OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING! PLACES EVERYONE!

"So, I think the idea was we should skip the side branch and just continue the main story... So, let's do that," Alide says.

The two of them are no longer in The Tower Below seemingly, but much like the story they came from they appear to have moved to a nice beach. Dahlia is dressed in a simple white bikini top and a similarly white thong, the white contrasting with her ebony skin, "Mmm... Yeah let's do that..." she mumbles, her eyes closed, clearly just enjoying the feeling of the sun on her skin as she lounges on the beach, a crimson coloured beach towel underneath her.

Alide for her part is wearing a beige sarong and bright yellow bikini top, while sitting on a white plastic beach chair. A pair of flip flops on her feet, the sound of the waves crashing against the shore and the far off cries of birds the only sound as Alide raises her hand, a monitor appearing and she scrolls through finding where they are in the story.

"Alright found it!" she says after a bit then glances over at Dahlia who has clearly fallen asleep, "you're like a cat..." Alide mutters and then gets up, walks down to the water, cups some water in her hand and walks back up before pouring it onto Dahlia's face.

"Ah! What?!" Dahlia yelps as she sits up in surprise.

"No napping, we have a job to do!" Alide chastises her and Dahlia grumbles and glances at the monitor as it's broadcast in front of the two of them.

"Okay so... We're following the main branch... which gives us our new Lamia character... Cheryl... of Brood Spiteblood. Which is a cute bit of contrast, but also now all I can think of is this character is Cheryl Blossom, but as a Snake woman..." Dahlia grudgingly reads.

"Also, gonna give credit to the joke about her trudging to work with no legs thing. That's cute as well," Alide chimes in.

"Also the problems of being a cold blooded creature in a world where everything is designed for warm blooded creatures. You'd think they'd have some sort of accommodation though, or maybe this society is just as subconsciously racist as Arthur might be," Dahlia adds with a shrug.

"So... anyway Cheryl decides to get a hot coffee and runs into Danyssa and Becky and for once... Once! Arthur is technically going to actually make someone's life better it seems. Since Dany's desire to give Arthur a harem has seemingly made her decide to move Cheryl somewhere warm in the building... Arthur's area in the basement of course, but like... That for once actually works out to Cheryl's benefit... Incoming sex slavery not withstanding," Alide explains.

"Oh wow the next chapter is... really short, it might be the shortest chapter we've read in this story so far," Dahlia notes as they start on the next chapter.

"Is 'Hey. Hey. Wakey wakey hands off snakey.' said to a Lamia, as culturally insensitive as it seems?" Alide asks.

"Honestly I don't even know... I think we can stop commenting on every seemingly racist or culturally insensitive thing that happens in this story and just file it under assumed racism or vastly different cultural norms in this world..." Dahlia decides.

"Anyway the meat of the chapter is, Arthur goes to interview Cheryl who is asleep on a desk. He tries his best to wake her without touching her, because he does not want to immediately mind control every one of these women apparently even though... I mean the plan is that he'll mind control them into his harem eventually anyway right? Like that was the plan? I actually can't remember..." Dahlia continues and Alide cuts her off.

"Honestly me either, but it has been a while since we read this... Also you went on a tangent before reaching the point which is that despite his efforts he does accidentally end up touching her which of course means, more mind control..." Alide explains.

"Okay so... the mind control stuff in the next chapter is... a little interesting, he starts in with some obvious sex stuff, essentially priming her for the idea that she should ask for help when cold, which based on previous patterns would have of course then led to it's totally normal for people to help warming you up with hot hot sex, but that doesn't happen, because he decides he doesn't really want her in his harem, not cause he's not attracted to her, but because he's having trouble keeping up with his current harem, which is pretty interesting. I mean it's not quite what we'd been talking about, but it is sort of a logical lead in from the idea he made all of them basically constantly want his dick that now he's suffering from having to constantly satisfy all of them. I'm not sure that's the intent, but if it is, good job, makes sense," Dahlia praises the story and Alide nods before continuing.

"Anyway, so instead he decides to drop the warmth stuff for the most part, still having her ask people for help when cold, which is just a good idea honestly and instead starts focusing on making her want to join his department still... for some reason, I guess so she's still available for the harem later and for her to not find anything he does with his harem weird and not to report it to anyone else which makes sense... Then Dany shows up and he actually has to explain to her about his powers so now someone else, a member of his harem, knows about his mind control abilities! This is cool, this could result in something really interesting... or it could fall flat on it's face... Let's find out!" Alide explains with enthusiasm.

"I mean if it did end up causing an obvious problem he could easily rectify it, but let's see how the story handles it, my guess... It's not going to be a problem at all and Dany either will not make the connection between herself and this mind control or won't consider it a bad thing..." Dahlia suggests.

"Okay nevermind he straight up tells her he did it to her... at the end of the paragraph we both stopped reading to comment on..." Alide adds and then hesitates, "are we bad reviewers?"

"Yes," Dahlia answers bluntly. "also Dany finds the idea he mind controlled her and others hot as fuck and there is indeed no problem at all,"

"Or maybe it is a problem since Dany is kind of a **** herself and gives Cheryl commands herself forcibly making Cheryl part of Arthur's harem against his will and then enticing Arthur to fuck Cheryl... God damn Dany... You are a fucked up chick..." Alide states.

"A woman after my own heart..." Dahlia nods.

"Anyway despite Dany telling Arthur to fuck Cheryl, Arthur fucks Dany, but of course she can't cum from him fucking her, but she is able to cum when the slime who's name I forgot, but who, remember, is currently Arthur's clothes gets involved and Arthur fucks the slime which Dany sees happen and then she cums while the slime, who's name is written here so I now remember is named Lexx, fucks her with a copy of Arthur's cock and makes out with her," Alide explains.

"Also this scene was actually pretty hot," Dahlia remarks, one hand visibly slipping under her thong as she openly rubs herself.

"I must agree... Something about Dany's somehow aggressive masochism is a turn on," Alide agrees.

"Anyway the chapter ends with someone saying 'Darling' so, let's see who said that," Dahlia continues.

"It's the Lamia and apparently something went wrong, it seems that Dany's messing with the trance has prematurely snapped Cheryl out of it and now the ring and Arthur are confused and worried since they don't know how effective the trance was. That being said it can't be too big a deal. She's not losing her mind over the fact there's a bunch of naked and blissed out people all around her," Alide says,

"Whatever they're worried about definitely doesn't seem to be a problem as now she's talking about how she's always been into Arthur ever since she apparently saw him in orientation and now she's coiling around him and fucking him and honestly... It's really hot, which I guess is good, cause she's cold," Dahlia continues and her fingers under her thong are clearly moving much faster as she bites her lip.

"And immediately in the next post, Dany continues to be a sexy and fucked up slut as she informs him of her bigger plans, getting him to mindfuck and dominate the world with her as well as her intent to earn the right to have him knock her up. She's twisted and possibly crazy, but I have to admire her ambition," Alide mutters.

"I agree with the ring... I like this one," Dahlia moans.

"Are we stupid? Who the hell is Shiavereth?" Alide asks.

"Huh... Oh um... Maybe it's Dany's name... Like Danyssa Shiavereth or something?" Dahlia responds blankly, clearly not caring about the question.

"I don't remember, I'm going back and checking," Alide says nervously.

"You... Do that... Ha... Take your time," Dahlia responds breathily, her eyes closing as she continues to plunge her fingers in and out of herself.

"Huh okay so yes Shiavereth appears to be her last name," Alide says after searching through a number of chapters trying to find the one where she was actually introduced by name, "It's a weird choice for him to refer to her by last name like that, I mean calling her Ms. Shiavereth would make sense, but he says it like it's her regular name, very confusing," Alide finishes and then glances over at Dahlia as Dahlia lets out a pleasurable cry, her hips bucking towards the sky.

"Ms... Ah... Shiavereth, fuck yes!" Dahlia moans as she collapses against the chair and Alide sighs.

"Why did I agree to do this with you?" she asks and Dahlia blinks and pants out her reply.

"I don't remember either of us actually being given a choice..." she mutters and Alide nods.

"Right... Anyway where were we?" she asks.

"Dany being hot as fuck?" Dahlia answers.

"Right actually. Speaking of, so Arthur actually decided to be nice and changed the rule saying Danyssa can only cum watching him fuck someone else. That's really nice, I mean he just made it slightly less restrictive, but still. Also he apparently is not a big fan of Dany's plan and has scaled it back, mostly by just assuring that she would only try to make him fuck worthy women, though presumably that will still be filtered through Dany's view on what counts as worthy or the best of the best," Alide explains.

"He also ensures that she'll be careful not to draw too much attention to them, which is arguably smart, but I mean I guess to a degree does it matter who knows? I mean I guess snipers or long range casters who might consider him a threat and kill him at range are a potential danger, so maybe it is a good idea to keep his powers a secret," Dahlia says thinking about it for a bit.

"Oh hey this might be the first major error we've spotted... Or it's not and the fact something like literal months have passed in real time between this sentence and the last has skewed my memories, but anyway 'The way she said was so… malicious.' is missing a word. Specifically there should be a 'it' in there somewhere. Normally I wouldn't even point this out, but seeing as at least from my memory the story is pretty good about errors like that I thought I'd point out this one," Alide explains.

"Seeing as we took so much time to finish this review are we still on the beach? I mean if we're keeping with the whole, our location here ties into Yulia's location in the tower, bit shouldn't we be in a desert right now?" Dahlia asks.

"I mean I think we're supposed to be pretending no time has passed and this review did not undergo an extremely long pause mid write-up... so yes we're still on the beach," Alide answers.

"Good, I don't want to be in the desert. The Desert is hot and sweaty... I prefer the beach which is also hot and sweaty, but in the fun way," Dahlia responds.

"Anyway so... Dany knows he messed with her mind again and is totally okay with it, she almost seems like she considers it a game. Like she'll win by still managing to achieve her goal even against his wishes or something... It's an interesting dynamic to say the least. Anyway apparently..." Alide pauses.

"Something wrong?" Dahlia asks.

"It's been too long since I last read this... I don't even remember the main character's name..." Alide groans putting her head in her hands.

"Martin or something? Mike? Some generic male name of modern european/American origin? The chapter doesn't say his name... We might have to go looking for it," Dahlia admits.

"We are terrible reviewers... We forgot the main character's name!" Alide screams into her hands.

"Ooh next chapter says it, his name is Arthur!" Dahlia says.

"Arthur... Right... Anyway Arthur is apparently planning to use... The... Snake... Lady..." Alide starts and then begins to slow.

"Cheryl..." Dahlia hisses and Alide perks up.

"Cheryl, yes... Arthur intends to use Cheryl to somehow mess with Danyssa? I think? I'm a bit confused about the plan? I think he just thinks Cheryl will be a bit of a handful and keep Dany occupied?" Alide suggests.

"Oh god... It's happening isn't it... We're going to actually have to go back and reread a bit to refamiliarize ourselves... I refuse!" Dahlia yells jumping to her feet, "I will not reread things! Dahlia does not reread things!" she shrieks.

"Oh my god... Calm the fuck down, I'll just do a quick read and you can provide... commentary as we move forward..." Alide assures her.

Dahlia narrows her eyes, but seems slightly mollified and sits back down in her chair.

"Alright... I have caught back up, I believe now his goal is to make Dany deal with Cheryl because Dany screwed up the hypnotic suggestion earlier, so now he's making her deal with the consequences. Also we said above he made it so Dany could only cum while watching him fuck someone else, but that's not actually accurate. She can cum as long as she's thinking about him now, but watching him fuck someone else makes her more horny than anything else can. Which is actually quite a bit more lenient," Alide corrects.

"Okay so we're moving forward now and reading Dany already making so many plans made me remember something I read recently," Dahlia notes, "you like dominant women, not because you're submissive, but because you're autistic and they're direct with what they want," Dahlia quotes and then smiles, "I might be autistic cause the idea of Dany just planning my life out for me sounds real appealing," Dahlia admits.

"I don't know if we're capable of being autistic since that would imply the tower intentionally created us with autism, which seems like a strange choice for it, but that we might mimic some mental disorders in our personality, especially any our writer might have *Cough cough* and therefore have normalized in their understanding of behaviour is definitely possible," Alide concedes.

"Also there was another sidebranch involving Mata, but like the previous sidebranch we're ignoring it, not because it's probably not good, you know how much we like Mata, but because it's not part of the main story seemingly and we already have so much to cover," Alide explains.

"Right, anyway we're following Dany as she sets about training Cheryl and seemingly Kira as well. Though I am a bit confused as apparently Arthur is fucking Becky while this is going on, which seems weird. Last we saw Arthur I got the impression he was pretty exhausted from having just had sex with Dany, Vexx and Cheryl, but I mean I guess it wasn't explicitly said that he wasn't interested in having more sex... Hey, Alide anything in the reread that clears this up?" she asks and Alide shakes her head.

"I don't think it's an issue anyway, the important bit is that Danyssa has training in mind for Cheryl and Kira is going to help with it apparently and also be trained as well I guess. Dany seems to want her to help out, but doesn't tell her and tells both of them they're receiving training," Alide explains.

"Also dany continues to be awesome as she figures out how to, with no mind control power of her own, manipulate the embedded hypnotic suggestions Arthur left in Kira to get her to follow all of Dany's commands as well. I love her," Dahlia says.

"Down girl..." Alide mutters, "though I must admit what follows does have me a little hot under the collar as well. She goes full Dominatrix with a riding crop and judging the two women on their assets. It's also pretty clear now that the method by which Kira was going to unknowingly help was by being a positive example to frame Cheryl against in order to demean her and push her into more willingly following Dany's orders. A clever strategy," Alide confesses.

"Not a fan of Futas really, I mean I'm a fan of Futas, but not in pornographic contexts usually. I prefer my women soft all over personally," Dahlia says with a shrug.

"You're going to comment on the existence of Futas in porn without explaining how it relates? You are a terrible reviewer," Alide chastises her and Dahlia shrugs.

"Guilty as charged..." she responds and then lays back in her chair.

"Right well, anyway Dany shows off a magic dildo that when affixed to Kira's pelvis becomes a proper cock, essentially turning Kira, temporarily I presume, into a Futa," Alide provides context, "the intent being apparently to give Cheryl blowjob practice. There's an amusing moment where Dany chastises Cheryl for trying to use her hands, stating that she had specifically said not to use her hands, but... Unless I'm blind, I have read and reread this chapter and at no point does she mention not using hands before this point, which I thought was funny," Alide adds with a smirk.

"I think Dickman had a bit of an issue with one handed typing again reading this blowjob scene," Dahlia mentions as she mimes a jerk off gesture.

"Indeed there's a number of strange errors and suddenly poor sentence flow in this part. Also what looks like a format error? Moments before there's an unquotation marked sentence in italics that seems to be intended as Cheryl's thoughts, a bit later presumably this is supposed to happen again, but well..."

_I’m- I’m going to- _

"is what we get instead... I don't know for a fact it was supposed to be italics, but I imagine whatever it was it wasn't supposed to be that," Alide says with a shrug.

"There's also an odd bit of either out of order action, or narrative temporal easing," Dahlia adds, "with a mention of cum leaking out of Cheryl's mouth though the cause of her mouth being full of cum, the cumshot from Kira, only happens in the paragraph following. If my earlier mention was too unclear, it is possible that these two paragraphs are meant to happen simultaneously chronologically, but it's a bit weird either way," Dahlia clarifies. Alide stares at her.

"Something wrong?" Dahlia asks, looking back at her.

"I'm just not used to you talking... Intelligently," Alide admits.

"I mean you know that we're both actually intelligent and experienced so-" Dahlia starts, but Alide cuts her off.

"Yeah I know, but I'm still not used to you showing it. I'm used to you acting like... Well a bimbo!" Alide states and Dahlia chuckles.

"Perhaps I let the persona slip a bit, I am getting a bit tired," Dahlia admits.

"Alright we'll end here then for now... Though I do have to mention I find it funny and a bit odd, but not enough to detract that when Kira finishes cumming and simply falls backwards, the pseudo cock just comes off and remains in Cheryl's mouth. Now, I imagine the magic had just faded and as such it was in no way still attached to Kira and thus wasn't pulled away when she moved away, but my mind couldn't get off the idea that Cheryl was just sucking that hard and that if it was a real dick, Kira would have been suddenly and painfully decocked as it were," Alide says with a chuckle.

"Anyway night and we hope the next part doesn't take nearly this long again," Dahlia says.

"If we do wait long enough though maybe we won't have to do the next review in a desert..." Alide suggests.