Step Two: Aptitude Test

Lily (succubus minimus)
Lvl 1
HP: 25/25
MP: 86/90
Str 12, agi 14, end 20, int 15, wis 9, cha 24, lib 56
Skills: charm person lvl1, drain essence lvl1, drain life lvl1, disguise self, instant dungeon lvl1
Status Effects: Terminal Demon Illness (Amor)
Qualities: alluring, demon, flight (disabled), immune to charm, sex eater (disabled), short-sighted
Relationship Score: +94

John looked over her sheet again in dismay, and patted her head to comfort her. It seemed a good time to at least try to investigate some of these mysterious qualities of his new, quasi-summon, and he smiled at her, hoping to put her at ease while he did so.

He certainly wasn't expecting Lily to suddenly kneel, and then spring up at him in a tackle down towards the loveseat while hunting for his mouth. Her lips found his, and her tongue, long and lithe and tasting like a sweet raspberry, danced circles around his.

John finally fell over and into the chair, and she seemed weightless on him. She hugged his neck, and then his chest and squeezed against him, as fiercely as her unimpressive strength could manage. She would melt into him and vanish if she could, and John's groaned protest grew silent as he tasted her. His hands moved to push her off... and instead groped at the petite young thing, rubbed the felt of her pajamas, learned of the tight little body hiding inside of it. He wanted her-

Lily landed face first into the loveseat as her lover blinked across the room, and both were left panting for air. John looked at his warning messages:

Essence of lust ingested! Aphrodisiac effect applied! You're immune to the permanent libido increase.
Essence of lust ingested! Aphrodisiac effect applied! You're immune to the permanent libido increase.
Essence of lust ingested! Aphrodisiac effect applied! You're immune to the permanent libido increase.

How long had he been there, making out with the little devil? It was difficult to think, and a touch of his pants revealed he already dribbled pre-cum in his boxers like he was an adolescent all over again. Immune to mind control, immune to stat changes... so what the Hell is this? Poison? Still tasting her, he felt himself swallow and immediately regretted it.

Essence of lust ingested! Aphrodisiac effect applied! You're immune to the permanent libido increase.

Lily leapt from the lovechair, bounding like the bunny she took after as she ran after John. "Please looovaaggghhh!"

John had met her halfway and shoved his right index finger into her mouth, holding her by the shoulder with the other to keep her from glomping him anew. She stopped trying to talk and, with her fingers still hidden in extra-long sleeves, grabbed his wrist as if to nurse from the finger like a bottle, moaning from her nose as she sucked. John felt his knees getting weak from the display and the sensation, but he steeled his resolve and withdrew his finger.

Essence of lust ingested! Aphrodisiac effect applied! You're immune to the permanent libido increase.

With his left hand now on her forehead, he held her back as he analyzed the drool that coated the molested digit.

Magical item: essence of lust. This essence secretes from a succubus' eyes, sweat glands, mouth, pussy, anus, and even as airborne particles released as pheromones. The essence is a physiological and neurological poison meant to arouse. Consuming a single drop, or being exposed to a few drops on open skin, increases the effect of the target's libido by 20%, compounding with earlier doses, for up to ten minutes following the last dose. Every dose also permanently increases the target's libido by 1, up to a maximum of [succubus' level x 10]. These effects can only be felt once per round, but essence of lust does not become inert until it is consumed.

Holy shit, Fairy's might not have the level limit, but this stuff works every round! The distinction between his immunity to mind control and to plain old chemical arousal was not lost on him; he was still ****, then. Where did the distinction lie for the Game, if emotions were just chemicals-

Essence of lust ingested! Aphrodisiac effect applied! You're immune to the permanent libido increase.

"Please," she half-moaned, half-sobbed, "forgive me, Master, I... I just... I can't hold back anymore-" He looked over to her, ready to chastise her... and watched as she struggled to unzip herself through her own sleeves.

He felt he wouldn't stay in control for much longer if she succeeded."Whoa, whoa, wait, just keep that on for now-"

"It's so... hot in this, Master-" She caught her zipper at last... and John rushed onto her, peeling her hands away from it if only to keep him from falling into her trap. His grip was like iron, but only because he was imagining tearing off that damned fluffy costume himself, and **** whatever he found inside-

Essence of lust ingested! Aphrodisiac effect applied! You're immune to the permanent libido increase.

Fuck, fuck, c'mon John, you're in control... c'mon... Whatever was in his mouth was still settling into his body, poisoning him with ever higher levels of arousal. Gamer's drive kept him as close to a sensible human being as it could manage, but he wouldn't be able to struggle for much longer.

"Master... please..." She peered up from her downcast face, and her eyes peeked out from over the rim of her glasses. "... I... I just... I j-just..." She struggled with her words, and John thought to risk reading her foremost thoughts, to try and see what evils she truly plotted... and received it.

LOVE.

What?

Read mind lvl2, 20mp
Read mind: be capable of reading the instincts and immediate actions of an opponent, giving you a small bonus to dodge or learning single sentences that are at the forefront of a target's mind. Range: 10 feet + 10 feet per skill level.

John probed again, thinking it was some twisted interpretation as she started to cry in his grip.

Please... love me... I...

John squinted at this sensation, this bubbly, heady feeling that could just as well be the succubus venom coursing through his body as it could be her words. He had to tell himself that; there was just no way he could trust something as naive, as childish as this sudden adoration, infatuation with him, not without some demonic motivation behind it.

"Please, Master..." she whispered, her head hanging low as she remained a prisoner in his iron grip.

"You have to obey me in all things, right?"

Nervously, she answered, "A-As... long as I wasn't... already ordered to do something else by the Extinction King, Master..."

"What are you orders from him?" Still she squirmed, but still he held her up. Talking was helping him not rip her clothes away.

"T-To never betray his identity or location, to aid you in the a-acquisition of new bounties, and to help you register for the bounty b-board, Master."

"So you must obey me in all other things?" She nodded. "Good... stand perfectly still, and do not move, unless I command otherwise."

Her lip trembled as she just barely obeyed, and he finally released her to step back and consider her sheet in full, clicking every unknown value while ignoring the poor thing's vibration. No more pop-ups arose for the poison... and given how hard he was focusing on anything but the throbbing in his pants, he was grateful for it. He started with the spells and moved down from there.

Charm Person lvl1, 30mp
Charm Person: the succubus charms the target if her [Charisma + Libido + (target's relationship score with succubus)] exceed's the target's Wisdom score. A charmed target increases their relationship score with the succubus by [difference x lvl]. If the target's new relationship score exceeds +200, the target is dominated instead.

Drain Essence lvl1, 0mp
Drain essence: the succubus may absorb the mana of a target by performing any kind of act that is both sexual and involves skin-to-skin contact. The succubus drains 10mp per skill level per round.

Drain Life lvl1, 0mp
Drain life: the succubus may absorb the health of a target by performing any kind of act that is both sexual and involves skin-to-skin contact. The succubus drains 10hp per skill level per round.

Disguise Self
Disguise self: the succubus may take on any alternate physical appearance as long as her dimensions remain roughly the same. Disguise self does not provide clothing, but can make a worn article of clothing look like another of about the same dimensions.

Alluring: this creature is especially alluring, and gives off a minor, passive charm effect on anyone within a 30 ft. radius.

Demon: a manifestation of the Abyss with a focus on evil, corruption, and sin. The manifold varieties provide each with their own hazardous properties.

Flight, disabled: the succubus possesses large, leathery wings that jut from her back and allow for mystical flight. (Disabled: wings dismembered by hand.)

Immune to Charm: this creature is immune to charm and charm-like effects, whether they are physical, mental, or spiritual.

Short-sighted: without the aid of corrective eyewear, this creature can see at roughly 10 feet what others might see at 300 feet. In short, she can barely look past her own nose.

Nothing he found indicated this "essence of lust", except perhaps if it was vaguely couched in her Demon trait... Which, if that's the case, who knows what else she's capable of... Curious, he tapped her lone status effect.

Terminal Demon Illness (Amor): This lust demon has contracted the lethal disease of true love. The unfortunate creature has been stricken by love at first sight, is not designed to love and, so, has fallen madly, passionately, truly in love with the mortal that has caught her eye, no matter how shallow the attraction or reasoning. This disease causes a withering in a succubus until she perishes in full, prolonged or hastened depending on lustful acts or requited feelings. Absorbing the lover's life until they perish will cure the succubus. (Sex Eater disabled; withering impossible, cure impossible.)

John shook his head in disbelief. What... what? He eyed the demon girl, who looked up at him with big, hopeful eyes magnified by her eyewear. He had just met her... so she couldn't... also, he was practically swimming in woman troubles of late, and he hadn't even visited his temple, and he just wanted to get this whole bounty thing resolved...

"How the Hell does this keep happening to me?" Her eyes bounced left and right as she was unable to so much as ask, given his order. No, this has never happened to me... except maybe with Tricia, but... really, aside from sex? I don't think any of these girls have ever truly... Thinking back to his sexual adventures stirred him anew, and he struggled to talk like he wasn't ready to surrender to this succubus poison in his mind. "You may speak, but just stay where you are."

"What keeps happening, Master?" she asked in a jumbled hurry. She gave him a relieved smile, happy that he didn't seem too upset with her.

He shook his head. "Forget it, actually. I think you're the first girl since I got this power who actually fell in love with me."

She stared at him with that same smile.

"I mean, this whole crazy week has just been... WOW, you know? All these girls, and this power... it just feels kind of unreal, so I never really stopped to think about something like... love, you know?"

She continued to stare at him with her frozen smile.

"... Lily?"

Sweat started to bead visibly on her face and head. Her smile trembled. Somehow, by mechanics John could not explain, a light fog appeared on her glasses.

"... Um..."

"..." Her eyes began to flick up, upper-right, left, down, around, and wherever else John wasn't. Her smile stayed there, though something high-pitched and muffled, possibly a scream, seemed to whistle from behind sealed lips and through her nose.

"Lily... it says that love is apparently some kind of... problem for-"

"I...!" She closed her mouth almost as fast as she had opened it for the one syllable she could manage.

John dared another reading, and was overcome with a sudden pain in his chest as a taste of her anxiety hit him, along with a single, focused sentence.

I am a disgrace.

Read mind lvl3, 20mp

John might've considered that his recent burst of levels meant old skills would level even faster, if he was not so bothered by the despair he found in her. It was difficult to identify, but amid the anxiety, the self-loathing, the fear... there was the fact that she was caught unawares by his identifying of her feeling. It took him a few seconds to understand: she was a succubus. She was meant for lust, not for...

"Is... love forbidden for you?" He didn't dare bring up the alleged deadliness of it; for now, it seemed irrelevant anyways.

"It's-!" Again she quieted herself, and John liberally applied his read mind spell as she struggled.

It is pathetic, like me. Of course I fell in love. She was right. Why was I picked for this? I can't do this. I should just go to the Mail Room.

Read mind lvl4, 20mp or 100mp reserve
Read mind: be capable of reading the instincts and immediate actions of an opponent, giving you a small bonus to dodge or learning single sentences that are at the forefront of a target's mind. Range: 10 feet + 10 feet per skill level. The spell can instead be cast with reserve to sustain the mind-reading, though the user can only handle one such connection per 50 Wisdom he has.

It seemed almost unwise to do, given the budding, ugly feelings in his own mind from reading her so frequently. But it still felt like fragments of a rant, like he was missing something between statements... and curiosity won over caution as he reached out with the reserve of mana to form that bond-

Love would kill me if I wasn't a ****. Maybe it still will? Is that what I deserve? He'll dominate me, and I'll let him; I've betrayed what I am. Why am I this? I don't want this burden... How did I not see it coming? C'mon, Lily, be strong! Be... Hells above and below, what was I thinking? Why am I so broken? He's still staring at me... I wish he would just take me- oh no, I should say something! What could I even say? He knows... I'm so embarrassed, I could die. Please, don't look! The other girls know I should die. I should die. Lily? Say something! I'm less than nothing compared to the great Lilith... he's making fun of me. No! He's being... nice... but what can I say? No, I still haven't answered his-! Please... take me. Love me. Want me.

He shut her world out, and struggled to stand, much less speak, after receiving that barrage. "Lily."

"Y-Yes?!"

He couldn't claim to love her back... how could he? He couldn't lie like that, not after hearing that miserable soup in her head... the kind that sounded awfully familiar to the Gamer, when separated from the context of a devilish secretary-to-be... when instead put in the context of a lonely high school boy, tormented by bullies, ostracized by his fellows.

John looked her over, and could tell she would soon be incapable of obeying his order to remain where she was. Her angry swarm of thoughts, her self-loathing, and the almost physical fog of her doubt hung on John, but still managed to smile at her as warmly as he could. Silently, he began to cast summon.

He walked up to the trembling demon, and toyed with the zipper just under her quivering chin. She was glistening by now, and the pajamas clung to her sweating body. For now, at least, he would relieve all that he could from her suffering... and deal with details like "registration" later. It helped that she had **** him with the desire for her cure.

Fairy summoned.

Summoning lvl7

Summon/dismiss lvl4: can now support up to three summons at once.

As forewarned, the other demon in his life manifested... and she looked ready to kill the succubus as she appeared from behind the nervous wreck.

Stay passive, and invisible, he ordered Fairy with his thoughts. If she looks like she's going to try and kill me, or otherwise turn on me...

<I'll destroy her in totality.>

John didn't correct her... but he wanted to believe that it would be a worthless precaution. Lily didn't seem to notice Fairy, even as the latter faded from view.

Sweat was beading down the secretary's face now, and wet stains began to appear in her jammies where it clung to her skin. Just how hot is she getting in that thing?!

"W..." She stopped herself. As far as she knew, this had been a long, awkward pause of his. She was wholly unprepared for his declaration; she couldn't dare ask him to get on with it-

"I'm happy you're the one I got," he whispered, shooting electricity up her spine. He tugged lightly on her zipper, letting loose a bit of steam that rolled out from within her rabbit suit. He leaned in, close to where her real ear likely was, and continued, "I want you... right now, right here, so-"

She didn't give him a chance to try and finish what had already been the kindest thing anyone had ever said to her. Instead, she kissed him openly again, perhaps innocently, perhaps purposefully, and the exponential growth of his lust could be contained no longer.