Commitment

The kitchen stayed quiet after Mako’s footsteps faded down the hall. The hum of the fridge was the only sound. Alice stood still for a long moment, her hands pressed flat against the cool counter.

Nia was watching her, waiting.

Finally Alice looked up. “Nia… I thought on it and...”

Nia’s tail twitched. “And?”

Alice turned toward her, heart hammering. “I want you. Just you and me. I don’t mind messing around or… whatever, but I don’t want to share you. Not for real.”

Alice’s pulse thudded in her ears as the weight of her own words settled between them.

Nia didn’t move at first.

She just stared wide-eyed, trembling, like someone had just handed her the world in both hands and she couldn’t quite believe it wouldn’t vanish.

“Alice…” Nia whispered. “Say it again.”

“I want you,” Alice said softly. “Just you and me. I don’t want to share you.”

For a heartbeat, Nia didn’t breathe.

Then something snapped, a dam giving way.

Nia surged forward, hands cupping Alice’s face with a gentleness that didn’t match the wild look in her crimson eyes they were possessive in a way that made Alice’s breath catch.

“You’re choosing me.”

Nia’s voice broke, half-laughter, half-sob.

“Do you know what that means? Do you understand what you just said?”

Alice swallowed. “Yeah. I do.”

Nia pressed her forehead to Alice’s, trembling like she was trying to contain something enormous and barely succeeding.

“You’re mine,” she whispered, voice shaking with joy and something sharper. “Not because I stole you. Not because I kept you. Not because you’re too sweet to say no. You’re mine because you chose me.”

Her grip tightened.

Just enough to make Alice aware that Nia was strong terrifyingly strong.

“And I’ll protect that choice,” Nia breathed, “with everything I am.”

Her smile widened beautiful, haunting.

“I’ve never had anything like this. Anyone like you. And I’ll never let the world take you from me. Ever.”

“Nia ”

“No,” Nia said gently. “You don’t need to say anything else. Just just let me have this moment.”

She looked euphoric.

Unhinged.

frighteningly in love.

Then

“…So I’m guessing that’s a no, huh?”

Nia’s head snapped toward the doorway with the precision of a guillotine.

Mako stood there, leaning on the frame, palms raised.

“Whoa. Easy. I’m not interrupting just confirming.”

Nia didn’t blink.

Didn’t breathe.

Her voice was calm eerily calm.

“She said she wants me. That’s all you need to know.”

Mako held eye contact for exactly one second too long.

Then nodded. “Yeah. Fair enough.”

Nia’s cock twitched in a silent declaration of territory.

Mako cleared their throat. “Well, congrats. I’ll go… be single somewhere else.”

They disappeared so fast it bordered on tactical retreat.

The door clicked shut.

Nia was still holding her wrist.

Nia’s crimson eyes were blown wide, glassy with emotion, pupils trembling with the shock of being chosen. Chosen over everyone. Over everything.

“Nia…” Alice whispered.

Nia stepped closer.

Then closer.

Until there was no space at all.

“You meant what you said,” Nia whispered, her voice shaky in a way Alice had only heard once, during a nightmare she refused to talk about. “You said you choose me.”

Alice nodded, throat tight. “Of course I meant it.”

A laugh broke out of Nia, half-sobbing, all dangerous. She cupped Alice’s face with both hands, fingers trembling like she’d waited years for this moment.

“You have no idea,” Nia breathed, “what you just did to me.”

Alice leaned into her touch, heat blooming under her skin, her body responding with the pink flame of arousal flickering along her body, steam rising faintly.

Nia’s breath shuddered.

“That’s it,” she whispered. “burn for me. Only for me.”

Alice swallowed. “Nia…”

Then everything happened at once.

Nia surged forward and kissed her with the kind of intensity that felt like she wanted to devour her.

Alice gasped softly as Nia’s tongue rushed into her mouth, hot, ****, claiming. Her tail flicked upward in a startled arc before curling around Nia’s thigh instinctively.

Nia pulled her closer, hands sliding to her waist, her back, everywhere, Nia broke the kiss spit trailing between them.

“Mine,” she breathed against Alice’s lips. “You’re mine. Say it again.”

Alice whispered it without thinking. “I’m yours.”

Nia kissed her again, slower this time. Deeper. reverent.

A kiss that felt like her first kiss all over again.

Heat rolled off Alice in waves, her succubus aura responding wildly to Nia’s emotions. The air shimmered between them, little pink like sparks drifting off her skin.

“Alice,” Nia murmured, voice trembling, “I love you so much it scares me.”

“I know,” Alice whispered back. “I love you too.”

Nia made a sound half-whimper, half-growl then leaned her forehead against Alice’s, catching her breath.

“You don’t get it,” she said softly. “I would kill the world for you. I would burn everything. But right now I just ”

Her voice broke.

Alice held her tighter. “Then don’t talk. Just show me.”

Nia didn’t need to be told twice.

She rested her forehead against Alice’s, breath ragged, eyes luminous with devotion, madness and love.

“Alice,” she whispered, “I will never let you go.”

Alice, flushed and glowing, whispered back, “Good. I don’t want you to.”

Nia’s smile made Alice's heart race.

"Nia..." Alice purred, her succubus charms on full display as she pressed close. Her fingertips danced over the defined planes of Nia's chest, making the albino bunny shiver. "Can I...can I fuck your pussy?"

Nia looked pained for a moment, then sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck. "Ah, Alice...I actually don't have one," she admitted quietly. "I'm not a full herm like you."

Alice blinked in shock, "Oh! I...oh gods," she laughed, embarrassed. "I've just been so, ah, preoccupied with your cock that I never even..." she waved a hand, feeling foolish.

Nia huffed out a laugh, her expression both wry and heated. "I'll take that as a compliment," she teased gently, flames of interest flickering in her crimson eyes. "Though I'm quite flattered." Nia rumbled, canting her hips to nudge her impressive cock against Alice's thigh. "And if you really want, I do have other holes... Though I've never really bottomed before..."

"Really? You'd...you'd let me...?" she asked breathlessly, hope flaring in her chest.

"Mmm, Alice," Nia rumbled, trailing a finger along Alice's jaw. "Haven't I made it clear that I'm completely yours? In every way," she said, voice ripe with dark promise.

Alice whimpered, already reaching down to palm Nia's heavy cock as the taller woman ground against her. "Fuck, Nia...I want..."

They moved to the couch, all groping hands and heated skin. Alice pushed Nia down, the bunny sprawling her long, powerful legs lewdly wide. Alice wasted no time climbing over her, straddling Nia's face in a filthy 69.

Nia didn't hesitate, gripping Alice's 10-inch cock and guiding it to her mouth. She tongued the slit obscenely, moaning around the length as Alice's body heat increased.

Alice whined, bucking involuntarily, her taking Nia's impressive 16-in demon horse cock. She stretched her jaw wide, taking in several inches of ribbed, glowing red shaft. It was too thick to fit comfortably, but the succubus didn't relent, sucking wetly noisily.

The sounds of slurping suction and gagging echoed as they 69ed. Nia clearly had less practice, but she eagerly slurped Alice's cock to the hilt even as her much larger horse cock kept the succubus' jaws stretched obscenely wide. Saliva mixed freely with pre-cum, both faces a sloppy mess.

Nia and Alice lost themselves in the lewd rhythm of their wet oral ****, thrusting and sucking with feverish abandon. Their mouths slid up and down each other's cocks, exchanging saliva, precum, and tortured moans.

Alice's tits swayed as she rocked, Nia's cock stuffing her cheeks obscenely. Drool and spit frothed at the edges of her stretched lips, making a sticky, glistening mess. She rolled her hips, feeding Nia more of her own weeping cock, demanding equal treatment.

Nia obliged, relaxing her throat with a grunt and taking Alice's girth to the hilt. Her nose nestled in dark curls, every inch of the succubus' cock suffocated in her obscene heat. Nia squirmed, the tight seal of Alice's throat milking her, spurring her own hips to fuck deeper between those warm wet lips.

The filthy symphony of sucks, slurps, and obscene grunts filled the air. Alice's cheeks hollowed with effort as she gagged on Nia's fat cock. The muscular shaft was almost too much, but she angled her head, relaxing her jaw muscles with a deep breath. Her throat bulged with each of Nia's forceful thrusts, taking the equine length like a professional.

Nia kneaded the globes of Alice's ass, urging her to move. The succubus whined but complied, hips circling as she sucked. Nia growled her approval, spanking Alice's ass. The sharp "crack" only drove Alice's muffled moans higher, her cock twitching on Nia's tongue.

"Fuck, yeah... use your mouth pet," Nia panted through a throat full of cock, burying her nose in Alice's groin. "gonna make me cum so fucking hard..."

Alice moaned desperately in response, bucking into the touch, fucking Nia's mouth with renewed fervor. The sloppy, gagging sounds of their ferocious 69 grew messier and more animalistic...

Their ferocious rhythm crested as they both neared the edge. Nia's hips snapped erratically, her massive cock head scraping Alice's throat with every deep thrust. Alice moaned piteously, jaw aching from the brute-**** face fucking even as her own orgasm bore down on her.

Nia grunted, giving Alice only a split second of warning before her cock erupted. Seared hot ropes of bunny jizz splattered messily across Alice's tongue before flooding her throat. The succubus moaned around the fat length, struggling but eager as she tried to swallow the copious deluge.

Nia came in impossible amounts, her cum quickly overspilling Alice's ability to drink it down. The thick, steaming jizz leaked out from the edges of Alice's lips, dribbling down her chin and neck in a lurid display. Still, Alice continued to suckle and lap at Nia's pulsating cock, **** to get every drop she could.

The obscene mess of Nia's 10-times oversized climax triggered Alice's own release. Her hips stuttered, groin grinding against Nia's gasping mouth. With a strangled moan, she came, her comparatively smaller offering coating Nia's throat.

Nia swallowed greedily, tongue still working the pulsing cock filling her mouth. She suckled Alice through her climax, taking everything the succubus gave with enthusiasm. Dribbles of cum frothed at the corners of Nia's lips, stark against her pale skin.

They collapsed together in a sweaty heap, gasping for air around heaving chests. Alice's cunt continued to twitch and spit lazily, dribbling. Alice lapped at the mess on Nia's softening cock with a whimper, cleaning her worshipfully. Nia returned the favor, tonguing Alice's cunt tenderly as they came down from the high.

Tangled together, they basked in the afterglow, trading filthy jizz soaked kisses swapping each other's flavors back and forth

.The balcony was quiet compared to the rest of the apartment soft city wind, neon glow from the noodle shop, and Nell standing stiff as a board, clutching his coffee cup with both hands.

Maria twirled a strand of her hair and leaned against the railing in a way that absolutely did not happen by accident.

“Sooo,” she said brightly, eyes half-lidded but voice as airy as cotton candy, “you’re, like… twenty-two, right?”

Nell blushed so hard it looked medically concerning.

“O-Oh. Um. Yes. Twenty-two. Technically twenty-two and a half.”

Maria giggled. “Aww, you count halves? That’s so cute.”

Nell’s voice cracked. “I-I don’t normally !”

Maria bounced a little closer,her huge tits bouncing with her movements. “Oh my gosh, you’re ADORABLE. I just want to ”

She paused mid-sentence, brain buffering.

“ you know.”

Nell’s brain turned off like a power switch.

“You want to what!?”

Maria put both hands on his shoulders, eyes sparkling. “OH MY GOD, ARE YOU A BLUSHER?”

“Maria,” Nell begged, “please ”

“No no no, don’t hide it! It’s precious!”

She tapped his cheek gently. “Do it again.”

“I CAN’T DO IT ON COMMAND!”

She giggled. “You just did.”

The balcony door slid open.

Mako stepped through casually, holding two cups of soda, spotted the scene in half a second, and smiled like a fox.

“Well, well,” they said, leaning one shoulder against the doorframe. “Is this a private lesson or can anyone join the fun?”

Nell’s soul left his body.

“M-Mako??”

Maria lit up like a glowstick. “Oh hiiiiii! I'm flirting with Nell because he’s, like, soooo soft come here, you’d make it even better!”

Mako didn’t need to be asked twice.

They handed Nell a soda, took Maria’s offered hand, and slid in beside her with smooth, practiced chaos.

“You know,” Mako said thoughtfully, tapping Nell’s chin, “I’ve always thought his eyelashes were unfair.”

Maria gasped. “YES!! They’re so long! Like are those real??”

“They’re real,” Nell croaked.

“Ugh,” Maria whined dramatically, flipping her hair. “I would KILL for lashes like that.”

Nell blinked rapidly, totally overwhelmed. “P-Please don’t kill anyone ”

Mako cupped Nell’s cheek lightly. “Relax, pretty boy. It’s a compliment. You are extremely easy to look at.”

Nell squeaked so loudly Maria clapped her hands in delight.

“You’re like a little cupcake!” she chirped. “Small, sweet, and absolutely unsafe around me.”

“M-Maria ”

Mako added, “Unsafe around me too, honestly.”

“MAKO!!”

“Oh hush,” Maria cooed, tapping Nell’s nose. “We’re just having fun. Unless…”

Nell froze. “Unless ?”

Maria blinked, smile sunshine-bright. “Unless you WANT more fun?”

Nell made a sound that was 60% panic, 40% interested panic.

Mako: “I mean, if he says yes, I am absolutely in.”

Nell: “WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT OUT LOUD ?!”

Maria: “Awww, he’s flustered again! Adorable!”

Mako: “Maria, I think we broke him.”

Maria: “We can fix him.”

Nell: “NO YOU CAN’T!!”

The balcony door clicked shut behind them as Maria guided Nell backward into the apartment, her lips already pressed against his neck. He stumbled, nearly dropping his coffee cup before Mako smoothly caught it and set it aside.

"Easy there, pretty boy," Mako purred, their sleek android body pressing against Nell's back. "We've got you."

Nell's breath hitched as he found himself sandwiched between them Maria's soft, abundant curves against his front, Mako's firm, synthetic body behind him.

"W-wait, I " Nell stammered.

Maria silenced him with a kiss, her tongue sliding past his lips as her massive breasts pressed against his chest. She tasted like cherries.

Mako's metallic fingers traced down Nell's sides, finding the hem of his shirt. "You know," they murmured against his ear, "I should mention something before we continue."

Nell pulled back from Maria's kiss, gasping. "M-mention what?"

Mako chuckled, guiding Nell's hand downward along their smooth chassis until his fingers brushed against something unmistakably hard beneath their baggy cargo pants.

Nell's eyes went wide. "You you have "

"Surprise," Mako grinned, fangs glinting. "I was a cuntboy last week, but this week its dickgirl. perks of being a doll."

Maria giggled, already tugging Nell's shirt over his head. "Isn't that fun? More options!"

Nell's slender, feminine body trembled as the cool air hit his pale skin. "I didn't I mean both of you ?"

"Both of us," Maria confirmed, her fingers working at his pants. "Unless you want to stop?"

Nell hesitated for exactly one heartbeat before shaking his head. "N-no. Don't stop."

Mako and Maria exchanged triumphant grins.

They guided him to the wide couch, Maria pulling him down on top of her while Mako positioned themselves behind him. Maria's white blouse fell open, revealing her enormous breasts barely contained by a lacy bra that she quickly discarded.

"Come here, cupcake," she cooed, pulling Nell's face against her chest.

Nell whimpered as his lips found her nipple, sucking instinctively while Maria moaned and ran her fingers through his hair. Behind him, Mako's mechanical hands spread his thighs apart, their cock warm despite being synthetic pressing against his entrance.

"Relax," Mako instructed, "I'll go slow. At first."

The pressure built, and Nell gasped against Maria's breast as Mako pushed inside him. The android's cock was perfectly designed ribbed, warm,pre lubed and thick enough to stretch him deliciously without pain.

"Oh god," Nell moaned, his voice cracking. "Oh god, oh god "

"Good boy," Mako praised, beginning to thrust with precise, measured strokes. "Such a good, pretty boy."

Maria wiggled beneath them, hiking her leather skirt up around her hips and pulling her panties aside. "My turn for attention, sweetie."

She guided Nell's head down between her thick thighs, and he obediently pressed his tongue against her wet folds. Maria threw her head back with a moan as Nell licked and sucked at her clit, his technique clumsy but enthusiastic.

"Fuck yes," Maria gasped, grinding against his face. "Right there, baby just like that "

Mako increased their pace, their hips slapping against Nell's ass with mechanical precision. Each thrust pushed the femboy deeper into Maria's pussy, creating a rhythm that had all three of them moaning.

"He's so tight," Mako groaned, their orange eyes flickering pink with pleasure "Maria, you should feel this "

"I want to," Maria panted. "Switch?"

They rearranged effortlessly Maria pushing Nell onto his back while she straddled his slender cock, taking him inside her with a satisfied moan. Mako moved to Nell's head, their synthetic cock pressing against his lips.

"Open up, pretty boy."

Nell obeyed, and Mako slid into his mouth, groaning as his tongue worked along their shaft. Maria rode him energetically, her massive tits bouncing with each movement as she moaned his name.

Nell was overwhelmed Maria's tight, wet heat around his cock, Mako's thick shaft filling his mouth, hands everywhere, pleasure flooding every nerve. He couldn't think, could barely breathe, could only exist in this moment of absolute sensation.

"He's close," Maria announced breathlessly, feeling him twitch inside her. "Fuck, I'm close too "

"Together," Mako commanded, their thrusts into Nell's mouth growing erratic. "All together "

Maria screamed as she came, her walls clenching around Nell's cock. The sensation pushed him over the edge, and he moaned around Mako's shaft as he spilled inside her. Mako followed a moment later, synth cum filling Nell's mouth as he swallowed desperately.

They collapsed together in a sweaty, tangled heap on the couch Maria's soft curves, Mako's sleek metal, and Nell's trembling body all intertwined.

"Holy shit," Nell whispered hoarsely.

Maria giggled, kissing his cheek. "Good?"

"I... I can't feel my legs."

Mako smirked, stroking his hair. "Mission accomplished."

Maria snuggled closer. "So... same time next week?"

Nell made a cute sound they 100% took as agreement.

The living room lights flickered as the apartment’s old wiring coughed under the strain of the cheap speaker Jen had plugged in.

She didn’t notice.

She was too busy yelling at a blue shell.

“DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE

OH COME ON!” Jen shouted at the TV. “Rainbow Road is a hate crime!”

She tossed the controller onto the floor and groaned dramatically, stretching her arms over her head. “Ugh. I need a drink or I’m gonna ”

She turned around.

And froze.

Exactly one full second passed.

Then very calmly, very softly, Jen said:

“…What. The. Actual. FUCK?”

Alice and Nia jerked upright on the couch, hair a mess, flushed, glowing (Alice literally), cushions on the floor, and definitely guilty as hell.

Jen blinked once.

Twice.

Then made a sound that was somewhere between a gag, a laugh, and a horrified scream.

“Okay, wow, okay FIRST OF ALL,” Jen said, pointing wildly at both of them, “I WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE. I WAS TEN FEET AWAY. I WAS PLAYING FUCKING MARIO KART do you understand how psychologically scarring that is?!”

Alice squeaked. Actually squeaked. “We it’s not we thought you were ”

“Busy?! Yeah! Yeah, I was BUSY getting red-shelled! Not busy WATCHING WHATEVER THE HELL THAT WAS ” Jen gestured vaguely toward the couch like she feared describing it would summon a demon.

Nia did not look embarrassed.

Not even a little.

She sat back, jizz still on her cheek from kissing, eyes predatory and annoyed at being interrupted.

“You weren’t supposed to turn around,” Nia said flatly.

“EXCUSE ME?!” Jen barked. “Sorry, next time I’ll KEEP MY EYES LOCKED ON MARIO’S ASS like a GOOD LITTLE GUEST!”

Alice buried her face in her hands.

Jen paced like she was about to combust. “Nope. Nope nope nope. I’m leaving. I’m LEAVING the ROOM. I’m getting water. Maybe bleach. Maybe a priest.”

“Jen ” Alice tried.

“NOPE. DON’T TALK TO ME. I AM IN MY ANTI-DEMON ERA.”

Nia’s ears twitched. “Watch your tone.”

Jen threw her hands up. “OH, SORRY, PRINCESS. Am I offending your sensibilities after I just WALKED IN ON ”

Alice cut her off quickly, loudly, desperately,

“ JEN. PLEASE. STOP TALKING.”

Jen glared at them both, deeply offended on multiple levels.

“You two are UNHINGED,” she snapped. “Like I knew you were monsters, but this? This is a PUBLIC FUCKING HEALTH HAZARD!”

“Leave,” Nia said with deadpan menace.

“I AM LEAVING,” Jen hissed, She slammed the door behind her.

Silence.

Alice groaned and collapsed against Nia. “She’s never gonna let us live this down.”

Nia stroked Alice’s hair, utterly unbothered. “She shouldn’t have turned around.”

Alice’s tail whispered, “She saw everything.”

“Good,” Nia said, leaning back smugly.

Alice was still trying to catch her breath when she realized something alarming

The apartment was too quiet.

Which was never a good sign.

Alice sat up fast. “Nia… where’d everyone go?”

Nia wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, unbothered. “Does it matter?”

“Yes!” Alice hissed. “We’re hosting a party!”

Nia blinked at her. Slowly. “…Right. The party.”

Alice scrambled to her feet, tugging her clothes back on. Nia rose after her, calm as a cat stretching after a nap. She reached over and adjusted Alice’s hair with a soft, possessive smile.

“You’re adorable when you panic pet,” Nia murmured.

Alice smacked her shoulder weakly. “Stop being cute, I’m trying to function!”

Her tail added unhelpfully “We are very much not functioning.”

Together, still rumpled, still glowing with the afterheat of too much adrenaline and affection, they stepped into the hallway.

No voices.

No footsteps.

Just the faint hum of old lights.

They crossed the living room.

And heard it.

A soft, high-pitched whimper.

A sharp gasp.

And Maria’s unmistakable giggle.

“Oh no,” Alice whispered. “Oh no no no ”

They reached the badroom door.

Nia opened it.

Slowly.

And the scene unfolded like a fever dream:

Maria’s shirt was halfway off her shoulder, hair mussed, cheeks flushed.

Mako was leaning against the wall cock still out with the laziest, smuggest expression in the world, shirt untucked.

Nell was on the floor, wrapped in a throw blanket, looking like he had just seen the face of God and wasn’t emotionally equipped for it.

All three froze mid-movement.

The silence was deafening.

Finally Maria waved brightly.

“Hiiii sweetheart! We were just… bonding!”

Mako’s grin sharpened. “Team-building exercise.”

Nell, pale as a ghost, clutched the blanket tighter. “…I uh they we I think I died.”

Alice pointed at him. “Are are you okay?!”

Nell made a noise like a boiling kettle. “I um I’ve never that was I mean I was I was a virgin before before before… THAT.”

Alice slapped a hand over her own mouth.

Nia slapped a hand over Alice’s mouth.

At least five emotions hit them both at once.

Maria clapped her hands proudly. “Not anymore!”

“MOM!” Alice yelped through Nia’s fingers.

Mako gave Nell a comforting pat on the shoulder. “He did great.”

Nell squeaked loudly.

Nia stared at them with a flat expression that somehow carried forty-seven layers of judgment.

“…That's my bed you'd better not break it,” she said.

“We won’t!” Maria beamed.

“We might,” Mako admitted.

Nell squeaked louder.

Alice dragged her hands down her face. “I cannot believe this is what my housewarming party turned into.”

The awkward, chaotic energy on the balcony hadn’t even begun to settle when every phone in the apartment vibrated at once.

A sharp, shrill tone cut through the air

PING PING PING PING PING

A bright white holo-panel snapped into existence in front of them, flickering with urgent red sigils.

Then another.

And another.

Nia’s ears shot up.

Alice’s tail jerked in alarm.

two more panels flared to life one for Maria, one for Nell. Jen’s panel must have activated wherever she’d stormed off to.

Maria’s smile vanished.

Mako reached for their panel before the second vibration finished.

Jen, shouted from outside.

“THE HELL IS THAT?!”

Everyone’s screens lit up with the same urgent crimson message.

GUILD PRIORITY ALERT LEVEL ONE

UNSTABLE PORTAL DETECTED

LOCATION CEDAR DISTRICT ZONE 14

ESTIMATED 0.4 MILES FROM YOUR COORDINATES

ALL AVAILABLE DELVERS MUST REPORT IMMEDIATELY

CAUTION NO DATA ON DUNGEON TYPE

Alice’s stomach dropped.

Nia’s tail bristled, every muscle in her body tightening.

“…That’s here,” she murmured.

Maria swore softly under her breath. “They weren’t joking about the instability after Candyland fell. Damn it.”

Jen burst onto the balcony, phone in hand, eyes wide.

“Guys this isn’t a drill. The system's flagging it red.”

Mako frowned. “Candyland being gone means the mana’s gonna keep spitting random portals until something stabilizes.” Their tone sobered. “We knew this was coming.”

Nell clutched his blanket tighter. “Y-You mean this is going to happen… everywhere?”

Maria nodded grimly. “Until another portal locks the leyline in place, yes.”

Alice swallowed hard, heat prickling under her skin. “So we’re it. We’re nearest.”

Nia stepped forward, shoulders already squaring the way they always did right before she decided to kill something.

“We need to move.”

Mako tossed Nell his shirt. “Congrats on losing your virginity, buddy your afterglow is over.”

Nell let out a choked sound of despair as he scrambled to put his clothes back on.

Alice felt her heart hammering, the familiar thrill and dread mixing in her veins.

She reached for Nia’s hand without thinking.

Nia took it instantly, squeezing once, firmly.

“I’ll stay with you,” Nia said quietly.

“I know,” Alice whispered back.

Maria caught her arm before she could leave.

She didn’t say “be careful.”

She didn’t need to.

Instead, she kissed Alice’s forehead.

“I’ll notify the guild. You handle the first check.”

Mako smirked. “Five. Technically.”

Jen’s voice echoed down the hall as she stomped back toward the group, holo-panel floating in front of her.

“HEY! WHY ARE WE ALL GETTING PORTAL ALERTS OH. OH GREAT. OF COURSE IT’S OUR BLOCK.”

She stopped dead when she saw Alice and Nia step out of the bedroom, flushed, hair messy, barely dressed.

Jen raised a brow. “Really?”

Alice’s face went red again. “Jen NOT NOW.”

Jen scoffed, tossing her hair. “Whatever. Let’s just go before this turns into another Candyland situation.”

Nia stared her down with a slow, predatory smile that promised **** if Jen pushed another inch.

Jen shut up.

Mako clapped their hands. “Alright! Everyone grab your gear. We’ve got work.”

Nell looked like he might pass out. “I I’m not even done shaking…”

Maria patted his cheek sympathetically. “You’ll walk it off, cupcake.”

Alice took Nia’s hand.

Jen grabbed her gloves.

Mako pulled up their HUD.

Nell nearly tripped over the sliding door frame.

Nia cracked her knuckles like someone who couldn’t wait for a legal excuse to commit ****.

Alice’s tail flicked behind her, muttering, “Wonderful. Dessert after dinner.”

Alice didn’t correct it.

This was their job now.

Their responsibility.

And their portal.

As the Company of the Coin rushed down the stairwell into the neon-lit streets, the air around them vibrated with unstable mana humming, sizzling, tugging at the edges of reality.

Somewhere in the distance, something cracked open.

A sound like a carnival laugh and a creature’s growl blended together.

Alice felt her pulse spike.

Nia’s hand tightened around hers.

“Well,” Jen muttered darkly, “This is a fine welcome to the neighborhood.”

The street was lit in flickering lights of the unstable portal already surrounded by adventurers by the time Company of the Coin arrived. The air itself felt too thick, too sweet like the humidity before a storm that hadn’t decided which direction to break.

A half-dozen adventurer groups were already gathered, weapons drawn, drones hovering with active scans.

Alice recognized only one group immediately

Lionheart.

Or… the new version of it.

Leo stood between Kiki and Koko, looking absolutely miserable and horny in the same breath. His armor had been replaced by something like harem Girl bikini armor his chest was fully exposed perky nipples fully erect in the night air.. . He was blushing furiously.

Kiki waved enthusiastically with one big green hand.

Koko squeezed Leo’s waist with the other.

Jolie stood behind them, calm as a mother dragon, both hands resting protectively on her tiny baby bump.

Alice exhaled softly. At least they were okay.

“Guess we’re not the only ones who felt the alert,” Mako muttered, scanning the crowd.

Jen scoffed. “Yeah, well, some of us didn’t need to sprint here with our hair still wet.”

Nell adjusted his glasses, still pink with embarrassment from earlier. “I-I’m fine. Really. I recovered.”

Maria, who had insisted on coming stood slightly behind them, arms crossed, evaluating the situation like a veteran.

The air hummed.

The portal pulsed.

And Leo noticed Alice.

“Oh ! Alice!! Uh hi !” He immediately pulled down the hem of his skirt loincloth-thing, even though it didn’t help. “W-What are YOU doing here?!”

Alice opened her mouth to answer

KRSHHHHH.

The portal tore open wider.

Everyone froze.

Weapons raised.

Nia stepped in front of Alice without hesitation.

Jen muttered, “…Here we go.”

A shadow moved behind the portal veil.

A humanoid shape.

Two shapes.

Three

Then

A single figure stumbled out.

Small.

Colorful.

Utterly absurd.

She somersaulted forward, landing in a perfect split, arms raised like she was finishing a stage routine.

A clown girl.

Bright pastel hair in bouncing curls, striped stockings and gloves., a frilly heart-covered bodice, and a smile that was somehow both adorable and unsettling. Her eyes glowed candy pink, pupils shaped like little hearts.

She popped up with a theatrical gasp, threw confetti in the air (actual confetti), and announced in a sing-song voice

“Welcome, welcome, welcomeeeeee

to the Grand Re-Opening of…

CANDYWORLD!

Formerly Candyland, may she rest in sticky, gooey pieces~!”

Every adventurer stared.

“...What?” Mako said flatly.

The Harlequin girl did another cartwheel and produced a lollipop staff from thin air.

“I am Penny Pop! Official Dungeon Hostess! Event Coordinator! And occasional limb-remover if you’re naughty!”

She winked and her eyelid made a cartoonish ding!

Alice’s stomach dropped.

Nia’s tail curled around her leg, whispering, “This is a trap.”

Jen whispered, “This is definitely a trap.”

Maria muttered, “I liked the candyman better.”

Penny twirled her staff like a baton. “Our Lady of Sweets the illustrious Dungeon Goddess of Confectionary Calamity is DELIGHTED to welcome you back!”

Kiki raised a hand awkwardly. “Uh… is she gonna try to kill us?”

“Oh honey,” Penny said sweetly. “Only if you’re boring.”

Leo squeaked as Koko pulled him behind her protectively.

Alice’s head spun.

Candyland is back? No, not possible. Too improbable. Dice… are you doing this?

Penny cupped her hands around her mouth.

“Step right up! Step right in! This portal will remain unstable until someone claims it FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!”

A ripple of worry ran through the adventurers.

Portals left unchecked meant more instability. More random breaches. More danger.

And this one…

Alice could smell it.

Sugar.

Mana.

And something beneath both.

Something hungry.

Penny pointed her staff dramatically at the crowd.

“Well?! Who’s brave enough to enter CANDYWORLD 2.0?” she giggled. “There’s new rides! New monsters! And a brand-new final boss who’s just DYING to meet you!”

The portal rumbled.

Hard.

Like something inside was impatient.

Or laughing.

Nia tightened her grip on her sword. “We go in now. Before something worse comes out.”

“Agreed,” Mako said, already activating their combat HUD.

Nell swallowed hard. “H-How much worse can it be?”

Penny leaned sideways.

“Oh, sweet cheeks,” she cooed, “you have no

idea~.”

Maria stepped forward suddenly, interposing herself between the portal and Jolie.

“No,” she said firmly. “You’re staying here.”

Jolie nodded, hugging her belly protectively. “I’m not risking the baby. I’ll stay with the Guild medics.”

As if summoned by her words, several armored guild representatives jogged around the corner, setting up portable triage screens, mana barriers, and supply crates.

One of them spotted Alice.

“Coin Company good. You’re closest. You go first.”

Alice nodded, throat tight.

Nia glowed with grim satisfaction.

Nell adjusted his glasses "actually, it's company of the coin"

Kiki and Koko cracked their knuckles.

Leo whimpered, clutching Kiki’s arm.

Jen shoved Alice back into the group, still pissed from earlier.

Mako rolled their shoulders like they were warming up for a track meet.

Penny floated backward, a foot above the ground, her mask shifting into a mischievous grin.

“Alright, my brave little gumdrops~! Places everyone!

Cue the theme music ”

There was no theme music.

“Alice,” Nia murmured, leaning close enough her breath brushed Alice’s ear. “Stay with me.”

“I’ll be fine,” Alice whispered back.

Nia smiled.

It was not a sane smile.

Company of the Coin stepped forward.

Penny clapped excitedly, cheers bursting from her in three different voices at once. Her mask flashed through six clown archetypes in under a second.

“AND INTO THE SUGAR ABYSS THEY GOOOOO !”

They crossed the threshold.

The world folded.

Colors twisted.

Flavors hummed against their teeth.

Mana snapped like a broken rubber band.

Alice felt her stomach drop out of existence.

Nia’s hand reached for hers

then reality shattered.

A mana surge hit.

Hard.

Violent.

Chaotic.

The portal’s unstable core bucked like a bull throwing riders.

Every adventurer screamed or swore.

Every party line dissolved.

Every tether snapped.

SYSTEM ERROR

PARTY FORMATION LOST

CONNECTION LOST

RANDOMIZED POINT ASSIGNED

GOOD LUCK :)

The smiley face was unnecessary and rude.

Alice felt herself yanked sideways, pulled like taffy through a too-bright kaleidoscope.

Her senses overloaded cotton-candy mist, the smell peppermint lightning,

Then she slammed onto something cold and sticky.

Her lungs seized from the shock.

Her ears rang.

Her vision swam.

She groaned, breath puffing in a small plume of frost. “Nia…?”

But the voice that answered was a panicked squeak.

“A-Alice?! Oh thank god!”

She blinked until the blur sharpened.

Leo was crouched beside her, shaking her shoulder frantically nipples painfully stiff from the icy air, skin dusted with what looked like powdered sugar snow.

He looked miserable, freezing… and deeply relieved.

“A-Are you okay?!” Leo squeaked.

Alice **** herself upright, shivering. “I… think so. Where’s Nia?”

Leo swallowed hard. “I-I don’t know I didn’t see anyone Kiki and Koko vanished I woke up on a a scoop of ice cream, I think !”

Another voice spoke behind them, trembling.

“I… I’m here too.”

Alice turned.

Nell sat slumped against what she’d mistaken for a gingerbread wall but now that her eyes adjusted, she realized it was a giant wafer cookie half-frozen into a drift of mint-chip snow. His cloak was stuck to caramel swirl, and his holopanel flickered beside him.

He hugged himself, breath fogging.

“A-Alice…” he whispered. “Something is very wrong here.”

Alice finally took in their surroundings.

And her stomach dropped.

They were on a glacial mountainside, but everything everything was made from ice-cream-themed confectionery.

The sky above them was cotton-candy pink, streaked with drifting vanilla-white auroras.

The slopes around them were layered in mint-green snow, chunks of chocolate chips embedded like obsidian rocks.

Massive candy-cane pillars curved from the ground like frozen red-and-white pine trees, creaking faintly in the cold wind.

A ridge of jagged rocky sherbet cliffs rose to the east, glowing faintly under the aurora.

And far below the ledge they stood on…

A vast landscape of ice-cream valleys stretched endlessly, glittering under a soft sugar glaze.

Something distant moved beneath the mist, shadows twisting under the icy fog.

Then

RRROOOOAARRRR-hihihihi!!

A laugh.

A shriek.

A roar.

Thunderous and playful and hungry all at once rolling across the ice-cream mountains like a storm.

Alice’s tail curled tight around her thigh.

“Oh good,” it muttered. “Nightmare dessert hell.”

Leo whimpered, hugging his mostly bare chest.

Nell buried his face in his knees. “This is… this is a frozen sugar biome.”

Alice pushed herself fully to her feet, steadying her breath.

The three of them were alone.

Separated from the others.

Dropped into the middle of an unstable, resurrected dungeon that absolutely wasn’t supposed to exist and now had its own frozen section.

And somewhere far away past the sherbet cliffs, across the mint-chip valley, through the candy-cane forests

That laughter came again.

The three of them crouched behind a ridge of rocky Neapolitan ice, breath frosting the air in little puffs as the wind howled down the mountain like some angry dessert god.

Leo trembled so violently his teeth were clacking.

“I-I-Is this normal cold?!” he squeaked, clutching his exposed chest, nipples peaked like diamonds. “I can’t I can’t feel my ANYTHING !”

Alice, radiating enough heat to melt the frosting off the rocks, stared at him flatly. “You’re wearing a loincloth in a blizzard.”

Alice’s tail snorted. “It’s lingerie with delusions of grandeur.”

Leo looked personally attacked.

Nell, wrapped in his cloak like a trembling marshmallow burrito, peered over the ridge. “W-we should get higher up. If we reach the summit, we can see the dungeon layout and ”

He cut himself off with a shriek.

Because waddling across the snowy marshmallow field below were what looked like Ice-Cream Yetis.

They were eight feet tall, shaped like frosted snowmen stacked three scoops high, each scoop dripping mint-chocolate syrup like blood. Their eyes were black gumdrops. Their claws were sharpened candy canes. Their breath fogged the air into peppermint blizzards.

One grumbled.

Another sniffed.

A third flexed a candy-cane claw with a spine-chilling creeaaaaak.

Leo curled into Alice’s side. “I hate this dungeon. I hate this dungeon SO MUCH.”

Alice stood slowly, stretching her back as steam curled off her skin in soft, rose-colored wisps.

“I’ve got this.”

Her tail perked. “Ohhh, she’s gonna use it.”

Nell blinked. “Use what?”

Alice pulled something from her inventory.

Bright pink. Glittery. Covered in stickers.

The most obnoxious, over-designed, violently magical baseball bat imaginable.

The head was studded with heart-shaped spikes.

A smiling corgi sticker on the handle read

BONK! BAD GIRL!

Nell stared. “…What is that?”

Alice sighed like someone revealing a guilty pleasure.

“My new cash-shop weapon.”

Leo stared in horror.

“It’s called ” Alice spun it dramatically, scattering heart-shaped sparkles “The BONKbat.”

Her tail added smugly, “Scales damage with arousal. Very on-brand.”

Leo made a strangled sound. “Dice gave you a weapon that gets STRONGER the hornier you are?!”

Alice shrugged. “I didn’t design it I Just bought it off the cash shop.”

Nell whimpered. “P-please don’t hit anything near me with that.”

Alice grinned, teeth sharp.

The Yetis noticed them.

Three horned heads turned.

Peppermint growls rumbled.

Leo froze. “Oh hell.”

Nell raised his staff. “O-oh gods !”

Alice twirled the BONKbat onto her shoulder, tail swaying.

“Relax.”

The pink heat shimmered stronger around her skin.

Steam rose off her shoulders like a kettle.

The spikes on the bat began to glow.

Because she thought of Nia.

And that was enough to supercharge the weapon.

whump whump whump the sound of the BONKbat humming with power.

The Yetis roared.

Alice hissed back.

“Okay, boys…” she whispered, tail curling with anticipation.

“Come get BONKED.”

The wind howled like a dying blender as the three towering creatures lumbered into view.

They weren’t Yetis.

Not exactly.

The system was calling them GelatoGronks.

Eight feet tall, with claws that scraped the frosted stone.

Nell squeaked. “They they’re level twenty-plus!”

Leo squeaked louder. “I’m level FIFTEEN AND HALF-NAKED!”

A Gelato-Gronk leaned in and sniffed, the sound like a slurping straw.

Alice exhaled a plume of pink steam.

“…Okay. No.”

Her horns glowed.

Her hooves dug into the frosted mint.

Heat rippled off her skin in a shimmering haze, melting the snow beneath her.

GOAT FORM ACTIVATED

Her horns burst with crimson light.

Her muscles tightened under her skin like coiled rope.

The BONKbat hummed like a revving engine.

whummm

whummm

WHUMMM

Leo shielded himself with both arms. “A-Alice your bat is vibrating in ways a bat should not vibrate ”

Her tail scoffed, “told you It’s lust-powered, genius. Stand back unless you want to disintegrate.”

Alice planted one hoof, swung the BONKbat up onto her shoulder like a smug delinquent, and grinned.

“Let’s dance.”

The Gelato-Gronks charged.

The first Gelato-Gronk lunged.

Alice vaulted forward

a blur of horns, heat, and pink sparks

and met its face mid-charge with a home-run swing.

BONK!!!

The impact cracked like thunder.

The Gelato-Gronk’s mint-chip skull exploded, melting into a green slush that splattered across the snow in a steaming crater.

Leo shrieked. “WHAT WAS THAT?!”

Nell pushed his glasses up, stunned. “A… a crit? A critical hit?!”

Alice didn’t answer.

She was already on the second one.

She spun the BONKbat like a dancer twirling a staff fast, reckless, and struck the creature three times in rapid succession:

BONK! BONK! BONK-BONK!

Each hit produced a shockwave of sugar-pink sparks, the monster melting faster with every strike.

A final overhead smash split it like a cracked ice-cream sundae.

The third Gelato-Gronk roared, raising both massive arms.

Nell shouted from behind a rock, “Alice, right flank LOOK OUT !”

She didn’t dodge.

She countered

slamming her hooves into the ice, launching herself up in a perfect aerial spin, BONKbat trailing pink comet-light behind her

and came down with a meteor-strike swing.

KRA-BONK!!!

The monster froze mid-motion.

Then collapsed into a heap of rainbow sherbet.

Steam rose in columns.

Alice landed in a three-point crouch, BONKbat resting over her shoulder, pink aura glowing like a neon halo around her horns.

Her tail hissed smugly. “Flawless victory.”

Leo: trembling,

Nell: trying not to hyperventilate

Alice: steaming demonic goddess with a meme bat

Leo: trembling,“I uh I helped. I think. Emotionally.”

Nell patted his shoulder. “You… didn’t die. That’s honestly remarkable.”

Alice shook melting sherbet off her hooves. “We need altitude. This mountain’s the fastest way.”

Leo hugged himself, shivering so hard his teeth chattered. “C-can we PLEASE move? My balls are turning into ice cubes ”

Alice, already walking, sighed. “Stay close.”

Her tail added, “If you freeze to ****, she is NOT carrying you.”

They pushed on.

The wind roared.

Alice tightened her grip on the BONKbat.

“Come on,” she murmured.

“We’re not done yet.”

The wind got worse the higher they climbed.

Not just cold weaponized cold, the kind that bit skin through clothing and howled with a minty sting that felt designed to punish bare flesh.

Which made Leo’s current outfit extremely unfortunate.

“C-cold ” Leo chattered, hugging himself so tightly he looked like a blushing pretzel. “I-I'm fine, I can… we can keep… I’m just ”

He tripped on a rocky mound and face-planted into the ice cream.

Alice sighed. “We’re stopping.”

“But ” Nell began.

“No.”

Alice pointed ahead. “Cave. There.”

The three of them trudged toward the shadowed opening a hollow in the mountainside. The interior glowed faintly from mana crystals embedded in the walls, lighting the small cavern in a warm amber glow.

It was more then big enough for the three of them to sit.

Leo immediately dove inside like a starving man spotting soup.

Alice followed, heat still rolling off her skin in small shimmering waves pink flame flickering along her shoulders and horns.

Which was a problem here.

Because Leo, freezing and nearly naked, immediately crawled into the space next to her, practically molding himself to her side like a shivering cat.

And the second he touched her?

Her heat spiked.

Steam rose from her hair.

Pink heat shimmer flickered across her chest.

Her succubus aura pulsed with instinctive hunger.

Her tail whispered sharply, “You could do it. You could take everything he has.”

Alice clenched her jaw. “Stop.”

Nell sat across from them, huddled in his cloak, watching the storm outside turning a blizzard. “We might be stuck here for a bit. The visibility is zero.”

Leo whimpered, burying his face into Alice’s breasts. “I-I’m sorry, I know I shouldn’t be but you’re warm and I’m going to d-d-die ”

Alice’s heart twisted.

He wasn’t flirting.

He wasn’t being bratty.

He was genuinely freezing.

So she wrapped an arm around him.

He melted against her instantly.

And her heat rose even more.

Pink steam wisped off her hard cock.

Her horns glowed softly.

The BONKbat, resting beside her, hummed faintly in resonance.

Alice squeezed her eyes shut.

This is bad, her succubus instincts were screaming at her.

He’s higher level.

He’s weak right now.

He’s alone.

If you took his levels everyone would be safer.

You could protect them better.

You could protect the entire team.

Just fuck, and your Levels jump

“Alice…?”

Nell’s voice was small. “You’re steaming again.”

“I know,” she said tightly.

Leo shuddered against her. “S-sorry. I-I know this is awkward, but I really can’t stop shaking…”

Alice placed a hand on the back of his head, fingers threading into his hair.

“Leo,” she murmured, “it’s okay. Just… stay still.”

Her instincts purred.

Her rational mind screamed.

She had promised Nia.

She had vowed to be loyal, committed, devoted.

And yet

Her biology whispered that letting Leo’s high-level mana go to waste while he clung to her like this was a danger, not a temptation.

That failing to grow stronger was a threat to the party.

That Nia would be safer if she had more power.

Her tail hissed softly.

“Alice… your survival matters. Feeding doesn’t mean betrayal.”

“Yes, it does,” Alice whispered.

Leo pulled back just enough to blink up at her, cheeks pink but eyes wide with worry. “Alice…? Are you okay?”

No.

She wasn’t.

Her entire body hummed with hunger and heat.

Her heart pounded so fast her chest shook with it.

The urge to lean down and

She tightened her grip on his shoulders instead.

Nell watched, oblivious to the war raging inside her. “Alice? You’re… sweating. Are you too warm?”

Leo whispered, “If she’s too warm she can give it to me…”

Alice slapped a hand over his mouth without thinking.

Nell blinked in confusion.

Alice’s face burned.

In her mind, Nia’s voice echoed.

You choose me.

You’re mine.

Alice pressed a hand over her heart, struggling to steady her breath.

She wanted to be loyal.

Wanted to be good.

Wanted to choose love over instinct.

But the dungeon was dangerous.

Their parties were scattered.

Nia was gone, maybe in danger.

Leo was warm in her arms, helpless and high-level.

And the deeper they walked into Candyworld…

…the more her succubus body whispered:

Eat. Grow. Feed. Rise. Fuck. Survive.

Alice curled around Leo, squeezing him protectively.

“I’m fine,” she lied.

Nell didn’t believe her.

Leo definitely didn’t.

Her tail whispered darkly in her ear

“You can’t keep this up much longer.”

Alice trembled.

“Nia…” she whispered under her breath.

She didn’t know if she was praying for strength

or forgiveness.