Making Up for Lost Time

There is a long pause and, for a moment, you worry Ves hadn’t understood what you had just said. You are just about to say something when her ability to mimic the sounds of her past conjures forth the voice of Trixie as a child.

“Ready or not, here I come!”

You furrow your brow. “I…don’t understand.”

“Ready or not, here I come!” Trixie’s ebullient voice from her youth calls again, bringing back so many good memories with it. “Found you! Ha ha ha!”

“You want…to play hide and seek?”

“Seek.”

“You’re joking. I haven’t played that since…”

“Seek.” With a tentacle she reaches out and nudges you back a step. “Hide.”

“You’re serious.” As you look into her mysterious six eyed face you let your imagination consider what life had been like for her. She had gotten glimpses of you, her twin, enjoy a relatively normal childhood. A time of games and adventure and carefree fun as she sat isolated and alone. She wanted a taste of that life now and you were only too happy to give it to her. “Alright. BUT!” You hold up a finger. “No funny business. You can’t go disappearing or teleporting or anything like that.”

Her dark body wavers, though you could barely see it. “Play.”

“And, just to make it more fair…” You pull the shawl from your shoulders. “…you have to wear this.”

She looks at it then back up to you. “Mother.”

“Yeah, it’s Mom’s.” You approach her. “Come here. Have you ever worn clothes before? I don’t suppose you have. Here, I’ll show you.” She doesn’t oppose you as you drape the long wide cashmere cloth over her body as best you could. Feeding the fabric between tentacles and around her back you loop back to the front then around her butt then around front once more. “I don’t really have any pins or anything. Maybe you could hold it?” With impressive dexterity she takes the garment from you and pulls it tight across her torso. The tendrils at her back pinch the fabric tight between them to hold it in place. Stepping back you direct her movements by showing her what to do by tugging and shifting your own Pajama top. “Yeah. This part a little higher. Yeah, that’s it.” Only now that you were looking at it from a distance could you make out that the red and gray pattern upon it were interlaced with stylish runes and sigils that blended flawlessly into the overall style.

You cannot help but notice that, despite being a monster from another dimension, Vespera had a hell of a figure now that you could see it. Her curvy hips were about as wide as her full bust, between them a well defined narrow waist. You weren’t sure but it almost looked like Ves might have abs! With her middle part actually clearly visible you could now make out better the elegant shape of her shoulders and neck. She twirls in place to give a view of the back, beneath the crazy mass of limbs sprouting from her back you see she had a well shaped round ass too. She spins back around and you give her the thumbs up. Her core is much larger than you initially thought. Judging by her torso, had she been human, you’d reckon she’d stand around seven feet tall. Given the curling coiling nature of her limbs however she could stand either much lower or much higher than that, if you could really say she stood at all. There were thick tentacles where her arms and legs would be though many more sprouting from her back and sides as well. Occasionally the long tendrils that made up her hair would swoop down over the fabric giving you a sense of their length. The effect of how the shawl is held to her ended up making it look like a short strapless snuggly fitting dress a woman her age might wear out the club.

“You look fantastic!” You say with a big grin. “You should wear clothes more often. I could have some made for you if you wish. Damn Sis. There are professional models that would kill for a figure like that.”

"Fantastic...Kill." She seemed confused by the whole thing but she holds the shawl snug. “Hide.”

“Okay Ves, now we can play.” You look left and right. “I’ll hide first. You come find me. Cover your eyes now and count to 20.” Two tentacles come up to cover her six eyes. She doesn’t say anything but you assume she is counting and you take off into the forest. You whack your shin and swear under your breath but you keep dashing through the trees in search of a hiding place. Given the situation the best you can find is a hollow at the roots of an old oak tree. You tuck yourself up against the trunk and hold very still. 30 seconds later you see Vespera’s glowing face peeking down through branches at you. “You cheated!” You laugh. “No way you could find me that fast.” Her eerily beautiful face glows a little brighter. Next you seek as she hides and you find her with little difficulty thanks to the red of the shawl and the white of her face. There is more laughter as you tease her about being terrible at the game despite seeming to be made out of darkness itself.

And so it goes. The night is spent into the early hours prancing, playing, and just having having a grand time among the trees of the old forest. She tells of you games using voices from the past and you teach them to her. Hide and seek, tag, red light-green light, Simon says, and many others. It was your entire childhood condensed into a single night and easily the funnest most laugh filled time of your life. Simply put it is your best birthday ever. Ves didn’t always understand and some of the games didn’t make much sense with just two of you but it was a hell of a good time regardless, being a grown ass man you hadn’t played these games in a very long time and they brought you back to a happier and simpler time. Oh how you now wished Ves had been there. You sensed that, like you, she recognized how silly this was for a man and a woman of your age to be doing this yet you also sensed that she was enthusiastically adoring every moment of her first proper birthday night.

The only unpleasant moment came when you decided to play show and tell, where each of you would head out into the woods separately to find something interesting then meet back to show the other. While you had brought back a stick that vaguely had the shape of a snake your sister had brought back the body of a freshly killed doe, it’s misshapen body broken in a hundred different ways. You patiently explain to her that she couldn’t treat living things in this way even as you have flashbacks to that initial moment back in your bedroom where she had first grabbed for you. Thank goodness you fought her off when you did!

Despite the wholesome fun, being but a man of flesh and blood, you eventually tire. Also, your feet are freezing cold and sore from scrabbling through the underbrush all night long. It had to be close to 4 am when you eventually collapse down into the soft earth inside a folly that stood at the shore of a small lake on the Devlin property. The structure looked like the broken empty ruins of an ancient tower. Knowing what you did now you realize this place might not be just decorative as you had always assumed. You lie on your back, huffing and puffing, and staring up through the stone shell of a tower and into the clear night sky.

Vespera follows you in in hot pursuit, the narrow door giving her no problem as she rushed in to fill the cramped circular space and was just about to scoop you up when you wave your hands and call out. “No! I’m done!” You pant. “I’m toast. I’m played right out. Oh my God, mercy! Mercy! Ha ha ha ha!”

Her tentacles slow from an exciting wriggling to a calmer waver and she lowers down to kneel beside you. Her head tilts in that curious way of hers. “Tired.”

“Yes. Tired.”

“Sleep.”

“No, not sleep. Just…rest. Whew! Don’t you get tired?” You pat the ground beside you. “Come here, come lay down with me Ves.”

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Author again (sorry for the interruptions): I just assumed, given the nature of this site, that you readers would want this story thread to head into lewd territory. After a couple of comments last chapter I'm not so sure anymore. I'm totally cool with these two just connecting as brother and sister if that's what y'all wanna see. So, to gauge interest, let me know if you are interested in Jacob and Ves getting together in "that" way. Like the option that you want to see. To my loyal reader crew you know the drill, leave a comment in your preferred option and I'll weigh your opinion more (Patrons & regular likers and commenters only). I would write no matter what but your support and encouragement are a real morale boost sometimes, I appreciate it.

Also, thank you all for your interest. This story has been a lot of fun so far! :)

I'll check the where things sit tomorrow before I start the next chapter.