the house and start gathering people. Even the new batch of babies has gotten large enough to join in, so it ends up taking a long time. Citrine and my little body have already found Jessica, who was gathering the people of Central. She tells us “Those are good ideas, I’ll see if I can get something like that started here, but I need more time to think of other plans. You two can head back for now, and come here tomorrow. My staff and I should have come up with something by then.” I give her a big hug and promise to return tomorrow, and then we are flying again. The nighttime looks really pretty from above the trees. Citrine says as we’re flying “Can we talk for a bit mom?” I nod to her and we lower down into the trees. When she puts my little body down I ask “What’s wrong sweetie?”

She looks nervous but answers “I kept my class that lets you spawn stuff from me, and I thought it would be useful. I just don’t want other people to know… if someone who Brands me can do it too, then I’ll be targeted. So it’s better that just the two of us know for now. Is that okay?” I give her a kiss on the cheek and say “That’s fine sweetie, I can understand why you wouldn’t want to tell your sisters yet. How do you think we can use the class without people noticing?” She smiles and gives me a hug answering “I thought about it on the whole flight over here and when we were talking to Jessica. Let’s do that adventure we told people about. We can just find some Land nearby, level in the dungeon, and spawn monsters using my ability.” Well it sounds like a decent plan, so I ask “Should we just do it tonight, I can always tell the others we’ll be gone for a while using my other bodies?”

She nods, so I do just that. Citrine says “I think I even know a place we can use.” before picking my little body up and flying into the air.

Opal’s body in Opal’s Home

We finish gathering everyone, and have them split up into groups based on what they picked. Once everyone is sorted I see that the majority of people picked Abstain. Probably for the passive rewards, since most of my babies and grandbabies don’t go to the dungeon every day, it makes sense. They haven’t been debuffed, so they can be useful for defending the Land. I still need to check my new options since it upgraded to Citadel, but I can do that later. I’ll probably remember this time, but maybe I should just have Amber look into it for me.

The next largest group chose Rise Up, Amber says it’s probably those with genetic memories of slavery that chose that option. It’s still a really small number compared to Abstain, but since it’s mostly the kids who were highest tier, it’s going to make us weaker for a long time. By far the smallest group chose Suppress, and I can understand it. There are only a couple dozen, one of them being Onyx. When I ask her why she picked it she blushes and says “My boyfriend and I picked ours together, he chose Rise Up and we were going to role play it in bed. I guess it’s a bit silly saying it out loud.”

I pat her head, since she’s still my cute daughter and ask. “Do you think you could be in charge of some Land for us. I can trust you to not be bad, and Cindy has some ideas for a thing called a prison.”