In less than two days, she'd been presented with a house, and Jen walked through it accompanied by R'ka and Kwei. She was absolutely awed by the size of the home. The thing was bigger than a lot of mansions back on Earth. Several bed rooms, a couple of training rooms or 'kehrites' as they were called; there was even a rather long room for target practice with their plasma casters! Then she saw the bath room. It was equipped with a large shower, and a big steaming tub that was just begging to be used!
"I'm not sure the Clan Matriarch has a home this large." Kwei said in soft awe as he looked around.
"I think this place has a lot more space than we'll ever need. I'm not sure we'll ever be able to use it all. Even that small bed room back there was more than big enough for all three of us!" Jen retorted.
R'ka flexed her mandibles in a smile before she grabbed Jen gently by the shoulders and turned her around while kneeling down in front of her. "This is what your honor has gained. No more will you live in a small cave that I simply modified. Now you will live in a large home that you have earned!"
Jen reached up, grabbed R'ka and pulled her down so that she could look the much larger female in the eyes. "If you think I'm staying in this place by myself, you're crazy! You and Kwei are staying here too. I am not living in a house this big by myself!" Jen said firmly. "I'd get lost in here!" She added in a near shout.
Kwei started laughing as he tapped Jen on her shoulder. "How do we find our way out of here again?"
"The hell if I know!" Jen exclaimed in exasperation. "This place is huge!"
"Yes it is." Thwei-de Guan stated from behind the trio. "It cost a lot to make up the difference in what that ship is worth."
Jen spun around to see the Clan Matriarch behind them. "It didn't need to be this big! I'd have been quite happy with something less than half this size… most likely even a fourth." She finished in a doubtful tone.
"Perhaps you would, but honor would not have been served." Thwei-de Guan replied simply.
Jen kept her mouth shut and didn't say anything. She had come to understand how important honor was to both Yautja like Kwei, and also to the Great Yautja like R'ka. There was no way that she was going to say anything that might contradict or disparage someone's honor.
Jen looked again at the rather large tub. She could see that all three of them would be comfortable in it at the same time. The only question that remained to be answered is would it be deep enough for R'ka? She reached out and grabbed R'ka's hand before stepping closer to the tub.
"Well… what do you think, Darling? Is it deep enough for you?" Jen asked softly.
R'ka switched the visual mode of her mask so that it was viewing the ultraviolet spectrum. "Not quite. But we can fix it. Modifying this tub will be a lot easier than building the one we had in our cave, because we can use the proper tools to do it." She replied casually.
"Sounds good to me. Now which room are we going to sleep in and what are we going to do for dinner?" Jen asked with a grin.
"I would be pleased if the three of you would join me for the evening meal." The Clan Matriarch said from behind the trio.
"It will be a pleasure, but I have no idea how to get to your home." Jen answered as she turned around to face the much older female.
"I know the way to her estate Jen." Kwei said easily.
"Good! Eating on the ship is getting a little old. Not that the cooking isn't good, but I'm curious about the spices and seasonings in use here." Jen shot back.
Than Guan Kv'var-de couldn't help but notice the easy camaraderie present among the trio. She knew that such an easy relationship was rarely found unless it was among siblings. Lifemates often had such a relationship, but those were also rare. It was something that showed just how intimately these three knew each other. That formal respect was not displayed, proved just how closely each knew the other two. It was a very rare occurrence among Warriors.
"Feasting with the Clan Matriarch is sure to give your bottomless stomach a sample of how the Yautja prepare their food." R'ka chuckled.
"Well I might not be so hungry all the time if the two of you didn't keep me extremely busy in the furs every night." Jen replied in a sultry tone.
Than Guan almost choked when she heard the insinuation made by the ooman female. The ooman had clearly stated that she was being shared by the other two, and now there was further proof of it. This was something so unusual that it had never been heard of. It was something that made her yearn for that same type of closeness with another.
When the Black Yautja female spread her mandibles in a grin and gave a very short purr before lifting the ooman female like a pup, Than Guan watched carefully. That was when she saw something she had a hard time believing. The ooman female deliberately placed her face and head between the spread mandibles of the Black Yautja female! It was a position of total dominance and submission! The submission was on the part of the one whose face was being covered by the mandibles and the dominance was being demonstrated by engulfing the face of another. The confusing part was that the act of submission was being done willingly by the ooman female!
When the Yautja male started purring a mere instant after the short purr of the Black Yautja, Than Guan had to wonder about it. Apparently the Yautja male noticed her look of confusion because he answered her unspoken question.
"We have found that R'ka's purring causes Jen to enter a state that we have come to call a 'breeding frenzy'. It is suspected, but we don't know for sure, that R'ka's deep purr creates a vibration that affects Jen's breeding urges. While Jen is in the throes of that breeding frenzy, we think that she is much like a pauk slave in that she cares only of being bred, but there is also a chance that she can be fertile at the time. So when R'ka wants to purr, she signals for me to do it instead."
"Does the ooman not consider that to be an act of submission?" Than Guan asked in bafflement as she pointed at what the two females were doing.
"No she doesn't. Jen does not simply place her face between our mandibles. Her tongue writhes in contact with ours in an act of affection. The only way for her to obtain such contact is with us to perform what would be considered an act of submission, but there is nothing submissive about her!" Kwei answered with his mandibles flexed in a smile.
"She does this with both of you?" Than Guan demanded in disbelief.
"Yes… many times each day." Kwei replied smugly.
The Matriarch of the Broken Knife Clan shook her head in consternation as she walked away. The strange bond between the trio would obviously take a lot of time to fully explain. She was just glad that she wasn't the only one perplexed by this issue. The Arbitrator Setg'in also wanted to know about these three. She knew that he was very intrigued by the ooman and the Black Yautja. There were a great host of questions to be answered about those two.
Jen watched the woman leave before she smirked at R'ka and Kwei. "Okay, what all do we need to do to this tub so we can all enjoy it at the same time?"
"It would need to be deeper for R'ka, but shallower for you." Kwei answered.
"So if we made it deep enough for R'ka and had places to sit for you and me, then it would suit all of us, now wouldn't it?" Jen asked with a smirk because she had already figured everything out.
"Yes, but we can not risk letting R'ka come into contact with my seed!" Kwei said forcefully.
"Only until her first period… after that, we can all enjoy it together, so we might as well plan for that now." Jen replied.
"If we make all of the modifications now, then it won't need to be altered again later." R'ka said slowly as she caught on.
"Exactly! This is part of planning for the future… our future! Both as a team and as lovers." Jen finished quietly.
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Than Guan flexed her mandibles in a smile of welcome as the Black Yautja, ooman, and Yautja male entered her home. She noticed that the much smaller ooman walked protectively in front of the Black Yautja female. She found it interesting that the ooman female seemed to be watching for threats aimed at the Black Yautja female, rather than any aimed at her.
By talking with the unusual group, Than Guan learned that though the ooman was the youngest in age, that female also had the most combat experience. That was right before she learned that the ooman Jen, was what would be considered an Elite Arbitrator. She was truly impressed by the little ooman upon learning that Jen had commanded other Elite Arbitrators.
They sat in what Jen would call a living room, since it contained a couch, comfortable chairs, various small tables, and a fireplace. She sat between R'ka and Kwei but across from the Clan Matriarch. It was obvious to her that the woman didn't hold any type of grudge against them, because her manner was open and friendly even though her language was very formal.
"I have lived with R'ka and Kwei long enough to know that formality is considered to be a kind of respect. If it is agreeable to you and only if it is agreeable to you, I would like to dispense with formality, but maintain the respect in our speech. I think it would make our conversation easier." Jen offered seriously.
"That would be very agreeable to me. I know of no one else who would make such an offer, and I am gladdened by it." The Clan Matriarch answered.
"Good! In that case, call me Jen. That's a whole lot easier for you to say than my actual name."
"She speaks honorably. As long as I have lived with her, I still can not say her actual name!" R'ka grumbled.
"Neither can I." Kwei agreed.
"Well… I'm not all that good with your names either, so turn about is fair play." Jen said with a smile at her lovers.
"If I am to call you 'Jen', then you may call me Than Guan." She replied.
"If there are no objections, I wish to learn more of the Game World. There is a lot that isn't known about it." Than Guan asked curiously
"That place is F.U.B.A.R. if you ask me." Jen said sourly.
"Fubar? I do not understand this word." Than Guan said in confusion.
"F.U.B.A.R. means Fucked Up Beyond Any Recognition! That place is insane! Dinosaurs that went extinct sixty-five million years ago, mammoths that went extinct thirty thousand years ago, trees that will try to eat you, plants from Earth and who knows where else. Plus there are creatures that your weapons can't even injure even with R'ka using them!" Jen almost growled.
"You refer to the creature we have come to call a 'Double Tough', don't you?" Kwei asked in an amused tone.
"That particular creature has a hide so tough, it is immune to any blade we have, plasma casters, and even Hard Meat blood. They can be skinned only by using the tail blade of a Hard Meat from the inside! But you must have a point of entry already established or else even that blade is useless!" Kwei said to Than Guan.
"It sounds like that hide would make an excellent armor." Than Guan said in awe.
"But once you make it into leather, it is completely unworkable by anything we have! Even the fabrication systems on our ships can't work it."
"In order to know that… you had to have killed one." Than Guan said in suspicion.
"Jen finally killed that creature with an ooman weapon. Kwei and I were only able to anger the beast, regardless of what we tried or what weapon was used." R'ka answered plainly.
"Even when you do have a weapon that can kill them, they are not challenged lightly." Kwei added seriously.
"That particular beast is physically stronger than I am. Between the teeth, claws and horns, it is very deadly, but add in a type of armor that is impervious to Yautja weapons and it is almost suicide to challenge one." R'ka said firmly.
"That may be true, but those 'Slime Beasts' make for an excellent meal!" Jen replied with relish.
"What is a slime Beast?" Than Guan asked interestedly.
"That is a creature about five nok in length. It has respectable teeth and claws, but it is always covered in a thick mucus that is a contact poison of incredible strength. Once cleaned, the hide becomes the softest leather I've ever encountered!" Kwei answered readily.
"It's also the tastiest thing you'll ever sink your teeth into!" Jen added with a grin.
"That is twice now that you've said it is good." Than Guan said with a bit of confusion.
"That's because it is! It is very juicy with a wonderful flavor even without any seasonings, but it is impossible to preserve for long because the meat retains far too much fluid." Kwei answered.
"It'll make its own gravy!" Jen piped up with a grin.
"It's that good?" Than Guan asked intently.
"I have some stashed away aboard our ship… well Jen's ship… but there is enough for the four of us… even with the way everyone will eat it." R'ka said with a smile.
"Oh you naughty girl…. You've been holding out on us. You'll pay for that one later Darling." Jen said softly with a sultry smile.
"It was not my intention to cause a conflict." Than Guan said with a bit of alarm.
"You didn't." Kwei replied factually. "Jen will end up making R'ka scream for a couple of hours or longer… but it won't be in pain!"
"What do you mean?" Than Guan demanded in confusion.
"What he means is that I will certainly enjoy it… even though I'll be too exhausted to do anything but sleep afterwards." R'ka answered smugly.
"From what I have heard… it sounds as if she is going to breed with you." Than Guan said in confused suspicion.
"Oh… that's because I am! I just plan on spending a lot of extra time at it that's all." Jen stated with a vicious grin.
"You… do this often?"
"I'm with one of them almost every night. Some nights are really fun because I get both of them at the same time!" Jen answered in a sultry tone.
Jennifer was elated to find that there was absolutely no hatred towards those with gay or bisexual preferences here. She was able to speak openly about her relationships with Kwei and R'ka. The fact that she wasn't even their species wasn't being brought up either, and that told her that there were no limits. She was free to be with her lovers in a way that had never been possible before and she planned to take full advantage of it. She was going to ensure that the bigotry on Earth never happened here. She had the chance to effect some changes before there were issues so that everyone was free to be with who they loved.