At long last, some rest.

Achievement Unlocked! "Road to Depravity!" ~ You lost your virginity. Took you long enough, didn't it?
+200 EXP
+5 LIB
+1" Dick Length

Achievement Unlocked! "Illegal in Most Countries!" ~ You lost your virginity to a girl that's at least part animal. Sick fuck.
+100 EXP
+10% Relationship increases with furries, monster girls, and pets.

Achievement Unlocked! "Created for a Purpose!!" ~ You lost your virginity to one of your own creations. In a sense, a kind of ****.
+150 EXP
+5 to all creations LIB
+5 Relationship with all existing creations
+Collar of Bonding

Level Up!
John has reached Level 6!
+2 to all stats!
+1 Skill Point!

Collar of Bonding: When equipped voluntarily by another living creature, increases Relationship by +20, all stats by +5, and allows the owner of this item to sense the wearer's presence. However, if the owner dies, the wearer also dies, and the wearer feels any pain that the owner feels. Before equipping, anyone holding this item will be aware of its effects, and what happens if they fasten it.

"Seriously," John said, rolling his eyes, "is there anything I can get that won't get intruded on like this?"

Achievement Unlocked! "Nope!" ~ Hellll nawwww.

"This is… this is the dumbest awesome thing to ever happen to me," John noted. Reaching around the Neko who was on top of him and seemed to almost be asleep, John opened up his inventory and took a look. Sure enough, the collar was already in there. John glanced at the catgirl lazily curling herself into him. Perhaps he could convince her to put it on? Aside from the dying thing, there weren't really any repercussions, and having his relationship up with her could only mean good things… especially after what had just happened…

"Hey, would you… could you put this on? Um… Maera?"

John pulled the collar out of his inventory and put it in front of her face. It was a fairly simple thing, a black collar with a clasp at the back and a white orb hanging in the front - more like a choker than an actual collar. The Neko sat up quickly when he said her name, staring in curiosity at the object he was holding. She seemed to understand what he was doing, even if she didn't speak his language - which was good, because it meant she had at least some level of intelligence. John had suspected it when she fiddled with his pants and understood what they were, and that they weren't a part of him (at least, he hoped that's why she shredded them) - but this seemed to confirm it. She reached out gingerly, careful to grip the collar with her fingertips and not her razor-sharp claws. The moment that her fingers touched it, a light seemed to glisten in her eyes for a moment, and she gasped a little as she looked into his eyes. John couldn't help but notice Mithra in the background glance over at him with suspicions as she gasped, and felt a moment of nervousness as Maera's eyes flicked rapidly to the collar and back. Despite that, and without much change on her face, Maera slowly began to place the collar around herself. The clasp in the back confused her, but John avoided touching it, worried exactly how "willingly" could be interpreted as far as putting the collar on.

Eventually Maera seemed to grasp how to put them together, after several failed tries and grunting with such exertion John thought she was going to break it. The moment he heard the soft clicking sound of the collar coming together, John noticed several things happen at once. Mithra in the background shivered and shook, yowling as she glanced around, looking for something that did not appear to be there. Maera gave a soft mewl, low in her throat, and went rigid on John. Most peculiarly, the gem on Maera's collar glistened and turned a deep pink shade.

"M… m…"

Maera stared up at him, her eyes glistening with tears. She seemed uncertain of herself, but as she spoke, she cocked her head to the side lightly and smiled ever so slightly as she finished.

"My… my myaster?"

"You… you can talk?"

"Myaera… Myaera myaster?"

If John hadn't lost his virginity less than five minutes ago he was almost certain he would've popped a boner right there underneath the Neko. In fact, he was already at half-mast, a fact he attributed to the increase in his Libido stat. As it was, all he could do was pull himself up, looking deeply into Maera's eyes. For the first time, he noticed the shades of violet playing in her irises. Before he could lose himself in their depths, John pushed himself even further forward, locking his lips together with Maera's. There was no hesitation, only a soft need that gripped them both, need for something more than lust and erotic release. In this strange, empty world, there was a need for comfort, and to not be alone.

Which may be why John felt Mithra intruding on their kiss. She did not thrust herself directly between them, but she nuzzled her head against the both of them. John was confused, until he noticed a window floating over her head.

Collar of Bonding activated Twin-Soul! Mithra received Collar of Bonding's effects.

"I guess that means she likes me enough to not ignore me, at least," John thought, noting that despite her increased Relationship score she was still focusing mostly on Maera.

"Mithra?" John asked, pulling away from the kiss a little. The Neko looked over at him, slightly annoyed, as if she had been interrupted, but she clearly recognized her own name, for whatever reason.

"Mrow?" She asked, actually voicing the word in an adorable fashion.

"Can you understand me?"

"Nya," she said after hesitating, nodding her head. That was odd. They hadn't said anything - not even Maera as she started to **** him…

"The stat boosts!" John thought suddenly. Just like him, they had apparently received stat boosts, which meant that their INT scores had gone up. But suddenly understanding language seemed a bit odd. Not that they understood it that well, but still. John realized this might work to his advantage. He couldn't very well leave them here - it would be a day before he could return, and they had nothing to-

"Hang on a second," John said, sitting up and urging Maera off of him, she reluctantly parted, and as he stood she started to rub herself along his legs as she had done not long ago. He opened up his inventory and pulled out his bag, checking to see if he had left it in there. Sure enough, the jerky sticks and granola bars that he had stuffed in there this morning were in there still, and he quickly pulled them out and started unwrapping them.

"Food," John said quietly as he dropped them on the ground, not sure if they would care, considering they were at least partially animals. "Fooood."

"Food," Maera mimicked, picking up one of the unwrapped sticks and munching on it eagerly. Mithra joined in the moment another one hit the ground, though it took them a few sniffs and a few moments of hesitation before they started to dig into the granola.

"Wait," John said, patting the few that he had left after they destroyed the initial barrage. "Wait. Later."

They must have understood, because they looked rather pouty, and when John pulled his hand away they didn't immediately dive for the food. Realistically a handful of beef jerky sticks and granola bars were not exactly enough to go for a full day on (and he had no idea how he was going to explain the fact that he was just gone for a full day when he came back, thanks to that cool down) but those problems paled in comparison to what he would have to do to explain two wandering Nekos to his mother if they were found after he brought them home.

"I have to go. I will be back. I will come back," John said, emphasizing the last point as he saw the two looking a little bit uncertain. "I have to go home, but… I'll see you soon, okay?"

"Myaster…"

John's heart throbbed a little at the sound of that noise again. He'd known Maera was the less dominant of the two by their behavior after they were Purified, but he didn't expect her to take so well to that word as one of her first sentences…

"No, it has already been way too long," John thought, shaking his head. He wanted to stay there, to spend more time with these two, but there was no time. John had to get out of there, get some sleep, and make it to school tomorrow. He could make it back soon, find an excuse to miss a day of school. After that, well… he would just have to wing it. He couldn't leave these girls alone, but neither could he bring them back. That meant a lot of unexplained absences...

John sighed and willed himself home. The world around him blurred and faded, Maera and Mithra's disappointed faces blending into the background as he found himself once again standing in his bedroom. This time, there were no notifications, nor any sign of the world around him changing to suit these newfound powers.

There was only John. John, a bed, and - at last - sleep.