Darkzdragon: Not gonna lie, nearly forgot to upload this week. There was a lot of stress we had to deal with in the past 24 hours; from pipe leaks to stress with stupidly designed automated systems. But in the end, I was able to remember and remind Kit.

DarkFoxKit: Thanks for that. I've been having a really rough week. Yesterday I had quite the scare that the house was going to be flooded, and we had to call an emergency plumbing service. I also had to wake up much earlier than my usual wake up time, so that messed with me for a bit. And parents arguing about how to clean the house and all that really doesn't help either.

Darkzdragon: Anyways, don't let our real life stress concern you lovely readers. Go ahead and get to the chapter!


Chapter 11: Learning

Juliette, who had no idea what was going on downstairs with Echo, led Cobra to her room.

"I brought you up here because I wanted to reveal this to just you for now," Juliette informed.

"What is it?" Cobra asked.

Juliette had trouble seeing any emotions behind Cobra's sunglasses.

Juliette took a deep breath before she stepped out of the Void.

To Cobra, Juliette had looked gray, as according to Echo, she will appear like a Void Being to other Void Beings while in the Void. Then, Cobra saw Juliette just regained her colors. Once again, Juliette couldn't see Cobra's emotions very well. The man was very well trained in hiding his emotions.

Though Cobra was speechless for a moment. "... You… you are… what did you do exactly?"

"I'm a bit of an anomaly," Juliette stated. "I exist half within the Void and half outside of it. I can step in and out of the Void at will, but I usually have to wait at least an hour between doing that."

"You can step in and out of the Void…" Cobra repeated. "Could you take us out of the Void with you?"

Juliette shook her head. "I've never tried. There's a chance that if I try to do it, I could erase that being from existence altogether. There is a chance it might not work. Or I could bring only half of them back. There are a lot of risks with testing that, but… I actually may have just thought of a safe way to do so."

"So do it then," Cobra replied.

"Um…" Juliette hesitated.

"Oh, you said you have to wait an hour," Cobra remembered. "Why tell me this and nobody else? Does that Fenton boy know?"

"He isn't a Fenton that I know of," Juliette answered. "And yes, I have shown my ability to him before. The reason I chose to show it to you first out of anyone in your group is because as the leader of your group, you can help explain it to the others for me whenever I do choose to show them. If I showed them all right now, I feel they might get their hopes up too quickly, believing I can take them all back and they will either get disappointed, depressed, or angry when they find out that I'm currently unable to do so. As you know, those emotions can draw in Void Creatures, and I for one do not want to test how strong the divine barriers are."

"Neither do I," Cobra agreed. "Is there anything else you want to show or tell me?"

"I don't have anything else I want to share right now," Juliette replied. "But, I would like to ask how you ended up in the Void in the first place. I assume some kind of… experiment gone wrong?"

Cobra frowned before he looked at Juliette in silence. Juliette felt a little uncomfortable as Cobra was silently looking at her. Finally, Cobra took off his sunglasses, which showed he did actually have eyes under there.

"It happened maybe three days ago now," Cobra said in a somber yet serious tone. "I take it you know of the Guys in White?"

"Barely," Juliette said. "I know that you're a top secret organization that isn't known for its kindness nor its humane ideals. I know that you're kinda a terrible top secret organization due to the fact that people are aware that you exist. I mean, seriously, the Men in Black do a better job than you guys and I say that because people don't know if they actually exist or not."

"The Guys in White don't usually care about staying a secret. We are trained ghost hunters, hired by the government. I, for one, just prefer to do my job with as little notice and casualties as possible, but for most, they want to show off, and rack up as many brownie points as they can with the public," Cobra informed.

"Really? A top secret government organization, doesn't care about staying secret?" Juliette raised a brow. "You would think the government wouldn't want the taxpayers to know about a black ops organization that is specifically for hunting and killing ghosts."

"The organization does a poor job of making sure the members remember that," Cobra said. "But I am not here to talk about the organization I work for."

Juliette nodded. "What exactly was the experiment you were all testing that ended you up in the Void?"

"It was a new machine the scientists of the organization created. It was dubbed as the Ghost Portal Opener. Or GPO for short," Cobra went on. "Our organization have been trying for months to find a way to get into the Ghost Zone. They've tried to reverse engineer how the Fentons managed to create a working Ghost Portal. Unfortunately, everything they tried had failed. At one point, our organization bought out the Fenton's house, in hopes of being able to use their portal. We were going to send a super weapon to seek out the Ghost Zone's core and destroy it, in hopes of destroying all the ghosts along with the Ghost Zone, ending the ghost threats once and for all. But that became a complete failure. I wasn't there, but from what I was told, a large boulder blocked the portal at the last second before the weapon was fired, and caused the missile to explode. Thankfully the explosion was harmless to humans, and the agents were all left in green goo. But that was the last time our organization tried to use the Fenton's Ghost Portal, many agents think it's cursed."

"Yet your organization is still trying to recreate their Ghost Portal technology?" Juliette pointedly asked. "Let me guess, they couldn't spend all the taxpayer money and had to do something otherwise the next budget would be smaller?"

"No, the organization still plans to destroy the Ghost Zone's core," Cobra answered. "And after two years of hard work after that incident with the Fenton's Ghost Portal, the scientists managed to create the GPO. It can't create a Ghost Portal on its own, but it's supposed to puncture through the realm between here and the Ghost Zone, and open a portal artificially. We didn't need the genuine thing, we just needed a way to get our men inside. This time they're going to seek out the core themselves and destroy it with their super weapons. That was the plan anyways."

"Well, I feel I should point out a few things," Juliette started. "One, there are many realms you could've ended up in. There isn't a direct route to the Ghost Zone. Second, even if you did get to the Ghost Zone, it's massive. Your troops and weapons would easily get lost if they went in there. And third, there is no reason to destroy the Ghost Zone OR to continue to hunt and kill ghosts. Ghosts are just like us, except they're a bit more… energetic, eccentric, and wild. I mean what reason does your organization have to kill ghosts, hmm?"

"Ghosts were a serious threat to humanity 2 years ago. Ghost hunters began to pop up in hopes of hunting them down. There were many ghosts who had hurt innocent people, so we were called on to stop them. But we have noticed a decline in the ghost's attacks lately," Cobra explained.

"Yet your organization still chooses to kill, capture, and mutilate ghosts in the name of 'protection'," Juliette remarked.

"Yes, as ghosts are still seen as creatures from the dead that aren't meant to exist here," Cobra replied.

"Wow… how narrow all of your visions must be…" Juliette scoffed, shaking her head a little.

"I do not claim to know if what we were doing was right or wrong. I just do my job, and take out the ghosts before they hurt anyone," Cobra said.

"Tell me, if you were still in the living world, outside of the Void, and you saw a ghost child that was cowering in fear and your orders were to kill it, what would you do?" Juliette questioned. Depending on how you answer, I may simply feed you to the Void Creatures.

"I have never met a ghost child before. But if the ghost child was not hurting anyone, I would pretend to not have seen it," Cobra admitted.

"And if others had noticed it and were going to kill it?" Juliette inquired. "Would you let them kill the child because it's a ghost?"

"I would tell them to stand down, but I can't control what they would choose to do," Cobra answered.

"So you wouldn't go out of your way to defend the ghost child?" Juliette surmised.

"I was trained to fight ghosts, Juliette, not defend them. I wouldn't go out of my way to hurt a ghost that isn't causing harm, but I'm not going to defend them either," Cobra sternly said.

Juliette gave a thoughtful look. "Let's say the ghost was once a loved one. A child you had lost to disease or accident. A brother you had loved and had gotten seriously hurt. What would you do then? Because there is a possibility that the ghosts you've killed and butchered have been family members of yours or others in the organization. Or perhaps they had families in the Ghost Zone who will never see that family member again."

"Juliette, is there a reason for these questions?" Cobra asked.

"Yes," Juliette answered. "Because I want to know how you would use what I could train you and your group downstairs in. Would you use it to defend yourselves only? Would you defend yourself and everyone else? Or would you pick and choose who you would defend?"

"I have never seen a ghost who represented anyone I knew. I don't claim to know who's family or loved one was to someone in the organization. I will say that I have a daughter who I truly love, if she were a ghost, I would not let anyone harm her. Does that answer your question?" Cobra responded.

"Yes." Juliette smiled. "Yes it does. Would you say the same would apply for your platoon down there?"

"I wouldn't know. I only know a few of them on a personal level, the rest are just co-workers," Cobra stated. "Many of them, however, are still in their early 20s, so they have not worked for the organization for long."

"Do you think if you told them that you planned to use my gifts to defend everyone, including ghosts, they would listen and comply?" Juliette asked.

"I believe they would. Being in the Void allowed us to hear the inner voices of everyone, including ghosts. We all understand that these ghosts are a lot like people. While some of them may be hesitant due to the beliefs that ghosts are monsters, I'm sure they will come around after they spend enough time in the Void listening to them. After all, if nothing else, this place had taught to listen and understand what others are going through," Cobra answered.

Juliette gave a smile at that before she leaned forward. "Then I shall give you three promises. One, you and your platoon may stay here for as long as needed. Two, when I can, I will train all of you, and Echo, how to use Void Barrier and Void Create. And three, I will try my hardest to find a way to get you and your platoon out of the Void."

"I thank you for your utmost generosity, Juliette," Cobra responded gratefully yet still firmly. "I know that it will be difficult, but we will all try to help you find a way to get us out as well. Our friends and family are missing us, I hear my wife and daughter crying, asking about me every day."

"Just please make sure your platoon doesn't get too pushy about me training you all or getting you out of the Void," Juliette requested. "I go to high school during the week and work at PetSmart 5 days a week." Juliette was about to stand up when she realized something. "Wait… your friends and family still remember you and the rest of your platoon?"

"Of course. Why wouldn't they?" Cobra questioned.

"Well… when most people fall into the Void, almost all traces of them are erased from the world," Juliette informed. "I… have a feeling that because you guys didn't fall into the Void, but actually entered it with that GPO of yours, you… that… feature, I guess, doesn't apply to you."

"Erased from the world… all of it? Including their memories, our memories, and everything we've ever done?" Cobra asked, sounding actually nervous about that.

Juliette nodded. "Being in the Void means your existence was erased. That's why you can never get tired, or hungry, or… pretty much anything but walk and talk. Because your bodies technically don't exist."

"That… is very… disturbing. How could anyone handle that? This alone, not being able to be seen or interact with anyone, is already too much. To have our ties and memories stripped away as well is a scary thought, even for the most hardened of the Guys in White," Cobra admitted.

"It's… what happened to Echo," Juliette softly said. "At least I think… He doesn't remember who he is, nobody does. I… probably shouldn't tell you this yet, but I feel I can trust you and I want you to be able to trust Echo. Under no circumstances is Echo to find out you know and absolutely no way can your platoon find out unless Echo lets me tell them. Can you agree to that?"

"Yes. I swear on my title and rank of the organization, I will not say a word of this to Echo or anyone," Cobra promised.

"I believe Echo was once the twin brother of Danny Fenton," Juliette informed. "But something happened two years ago that wiped him from existence. I'm currently testing a possible way to bring him back, but it wouldn't work for you or your platoon. With him, I believe I have found out his real name, not Echo. There is a chance that if I tell him or someone close to him, he will be able to leave the Void."

Juliette waited to let that sink in. Cobra was silent as he thought about what Juliette said.

"To think this happened to such a young boy…" Cobra frowned. "If Echo was indeed the twin brother of Danny Fenton, that would explain why he looks so much like him. But if you think you found out his real name, why haven't you said it to him yet? Why keep him in this Void with no memories or ties or anything any longer than he needed to be?"

"Because there is a chance if I tell him now, I could overwhelm him and his mind could snap," Juliette answered. "He could also cease to exist entirely if I overwhelm him."

"Overwhelm him?" Cobra questioned.

"Try thinking about it from his point of view. He has no memories, all he knows is the Void. He's never eaten, or slept, or had any connections with anyone. What do you think will happen if all of that suddenly comes back to him? He could go into shock," Juliette explained.

"I see…" Cobra frowned. "That's difficult then. There doesn't seem to be a good solution for such a thing. You could try to ease him into it, but there's no real way to ease him into something like this since he can't experience any life as long as he's in the Void."

"I am trying to see if I can pull him out of the Void by making other people remember him," Juliette stated. "Perhaps if enough people remember him, he will physically be brought out and I can try and slowly inform him bits and pieces of his life."

Cobra gave a nod. "I wish you the best of luck with him. I will keep this to myself, as promised."

"Please do," Juliette replied. "You can tell them about my thing, where I'm half in the Void and half in the world of the living. If I went out right now, they might notice it, so it'd probably be best if you went on your own and explained it to them."

"I will go do that," Cobra said before turning to the stairs. "If there's anything else you need to tell me, you can ask for me. We won't move far from your house."

Juliette gave a small smile as Cobra went downstairs. She waited, wanting Cobra to explain the situation before she showed herself, but then she heard Cobra, the calm, soft yet stern talking man, shouting angrily.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

Juliette frowned before she walked out of her room and down the stairs to the main floor. Juliette blinked at what she saw. Cobra was standing there, looking pretty angry, while the rest of the agents looked like they were tossing Echo around like a ball.


Echo didn't sign up for this. He had hoped that he stayed off this part of the timeline. The younger agents seem to still think he was Danny Fenton, and trying to smart talk them or something. Echo wasn't sure exactly, these guys covered up their thoughts pretty well. The next thing he knew, he was getting pinned, thrown across the room, and shaken. It was apparently part of the 'interrogation' process. Since they had no weapons or equipment for a proper interrogation, they thought to just resort to bullying methods instead.

Echo always knew him looking like Danny might get him into trouble one day, he just didn't think it'd be this kind of trouble. If anything, if Juliette did indeed succeed in getting him out of the Void, which Echo still doubted, he was way more terrified of what Danny or people who knew Danny would do when they saw him. Echo honestly would rather take this over that any day, but he still didn't appreciate being interrogated over something he couldn't answer.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Cobra's voice boomed the entire room.

Everybody stopped what they were doing, and everything was silent. Echo was still being held up in the air by a few shocked agents.

"Put him down immediately!" Juliette commanded loudly.

The agents that still held him quickly dropped him on the hard floor. While it didn't physically hurt, Echo still muttered "Ow…"

"Would you care to explain what you were doing to my friend?!" Juliette asked in an authoritative tone.

There was silence.

"That was a direct question and I expect an answer from one of you in the next 5 seconds or all of you will be out on the curb!" Juliette shouted.

"We were… trying to interrogate this boy," Someone finally spoke up. "He had to have some answers as to how to get out of the Void."

"Who was the person or people who had the bright idea to interrogate my friend right after I brought you into my home?!" Juliette demanded.

Nobody made a move.

"One." Juliette began counting. "Two. Three. Fo-"

"I did it," Someone finally said.

"Come forward," Juliette ordered.

A young male agent walked to the front of the group. He still had his hair, surprisingly, a few others had their hair as well.

"What's your name?" Juliette asked, no longer using a loud voice.

"My name is Flint, a.k.a. Operative F2 on the field," The agent called Flint answered.

"Tell me, Flint, why did you think it was a good idea to interrogate my friend?" Juliette questioned. "What sort of logic were you using? Or were you letting your emotions drive your actions?"

"I… had thought he was actually Danny Fenton who somehow found a way to go in and out of the Void at will," Flint admitted. "When he kept denying it, I… lost my patience, and tried to interrogate him. Others joined me when I insisted he must know a way out of the Void."

Juliette frowned at that before looking over at Cobra. "Since they are your group, I believe you should be the one to handle any punishments or scoldings."

"That, I definitely will," Cobra said firmly.

Echo stood up from the crowd and awkwardly made his way over to Juliette.

"Before you do punish them though, let me make this absolutely clear!" Juliette raised her voice again before gesturing to Echo. "This is NOT Danny Fenton. And if you treat him like you just did again, or mistake him for Danny Fenton, you WILL answer to me! Is that understood?"

"Yes…" A few of them softly replied.

"I SAID IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?!" Juliette yelled.

"Yes ma'am!" They all quickly corrected and shouted.

"Good! Now those of you who were interrogating Echo, report to Cobra for punishment," Juliette responded. "Echo, come with me."

As Juliette and Echo headed upstairs, Echo could hear some of them talking to each other.

"That kitsune girl is scary when she's angry…"

"I thought she was going to eat my face…"

"This is why they say not to mess with a kitsune's boyfriend…"

"ECHO IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Juliette yelled down the stairs, making Echo, and several of the agents, jump and flinch.

When Juliette and Echo were finally alone in her room, Juliette grumbled as she plopped down in her bed.

"Oh god… that was nerve wracking…" Juliette mumbled.

"You sure were tough, and showed a scary side to you that I never knew existed," Echo remarked.

"I just did what I had seen in movies, tv shows, and animes…" Juliette admitted as she rolled over so she was facing the ceiling. "Are you okay, by the way?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I didn't feel any actual pain, but boy those guys can throw," Echo chuckled.

"I hope they won't give you any trouble in the future," Juliette stated before giving a small yawn. "Perhaps I should take a little nap. I've been in and out of the Void today, I demonstrated my Void Create to all of them… which took a bit of energy. And then there was that show I just put on down there."

"No kidding. I guess that means you chose to show Cobra your ability," Echo noted. "As for if they'll give me any troubles in the future… er… maybe it's best I don't say anything about that."

"Tell me," Juliette replied. "Don't make me go drill sergeant on your ass."

"They're not going to make it easy for me during training, I will say that," Echo admitted.

"They just going to give you a hard time?" Juliette asked. "Or are they going to try and sabotage you?"

Echo shrugged. "It could be either one, or they just yell at me. I didn't realize being younger than 20 automatically means I should be targeted by 20 year olds. They must feel threatened or offended that some kid who looks like Fenton is training with them… or will be training with them. I actually take that as an honorable praise than an insult though, considering my admiration for Danny."

Echo then noticed Juliette was silent. "Juliette…?"

"Just… thinking…" Juliette yawned. "While… drifting off to sleep a little… I'll try to keep an eye on them during training."

Echo chuckled before shaking his head. "Sweet dreams, Juliette."

"Take this off me in two hours…" Juliette said before she reached over to her nightstand, grabbed a night mask, and pulled it over her eyes.

Echo frowned before reached over and his hand went through the mask. "... Better get Anise…"

"Artemis, sweetie, it's time to wake up," I heard his voice gently say. I let out a small groan, I still felt exhausted and wanted to rest longer.

"Come on, Artemis, it's time for breakfast. You don't want to be hungry, do you?" His voice chuckled in amusement.

I let out another soft groan, trying to roll away from his voice as it wouldn't let me get back to sleep.

"If you don't hurry, your breakfast will run away~" He warned in a teasing tone.

My eyes snapped open. Prey running away?

I saw him just above me, chuckling. "Come on, Artemis, your prey won't stay in the kitchen for long."

I swiveled my head from side to side before I got ready to jump off the comfortable cushiony platform I was on. But before I could jump, he picked me up. I gave a whine, but he just chuckled.

"This house is still too big for you, little one," He explained before he began flapping his beautiful wings.

I pouted, but waited as he flew me down the hallway, and going into the kitchen area. He set me down, and I saw my breakfast was moving around; it was a big, fat, white and black rabbit. It seemed pleasantly unaware of my presence.

I crouched low to the ground and began moving towards the black and white rabbit. Food. Prey. Will hunt, will eat.

The black and white rabbit's ears twitched when I got closer, it was now on alert, looking for a predator, which was me.

I glanced around to look for anywhere I could hide. I quickly went under a chair. The rabbit went back to eating the lettuce that he set for it. I started to crawl in closer. When I was close enough, I got ready to pounce or give chase depending on if the rabbit spotted me.

The rabbit looked at me at the last second and ran before I could pounce. I hissed in irritation before running after it. The rabbit was fast, but I could be faster, I was faster. Within seconds I had the rabbit pinned to the ground and I was tearing its throat out to kill it quickly.

Once the rabbit was dead, I began enjoying my breakfast. Fresh prey kills were always the best.

"I see someone's enjoying her breakfast today~" He chuckled.

I kept eating the rabbit, my tail swishing behind me in satisfaction.

Every day, I would spend all my time being babied by him. He loves me, I know, he calls me 'Artemis', so I guess that's my name. He always seemed concerned about me, and asks me questions like if I remembered something we did long ago. I knew I loved to hunt, every time I saw prey, I had the instinct to go after it. He approved of this, and he enjoyed watching me.

"What… is… name?" I asked, looking up at him.

"Hmm?" He looked at me. "Are you asking what a name is or are you asking me what my name is?"

"What… your name?" I clarified.

He gave me a bit of a sad smile. "I've told you this every day, Artemis… my name is Dusk. Please… try not to forget it again."

I gave a frown. He- Dusk has told me his name before…?

"Come, we have more to do today. I'll be teaching you how to speak more, then hunt more than one rabbit," Dusk remarked, picking me up again. "And hopefully… help you remember better as well."


Time went by, and I grew bigger, and my mind became larger and more knowledgeable.

"Dusk… can we stop the lesson…?" I whined as my stomach growled. "I'm hungry."

"I suppose we can take a lunch break now," Dusk chuckled before he approached me.

"Dusk… I have to ask, why have you been putting that helmet on me a lot lately?" I asked, remembering the helmet being put on me after Dusk was either sad or angry for a little bit.

"It's to help you with your memories, Artemis," Dusk answered. "If I don't, your memories could become… too much for your mind to handle. You could die from the shock, or go into a comatose state."

I gave a thoughtful look, trying to remember what a few of the words meant. "How did I lose my memories in the first place…?"

"There was…" Dusk hesitated, giving a somber expression, before it turned bitter. "There was an incident that made you lose your memories. I'm trying to help bring them back little by little."

"Is that why I've had headaches?" I questioned, remembering the frequent times where I woke up with a splitting headache and all I could do was cry out in pain.

"Yes, my dear sweet Artemis. The process isn't pleasant, but it's the only way to ensure you'll get better soon," Dusk explained in a comforting tone.

"H-h… will I ever fully recover…?" I worriedly asked.

Dusk wrapped his wings around me, and pulled me into a warm, comforting hug. "Yes, you will. It may take a while, but you will fully recover one day, I promise."

I leaned into Dusk's hug.

Juliette woke up to Anise pulling her mask off.

"Well, good morning sunshine, had a nice nap?" Anise chuckled.

"I… think so…" Juliette frowned. "I think I had another one of those dreams you told me to talk to you about."

"Oh?" Anise was immediately intrigued. "What did you see in your dream?"

"The dragon again… his name was Dusk, I think," Juliette answered. "He was calling me Artemis and telling me how I lost my memories, but he was helping me get them back. There was some hunting of animals, some lessons on speech, and there were a few other things… that are slipping away right now."

"I see… so you dreamed about Dusk…" Anise mumbled. "That's all you saw?"

Juliette nodded.

"Okay, then I think right now you shouldn't worry too much about it. You were just seeing someone Dusk was raising in the past," Anise stated.

"But… how was I seeing it? How am I seeing someone else's past in my dreams?" Juliette questioned.

Anise sighed as she looked like she was debating with herself about something. "Well… it's possible that… the person you're seeing the eyes through is… someone you may have known or been close to."

"Someone… from before… the worlds collided?" Juliette inquired. "Were they… my sister or something? Because… I haven't actually truly had anyone to be close to before Amity Park… besides you."

"Yes, way before the worlds collided," Anise confirmed. "As you've probably already guessed, her memories were… a mess. It's possible that you may not remember her much yourself due to the scrambling of memories. Or perhaps she could've been another version of you in that world, and because the worlds had collided, you're starting to see her memories of the past."

Juliette looked at Anise before she looked back at the ceiling, deciding to sit up. "Alright…"

"Prepare yourself, you've got a full house of Void Walkers downstairs," Anise reminded.

"Yeah, I know," Juliette acknowledged. "I invited them here."

"I know, Echo told me the whole story when he came to get me to get the mask off you," Anise chuckled. "I just wanted to remind you since it would be a big shock if you woke up and suddenly saw all those Void Walkers. You're not used to having so many around in your house after all, so it's easy to forget."

"What time is it?" Juliette asked as she stood up and stretched out.

"It's about 4 in the afternoon," Anise answered. "Echo's out with Danny right now, mostly because he didn't want to be stuck with the other Void Walkers while you were sleeping."

Juliette gave a nod. "I'm gonna go wash up in the bathroom and… I don't know, figure out what to do with the rest of my afternoon."

Anise gave a smile. "You could always log into KinkQuest, the servers are back up and running now."

"Oh?" Juliette raised a brow as she walked into the bathroom. "Thought they said it would take a little bit longer."

Anise shrugged. "They said that they weren't able to put in all the content in this one patch but they don't want to keep the servers down for too long, so they've put some servers up running with some of the new content they've been able to put in. If you play KinkQuest during the weekend, you get extra credit in my class~"

"I guess it couldn't hurt to log on," Juliette said as she washed her face a little.

"If you are going to log on, we should probably take some precautions~" Anise smirked.

"What… kind of precautions?" Juliette hesitantly asked as she finished washing up her face.

"Oh, juuuuust to make sure you don't wet your bed, or yourself. After all, some of my students end up making quite a mess of themselves in KinkQuest, whether it's because they spent too long in the game, or the game itself just made them relieve themselves unconsciously~" Anise explained with a playful smirk.

Juliette let out a long sigh. "You're not going to give me a choice, are you?"

"Either pad up or I'm going to put special bedsheets on your bed in case you have an accident," Anise offered.

Juliette grumbled a bit. "If it's one or the other… I'll take the padding, which is no doubt a diaper."

"Yup, don't worry, nobody but me will see you. I made sure to keep the Void Walkers out until you log out of the game~" Anise promised.

"Go ahead and pad me then…" Juliette mumbled as she walked over to the bed.

"Oooh, glad that you're complying so much easier now~" Anise smiled cheerfully before she clapped her furry hands, and a big, thick light pink diaper with colorful balls of yarn on it appeared in her hands.

Juliette waited as Anise put the diaper on her, which was quite comfortable now that Juliette thought about it.

Juliette shook her head a little. Why am I thinking like that…? It's not something I should be comfortable with. It's bulky, gets in the way, is embarrassing, and is essentially a mobile toilet.

"There we go, now you're all set to get as messy as you want~" Anise grinned.

"I'm not going to get messy," Juliette stated firmly. "I don't need to use the bathroom right now and I went to the bathroom after eating breakfast, so there is nothing in my system to expel."

"Oh you'd be surprised what the body will produce while you're having fun~" Anise giggled. "But don't mind me."

Anise took Juliette's VR helmet and placed it on Juliette's head.

"You know it won't start until I activate it, right?" Juliette pointed out. "I changed the settings so I have to activate it."

"Then go ahead and start it," Anise chuckled.

Juliette rolled her eyes underneath her helmet. "Link start."


Rose woke up on the couch in Raven's room. Aurora happily flew in front of her.

"Welcome back, Rose!" Aurora greeted happily.

"Sorry I took so long, Aurora," Rose apologized. "There was an update, the servers were offline for about 8-9 days."

"I know, it's fine, I understand it was out of your control, Rose," Aurora replied. "It seems that Raven hasn't come back yet though. She went out earlier to discuss something with Ken."

"Did she leave the door unlocked?" Rose questioned as she stood up, feeling a warm squish between her legs. Great… I'm still in this diaper.

"Yup," Aurora answered. "She could trust her pets to stay unless told otherwise. And she didn't think you'd come back on for a while."

Rose smiled at that. "Perhaps I should go explore the guild hall. It looks like Raven took me out of the latex outfit I was in and put me in some somewhat normal clothes."

"The latex outfit is usually meant for when the Dominant wants to play with their pets. Since you were logged off, Raven didn't see much of a reason to keep it on your avatar," Aurora stated.

"I'm glad she took it off because it means I can explore without everyone hearing me from a mile away," Rose remarked as she went to the door and opened it.

Rose walked out into the hallway, seeing a few people moving around, taking a stroll with their own Submissives. Some of them acknowledged her as she passed them by.

"Is that Raven's new pet?"

"Yeah, I think so."

"Lucky, wish I had a pet that rare."

"Eh, I still prefer my adorable bunny."

Rose looked around, wondering what she might be able to do. I doubt I can run. Raven probably put a tracking chip or something on me due to how expensive I am.

Rose decided to just explore the guild for the time being. The guild was pretty big, the main floor was huge, and had a bar, lots of tables, and a lot of people enjoying themselves, chatting, sharing stories of their latest quests, and showing off their Submissives.

Rose was passing by a door that was slightly open, and with her sharp ears, she heard Raven's voice.

"-on, I'm sure it would be fun, Ken. Why are you so hesitant?" Raven questioned.

"Because Nandy isn't ready to play or handle someone like her, she's too feisty and fiery from what you told me. I'm trying to ease him into the Dominant role, not make him dive into the deep end before he learns how to swim," Ken's voice grumbled.

Rose raised a brow at that, moving a tiny bit closer to the door, hoping to be able to peek inside.

Rose could see Raven and Ken seeming to be arguing with each other over something. She didn't see any signs of Nandy with them though.

I get the feeling they're talking about me. Rose thought to herself.

"Ken, listen to me, this is exactly what Nandy needs in order to bring out his inner Dominant," Raven responded.

"But what if he gets pushed too hard by her? That could turn him off from being a Dominant, he was already so hesitant with giving orders to other Submissives before, what makes you think he's ready for the angry, strong willed kitsune that would be ready to chew him up in a second?" Ken retorted.

"Nandy is stronger than you think. When push comes to shove, he'll always push back," Raven argued. "At least give him a chance."

"Let's say I do give him this chance," Ken began. "And the kitsune is more than he can handle. Will you accept the blame if Nandy no longer wants to be a Dominant? Or even play this game? Because the last thing I want to do is push and players away from this game because I made a stupid decision."

"Yes, I'll take full responsibility to whatever happens," Raven answered confidently. "And it's not like he has to dominate her, this is just to give him the opportunity to do so. Maybe they'll bond and play mini-games together."

"Talking about mini-games, is it true that your kitsune levelled up 4 times after playing a single mini-game?" Ken questioned, switching topics.

"Yup, pretty awesome, huh? She must've killed something really big in the mini-game to level up that much. She must've had some help, maybe she already formed a pack with someone," Raven stated proudly.

"You already decide how to spend her Dom Skill Points?" Ken inquired. "Have you thought of what role you want her to have on the field?"

"I've been thinking about it, and there are a few roles I think she'll play nicely in. One is, of course, using her as a mount. She's a kitsune, and she's naturally fast, they have very high speed in their stats. Her stamina needs a little work, but with proper training, she'll be able to run for long periods of time. She would also be great for archery with how high her keen eye stats are. As for close range, I think she'll be excellent with magic considering how high her mana and magic power are," Raven answered.

"You going to keep her as a land mount or at some point might you make her a flying mount considering her dragon DNA?" Ken asked in response.

"Hopefully there will be some way to bring out her dragon DNA and possibly get it so she can transform," Raven replied. "In the meantime she would just be a land mount. Now, getting back on topic. Can we please set up that session for Nandy and Rose?"

Ken hesitated, then he sighed. "Alright, fine, we'll set up that playdate for Nandy and Rose, happy?"

"Yup!" Raven smirked.

"We'll have to wait until they log in though…" Ken sighed. "Has Rose logged in yet?"

Raven pulled up something. "Yes, she has. And she has left the room according to Ivy."

"Better go get her before she runs off," Ken said.

"Nandy still has yet to log in," Sunset informed.

"Then we'll get the paperwork ready for when he does," Ken remarked.

Rose quickly backed away from the room and started walking down towards the main hall.

Perhaps I should go explore the town~ Rose smirked to herself. Make Raven come look for me~

Rose did just that, she quickly headed to the guild's main doors and walked outside. The town was huge, she could easily get lost here if the Blackened Sun guildhall wasn't so huge.

Tell me, Aurora, do you know if there is anywhere in town that I should go see? Rose silently asked.

"There are many places for you to go see," Aurora answered. "I don't have a recommendation. You should just explore and see what you want to see for yourself."

Rose gave a nod before she began to head towards a giant tree she saw in the middle of the city.

There were mostly NPCs wandering around, likely due to the fact not everyone knew the servers were up and running again. The NPCs just gave Rose a standard greeting as she passed them by. Despite the city having mostly NPCs right now, it still felt lively.

I wonder if one of the upgrades that are live are the more realistic AIs for the NPCs… Rose wondered as she reached the area with the giant tree. Oh… wow… I wonder if this place is known as the Great Kink Tree of Magnolia…

The tree in front of Rose had all different kinds of features to it. There seemed to be black goop running down the side, which Rose could smell was latex. There were people bound up to the tree, exposed. There were some NPCs hanging from the tree by their arms wearing nothing or wearing kinky types of underwear.

"It is," Aurora confirmed.

"Really?" Rose questioned out loud. "I was just kidding…"

"It is a place where many gather to allow themselves to be more free in public," Aurora informed. "If you don't feel comfortable doing that in public, I would suggest not getting too close, or you would get swept up by the tree."

"Swept up by the tree?" Rose raised a brow. "What exactly do you mean by that?"

"The tree has many different ways, but one of the more common ways is that it will drip liquid latex onto a player and it will spread and cover you before you get stuck to the tree," Aurora answered.

Rose looked up, seeing the large branches hanging off the square. "Perhaps I should step back then…"

Rose was too slow, however, as an item appeared on the branch that was over her, and dropped it. When the item hit Rose, she suddenly found herself wearing a full body leather suit. Her hands and feet were bound by thick leather mittens and booties, there was a pacifier gag with a leather exterior stuck in her mouth, on her head was a leather hood that looked like it had little rivets that you could attack a blindfold to. The leather outfit covered her tails and all of her body, and from the sound she heard as it hit her, Rose assumed it had shredded her clothes.

Mother fucker… this is just like the outfit Anise stuffed me into on my first night in Amity Park… Rose growled. And why didn't it get rid of the diaper?! In fact, my diaper feels thicker now!

"Because it is a kink tree," Aurora answered. "It gets rid of anything that isn't kink related, so the diaper stays as it is usually kink related."

Did it make the diaper thicker…? Rose asked as she began to walk away from the tree before she felt something pull against her neck. Aurora… is there something… attached to my collar?

"Yes to both your questions," Aurora replied. "The diaper got thicker to match your leather outfit more. And the tree stuck a leash on your collar, since you are now bound to the tree for the time being."

I assume stay away from the tree unless I want to get stuck to it? Rose guessed.

"Yes," Aurora answered. "But it will not make it easy as the tree will begin to pull on the leash to try and pull you close."

Right as Aurora said that, Rose felt a tug on her collar. Not wanting to let the tree pull her, Rose leaned forward, trying to dig her booties into the ground.

Of course I would go near a tree that would want to trap me… Rose grumbled.

"I should warn you, if it pulls you close enough to drip latex onto you, Raven will need to get a rare item to free you from the latex and the leather suit," Aurora warned. "If latex covers the leather outfit, you will essentially be sealed inside."

Rose started mumbling curses to herself, feeling the leash being tugged again. Perhaps you could… go get Raven to help me.

"I can't leave your side. If I go more than 15 feet away from you, I teleport straight back to you," Aurora informed.

Can you send a message to her then? Rose inquired.

"I can send a message to her fairy guide," Aurora confirmed.

Do it! Rose quickly ordered as she felt a stronger tug, actually pulling her a couple feet towards the tree.

"What message would you like me to send?" Aurora asked.

Tell Ivy to tell Raven that I'm at the kink tree in the center of town and need help immediately as I'M IN DANGER OF BEING PERMANENTLY TRAPPED IN AN OUTFIT! Rose answered, mentally yelling the last part as she felt another strong tug.

Rose felt one of her boots drop down a step. And do it now!

"Message had been sent," Aurora stated.

Thank you… Rose responded, pulling against the leash a little, regaining a foot.

Rose was struggling even harder as she was getting close to the tree. The black liquid latex were almost touching her. Just when she thought she was going to be trapped in a black latex suit forever in KinkQuest, someone grabbed the leash on her collar.

"This belongs to me!" Raven declared. "Meaning you have no right to pull her in without my permission."

The leash suddenly crumbled into sawdust and blew away in the wind, freeing Rose from the tree. Raven lead Rose away from the kink tree's zone.

"What were you thinking? Leaving the guild and getting close to one of the kink trees?" Raven demanded.

Can you point out to her that I can't speak right now? Rose requested.

"No, I'll tell you what you were thinking, you weren't thinking, that's what you were thinking!" Raven ranted on before Aurora could reply. "Next time you see something strange, you ask your fairy guide about it before you go waltzing up to it!"

Any time now, Aurora… Rose urged.

"Um… Raven, Rose wanted me to inform you that she can't speak right now," Aurora spoke up.

"I know she can't speak right now. I'm leaving that gag in her mouth until we get back to the guild," Raven huffed. "Honestly, newbies can get themselves trapped so freaking easily even though they have a fairy guide to tell them what they need to stay away from."

Well, I'm sorry my fairy guide didn't warn me ahead of time… Rose mentally responded, even though Raven couldn't hear her.

"I'm sorry, Rose, that I didn't warn you ahead of time. I will try to be better about that…" Aurora said softly.

Rose took a deep breath before she let it out. I'm sorry for getting angry, Aurora… but please, do try to warn me ahead of time if there are dangers.

When Raven and Rose made it back into the guildhall, Raven lead Rose back into her room before she finally removed the gag from her mouth.

"Well, you got a gift from the Great Kink Tree of Magnolia, and I think you deserve to keep it," Raven stated, looking at Rose's leather suit.

"If I could, I'd regift this to someone else…" Rose grumbled. "And I was thinking. I was thinking of exploring this town that I'm currently stuck in. I didn't know of the dangers of the tree and I didn't even know if you were online. I just saw it sticking out above the tops of the roofs and it was either the tree or that thing that looks like a church."

"Yes, the same excuse every new player gives about it. They were curious, so they walked up to it," Raven remarked, annoyed. "Listen, there are traps in the game, especially for Submissive players. The next time you see something odd, you ask your fairy guide before you approach it. It's dangerous to walk around without a Dominant owner, especially when you don't know what's out there."

Rose rolled her eyes. "Yeah, thanks for telling me after the fucking fact…"

"Yeah, and thank you for sneaking out and being a bitch about it," Raven retorted.

"I'm not the one who is setting up fucking 'playdates' without my knowledge so someone else can 'tap into their inner Dominant'," Rose countered.

"Setting up playdates for Submissive pets is a very common practice for Dominants to do, whether the Submissive approves of it or not," Raven replied. "And if you want to talk morality, you shouldn't have been eavesdropping on us in the first place."

"Oh, that's rich coming from the cold hearted witch who gave me a test that I couldn't have won," Rose scoffed.

"Which you could've refused, which you would've known you could've done had you asked your fairy guide," Raven retorted.

"You do remember that I've been on this game for LESS THAN 12 FUCKING HOURS. Aurora is still a basic fairy guide who only answers questions you ask," Rose pointed out. "And I don't know what questions to ask because before this damn game, I'd never touched a video game in my life! I'm sorry I wasn't a spoiled bitch like you growing up who had everything she could've ever hoped for! I lived my life in poverty until recently! I didn't have access to most things people take for granted in this day and age! I had to scrounge, beg, and scavenge for food! I've had my life on the line many many times! So I'm sorry if I didn't know to ask a question that, to you, is basic!"

It got really quiet after Rose exploded on Raven like that. Raven stared at her in silence.

Rose exhaled. "I'm… sorry for exploding on you like that…"

"I think… you need some time to cool off," Raven finally said. "I have... stuff I need to go do."

Raven left her room before Rose could say anything.

Rose groaned before she walked over to the couch and collapsed on it. "Ugh! Why did I go off like that?!"

"Because you're angry and emotional," Aurora answered oh so helpfully.

Rose let out a sigh. "I get that… but… I don't know why I said it now… I should've left all that IRL stuff behind… but instead I just threw it all at Raven like flaming daggers."

"Perhaps it was all built up from the inside, and the dam finally burst when you were arguing with Raven," Aurora guessed.

"That… might be it…" Rose responded. "I… really should apologize to Raven…" Rose glanced up and saw the other pets in the room cowering. "And I'm sorry to all of you for going off like that… that's not how I usually am. While I want to give Raven a fight… I never wanted to do what I just did."

The other pets still cowered. Rose stood up and tried to approach them to comfort them, but when she got close, they flinched away.

"I'm sorry…" Rose softly muttered before she looked around. "Perhaps I should log out…"

"Wait, I think there is someone you should talk to at least," Aurora spoke up.

"Hm?" Rose raised a brow.

"I got a message from his fairy guide," Aurora explained.

"Whose fairy guide?" Rose asked for clarification.

"From 'Wolfy'," Aurora answered.

"Nandy? What does he want?" Rose questioned.

"He just asks if he could see you," Aurora replied. "Will you let him?"

"Yeah, tell him he'll have to come up here as I can't currently open doors with these damned mittens…" Rose responded.

"Message sent," Aurora stated.

Rose waited a minute or two before the door slowly opened, as if hesitant. Nandy peeked inside.

"Am I allowed inside?" Nandy nervously asked.

"Yeah, but perhaps we should talk elsewhere," Rose suggested.

"Um… we can always talk in that closet again," Nandy offered.

"Let's go do that…" Rose sighed. "Perhaps you can help take me out of this outfit.

"I'll have to check it out," Nandy said before he and Rose left the room.

Rose noticed Nandy looked jittery, and was looking around as if expecting something to attack him, before he all but pushed Rose into the closet and closed the door.

"Okay… we should be able to talk here," Nandy remarked.

"First, why do you look so nervous?" Rose asked. "And second, mind looking at this outfit and try to take me out of it?"

"Just… hiding from some people," Nandy admitted. "And uh… gimme a minute…"

Nandy walked closer to Rose before pulling up the menu, and scanned the leather suit she was wearing. "Ah… sorry, Rose, only a Dominant can remove that outfit."

"Great…" Rose sighed. "Why are you hiding from some people?"

"Did you know that human players are extremely rare in KinkQuest?" Nandy asked. "Added to the fact that I have wolf DNA, and that I'm being trained by Ken himself, everyone seems to want a piece of me. I'm not exactly claimed by Ken like Raven claimed you, so I'm pretty much free game… uh, not the faction kind."

"You… aren't claimed by Ken?" Rose raised a brow. "But he bought you."

"Yes, he bought me, but he didn't mark me. Remember when Raven marked you after she bought you? That was her claiming you as her Submissive pet," Nandy explained. "I can't be marked though if he's trying to turn me into a Dominant, otherwise I wouldn't get the option unless someone else tries to claim me and remove the mark, or he sells me to the market again, which automatically removes the mark."

"I… don't know if Raven will be keeping me much longer…" Rose frowned.

"Huh? Why do you think that?" Nandy asked.

"Because… I just exploded at her a few minutes ago…" Rose explained. "Made her go silent, made her leave the room."

Nandy blinked, before thinking about Rose literally exploding in Raven's face. "Uh…"

"I didn't literally explode, Nandy," Rose deadpanned.

"Oh, right, you meant the other kind of explosion," Nandy blushed.

"Yeah…" Rose nodded. "I… guess I could tell you, if you wanted to know."

"Tell me what, exactly?" Nandy inquired, raising his eyebrows in curiosity.

"Tell you what I said to Raven," Rose clarified.

"Oh, yeah, sure go ahead, if you're comfortable enough to talk about it," Nandy answered softly.

Rose told Nandy exactly what she said to Raven, not leaving out any comments. Nandy seemed to be deep in thought after Rose finished. Rose was a little worried how Nandy would react, especially since she knew she pretty much screamed at Sam, one of his best friends.

"I'll admit, you were pretty harsh on her when you were screaming," Nandy finally said. "Though S- I mean, Raven can get a bit too pushy and bossy, and I guess you were already close to exploding by then, so her attitude didn't help."

"I really need to apologize to her later," Rose noted. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh, right, well I wanted to ask if you were…" Nandy paused, and seemed a bit conflicted with himself.

"If I was… what?" Rose prompted.

"Um… I wanted to ask if you know what a playdate is," Nandy finally asked.

"You know that isn't the question you had," Arctic remarked as he flew out of Nandy's clothes.

"Shut up, Arctic! You need to learn to stay out of my hair when I'm having a conversation!" Nandy hissed. "I swear, you're worse than the Navi memes people always say."

Arctic smirked. "But I wasn't in your hair~"

"You know what I mean you little cold troll," Nandy scowled. "I swear, I don't know how his AI developed into this. Yeah, I swiped at you once, when we met, that shouldn't have turned you into this!"

"I do know the basic idea of a playdate," Rose answered, but she was curious. "What was the other question you were originally going to ask me?"

"It's not important," Nandy grumbled.

"It sure sounded like it was," Arctic remarked.

"What? Are you my loud, obnoxious conscience now? Buzz off or shut up," Nandy growled.

"Come on, Nandy, what was it?" Rose pushed.

"Yes, Nandy, what was it? Please, do share," Arctic chuckled.

Nandy scowled and crossed his arms, mumbling something.

"Sorry… what?" Rose raised a brow. "I couldn't understand what you said."

"Are you Juliette?" Nandy finally asked.

Rose raised a brow. "Juliet? Like Romeo and Juliet?"

"No, as in Juliette Rosescale, the kitsune girl who goes to Casper High in Amity Park," Nandy clarified.

Rose stayed silent for a moment. "I've never heard of Casper High. Though I have heard of Amity Park."

Nandy looked away and gave a sigh. "Right. Sorry I asked."

"You pretty much expected her to li-" Nandy shut Arctic up by grabbing him with his hand and stuffing him into his pocket.

"Amity Park is where that Danny Phantom kid is, right?" Rose questioned before she gave a thoughtful look. "Heh, I just realized something funny. Your name is an anagram of the name 'Danny'."

"Yeah, I know, plenty of people have already pointed that out," Nandy sighed. "I can't really change my name unless I get a new account. And I honestly don't want to start over on a new account. Besides, I'm getting graded with this account, so yeah…"

"There actually is a way to change your account name," Aurora informed. "You simply need to find a rare item in the game."

"Hence the term rare item. I haven't really done a lot of exploring due to being stuck in cages, being sold, and having Dominants making me do these kinky stuff with them," Nandy grumbled. "Maybe I should've just left out the 'N' and called myself 'Andy', that sounds more like an actual name, and people wouldn't point at me having an anagram of 'Danny' so much."

Rose inwardly chuckled at that. "If you get the item, perhaps you could choose a combination of your first and last name? Like Dan and a few letters of your last name."

Nandy suddenly shivered, looking pale. "No… just no…"

"What about another part of your first name? Like An or Nan or Ya or even Nya," Rose offered.

"Are you talking about my account name or my actual name?" Nandy asked.

"For your account name," Rose answered.

"No, I mean are you asking me to use parts of my actual name for my account name?" Nandy clarified.

"Yeah," Rose responded.

Nandy frowned.

"Is your real name not Danny?" Rose questioned.

Nandy finally gave a tired sigh. "Let's forget about the account name. I don't have the item anyways, so it's irrelevant. The playdate was also something I wanted to talk to you about, hence why I brought it up earlier."

"Why did you want to talk about playdates?" Rose inquired.

"Well, like you said in your explosion with Raven, they're setting you up on a playdate," Nandy replied. "Do you know what playdates are in this game?"

"I assume where two Subs get together and do kinky stuff?" Rose guessed.

"Yeah, well sort of, that's only one part of it," Nandy informed. "We're also supposed to play mini-games together. And then, usually what happens near the end of the playdate, is that the two Dominants who set up the playdate, will put the two Subs in an area where one Sub has to try to dominate the other, mostly to prove who the… 'stronger Sub is' or something stupid like that."

"And you're telling me this because the playdate that Raven and Ken were talking about…" Rose sighed, knowing why Nandy brought it up. "Is between the two of us."

"Yeah…" Nandy frowned. "Ken told me that Raven thinks it'll be the push I need to 'unlock my inner Dominant', while Ken believes I'd be eaten alive by you. Honestly, I'm with Ken on this one. Not to say that you're… erm… scary or anything, but I don't feel very comfortable trying to dominate someone who doesn't want to be dominated."

"It was my idea for him to take you in anyways," Rose pointed out. "So… if we don't have a choice on this playdate, I guess I wouldn't mind letting you dominate me just so you could learn. I will give you a tiny fight, but I won't do to you what I had done with Raven before tonight."

"I mean we could always try to attempt escape," Nandy brought up. "Though I guess we wouldn't get very far if we tried."

"As I am now, if I escaped, I would still be trapped in this outfit," Rose remarked.

"Well, if I do get to become a Dominant after our playdate, I could get you out of it," Nandy responded. "But with Ken being so strict, I'm not sure if I'll be able to."

"Do you know when the playdate is supposed to be? And is it possible that I cancelled it by shouting at Raven?" Rose questioned.

"It uh…" Nandy gave a nervous chuckle. "It was supposed to be… erm… now…? That's kind of the other reason why I was hiding…"

Rose stared at Nandy for a few moments before she looked at Arctic. "He doesn't know they can track us, does he?"

"He knows, he's just being stubborn," Arctic shrugged from Nandy's pocket. "Like a child when their parents drag them to the doctor's. They know it's coming, but they're going to try their hardest to struggle and stall any way they can."

"Ah… well then…" Rose started walking to the door. "I need to apologize to Raven, so I'm going to go find her."

"No need," Nandy sighed. "She and Ken will find us in 3… 2… 1…"

The door suddenly opened, revealing both Ken and Raven there, with wolves by their side.

Rose looked at Raven. "Raven, I'm sorry for going off on you earlier… I'll accept any punishment you wish to give me… because I really do feel bad."

"We… will talk about that later," Raven said softly. "For now though… both of you are late for your playdates."

"Really, Nandy? Trying to hide before your playdate?" Ken asked.

Nandy just pouted, crossed his arms, and turned his head away.

Rose walked out towards Raven, not wanting to put up a fight or anything. "Let's go, Nandy. The sooner we get started, the sooner you can be done with it."

Two wolves approached Nandy, and began to push him with their heads.

"Alright, alright, I'm going!" Nandy grumbled as he walked over to Ken. "Fine, let's get this stupid playdate thing over with."


Rose and Nandy found themselves in a large room with a carpet that looked like grass, and the walls were painted to look like a forest while the ceiling was painted to look like the sky, complete with clouds and birds, and a sun.

"So… what are we supposed to do?" Rose asked.

"This is the first part of the playdate," Nandy stated. "We're just supposed to do whatever we want, but it has to be with each other."

"What do you want to do?" Rose questioned before she looked at Nandy. "Besides being done with this playdate."

"I don't know. There aren't any games for us to play… I think… I remember seeing a playdate before, and you get an option for some kind of activity with your playmate in the menu while in the playdate," Nandy replied.

"Oh, like the mini-games when we fall asleep?" Rose inquired.

"Yeah, pretty much. But the mini-games are the second part of the playdate, so we're not allowed to go into mini-games here," Nandy answered

"Oh… so uh… you should probably pull up your menu," Rose remarked as she held up her mittened hands. "I'm currently not capable of accessing my menu."

"Right, okay," Nandy pulled up his menu, and selected the 'activity with Rose' option. "Okay, let's see… there's a list here on what we can do. Um… okay..."

"'Um okay'?" Rose raised a brow. "What are you seeing?"

"Err… it seems that all these activities are… kinky in some way," Nandy hesitantly answered.

"You would think that would be obvious," Rose responded. "Just look and see if you can find the least kinky activity."

"Okay…" Nandy looked through the list of activities. "Ah, maybe this one. It's a guessing game."

"A guessing game?" Rose repeated.

"Oh? That the one you're going to go for?" Ken questioned. "Haven't seen someone choose that game in a long time. Most Submissives choose kinkier options."

"Yeeeeeah, we're going with this," Nandy grumbled before he tapped on the option.

"If that is the case," Raven walked over and opened up a menu.

Rose's leather mittens, booties, hood, and outfit all disappeared, leaving her standing there in her wet diaper. Rose couldn't help but blush a little at that, her cheek fur turning a light pink.

"Thank you…" Rose softly said.

"Don't go thanking me just yet," Raven chuckled. "You two will soon figure out more about this guessing game once you start."

"Ominous," Nandy grumbled.

Rose opened up her own menu, seeing the invite from Nandy for the 'Guessing Game' activity. Rose reached forward and hit 'Accept'.

On the far wall 24 boxes appeared, each with a number on them.

"Okay, so the rules of the game are simple. You will each take turns selecting a box number and guessing what is inside," Ken explained. "You simply need to guess either 'trap', 'kinky', or 'safe'. If you guess correctly, you open the box you selected. If it is safe, you will get the treat or reward that is inside the box. If it is a kinky box or a trap box, the trap or kinky box's item will be applied to your opponent. There are 8 boxes of each type. The game is over when either all the boxes are opened or one player either surrenders or can't keep playing. If you guess wrong and open the box, the reward or treat will go to your opponent if it's a safe box. If it's a trap or kinky box and you guess wrong, the trap or kinky item in the box will be set onto the one who guessed incorrectly."

"Now, any questions?" Raven asked.

"Um… yeah, what's the difference between a kinky box and a trap box?" Nandy asked.

"A kinky box simply has a kinky item inside it," Ken answered. "While a trap box can either have a kinky item or a punishment in it. By punishment, I mean a kinky activity like 'be turned into such and such item for 1 or 2 turns' or even a simple 'you are hypersensitive until blank turns from now'. Any other questions?"

Nandy and Rose both stayed silent.

"Good, now let's begin the activity~" Raven smiled, looking excited. "To choose who will go first, we will decide on a coin flip. Rose, you'll be tails, Nandy, you're heads."

Nandy shrugged while Rose nodded.

Ken flipped a coin and it landed on tails. "Okay, Rose, looks like you get to go first. Choose a box and guess what it holds."

Rose gulped a little, and nodded. Rose walked to one of the boxes, when she tapped it, three options appeared in front of her: kinky, trap, safe.

Rose gave a small nod before she went over to box 7 and tapped on it, selecting safe.

Rose proceeded to open the box, and got a big cookie. Rose smiled, seeing that it was labelled 'safe', so it wasn't a trap or a kinky item.

"That means there are only 7 safe boxes left~" Ken chuckled.

"I guess that means it's my turn," Nandy sighed before he looked at each of the boxes, before he walked over to box number 3.

When Nandy tapped the box, the same three options appeared in front of him. Nandy knew the chances of this being a safe box was slightly lower than it being a kinky or trap box. Nandy decided to go with his gut feeling and chose kinky. Nandy then opened up the box.

There was indeed a kinky item in the box. The kinky item disappeared as soon as Nandy opened it, and appeared on Rose. Rose had mittens over her hands. Nandy sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, likely feeling a little bad for getting Rose a little more trapped.

"Those mittens will still allow you to touch the boxes," Raven informed.

Rose looked around and went over to box 1 and tapped it. Kinky… or Trap? I think… Rose selected Kinky.

Rose opened the box, and to her relief, she was right. There was a kink item in the box, then it disappeared. Nandy let out a surprised yelp when he looked down at his pants. There was something poofy around his waist, extremely visible under his pants.

"Heh, now both our pets are diapered," Ken chuckled. "Your turn, Nandy."

Nandy grumbled to himself before he looked at the other boxes, he walked to box 4, and tapped it. Nandy contemplated on what it could be, before he decided to choose Trap. Nandy opened up the box, there was a poofing sound, and Rose let out a yelp. Nandy looked over at Rose to see her fur was constantly shifting colors, bright colors.

"Oh… wow…" Nandy blinked.

Rose glanced down at herself. "Well… that's unusual…"

The two of them continued on, they got some right, but also got some wrong. Nandy got a fancy pink collar, a pair of thick latex mittens, a latex outfit over replaced his shirt and pants, and leather armbands. He had lost a few turns due to the traps, his hair was turned pink, and his eyes turned purple. He had only gotten 2 of the 8 safe boxes.

Rose, on the other hand, had a second diaper on top of her first. She also had a leather hood on as well as a blindfold. Her diapers were covered with an extremely crinkly pair of plastic panties that were locked into place. She was also wearing an incredibly frilly dress. She had managed to get 4 of the 8 safe boxes. Due to the blindfold, Rose has been having to reach out blindly to touch the boxes, not knowing the number of the box she was choosing, and after the blindfold went on she was allowed to verbally make a choice between safe, kinky, and trap.

There were only 5 boxes left now. 2 safe boxes, 2 traps, and 1 kinky item. It was Nandy's turn. He walked over to box 22, and tapped it. Nandy chose 'safe'. When Nandy opened it, there was a poofing sound, and suddenly everything around Nandy got bigger.

"Wait… I shrunk!?" Nandy yelled.

There was a text box over Nandy's head. "Wolfy must be eaten by Rose for two turns to proceed with the game."

Rose tilted her head, looking in the direction she last heard Nandy's voice. "What? You shrunk?"

"Yeah," Nandy deadpanned. "And apparently now you have to eat me for two turns before you can take your turn. At least it wouldn't be the first time I've been eaten in this game..."

"I have to… WHAT?" Rose asked in shock.

"That's how I'm supposed to lose two turns; have you eat me," Nandy explained before noticing Rose's uneasiness. "Don't worry, it's not that big of a deal. Your stomach won't kill me or anything. I'm pretty sure the avatar's stomach is meant to bring pleasure to vore prey Submissives."

"Uh… if you're sure you're okay with it…" Rose responded before she laid down on the ground and opened her mouth. "You should probably climb in as I can't see. I promise I won't chew."

"Thanks," Nandy chuckled before he walked up to Rose's mouth.

Rose felt Nandy climbing up her lip, and carefully going over her teeth. Soon, Rose felt Nandy falling onto her tongue. Rose could taste Nandy on her tongue, it was a little strange. Nandy didn't taste delicious or bad, he just tasted average, at least Rose can confirm she wasn't craving human flesh.

Nandy looked at Rose's uvula, crawling closer to her throat. "Okay, you can swallow me now!"

He… tastes… so strange… Rose thought before she closed her mouth and swallowed Nandy. Okay… that feels so weird to be swallowing something whole… I can feel him sliding down my throat… Rose shuddered a little at the sensation. On the bright side, he doesn't have fur. And… at least Echo isn't here to see me swallowing Danny…

Nandy soon slipped into Rose's stomach. Nandy stood up and wobbled a little on the fleshy floor. Unlike real life stomachs, the avatar's stomachs didn't start with stomach acid. The Submissive player who gets swallowed can choose the option to have stomach acid if they wanted it. The stomach is also light, breathable, and easier to move around in. Though Submissive players do have the option to have the stomach squeeze them and churn them if they were into that. The vanilla stomach wouldn't do much other than gurgle once in a while. Nandy didn't want any of the options, he did that before when he was swallowed by a dragon, and it scared him more than it brought him any kind of pleasure.

Rose on the other hand, could actually feel every move and step Nandy took inside her. The vore predator often have their sensitivity in their stomachs raised once they swallowed a player or an NPC, so it would bring them the utmost pleasure.

I don't know if this is more of a punishment for Nandy or for me… Rose whined a little.

"You get three turns now, Rose," Ken informed. "The numbers left are 4, 8, 15, and 23."

"Uh… 23… safe?" Rose responded.

The box opened and Rose felt something on her mittens.

"What is that?" Rose questioned.

"It's a banana bread in the shape of a dog bone," Raven answered.

"Oh," Rose replied before she looked around. "Do… I have to eat it now? Or can I save it?"

"You have to eat it now before you take your next turn," Ken explained.

Rose let out a small whine. "Alright… sorry about this, Nandy." Rose carefully brought the treat up to her mouth, making sure not to drop it, before she quickly began to eat it.

In Rose's stomach, Nandy was just sitting boredly in the middle of the fleshy organ, and suddenly pieces of bread began to rain down on him. Nandy ducked his head as the pieces landed on him and spread out in the stomach. When Rose was finished eating, Nandy watched as the pieces of bread disappeared into code. The code spread across the stomach, giving Rose the sensation of being full, or at least satisfied.

"At least I don't have to worry about the stomach acid coming out…" Nandy muttered.

Since Nandy was in her stomach, and had to lose another turn, Rose went head to pick another box.

"Ummm… 8… is a trap…?" Rose hesitantly guessed.

When the box opened, Rose felt something rubbery in her mouth, and couldn't spit it out.

"You chose wrong, it was a kink item, a pacifier muzzle," Raven explained.

"Doesn't that mean Rose loses?" Ken pointedly asked. "If she can't choose a box, she can't continue the game."

"Yeah…" Raven sighed. "Rose loses. As such, Nandy will be teleported out and all kinky items on him and effects he is under will be removed."

In a puff of smoke, Rose no longer felt Nandy in her stomach. Nandy himself was back outside, in his normal size, and in his normal clothing.

"Whoa, that felt weird," Nandy commented before looking at Rose. "Oh… wow. Uh… is Rose going to be stuck like that throughout the rest of our playdate?"

"As the one who won, you can choose if she stays in all of it, some of it, or none of it," Ken answered. "If you choose none of it, she'll be given some basic clothes."

"Oh, well… I think it's fair if all of it is removed," Nandy replied.

Rose blinked when she could suddenly see again.

Rose looked down and found herself in some basic clothing, though she still had her original diaper on underneath her clothes.

"Thank you, Nandy." Rose smiled gratefully.

"Now it's time to move on to the second part of the playdate," Ken announced. "You two will have to take an in-game nap at the same time to access the mini-game."

"Which is why we have these~" Raven smiled before she pulled out two rings. "These are playdate rings. They will make you both fall asleep and will guarantee you end up in the same mini-game together."

"You two can lay down on the ground, or find a more comfortable surface to lay on before putting the rings on," Ken stated.

Nandy looked over at Rose. "You wanna lay down anywhere specific?"

"Maybe on that pile of cushions and pillows in the corner," Rose suggested.

Nandy nodded to Rose before Raven walked over to them. She handed them both a playdate ring.

"Be sure to put these on at the same time," Raven said.

Rose and Nandy headed over to the pile of cushions and pillows, and both of them laid down.

"Okay, you ready to do this?" Nandy asked, holding up his playdate ring.

Rose gave a nod, ready to slip her ring onto her finger.


Kat: Darkzdragon: Glad to know you enjoy all our stories. We've got a LOT built up before we're anywhere close to the 'final' chapter. In fact, this story is still the longest story that Kit and I have worked on.

ZoeTheKitsune: DarkFoxKit: I'm glad you're enjoying this, but you don't need to leave the same review twice in one chapter.