Chapter Eleven

Umbral Seclusion

Cherubs (Calliope) / Roxy Lalonde

(Rated: T)

Roxy followed the spiral deeper into the darkness, around and around into swirling nothingness. The path below her was the only light, and around it was an all consuming black void. The path got thinner as it wrapped tighter nearing the center of the spiral, then finally let out into a large black circle. Roxy stepped into it softly, all noise seeming to stop. Silence, complete.

Then she turned around.

"Hello!" the figure said, smiling nervously. Roxy gaped at the alien girl. Gray skin, white hair, orange horns, pure white eyes, and green spirals on her cheeks.

"Calliope? That you?" Roxy asked, incredulously.

"Yes, it is I!" the troll-girl chuckled.

"Holy shit! The most pious and reverential of shits, turd in a church, Callie, you startled me!"

"Sorry!" she said with a nervous laugh. The two took a moment to take each other in, eyes pouring over each other in their first meet.

"But yeah, so... hey! Nice to finally meet you! Wowee, you're pretty. So when you said you weren't good looking it turns out that was a bunch of baloney?"

"No, Roxy. I am afraid it wasn't a helping of yoUr delicioUs earth baloney," Calliope replied softly, casting her eyes downward.

"Aw, don't say that," Roxy frowned. She examined Calliope for a moment. "Also, you said you were a cherub. If I'm not mistaken, you appear to be a troll. Unless cherubs actually look like trolls?"

"Alas, we do not. This is not my trUe appearance. I have taken the form of my trollsona. I wanted to look more presentable for oUr meetUp. UnfortUnately, my trUe visage woUld likely repUlse or frighten yoU. That is not the first impression I woUld like to make."

"Girl, please," Roxy said with a dismissive wave. "Trust me, there's nothing you could look like that would make me scared of you or grossed out. I am your friend and I know you're nice inside no matter what, so... could I see the real you?"

"That is so kind of yoU to say. I can believe that a lovely person like yoU woUld be able to stop herself from recoiling at the sight of my monstroUs face. BUt it is out of the qUestion. I am mUch more comfortable appearing to yoU this way. Really, it has more to do with my own dissatisfaction with the way I look than any lack of trUst in yoUr character. YoU Understand, don't yoU?"

"Yeah, it's okay Callie, you can keep on being a cute troll. I'm just really happy to see you, after all this time," Roxy smiled and embraced the troll-cherub. Calliope tensed, then returned the embrace.

"As am I. I've waited a long time to finally see yoU." Calliope gave a toothy grin and Roxy giggled. "How have yoU and yoUr friends been?"

"We've been good. Well, kinda good. Well okay recently it's been pretty much disaster city."

"Why is that?"

"Well, Jake and Dirk are sort of a thing, and Janey wanted to be a thing with Jake and Jake is just an inconsiderate ass and talked about Dirk and sort of drove Janey up a wall, and then she ran off and all sorts of crazy shenanigans, I guess."

"Oh dear, that is rather UnfortUnate. If Dirk and Jake are together and Jane is alone, then what does that mean for yoUr love life?"

"Pft, me? Girl, I don't need nobody. I got my besties - you, Janey, and Fefeta. Poor, poor Fefeta." Calliope chuckled and gave another toothy grin. "How about you, you little cherub? Didn't you mention cherub romance once?"

"Ah yes. It's a rather violent and Unpleasant ordeal. In fact, as mUch as it pains me to admit, it was very similar to my relationship with my brother."

"Wait, you and your brother were, like-?"

"No, no! It's similar, but definitely not the same. Ordinarily, the 'romance' woUld occUr between two different cherUbs, and it would be a fight for dominance, mUch as my brother and I fought over my own body. It would often occUr over weeks or months and be a long and bloody dUel. EventUally, the one who sUcceeded woUld be the dominant cherUb in the relationship. It's very similar to the kismessitUde of trolls, however in a way it's more end-oriented than fUeling the rage for another with constant antics."

"Huh, I see. So you don't have any secret cherub boyfriends on the side?"

"Heavens, no. I've never seen another cherUb in my life, and after I've dealt with my brother, I'd never want to meet one. I wish for a more 'red' relationship, like trolls or hUmans have. Alas, as a cherUb, I never can."

"Well you're being troll-Callie right now, right?" Roxy nudged the troll-girl.

"What? Well, yes, bUt-"

"Couldn't you be, like, humansona Callie or whatever?"

"I sUppose in my dream state I coUld be whatever I'd like..."

"Do it, girl! I wanna see human-Callie!"

"Well... alright. Stand back." Roxy took a step away from Calliope, who closed her eyes. She seemed to vibrate, to sort of shift between one state to the next in the blink of an eye. When Roxy focused on her again, she was a young girl, about Roxy's age, with shoulder length brown-blond hair, her usual black and green suspenders and bowtie attire, and deep lime-green eyes. "D-does it look alright?"

"Holy cow, Callie, you're crazy pretty!" Roxy beamed.

"A-am I?" Calliope blushed a lime green color. "Thank yoU, Roxy."

"So... about that human romance."

"Wh-what?"

"Well, you're a human," Roxy began, sauntering up to the human-Calliope, "and I'M a human..."

"I-I- oh- well, I-" Roxy smiled, wrapping her arms around the girl's waist and pulling her close, kissing her gently on the lips. Calliope struggled for a moment, then gave in and relinquished control to Roxy, kissing back deeply. Roxy pulled her tighter against her and Calliope's hands moved to Roxy's chest, eliciting a soft moan from the blond girl.

Panting, they began kissing harder, Roxy taking Calliope and gently lowering her to the ground. Despite being in the center of a dark spiral in a void of nothing, the ground was rather soft. Calliope smiled, hair splayed out before her as Roxy knelt above her.

"Damn you're cute," Roxy panted.

"This is so nice," Calliope murmured softly. "More, please, Roxy." Roxy grinned and began nibbling the girl's neck and playing with her chest. Calliope gave a small coo and moaned as she writhed beneath Roxy's touch. Roxy's hand slid down her chest and into her jeans, moving down to her thigh. Calliope gasped and jerked a bit, looking into Roxy's eyes, but Roxy only grinned and moved her fingers up further, sliding along Calliope's entrance, making her groan and roll her head back as Roxy nipped her neck and chest.

"Oh, Roxy, this is fantastic... I-" She froze. Roxy looked up to find Calliope's gaze fixed behind her. "Oh, no!" Roxy spun to see a young girl dressed in an orange dress. "What is SHE doing here?!"

"M-mom?" Roxy sputtered.

"Mom?" Rose asked, quizically.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Calliope cried, jumping up. "This will not do at ALL! A LIGHT player? Have yoU gone mental? Why don't we jUst bUrn a bloody bonfire in here! He'll spot Us any minUte, assUming he isn't already on his way to blow Us all to kingdom come!" Calliope reached into her pockets, pulling out handfuls of sparkling dust. "Not that it hasn't been delightfUl, bUt everybody oUt!" She threw a handful into Roxy's face, causing her to sit up and cough violently.

Sit up?

"What the heck?" Roxy looked around. Darkness, and purple. Derse? Barred windows. A prison of some kind?

"Oh, good, you're awake." Roxy turned to see the door blocked by a tall troll with large horns, wide hips, and a fierce grin. "I was afraid you'd never wake up."

To be continUed? ;u

And I'm sorry I haven't been doing many of your requests (or much at all) but I now have a job where I can take a small notepad to work and just write the entire time, so it allows me to have a lot more time to write your smut, so I will hopefully be updating more frequently soon!