Accept her help

She just stands there, looking courteous as all hell, waiting for my answer. I just notice that her skin is oddly shiny, like it's covered in a thin layer of oil. Her pussy is hairless as per the common style and its lips look fuckably plump. Her tits aren't that big, but the fact that they're so... Damn, I'm slipping again.

It would be rude to keep a lady waiting, so I clear my throat: "Yeah, no, I mean... I can get around. Just a little antsy, that's all. I'm... Uh... I was only Released yesterday, so if you'll excuse me." Her look of concern transforms into a look of understanding: "Ah, no wonder. It's alright. How are you settling in?" She comes a little closer and leans against the wall next to the directory, now not even an arm's reach away from me. My little trooper is aching to be jammed inside something RIGHT NOW, but I'm doing all I can to look like I have a sliver of self-control, as not to embarrass myself in front of her.

"Alright so far." -I answer her. At a point, the frustration gets a little overwhelming, so I dare to ask: "Look, this might sound dumb, but... Is it really normal to walk around around other Released with an erection, like..." -I point at my cock- "...I'm hoping my friend didn't lie to me to just to fuck with me." She follows my finger, not resting her eyes at the hard-on for too long, and explains: "No wonder you looked so tense. Yes, it's fine. You could also shove it into my pussy right now."

That last bit was too much. I feel like I've been hit with a blowgun's dart. I should have guessed that they'd all be like this. There was the 'orgy pit' in the directory, but to think that they're THIS casual about it, that they don't even plan these things out... I accept her invitation without much hesitation at all, moving myself in front of her and testing the tip of my dick against her lower lips to see how accessible they are. Suspiciously wet. Whatever keeps them like this, I'm grateful, and there doesn't seem to be anything leaking out of her either. I brace myself over the wall and thrust my hips forward to enter her, feeling all the stress in my body leave me along with the motion.

She gasps upon penetration and then sighs when I bottom out. After thinking for a bit, she continues explaining: "I'm Joanne, but people here call me Ruby. Probably because of the hair." She just keeps talking like nothing's up, like my dick inside her? I'm not even thrusting yet. Her hairdo DOES look pretty geometric, like a gemstone. Ruby here wipes her namesake to the side with her off hand: "Who are you? And your friend, if you don't mind telling?" I return my attention to her and try to speak clearly, although my voice does waver somewhat: "I'm Lewis and I came here with Dahlia. You know her?" Ruby seems curious: "Hmmmm... I THINK I've heard the name, but I'm not sure. It must have been a while since I've last seen her." I see if I could refresh her memory a little by very gently sliding in and out of her, which she welcomes with a smile and a caress of my shoulder. "Mmh, no, I'm sure I can't remember." Wait, did I just 'talk' to Ruby by giving her pleasure? Non-verbal communication? I must be imagining things.

"I wanted to ask someone, so it might as well be you..." -I start on an another topic- "...What's the local temple for?"

"You haven't guessed? It's devoted to Phantom Window."

She's right about me being slow. I mean, what else could it be there for? I query: "And what do people usually do there?"

"They go there to ask them for favors, mostly. Let's see, what else..."

While Ruby thinks, I carefully start thrusting my cock into her, seeing as last time I did it seemed to speed up the process. She squirms around my member, making me get a bit more into the act. We haven't even known each other for more than five minutes and here I am prodding at her cervix.

Ruby remembers: "Ah. They also go there to ordain; to become disciples of Phantom Window. Not to mention its most important purpose which I've kind of started taking for granted, which is making this entire building Released."

What the fuck? I can't believe I'm STILL finding things to be surprised about: "Wait, you mean this, what was it, 'Mullion' I think, is ignored by the Shackled? How is that possible?"

"Why, by Phantom Window, anything is possible."

I'm a little frustrated and pick up my pace, pumping into Ruby's cunt with a bit more gusto, my backpack providing some well-needed inertia: "Listen: I've talked to one of those Phantom Window folks, a nun named Teng, and she seemed just like all the other Released to me. Why are you treating these guys like they're gods over you or some shit? Have a little dignity." She looks very disappointed in me: "And here I thought you'd understand this easier. We owe all of our joy to them. The least we can do is pay them a little respect." I feel closer to orgasm: "Yeah, but to worship them, that's a little... Much, isn't it?" She shrugs, the best she can without losing the support of the padded wall behind her: "As long as you don't disturb our congregation, you're free to think of it as you wish."

I still have a lot of questions, but I better save most for when I'm less excited. I re-adjust my position and start humping with enough **** to finish into Ruby, which happens not even a few seconds later. She's surprisingly muted, kind of like the Shackled, in that even though she's clearly pleasured, she's not letting it show. Almost a turn-off to me as well, but the way she's staring at me like she's just bored by having to wait for me is... Damn. She simply expels confidence and stoic virtue... (Hnnnngh!) I feel her squeeze around my dick while she lets her legs fall down to the floor, the last drops extracted from within my depths into hers. Without much further ado, she lifts herself off me and pulls my cock out, a few drops of my product landing on a plank underneath, and starts walking off: "Anyway, welcome, Lewis. Don't let it get to you." Don't let what get to me? I leave off with a final question: "Phew... One more thing."

She stops and turns her head, her cute, firm, pale butt staring back at me with a gaze almost as fierce as the one in her eyes: "What is it?"

"I meant it when I said I wanted to know how the temple is Released...'-ing' this Mullion."

"That shrine is just a symbol. What happened was, a monk from Phantom Window came here to bless this place, to inaugurate it as a Mullion, when we were almost finished building the temple. He Released the whole thing at once, to say it straight. It's not just people that can be released, you know."

Oh, dear. She means not only can anyONE be Released, so can anyTHING. It shouldn't be surprising: We can't know what we don't know. We can't see how far the network of things which are invisible to us extends. I lift a finger: "Last question, pinky promise. Teng said all I have to do to call upon an another member of Phantom Window is to wish for one to appear. How hard exactly do I have to wish?"

She chuckles and goes away to her own matters: "Ha-ha-ha..! Go to the temple and find out."