This choice: Proceed with the ceremony • Go Back...Chapter #6Proceed with the ceremony by: Daibhidh   You carefully consider your options. Submitting to these acolytes as their plaything is out of the question, especially considering the mischievous grin the mouse girl gave you when not-so-subtly offering you a position as her foot licker and sex-toy. Attacking doesn't seem wise either. You've got no equipment whatsoever, and are heavily outnumbered within the temple. Running sounds decent, but risky. You've played enough games to know members of religious orders tend to be capable spellslingers. If you run, a single root or slow would all but guarantee your enslavement.
"Fine", you sigh, unable to think of any other options. "I'll take part in the ceremony."
The mouse girl's ears droop down at your response. "Oh." she states, her excitement visibly deflating. "Very well, follow me please."
The disappointment is audible in her tone. You realize with a start she's walking away from the kitsune statue in the entrance hall, and quickly run after her. "I'm sorry but... is something wrong?" you ask confused, "and isn't the statue back where we came from?"
"Oh no, that one's mostly decorative. The statue used for the ceremony is deeper inside the sanctum.", she explains, "And no, nothing's wrong. It's just that,... well...". She abruptly stops, turning around to face you. Her ears are laid back on her head and she's holding the tip of her tail in her hands, nervously fidgeting with the pink appendage. "I've only recently been granted the privilege to keep my own slave, and when I saw you walk up... Not even an NPC, but an actual player!... My hopes got the better of me... I should have realized any player would choose to sacrifice themselves to the goddess over willingly submitting themselves to enslavement by a lowly acolyte NPC like me..."
Her casual suggestion that you don't stand a chance at surviving the ceremony shakes your confidence slightly (-5 willpower)
"Come on, don't take it personally", you begin, "I'm sure you'll find a lucky player to smother underneath those pretty feet in no time", you awkwardly try to cheer up the would-be mistress somewhat, unable to stand seeing the cute rodent sad like this. "Besides", you continue, defending yourself from her implication, "You're making it sound like I've already failed."
"You really think so?", she perks up, quickly gazing down at her toes with a smile before continuing: "Well..I guess it's not completely impossible... But think about it. Our Goddess is the main deity of this world. She's got thousands, maybe even millions of followers across the realm. This temple alone houses over a hundred of her servants, each having fully devoted their lives to worshiping her. Meanwhile you..." she briefly pauzes, before continuing, "Don't take this the wrong way, but you're not even twenty minutes out of character creation, you don't possess any items, potions or spells. You don't even have a single experience point to your name yet! What do you think our odds are?"
Shit... laying it out like that, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell of making it through alive. Your confidence weakens further (-10 willpower)
You continue the rest of the walk in silence. At first, you were slightly excited at the prospect bedding a goddess, despite the awful consequences should you fail. Now, your mood has turned more somber, you feel like you're being led to the gallows. The brilliant carvings and tapestries coating the many winding halls your guide leads you through do nothing to alleviate your spirits. The few other temple inhabitants you meet regard you with a pitying smile, though one spontaneously bursts out in laughter as she sees you walk by. (-5 willpower)
"We're here", the mouse girl announces, stopping before a pair of enormous ornate doors. Their surface is covered in intricate decorations, centered around an enormous nude kitsune nearly as tall as the doors themselves. She seems to be smirking down at you, sending a cold shiver down your spine. The mouse girl silently pushes the great doors open to reveal a garden, completely encircled by the temple. Two willows stand to the side, and you can also see a large pond directly on the opposite side. At the center of the garden stands a giant marble statue of a kitsune, the same one featuring prominently on the doors. This one was much larger though, you estimate you're only as tall as her knee! The statue carries a soft, gentle smile, and is holding her arms open in a loving embrace towards you and your guide. This time, she is also fully clothed, wearing a flowing kimono stopping just above her ankles. The statue's feet are contained in a pair of ebony, open-toed sandals. Her many magnificent tails trail gracefully behind her as one.
"Alrighty", your guide shakes you out of your stupor, "You know what to do.". "Just put this on first.", she states handing you a ceremonial robe from one of the several cabinets lining the garden. You obey, happy to finally get some form of clothing. It's completely white and soft as silk, fitting loosely around your body like a bathrobe. You thank the mouse girl, before quickly jumping back with a shout as you look at the statue again. The kitsune's pose has completely changed. Instead of looking slightly towards the sky with closed eyes, the demi-fox now stares intently downwards, stright at you! The soft smile is replaced with a toothed grin and her hands, no longer lovingly embracing the air, now firmly rest on her hips. Her tails have fanned out far and wide, almost like a peacock, making her look that much more imposing. The biggest shock however, is the empty sandal beneath her. Her left foot has liberated itself from the shoe, and is now resting in front of her. Just its heel is touching the ground, with the rest of the foot slightly lifted, presenting its sole to you. Her big toe, the size of your fist, has parted from its siblings, exposing the smooth crevasse between them. For a second, you swear that you saw a drop of liquid roll down the sole before it's hidden from view. A soft breeze blowing from behind the now menacing statue carries an odd smell towards you.
"Well.." your guide starts again, seeing you've frozen up once more, "Best not keep her Holiness waiting". "Go get her, tiger", she mocks, before giving you a firm push in the back, forcing you closer to the marble giantess.
"W-Wait!" You panickingly exclaim, quickly taking two steps back from the malicious statue. "Myeeesss?", comes the mouse girl's sugar-sweet response.
You'll have to be careful here. One wrong word and you'll get enslaved for life, or worse.
"You were right", you begin. "There's no way I can hope to succeed in pleasing the goddess as I am now". "But!", you quickly cut off the rodent's response. "I also don't want to be branded a heretic either. I do intend to complete the ceremony, just not yet."
"Hmm", the mouse seems to consider your words. "But we can't let you leave the temple untill you do. It's the rules"
"Then I'll stay on temple grounds", you quickly continue. "In exchange for room and board, I can do all kinds of tasks around here. It's what us adventurers are for, right?". "There's just one more thing I'll need as well..." you try, encouraged by the acolyte's silence. "I need you to help me practice in pleasing the Goddess, for when I do continue the ceremony"
"You expect me to help you with that!?", the rodent yells in surprise. "Well, yeah. There's no way I'll ever become able enough on my own", you confidently reply "And if I don't even have a chance of ever succeeding, I might as well just continue now". "And...", you keep pushing, feeling you're close to convincing her, "while I'm sure your order is looking forward to ending me through sex, vore or that chamber thingy, those executions are reserved for those disappointing the goddess, right?"
"Well yes", admits the mouse-girl, unsure where you're going with this.
"I, on the other hand, won't just be disappointing.", you cockily continue, "it's like you said, I'm hopeless, haven't even gotten my first point of experience yet. It's not hard to think the Goddess would not just be disappointed by me, but feel insulted that I was even sent to meet her. And if death is the punishment for disappointing her, what would the punishment for a willful insult be?"
The mouse girl looks up at you in silence, her jaw slowly dropping at the sheer shamelessness of your logic. Still, it's clear you've struck a nerve (+5 exp)
▼HP: 100/100
Willpower: 80/100
Exp: 5/10
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