Chapter 38 - Melody

I woke up snuggling Taiko, my Rillaboom. His large, muscled arm was draped over my thin waist, and his manhood was currently pressing against my ass. When I had finished with Amber last night I'd returned to my room still wanting more. Taiko, Bolt, and Hope had all been in the mood, so the four of us had fucked for an hour before passing out.

For a second I considered waking the large brute for another round, but it was early and he deserved his sleep. I slid out of bed and tiptoed around Bolt and Hope, who were cuddling on the floor. Finding enough open space to workout in, I went quietly through a tough yoga routine. It felt good to stretch and put my muscles through a workout, finding that when I was done I didn't even need a potion to heal any soreness from last night.

"I must be getting used to big dicks." I giggled to myself as I went to hop in the shower. The water felt amazing and the hotel soap smelled fruity and inviting. Everyone was still asleep when I had finished getting around so back into their balls they went. I checked my phone and saw the time was still before 8 and I wasn't sure if any of my friends were awake. Keifer was the closest, being only two doors down, so I pushed my mind out to see if he was awake.

Fear and excitement flooded me as I connected to him and I saw that he was currently staring at his egg with Primarina as it wiggled. He was still fearful of Hatterene, but that was overshadowed by the fear of becoming a dad for the first time. That was something I could understand and I decided to visit him and offer support if he wanted it.

Thinking of babies got me thinking of Joy and I pulled out my phone. Mum had sent me some texts that I hadn't checked yet. They were all pictures of Joy doing adorable things: her "helping" fold laundry, covered in sauce as she ate spaghetti messily, finally Joy sitting in the garden surrounded by flowers and wearing a pink bow in the fluffy fur atop her head. A girlish squeal escaped me as I flipped through the pictures and I put the flower picture on my background.

I also had missed messages from Rei, when I opened it I saw that it was a sex video of her and Ellie last night, the petite beauty had her face buried in Rei's thighs and Korra, Ellie's Zeraore was pounding Ellie from behind. "Did you know Korra was a futa?!" Said the message attached to the tape.

I smiled and packed my bag before heading out into the hall and over to Keifer's room. Primarina let me in and hugged me happily as she led me into the room. Their egg was wiggling like crazy in the middle of the bed, and small cracks were starting to form on its surface.

Keifer's full attention was on the egg and he hadn't even noticed I'd walked in the door. "Hey buddy, just wanted to come check on you. See how you're doing after yesterday." I said, placing a hand on his shoulder to let him know I was there.

He jumped at my touch then turned to see me. It looked like he hadn't slept a wink, the bags under his eyes sunken and dark. "Hey, Kassi. What's up?" He said, his tone tired, but excited.

"Arceus Keifer, what's wrong?" I asked, pulling the man into a hug. He sat there for a second then pushed away gently and went back to staring at the egg, saying nothing. "Keifer, I don't want to be an ass, but I am worried. What happened between you and Hatterene?" I asked, my voice starting to bleed off some of the concern I was feeling.

"Nothing I can't handle Kassi. Just need to talk to Hatters." His voice was almost robotic and I looked to Primarina for support. She put a flipper over her heart and motioned that she was upset, but to let it be.

I wanted to help, but I didn't want to force my way in. If he wanted to talk about it, he knew I would be here. Instead, I walked over to the phone and ordered a pot of coffee to be delivered, charging it to my account.

"So you were sure it's a girl, right?" I said, draping myself over Keifer's shoulders and giving his neck a gentle kiss. Part of this didn't feel right. I liked Keifer and loved having sex with him, but I wasn't so sure that the connection went to love like it did with Ellie and Rei. He seemed like he could use some physical reassurance right now and that's what I wanted to give him.

"Yeah, should be a girl. We're going to name her Melody. Right babe?" He said, not even taking notice of me. I looked into his mind and all I could see was: the egg, swirling thoughts about being a dad, and plans he had for the future for his daughter.

I kissed his cheek once more then motioned to Primarina to take my place, "You're gonna be an amazing Dad, Keifer. You want me to stay or…"

"Stay, please." He interrupted me. His eyes suddenly locked onto mine and focused. "Please, you've done this before and I want to make sure everything will be ok." He said.

I smiled and then sat down on the bed. I pulled out my phone and took a picture of him and Primarina cuddled up, waiting for their daughter to make her appearance in the world.

Half an hour later, and several cups of coffee poured into Keifer, the egg was almost completely cracked. I looked up from the dirty fan-fiction I had been reading about a girl in a magic school to see that it was time. I flipped open my camera and focused on the couple.

Keifer and Primarina held hands and held their breaths as the egg made one final singing squeak and shattered all at once. A tiny Popplio laid there, covered in egg membrane and looking perfect. Primarina sang the most beautiful song I had ever heard and scooped her daughter up into her arms. Keifer was crying openly, the biggest smile I had ever seen on his face. Overwhelming joy and love flooded my senses from both of them and it reminded me how I had felt when Joy had been born.

Both of them were in love with Melody instantly, would do anything to protect her, and were madly in love with each other for bringing such a perfect bundle of joy into the world.

"Welcome to the world, Melody." Keifer said, taking his daughter from Primarina and wrapping her up in a warm fluffy towel. "I'm your dad, Keifer. And this is your mom, Rina. We're so happy to meet you." He said, the little Pokémon letting out a sweet squeak as it reached to touch his nose with a flipper.

I wiped the tears from my own eyes and managed to get a picture of him holding the baby Primarina. He looked at me and smiled. "Aunt Kassi, do you see? She's a shiny Pokémon!" He was beaming and I looked closer. Sure enough, Melody was a darker blue than your standard Popplio.

"Congratulations you two. She's beautiful." I said, getting up and walking over to give each of them a kiss. I looked down at the tiny baby Pokémon and my heart swelled with joy and a pang that made me miss my own daughter. I took a picture of Melody herself once she'd been cleaned up, then let myself out of the room.

Making my way downstairs I finally met up with Rei and Ellie. They were chatting happily as they ate breakfast. "Did you two do more bonding or fucking last night?" I said, sitting down with a plate of eggs and berries.

They looked at each and back to me, "Both, did you like our present?" Ellie said, her blue eyes flashing a little bit with inner light as she said it. She bit her lower lip and I saw that she had a hand under the table and also under Rei's skirt.

"Yes, I did. Too bad you didn't invite me. Not that I had time because…" I started when a sexy purr came from behind me.

"Because what Kassi?" Amber said, walking over to the table with Nona on her shoulder and a plate in her hands. I noted with satisfaction that she had walked with a very slight limp and sat down very gingerly on the padded chair. "I thought you went to bed early last night?" She said, looking in my direction.

Don't let those two horn dogs know, or Amber will never get a good night's sleep again. Nona said into my mind.

Good point. I answered back and then turned back to my girlfriends. "because I was too busy having fun with Taiko, Bolt, and Hope to join you." I said, going for part of the truth.

Rei narrowed her eyes at me and I felt her trying to reverse the flow of our link, but I slammed the doors down by focusing on a memory of Taiko, Mire, and myself peeing on her on Route 6 on our way to Stow-on-Side. Her face turned a bright red and I felt her arousal skyrocket. She had been ignoring Ellie for the most part, but as soon as that memory had hit her she had moistened up enough to let the toy Ellie had been trying to slip in her through.

Amber also wants to thank you for last night. She was gushing to me about it all morning and admired the bruises you left. She even just used makeup to hide the slap mark on her face. Maybe you should do it again sometime, I know I would love to watch. Nona said, with horrible timing.

I started to cough and sputter around the bite of egg I had been trying to consume; no one else seemed to notice the smug look on Nona's face as I did so. Once I had gotten myself under control I spoke up. "So what's the plan for today?"

"Well we all slept in too late and missed registration for battles today, so we can all try tomorrow and then do some shopping." Rei suggested, then let out a moan and doubled over the table when Ellie hit a button on her phone.

"I owe you two a night on the town. Ellie I would take you, but you're not old enough to get into the club." Amber said. She raised an eyebrow at Rei, but didn't mention anything. She was letting more of her Kalosian accent out this morning and it made the sexy memories of our phone call last night flood me.

Ellie pouted adorably at that, but seemed to accept it. "That's fine, if you guys are drinking I think I'm going to have to pass anyway. I don't feel too good." She said and pushed the plate of food away from herself.

"Oh!" I said, grabbing my phone and flipping open the camera roll. "Keifer's egg hatched. Her name is Melody, have a look!" Passing the phone to the girls they started to let out aws as they flipped through the pictures. Then Rei suddenly smiled.

"Kassi, when did you take this picture and why didn't you share it?" She said, holding up my phone and showing a picture I had taken the last time we had gone shopping. I was wearing some blue lingerie, standing in a mirror and posing to show off my ass.

I reached for my phone, but Rei yanked it away and hit two buttons. Her phone dinged a second later and she smiled. "Thanks baby." She said then handed my phone back to me. Watching her for another minute I realized that she had set the picture as her background. Ellie's phone dinged a second later and she smiled, doing the same.

"You two are exhausting." I said, chuckling.

"All of you are exhausting." Amber added, "But, I'm having a lot of fun." She smiled prettily and I felt a flash of desire come from Rei and Ellie, I couldn't argue with it, because the same had happened to me.

We finished our meal and set off for the Gym. Keifer had said he wanted to nap and spend time with his daughter. He would register later. The Circhester Gym was perched at the top of the town. It featured the glacier badge design on its front. Posters of Melony, the Circhester Gym Leader, were posted everywhere. She was one of the most desirable women in Galar, despite being a non-conventional beauty.

Melony was older, in her early 40s and had a full figure. Her hips and bust were large and soft, but she still had a thin waist. Melony also had: flawless pale skin. wide blue eyes, and platinum blonde hair. She honestly reminded me a lot of Mum, just with an even fuller figure. Melony's son, Gordie, was a Rock Type Gym leader and the two would alternate each year who would handle the Pokephile Challenge or the Kid's Challenge.

While registering we asked for a unique condition for our winning. Keifer was obsessed with Melony and wanted all of us to share her at once. So we asked that if all of us won, we'd get to run a train on the leader in private at the end of the day. The registration official took our request and seemed positive that Melony would accept. She preferred to do her deals in private, since she was so often forced to be humiliated in front of a crowd.

Once we were done with that, we went to explore Circhester. The town was beautiful. Snow drifted around the town, but a natural hot spring source under the city kept the pavers warm and the snow didn't stick. Children ran around and played. I watched a man and his Gardevoir making out on a bench.

As we walked around town Ellie and Rei played some game, where Ellie would hit a button on her phone and Rei would moan or squeal and rub her thighs together. After about the fifth time it happened, while waiting in line for snow cones behind a family. Amber finally broke down and asked what the hell was going on. Apparently Ellie had slipped the Rotom Dildo into Rei and kept changing its shape whenever she wanted to embarrass Rei. The bad part was, Rei was totally into it and loved the feeling of being publicly humiliated.

The first store we walked into was an adult toy store. Ellie was stopped at the door and forced to wait outside while we shopped. She pouted and went to sit at a cafe next door with the two baby Eevees. This shop was much larger and more well stocked then the one Rei and I had visited back in Hulberry. "Amber, I think we died and went to heaven." Rei said, grabbing the curvy redhead by the hand and leading her to the wall of toys.

I grabbed a trolley, knowing that we were going to leave her with our arms full if the honey blonde had her say in it. "So do you prefer lots of texture, lots of size, or something more natural?" Rei asked Amber as I walked back within earshot. She was busy taking Amber from toy to toy trying to find her "perfect fit" like a shoe salesman. In the middle of describing the size and shape of a Noivern dildo Rei suddenly bit her lip and moaned, then continued on like it hadn't happened.

"I don't know Rei, I like big, but not massive like you two seem to. Texture is nice since I'm sensitive to touch. I also," Amber was interrupted once again by Rei and she grabbed Amber's shoulder and let out a quivering moan. The store had several other patrons in it and a couple of men trying to go unnoticed looked in her direction. "You still have that dildo in you, don't you?"

"Yes, of course. It's a Rotom Dildo and can change shape with the push of a, ahh!" Rei's legs quivered and I saw a line of fluid leaking down the inside of her thigh.

"You don't think Ellie is upset that we came in here without her, do you?" I asked Rei, and only got a nod in response.

"It feels like Taiko is inside me right now, and he's spinning. Ah! Damn you Ellie, I'm going to spank your pale ass red later." Rei said, trying to keep her focus. I could hear the toy's motor whirring inside of Rei and the trickle of fluid that was running down her leg turned into a stream. Amber and I looked around and she found a toy similar to Rei's Rotom dildo, only with a detachable clit stimulator on it. The thing could be controlled to change shape, vibrate, and rotate from a Rotom Phone app.

I got interrupted in my shopping by Rei and Amber grabbing my hand and pulling me into a dark room. It was a small theater used to screen porn movies and had a single black leather sofa that was barely big enough for the three of us. As soon as the door was shut a lesbian porn started playing. Rei got onto her hands and knees and flipped her skirt, showing me just how wet she was from Ellie's abuse of her pussy. She reached back and tugged at the toy, but it wouldn't budge. "Damn you Ellie, she had the knot at the base fully inflated. I...fuck!" Rei yelled and she came hard, fluid dripping from her slit. "You two just have your fun." She broke off into a non-coherent stream of moans and curses.

I looked at Amber, "Don't seedy places like this usually have glory...yup there it is." On one wall; opposite the screen and next to the couch where three holes in the wall. The each were padded and about hip height. The ground under the holes was padded and a box of condoms sat in the corner next to a jar saying "Just the tip."

"Let me guess, our little privacy booth has started growing mushrooms out of the wall?" Amber said with a smirk, already tugging at her shirt to remove it. Her large breasts bounced in the lacey green push up bra she wore, she tossed her shirt aside and looked at me. "Come on, we need to go mushroom picking."

I pulled off my own shirt; the fabric teasing my nipples as it slid across. Grabbing Amber by the hand I led her over to the wall. All three holes were filled with a decent sized dick and I let Amber take the one in the middle: a large pale cock with an uncut sheath. "Honey, it's time to play." I said to my girlfriend who was moaning in delight as Nona lapped at her clit while she enjoyed the torture Ellie must have been subjecting her too. The cock I kneeled in front of was a large black monster: the head large and balls looking heavy and full. "Condoms if you need them girls," I said tossing one to the other two holes, "without further ado, dig in."

Amber and I moaned happily as we each took our cocks into our mouths. Mine was a bit salty and musky, but I didn't care. My lips parted and stretched around the dick, the head flared as it slid over my tongue. Whoever was on the other end of the cock pushed forward as far as the hole would let them and his tip poked at the back of my throat. Thank Arceus I had trained away my gag reflex; as I doubled down and pushed myself to his base. I heard a manly shudder on the other side of the wall and his cock twitched in my throat.

Glancing to Amber I saw that she was expertly bobbing her head back and forth; her hand kneading the jewels of the man she was servicing. She looked sexy as fuck giving head and I wished that I had a dick so she could blow me as well.

Rei got off the couch, quickly tugged off her shirt and noisily inhaled the dick in one gulp. She started to rub at her clit and noisily came as she sucked hard on the man in her hole. After only a few seconds of slurping and choking on the dick the man let out a moan and Rei's face was painted in cum. She let out a happy squeal as she licked up the cum and rubbed it on her chest. That cock pulled back and another took its place: big, dark, and purple. "Mmm, a Machamp huh? My favorite." Rei pushed forward and moaned happily on the new Pokémon dick in her mouth.

During all this, Amber had pulled off her pants and inserted her new toy into herself. She had set the vibration to low, pulling the toy in and out of herself. The bruises on her ass were a deep purple and Rei seemed to eye them with envy.

Nona had come up behind me and slipped her nose under my skirt. Sharp teeth grazed across my pussy lips as she yanked my panties aside and started to lick me. I moaned deeply, the feeling of Nona's rough tongue on my clit was amazing. I started to suck and lick at the cock in my mouth, giving the man I was sucking a groan as I went from base to tip with each thrust.

Rei hadn't felt the need for a condom with a Pokémon dick, after getting it good and slick with her spit she had spun around and shoved the dick in her ass, the toy still buried inside her and now whirring audibly.

Amber let out a happy gasp as she managed to get her own cock to cum. The sexy redhead's face and bra-covered tits were splattered in thick white seed. She started to cum on her new toy as she felt the warm fluid slashing on her face, whoever the man was giving her a prodigious amount of cum.

Nona was amazing at giving head and I felt my own climax building. I swirled my tongue around the bottom of the cock in my mouth, also increasing the pressure of my sucktion. The man on the other side yelled out in pleasure, "Take it you sexy slut!" Then exploded down my throat. I quickly pulled him out and milked the cock as it sprayed my face and tits. I got my orgasm then, cumming all over Nona's face and felt her twitch as she fucked herself to a climax with her own tail. The jizz was thick and hot: smelling musty and like the man had been pent up for days. The man shuddered as I took him back into my mouth and cleaned him up with a happy moan. Once he had pulled away, I spun around and buried my own face into Nona's pussy, wanting her to get off even harder.

Amber's dick had retreated and she was now bent over in front of Rei, making the blonde eat her bruised ass while she fucked herself with her toy. Rei was cumming over and over as the toy in her pussy buzzed angrily and the Machamp slammed his large member in and out of her ass. Her eyes were rolled back in her head and I knew that she was in heaven.

After another few minutes Rei locked up and her hips were lifted into the air each time the Machamp's cock twitched to deliver another burst of seed into her ass. She passed out with the force of her continued orgasm and Amber was pushed onto the ground as the full weight of Rei fell onto her ass. The two of them fell into a pile and they were both coated with Machamp cum as the Pokémon continued to unload his balls.

I rushed over to check on Rei, finding that she was already starting to come to. While she was mostly out I pulled on the toy in her vagina and it popped free with a wet squelch. "Honey! Are you ok?"

Rei smiled dumbly, her eyes starting to come back into focus. "Let's do that again, best orgasm fucking ever."

"But you passed out!" Amber yelled, crawling out from under the cum soaked girl.

"Best day ever." Rei said, letting out a large happy sigh. She completely relaxed and slumped onto the floor, the biggest grin on her face. The rotom dildo that had been in her continued to randomly change shape, vibrate, and twist in a spiral.

"Either Ellie is really mad or she really loves you." I said, picking up the toy and turning it off. Once turned off the toy deflated back into an innocuous basic stick vibrator shape and size.

"Both. I love that girl." Rei said, her body still twitching with latent pleasure. "Would you two be willing to…"

"NO!" I shouted, cutting her off. She pouted prettily.

We used some towels provided in the room to clean up as best we could. All three of us still felt sticky and reeked of semen.

I grabbed myself a couple other dildos to add to my collection as well as some plugs, Including a jewel plug that Rei begged me to make her wear when we went out tonight. I also picked up a couple other tools to make it easier to let my dom side do her thing.

We paid for our things and left the story. Ellie looked a little upset when we walked up then looked furious when she realized that she had missed out on a chance for fun. When we briefed her up to the point where Rei had passed out and she seemed to calm down a bit.

Rei hugged Ellie and thanked her and Ellie freaked out, telling the older girl to get off her and that she reeked like jizz.

It was just past lunch and we all agreed we should eat at the hotel and get cleaned up. Maybe grab Keifer as well when we were done so he could hold the bags while we shopped.

Getting back to the hotel, I let my team roam the room when I went to shower. The ever horny Ana jumped on me when she smelled the sex wafteing from my body. Forcing her into the shower with me I enjoyed some afternoon delight with the pretty cream swirl. When we were done she watched me wash up with a sweet smile on her face.

"I think tonight might be the night for my egg to hatch." She said, idly popping bubbles floating in the steamy air.

"Really? That was fast. Congratulations Ana!" I said, scrubbing at my hair to get the semen out of it.

"Yes, I'm so nervous and excited. I can't wait to meet my baby girl, even if she'll be half my own size before I know it." Ana was talking wistfully about her plans for her daughter. How excited she was that she would get to grow up with a loving Trainer from the very start. "You're not going to be here tonight are you?" She eventually asked, a slight bit of sadness in her tone.

"I'm sorry Ana, we're going out tonight to make up for Amber's awful birthday, and the whole Falinks situation." I said with as much sincerity as I could put in my tone. "But, Ellie and Keifer are staying behind and that means you and Hatterene can be together to welcome your daughters into the world." I picked up Ana and gave her a kiss, then hugged her tight. "I love you my sweet girl, and I can't wait to meet both your daughters."

Ana smiled and kissed me back. When I was done and dried she took extra care to fix my makeup and hair quickly. While I ate. All of that done, I rejoined my friends in the lobby and we left to go shopping.

The afternoon of shopping with my best girlfriends was a blast. Circhester had amazing boutiques and designers and some of the cutest clothes I had seen in Galar to date I found here. Rei and I teamed up on Ellie and took turns forcing her into the cutest outfits we could find. Ellie preferred to dress like a tomboy: jeans, black tshirts, and hats. Rei and I took delight in putting her in every bit of pastel we could find.

Ellie walked out of the fitting room and we squealed. Amber also smirked when Nona sent her the image. The petite silver-haired girl was currently wearing a pastel pink skirt, white frilly stockings, and a pastel pink and white frilly blouse that made her look like the main heroine in a magical girl show. "All she needs is the magical staff and it's perfect!" Rei said and started to take pictures.

"Rei! I said no pictures!" Ellie said, huffing and pulling at the frilly shirt. "This is embarassing and I'd never wear this dumb stuff anyway. Can't we get on to you guys putting on sexy dresses?" She whined pitifully.

"What if I told you that I really have a thing for magical girls?" I said, not exactly lying about it. In truth, I had at one time dreamed of being a magical girl and there was still a staff sitting under my bed that I hoped would never see the light of day again.

"I could dress up like a magical girl for you babe. I've got like 2 dozen outfits back at home." Rei purred into my ear, clearly peeking into my mind.

"How many cosplays do you have?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Trying to not call her on the fact that she was in my head and she had my heart racing. Just the thought of the honey blonde bent over in a Sailor Moon costume...why was this image so clear? I glanced at Rei and she had a huge smile on her face. "Get out of my head!" She laughed and slammed her lips against mine.

"Not a chance, too many sexy things going on in there. You know, your thoughts are almost as dirty as my own." I rolled my eyes in response to her statement. "To answer your question, not a lot, actually. I sell most of my cosplays and make commissioned pieces for professionals. I just have a soft spot for dressing like a magical girl." She said, striking the iconic pose with her legs spread and the victory sign held sideways over her eyes.

"That's not how you do it. Use the other arm and you lift your leg, you ditzy blonde." Amber said, striking the same pose, but better. Like she had practiced it dozens of times.

"GUYS!" Ellie screamed, bringing our attention back to her pastel-clad self. "Can I PLEASE, get out of this cutesy shit and back into something comfy?" She stomped her foot and puffed her cheeks in frustration. Which only made it cuter and harder to take her seriously.

"Kassi, go get that Eevee hoodie we saw on the racks." Rei said.

"For once, I'm glad you were reading my mind." I replied, scampering off to get the item.


Several hours later we returned back to the hotel. Our arms were full of bags and we were all laughing and giggling. Ellie now wore the Eevee hoodie we had picked out for her: only because it had a pocket and hole on the front that was perfect for Eon to ride in.

Ellie and Amber went to the older woman's room to help her get ready to go out and Rei came to my room. While Rei showered I pulled on the new cocktail dress I had bought to go out in. It was a deep purple, and skin tight. The sides were made of thin spaghetti straps and the only parts that were made of solid fabric was the front and rear center to cover my crotch, belly, breasts, butt and part of my back. It had two long sleeves on either side that were slitted in a similar fashion. The entire garment was strapless and barely came down low enough to cover my ass.

Rei stepped out of the bathroom, wrapped up in a towel, and placed a call to her mother.

"We've reached Circhester, Mummy, but we were too late to face Melony today," Rei said.

Elaine nodded. "Everyone's doing well? Ellie's fine? The egg samples she gave me are yielding fascinating-"

"Ellie's fine, but..." Rei interrupted and bit her lip. "We've made a new friend, Mummy, and I was wondering if PokéHealth could help her?"

Elaine turned away, pressing a button. "Hold my calls, Janice." Turning back to Rei, she gave her daughter a smile. "Tell me more, sweetie."

"We met her on Route 8," Rei said. "She'd gotten lost in the labyrinth, and gone through her supplies and Pokémon trying to find her way out. I thought PokéHealth could help her, because she's been blind since she was six."

Elaine leaned back. "I'd heard a blind girl was competing this year, and had even been sponsored. I didn't look into it further; you and Kassi are quite enough for this woman to be thinking about." She took a deep breath. "Darling, I'm glad you want to help people, but I don't think we can do anything. If she went blind at six, I'm sure her parents would've done anything to prevent it or cure it, and it's obvious that such attempts weren't successful."

"You're not going to try?" Rei said.

Elaine sighed, and shook her head. "I didn't say that. I'll have our doctors give her a checkup, assuming she's willing. I am saying that it's possible, perhaps even likely, that it's been too long to do anything for her."

"Would Amber even want her sight back?" I said, coming up behind Rei, nuzzling her neck. "From the little she's said, she went blind around her sixth birthday, and she just had her twenty-third-Elaine, are you all right?"

Elaine had frowned at Amber's name, standing up abruptly as I mentioned the twenty-third birthday. She hurried over to a cabinet, rummaging through it before pulling a file out. Then she pulled out her tablet, poking at it briefly before she paled.

"This Amber," she said, her voice tight. "Would she have red hair, killer curves, and a voice that drips sex? And her parents were from Kalos?"

We looked at each other, and then back to Elaine. "Yes to the first three," I said. "I assume her parents were from Kalos, as she says she lived in Kalos until she headed out for the League."

"Mummy, what's wrong?" Rei said.

Elaine dropped back into her seat, running a hand through her blonde hair. "I need to see Amber as soon as possible. I'd come to Circhester tomorrow, but it's far too late to clear my schedule."

"But why?" Rei said.

Elaine gave us a hard glare. "You will not repeat this to anyone, do you understand me?"

"Yes'm," we said.

"Amber's parents were having issues with conceiving, and came to PokéHealth for assistance," Elaine said. "Per standard procedure, they had an employee assigned to them for the duration of their consultation. When... irregularities came to light around their consultation, as well as twenty-five other consults the employee had been involved in, I was forced to fire said employee."

"Is she in danger?" Rei said.

"I don't think so, darling," Elaine said. "She's twenty-three, you said? And she hasn't mentioned anything other than blindness?"

"Both correct," I said.

"Then it would seem Ivy got one thing right," Elaine muttered.

"Ivy?" Rei said. "PokéTech Ivy?"

"Yes," Elaine said.

Rei bit her lip. "Mummy... Amber's sponsored by PokéTech."

"And it sounds to me like she wouldn't be in the Challenge," I said, "except Ivy's made a point of having PokéTech study Amber's failed League attempts, and create things to keep her in, like homing Pokéballs, for one."

Elaine stared at her daughter, and me, the blood draining from her face. She stabbed the same button as before. "Janice, clear my appointments for tomorrow; I need to make an early start for Circhester." When Janice had confirmed she would begin doing so, Elaine shook her head to clear it. "Assuming you can do so without alerting Amber, get me samples of her blood, saliva, and urine. Get it to the nearest lab by emergency courier, spare no expense."

"But that violates-"

"Rei, darling," Elaine said, cutting through Rei's protest. "You're not wrong, but at this point, I'm trying to keep Amber alive. Ivy's still the same self-serving bitch she was twenty-four years ago, and she'd never go to this much trouble over one person if she didn't get something out of it."

"What do you mean, keep her alive?" I said.

For a moment Elaine hesitated, and then she threw up her hands. "I've never met anyone with a memory like Ivy's," she said. "Whatever Ivy did back then, whatever she hoped to gain from it... it's all locked inside Ivy's skull. I fired her as much for what she didn't write down as for what she did-pro tip, twenty-six couples do not produce identical consults-but I don't know enough to make more than inelegant guesses. What I know for sure is this: two women miscarried during a Max Raid; three women miscarried while attending battles for the Poképhilia Challenge; when their labour started, one woman was in the North Wild Area, while another was attending battle of the kids' Challenge, and both babies were stillborn. Of the nineteen live births, all but one died before they were ten, and yes: they either died somewhere in the Wild Area, or were in attendance at battles of the kids' Challenge."

"But Amber's still alive," Rei said.

"That can't bode well for her," I said.

"Get me those samples if you can," Elaine said. "I'll be there tomorrow night at the latest." She hung up and Rei and I looked at each other with concern, plans clearly forming in the honey blonde's brilliant mind.

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