Unexpected new experiences.

Tricia tried to hold tight during the bumpy ride over the plains of Arcadia. Of course there was the embarrassing fact that the palms of her joined hands were pressed against the top of John's dick. The bumps on the ground were making her hands slide up and down on it. As per usual whenever he did not wear his enchanted underwear designed to prevent it, he was rock hard and ready to go.

'Incredible... This is unexpected. I didn't see such physical contact happening so soon. It is of course involuntary and only caused by this new slime. But he didn't seem to complain much. I wonder if... He said that she was an empath and obeyed people's desires... Who is she doing this for? Him? Or me? It is so warm, so hard and yet silky smooth... What if...?'

Tricia was trying to ignore the wet feeling on her hands, it had to be sweat… She instead focused on the path taken by the vehicle on which she was riding. The speed and roughness of the ride were the excuse that she had found not to remove her hands from where they were. According to her analysis, this path was not a direct one and had a lot more obstacles than a few others that she could easily identify. Whether John was just having fun with a new toy or if he was doing so to get sexually stimulated by her remained unknown.

"Enjoying the ride, girls?" asked John, turning his head to look at his two passengers. He saw both of them smile, even if Tricia was also blushing.

Since the start of the ride, she had been stroking his cock with every bump of the road (figuratively, he hadn't yet begun building road).

"Is this the way to the forest?" asked Tricia, trying to look innocent.

"Yeah, sorry about this. I really wanted to give this beast a good try, and the road to the forest is really lame for that; I can do it easy on my bicycle," explained John, slowing down the quad to a halt. "I'm glad to see you found something to occupy yourself while I took the long way around."

"I'm... I do not... It's your slime, she..." replied Tricia, blushing more than ever. She had to keep close attention to her emotional levels and activated one of her six idle limiters.

"She wouldn't **** you to do something; the enchantment on the bed made it bend to the will of the users. Try moving your hands if you don't believe me," he replied.

Tricia unlocked her fingers, and at the smallest move on her part, the layer of slime encasing her parted to let her move or get away.

"I wasn't complaining, mind you. Did you enjoy it?"

"I... I had never touched one. It was not as I imagined. But is it okay? You're... I mean there is Anna..."

"I discussed such things with Anna. We have an understanding about it. We know that you wish to discover more about such things. So we decided to let you experiment with us, as long as you are the one making the first move." Part of the truth, but too much of a lie for John to say it without regrets. What they had discussed was a list of girls he could fuck with Anna's permission, and Tricia was on it.

"You mean... Yes, an experience. Just to expand my knowledge, nothing untoward... So... Should we? I mean..."

"Let's get down!" The two of them got off the quad, and before they could sit down on the floor, Daphne flattened herself to form some sort of thin mat on the floor.

"Comfy," remarked Tricia. "What should we do?"

"You could finish what you started; it would be a good introduction."

Tricia sat next to him and wrapped her hand around his cock. She closed her small hand around it and clumsily began pulling up and down. She seemed to know what she was supposed to do but did not possess any experience in it. One of Daphne's hands rose from the mat to hold her hand and caress his erect member, leaving a fresh smelling, greasy coating on both of them.

"Thank you, Daphne," said both John and Tricia.

Starting to slide along John's shaft, her hand became more nimble, and she even pulled back his foreskin to play with the head of his cock. This was more like it; John was beginning to feel real pleasure from this. Her soft skin rubbing against the delicate flesh of his dick was a wonderful thing, and as he was enjoying it, he could see her look at him like she was taking notes about the experience.

"Oh yes, that's it. Just like that," he commented as she played with this new joystick.

John couldn't hold forever, and soon enough, he erupted, shooting long ropes of cum into the air which fell back on them, getting some on Tricia's head and John's chest.

"Wahoo, there is a lot... I was told that the large amounts seen in pornography were special effects... This seems a lot more than the medical documentation that I read indicated... This was a really good experience to collect data!"

"I have... Augmented myself and possess a few skills with effects on this. The amount, speed of recovery, smell or even taste have been enhanced to become as close to optimal as possible." As he talked, he saw her scoop some of it up with her hand and smell it. To his surprise, she even licked a few drops of it, more data to collect? He put his arm around her shoulder and held her against him. "Tricia... This is not just an experience for me. I like you. You are a beautiful and very smart girl. Anyone would be glad to be doing such things with you."

She was blushing heavily as he brushed her hair with his hand. He just admitted to have feelings for her, he told her that she was attractive! She had... tasted his seed in front of him!? What was going on? Her analysis of the situation was that if she asked for it, he would make love to her right now... She was not ready, this was too much. The slime girl had been climbing on her back and his chest to drink up every stray drop of semen covering them, leaving them clean and shiny.

"I... I have to think... It's... going faster than I thought it would... I'm not sure if I am ready for..." she started and then moved towards John, strangely feeling Daphne lift her up to compensate for the difference in size, exactly what she wanted to happen... And she kissed him.

It wasn't the wildest, most sensual of kisses; it was her first one. But it was her decision, and neither of them regretted it. John returned the kiss, trying to show her what to do, and had one of his hands on her cute, petite butt. He had the other one going for her chest, and Tricia was basking in the bliss of the moment, oblivious to the warnings of her suit. She was losing herself in the touch of his warm, firm hands, his lips pressed against hers... It came as a surprise when he interrupted it by himself.

"Are you ok, with this? Is it too much?" he asked her, looking concerned. Even in a moment of passion, he had remembered her condition? No matter how impressed she already was by this young mage, she kept underestimating him.

"This is okay... I think we should join the others as we have things to do. I would love to continue what we have started here later. I... Let's go."

They straddled the quad and drove away to the forest, Daphne binding them together like some sort of safety belt.

Like each time he visited the forest, it seemed bigger and wilder. John even noticed something strange: the seven special trees containing the growing dryads had begun to bear fruits. They were strange, alien fruits looking like balls of see through gummy candy in the colors of the rainbow, one color per tree.

They found the five girls gathered around the Fountain of Life. Cali was practicing fighting stances with the new axe John had offered to her from the 3 he had forged. Anna and June were sitting with their feet in the water and chatting. Sylvia was tending to the trees and plants in the glade, making them grow or bloom by infusing them with a mix of golden and green energy. Vesta was sitting cross-legged on the stone rim of the fountain, looking to the sky, a melancholic mood visible on her face.

"John, Tricia, Daphne! June has a lot of good ideas for how to make the castle and kingdom look much better. And I saw the message that you sent me... It's... You'll find a solution, right? We have to..." asked Anna. John lost the smile that had been present on his face most of the time he was in her presence.

"It will be one of our priorities. Daphne, go take a dip in the fountain, it is important that you come here at least once a day... Wait, I mean one day of the outside world, that would be three days here. This is until we find how to stabilize you. We will go make a few more test on Algernon and his people in a moment; I think that I have an idea that could work, but we have to see if it is feasible first. Tricia?" he explained.

"Vesta, can you come here? I have something for you." Tricia opened the box that she had loaded on the quad. She got out of it what looked like a white, folded bed sheet, a small black choker with strange silvery lines on it, and a bottle filled with a black liquid.

"A collar? What does it do?" asked John. Tricia pointed at her throat where a similar collar appeared.

"Trust me, it is harmless. It's just a neural interface. I made something to help Vesta with her powers."

"For me?" asked Vesta.

"Ohh, I understand," replied John who had used Observe on the items. "What should we do?"

"Help me spread this sheet in the water. If you do it without water the first time, it itches like crazy. You don't want to do that. Vesta, remove your slime suit and go stand in the water. We'll need help. Cali, Sylvia, Anna could you help us hold the sheet?”

The small group gathered in the pond surrounding the fountain and spread the sheet in the water among the carp and lily pads. Tricia explained to Vesta that she would have to stay totally underwater for at least a minute, but that she would have no problem holding her breath after the first few seconds.

Vesta laid down on the sheet held by the others, wearing only the small collar. John had decided to trust Tricia after seeing what the items were and told Vesta it was safe. Tricia poured the black fluid on her and folded the sheet over her before signaling to the others to keep it underwater.

She was able to hold her breath, and the fact that she didn't struggle during the whole event meant that Tricia had been telling the truth. After a minute, John was beginning to shift to get her out, but Tricia told him to wait a little longer. The boiling of the water trapped in the sheet had stopped. After an extra 30 seconds, Tricia gave the signal, and everyone lifted, getting Vesta's head out of the water and her feet on the bottom of the pond.

When she opened the sheet from the inside, she literally stunned everyone. Under the sheet and the lilys stuck to it, Vesta had totally changed.

Her body was the exact same shape, but the fire engine red skin had taken a pale white tone reminding John of her mother whom he had met in their village. Her hair, too, had changed, no longer glowing and golden but now of a silvery white, with only a light gold hue. The most shocking, though, was that she had rested her hand on John's forearm and it was not burning him, it was at body temperature.

"John! I'm sorry! Wait? I can touch you? It doesn't burn? By the goddess... No, thank you, Mistress Tricia." Vesta hugged Tricia and then kissed John, something that she had never been able to do before. After this passionate kiss, she simply laughed and twirled around, caressing the body and face of everyone around her. The glee she was experiencing was contagious, and everyone returned her caresses until the whole thing ended with a tickle fight in the water.

A few minutes later, Vesta, almost breathless, was rolling in the grass and moss of the glade, enjoying the contact of nature, now that she was able to touch things without killing them. She stopped and looked at Tricia who was watching her.

"But how?" she asked, barely believing what was happening to her.

"It is a modified version of the nanosuit that I am wearing to keep my own powers in check. It is using the heat that you produce to power itself. It has a camouflage function that makes you look like your body was before what happened to you. There is also a combat function that will remove the suit from your hands and help you focus the entirety of the power to them; sadly, that can not work with the camouflage function active. Ohh, and it also has a simple interface that you can use as a phone or link to the kingdom's network," explained Tricia.

"It's wonderful... I don't know how I can repay you... I am in your debt, Mistress Tricia."

"Nonsense, you don't owe me anything. I have made an agreement with your king, I became a resident of this kingdom. You, all of you, are like family now. I just wanted to help you in the way I could. It wasn't much trouble, as I have a few spares, and it just took me a little time to adapt the nanites to the constant heat exposure," replied Tricia.

"Nonetheless, if I can ever be of assistance, you can count on me."

After the general happy ambiance calmed down the ongoing concern re-emerged. The small group gathered and began their walk towards the new settlement of the ratfolk.