"I need more skill points…" I sighed.
"Heh… well, doctor's orders since you don't have the SP to spend on modifier abilities." Casey said.
I sighed and grumbled. I'm currently at three months pregnant, looking like a whale, and we've had to expand the doorways just so I can walk through them! I look like hyper pregnancy fetish art!
"This sucks…" I groaned. "How did I get this plump in only three months? I don't remember some weird hyper pregnancy stuff being involved here…""
"Well you are carrying more babies being a shark beastial." Casey said with a chuckle as he kissed my cheek. "Besides… you do look lovely pregnant. Though… hopefully we can try for less next time."
"That would be great." I sighed. "While I do love the fact I have so many kids…this is still a nightmare to deal with…"
"Should stock up on way more diapers." Casey added with a laugh.
"There might be a way to do that, earn some money and be able to move. Sort of." Nanny said. Since I became more… bedridden she's been a major help. Mainly in helping me get to the bathroom and change clothes… as embarrassing as the latter is.
"Please, anything just so I can do things…" I said desperately. "The dream world can only sate my boredom and lack of…being able to do thing's for so long."
"The digital realms." She said simply. "The items and money you win in them can transfer to the physical realm. It can let you have fun and enjoy life again."
"She does have a point. We'd be starting over from scratch since they run off Levels over Skill Points and Abilities though." Casey said.
"That…also means I have to start my collection over from scratch…" I grumbled.
"Well, that depends. Given many of the items in your collections and 'shit list' can also be found in digital realm dungeons, you can just hunt for them there and convert them after gaining them." Nanny said. "You'd only have to convert items you want to take with you into it and back for either a small fee or if you run your own server, free."
"I take it you have experience in this?" Casey asked.
"As a Den Mother my natural instincts are to sit and wait out my pregnancy, especially in the later months. Despite that, sleep and TV only cure so much boredom." Nanny admitted. "I actually have my own server since I got tired of the conversion fees for my regular items."
"That's…really cool actually." I said honestly.
"How does running your own Server work?" Casey asked.
"It's basically a programmable, digital version of the unsettled planets and a fair chunk of optional 'space' area for extra details or exploration. It cost a lot of rem to buy it but it's worth it when I use it." She nodded. "If you'd like I can get it set up and show you around a bit before letting you two explore and have your fun while I attend to the house needs and such."
"Just make sure to pull us out before it's too long. I know digital realms time works differently so…"
"One minute in the physical realm is one hour in the digital realm." Nanny said. "I can change that but I chose to keep it that way so I don't forget when I get lost in the exploration and forget my day in the game was a day in real life." She admitted.
"Fair enough." I nodded.
"Well, set it up then Nanny. I'm sure Heather is eager to escape the bed in any way, shape and form." Casey said with a chuckle.
"Yes, yes I am." I nodded eagerly. "I need to do something…"
Nanny took a few minutes to set up the Server. And a bit longer to let us access it. Once it was all said and done though Casey and I used our Assistants to enter and log into the Digital realm and materialize in Nanny's realm.
We were standing in a large grassy field, trees and flowers all around. The sun and light breeze made everything feel so… peaceful.
"Woah…" Casey said.
"It's…beautiful…" I said in awe.
"I'm glad you enjoy it." I turned around and, woah. I almost didn't recognize Nanny. She was in her feral form, a giant dire wolf of impossible size and power. "Heh, sorry for the appearance. I often indulge my primal side here… so also apologies for…"
I was confused until I looked down… oh… I looked over at Casey… nice. I got the sexy knockers, nipples, naked, no pregnancy belly and my hubby is showing himself off.
Well, he was until he looked at me, realized and then looked down and covered up.
"Again, sorry. Primal side indulges and all…" Nanny said with a chuckle.
"This feels fantastic." I said, stretching out in my full, unbloated and unhampered sexy body. "Sure, clothes are a bit of a problem but I'm just glad to move around."
"Can't you spawn clothes in?" Casey asked, blushing.
"I rarely turn on Admin Privileges, and I don't know the item codes…" Nanny admitted. "But the server has a crafting and survival system, so… you can make some."
"How come there isn't a house or anything around here?"
"Primal indulges. I come here to hunt, swim, and live as if in the wild. It's simple and all I ever really need."
"Fair enough." I nodded. "But yeah, after months of being pregnant and barely able to move around and…having to be helped change clothes…this feels great."
"Umm… so, how does the… crafting and all that work?" Casey asked, trying to hide in the semi tall grass.
"Oh, well it's simple. Various skills such as hunting, combat, building and crafting all have levels. You also have a basic Leveling system that raises health, defense, magic and stamina."
"So basically Skyrim but an open world sandbox?" Casey asked.
"Yup." Nanny nodded. "Tap your Assistant to bring up skill menus, crafting menus and such."
"Fantastic." I nodded. "Well, let's get started."
I got started gathering the raw materials for crafting some basic cloths for Casey and I. Once I did and Casey had some shorts made of leaves and had a bra and short shorts of the same material, Nanny showed and helped me convert over my old faithful great sword and left us to our devices with a small little addition for me. Sex is possible here and pregnancy is not.
I'm pocketing that until we find a nice place to set up a home/base here.
I have to admit though, this is nice. It's almost like camping.
"Jeez, when was the last time we went camping?" I asked Cassidy. "Or did we ever go camping?"
"Camping usually involves the ship house and less… nakedness." He said, picking some wild apples and putting them into his assistant inventory. "Can't believe we were nude."
"It was great while it lasted." I chuckled. "Seriously, I've never been a nudist but I can see why people like it after three months of my...weird hyper pregnancy…"
"You have five babies growing inside you, pretty sure you were gonna get massive regardless." Casey said with a sigh. "But I mean… how are you so… okay with that? I mean, I guess if it was just you and I here when we were it would have been okay but… Nanny saw and… well, you're the only one I've ever seen and been around naked before…"
"I understand, and to be honest...well the first few weeks of Nanny helping me change clothes was...really awkward to be honest, but then I just got used to it I suppose." I shrugged.
"I guess that makes sense… so, think we should try and build a house or maybe look for a cave?"
"We should probably look for a cave first, cause we're not fully set to build a house, whether it's by hand or automated." I brought up. "Plus if we find a cave then there might be mining spots."
"True, and once we get a fire set up in there it will help keep us really warm." Casey said with a nod.
We gathered lots of food and thankfully I was able to use Old Faithful as a temporary axe and got a fair amount of lumber before we headed for some hills. We managed to find a small cave in a small hill, slipping in through the small opening and dinging the surprisingly spacious opening inside.
Casey used leaves and such to craft makeshift bedding and I crafted the fire. With some light in here I was able to get a good look at this place. A large spacious room with a few small stalagmites and stalactites. It makes a perfect home for two.
"This is going swimmingly." I said happily. "A cozy home for the both of us."
"True." Casey said, sitting on the makeshift bed and going through the crafting menu. "Hm, looks like skills level up a small amount through general exp and more through specific exp. Basically Everytime we craft, we get exp and level up, getting more recipes each level and the harder the recipe or the more items it takes the more exp we get from making it. Same applies to all the skill levels. Heh, feels weird not focusing on Skill Points and Abilities."
"Sounds like a video game to me." I nodded. "I wonder how much we'll need to level?" I wondered as I pulled up my stat sheet.
"No idea. Though, we can do as we always do. I'll pack the healing and building items, and you swing that giant chopper around and kill whatever tries to kill us." Casey laughed.
"It's what I do best." I added with my own laugh.
We ate apples for 'dinner' and the next morning I woke up early to look for some meat. Nanny said she Indulges her primal side here, so there must be lots of game to hunt around here.
"Wonder if there's a big enough lake?" I muttered, thinking of getting some real good fish as I wanted to get back to my old shark hunting.
I walked around, taking in the scenery and taking a long, deep breath. It was amazing how realistic the digital realms feel, down to scents and touch, taste. Taking in the air, I didn't smell any large bodies of water. A small lake east of here and maybe a pond fairly north. They might have some fish but I doubt they'll be large enough for me to swim in… maybe I can make a makeshift spear and do it that way. The crafting menu said a basic spear would just take some plant fibers, a rock and a large stick so it's better than nothing.
"Never thought I'd be going back to this old style of hunting…" I chuckled to myself as I took in the air, thankful for the shark's sense of 'smell' that was rather strong in open air when I wanted to use it. "Let's see…where's some good game…"
Hmm… squirrels… racoons and foxes… maybe not given Casey is half fox and raccoon… we might be bipedal, sentient variations of our primal cousins… but a lot of people still consider it gross to eat your primal cousins. Which takes shark, fox and racoons off our menu unless it becomes dire…
Wait a second…
I took another long sniff… something is wounded. Not heavily but enough to bleed… it's big… really big… mammalian… wait I know this scent!
With a grin I grabbed Old Faithful and rushed towards the scent.
Almost two miles west I finally caught up to it. A lone mammoth, a small gash on its leg from a nearby dead tiger. Oh, meat for days and leather for so much more!
"Hello dinner." I said with a warm smile, starting to head towards the lone mammoth swiftly and carefully.
In a swift and quick movement, I jumped, decapitating it with Old Faithful in one swing.
I smiled as I went to store it away. I was surprised that upon touching the mammoth I got it all in chunks of raw hide, raw meat and bones into my inventory. I was able to do the same for the dead tiger, eating more meat, bones and hide.
With this I rushed back to our cave home. I was actually surprised upon coming back, finding a fence made of sticks and plant fibers surrounding a fair chunk of the cave entrance. "Morning, glad to see you're back." Casey said as he walked out of the cave entrance.
"Yep, and I got something we haven't had in a long time." I said happily.
I pulled out the bones and hide to show Casey, who began to craft tanning racks to make the hide into leather, and was looking through the options for bone tools and such while I began cooking some meat and gathered rocks to make a smoker to dry and let the meat last longer.
By the end of this day, we had some leather clothes, a top and skirt for me and shorts for Casey, a smoker filled with soon to be jerky, and some bone tools. Mainly a few knives, a bone axe and hammer. "Heh, somehow I knew I'd be good at crafting stuff for the home." Casey said as we sat on our makeshift beds still.
"You've always been great at crafting." I chuckled.
"My only other talents aside from Photography." He said with a chuckle. "Mostly thanks to Junker John. Man, that guy has skills."
"Wish I had that sort of talent half the time." I said honestly.
"Hmm…" Casey hummed. I know that look. He's thinking. "Heather… do you think we were unfair?"
"What do you mean?" I inquired. "Unfair about what?"
"Well, that new city that sprung up a bit ago, Candlelight. So far the majority of the residents are all Prize Pod People… do you think we were unfair to give the ones we found to the Match Makers Guild?"
I sighed. Since Hex, I've been having similar thoughts. Nanny is basically a servant but of her own volition. I'd be lying if I said I thought about it. Lovers Class though… those scared me. The ones like hex, children, I think I'd happily accept, but… another woman… or man… or just another addition to our…
"Maybe we are being too harsh…but…Prize Pod people…they concern me to no end…not the children…but all the…others…"
"The… spouse ones. Yeah." Casey said with a nod. "It's been just us for so long. Would feel… weird, adding someone new. Then the servant and Ally classes… well, maybe not as bad, if Nanny is anything to go off of."
"Yeah…" I nodded. "Sure, Ally and Servant class can help us deal with either chores, house stuff, or fighting but…lover's…" I sighed out. "I don't know…it's always been you, my one and only."
"I know. Maybe we don't have to take the Lovers Class? At least, not the spouse ones… at least, not unless we're sure. One of the first buildings set up was the Match Makers Guild so… maybe we can start with just a single servant class and build up to it. Doubt we'll ever get to the way those two Isekai just mass cleared them out, but a little bit is better than nothing."
"Yeah, I think one of them talked to my mom due to how close we were to town." I brought up.
"Fair. Think dad said something about our area was gonna be plotted out for property. Since we basically settled here before the city came around we'll just have to file some stuff for a proper address to be given and we'll be the legal owners, just need to worry about taxes and such a year." Casey nodded. "So… if we do get an servant class… which do we get? There's so many…"
"Well...we're probably going to need an accountant or someone to help us plan things." I started.
"True. A farmer would be nice too. With all these kids, fish alone can't feed them so help growing crops would be a huge help."
"Yeah, plus we have enough space to start a farm." I said honestly. "And...well if we get an Ally then they can help me explore the dungeon near our home."
"When you aren't pregnant." Casey added firmly. "Hmm… you know, if this city is getting set up and we are getting an address as part of it, I can set up my photo studio in town, super close and all that."
"And that would help us out a lot." I nodded.
"Think we should get an accountant and a farmer then?" Casey asked.
"Sounds like a plan." I nodded. "An accountant to help all the finance stuff as well as helping your new photography shop, and the farmer to help get us food."
"Cool. Guess we can do that tomorrow in the physical realm, helps you get out of the house at least."
"Hopefully I won't have everyone staring at me due to…obvious reasons…" I grumbled.
Casey and I spent a few days, or a few hours actually, in the digital realm of Nanny's private server. We managed to make a fairly comfortable home in there before logging out for dinner and then sleep.
The next morning I got some sweat pants and a very large/loose shirt on as Casey wore their normal clothes before we headed off.
The Match Makers Guild here was rather… big. Bigger than others I've seen.
We entered and walked up to the reception desk, the receptionist greeting us. "Welcome to the Match Makers Guild, are you looking for a specific class?" She asked.
"We're looking for two servant classes, a farmer and accountant if possible." I said carefully.
"Excellent. Any skills you are looking for specifically for them?"
"Well, I guess just someone who can be good for planning and such. For the farmer, well, I guess someone who knows both a lot about farming plants and maybe animals? Fish too." Casey stated.
"Hmm…" The receptionist hummed as they typed away. "There are multiple farmers that meet that criteria, as well as the Accountant."
"How many?" I inquired, not sure how many we might need cause even though one Servant class can do quite a lot, they're still only one being.
"For the accountants, eighty thousand, five hundred and seven. For the farmers that meet those requirements, four million, eight thousand, nine hundred and fourteen."
"That's… a lot more than you normally keep at locations." Casey said.
"Yes, well given Candlelight and how it was founded the guild felt obligated to expand this locations store rooms."
"Jeez…uh…we do not need that many…" I started. "Uh…how many do you think we'd need?" I asked Cassidy nervously.
"Well… I dunno. Farmers maybe two… or three depending. I think just one accountant can work fine." He replied.
"That's fair." I nodded. "So three farmer's and one accountant…then we…might need to think about what races for each of them…"
"Does it matter?" Casey asked.
"I mean…it kinda doesn't for our needs." I said honestly.
"Can we get a small list of a few of them to see which would be good?" Casey asked.
The receptionist nodded, printing out some pages and handing them to us. Once we had them I happily took a seat with Casey on some nearby chairs and looking through them.
"Heh… this feels different…" Casey said as we looked through all the portfolios.
"What? The hiring process?" I inquired.
"Yeah. Almost makes me feel like a manager looking through resumes."
"Considering the fact you're going to be opening up a photography shop, you might have to do this a lot more." I pointed out.
"Maybe. Still, it just feels so different from what we're used to."
"Yeah…" I nodded. "We're going through a whole lotta changes right now."
"Parenthood, planting roots and now Prize Pod People. Definitely a surprise, but it is nice to have a fixed home to go back to."
"Yes, yes it is." I nodded. "The wonders of a family having a permanent home."
"Heh. Well I guess it was going to happen sooner or later." Casey said with a shrug.
It was actually a few hours of going over the same profiles before we settled on them. Our family accountant would be Nickie, a human female in her thirties with red hair. Our farmers would be Gel the wood elf male, Frea the argonian female and Keeth the male goblin.
"Alright, we've chosen." Casey said as we gave the receptionist the four we chose.
"So…this is our first time getting servant class…so any warnings we should have that we didn't hear through the grapevine?"
"Just to keep in mind that for the early months to years, your Servant Classes will keep you both in the same mindset as a divine being. They will obey any order given, regardless of cruelty or morality. Keep them simple and safe as to not abuse them intentionally or not, and be patient when they put you on a pedestal, like a child it takes time for them to learn." The receptionist informed.
"Right then." I said carefully. "We'll be…very cautious about this stuff."
"That's all we ask." The receptionist said as she took the papers and began typing her computer.
Soon the nearby floor opened up and the four pods came up from the ground.
We were about to open them when-
Crash!
The front entrance seemingly broke, the main door as everything shook violently.
I kept myself up against the receptionist table and Casey fell on their butt, and to my shock, slipped into the partly open floor from the violent shaking.
"Oh no you don't." I said quickly, trying to grab Casey before he fell too far into the open floor…only for the ground to shake again and made me trip over my outrageous weight gain. "Oh god damn it…"
I fell on my back, feeling like a turtle as I watched Casey fall into the whatever under that space under the pods.
"Casey!" I yelled out in panic, cursing my inability to move like I should due to my pregnancy.
The shaking thankfully ended and the receptionist picked me up. "He fell into the pod storage." She said, helping me up.
"Thanks…but is he going to be okay?" I asked worriedly.
"Well, if he fell on a pod, yes but the system organizes and places the pods so if he lands on on and it opens they could be any class. And if he tries to climb to the stairway or the bottom then he might open lots more."
"Alright…" I nodded. "But...we need to get down there and help him."
"Right, let me just…" She started, typing on her computer as a wall panel opened, revealing a stairway down and the broken entrance was covered in an energy barrier. "There. Storage access is open and securities up for… whatever is going on outside."
"Thanks." I nodded. "Hate being this big…" I grumbled.
The receptionist helped me down the stairs. Thankfully, I found Casey here on the first flight stairway. Unfortunately two pods were on some large 'shelf' next to him wide open.
"Casey?" I asked worriedly. "What happened?"
"I-I landed on one when I fell, and with all the shaking I kept myself from falling more by leaning on the other. I just stayed like that til the shaking stopped…" He said, rushing over to me. "Are you alright? The babies? I saw you call back before I fell down here."
"I'm fine, just...turtled when I tried to catch you…" I sighed out. "So...who popped out of the pods?"
"Well…" Casey looked over to one of the pods. Popping their head out was a small human boy, red brown hair and hazel eyes. "There's him. And… her…"
From the other pod, rising up as if waking up from a nap was another human, this one an adult female with long black hair, one red eye and one blue eye.
"Uh….huh." I said carefully. "The child is adorable...but…"
"Where are we?" The lady said, jumping up and out of her pod. Like all freshly opened Prize Pod People, she was dressed in a pure white shirt, shorts and shoes. "Let's see… right." She said, snapping her fingers and pointing at Casey. "You're the one I love." I felt an immediate rush of rage. She then pointed to me. "And you're his wife."
"Yes, yes she is." Casey stated. "And, um… who are you?"
"Jenny." She informed. "and you two are Heather and Casey~"
"...right." Casey said, holding my arm so I didn't attack her like I wanted to. "And what about you?" He asked the young boy. Taking a proper look he couldn't be older than four.
"I'm Dexter." He stated.
"It's nice to meet the both of you." I said carefully, gently patting Dexter's head.
"So… do you still want the other four?" The receptionist asked, finally speaking up.
By the time we made it home I dropped onto the couch. Dexter was a sweet kid, a little odd but sweet… then Jenny… I can't blame her or Casey for this all happening. Some fucker used SCP monsters from Armageddon to attack the city. Fucking psycho.
We did take the others home too and the farmers were all planning on how to set up the yard for farming.
"Sorry…" Casey sighed.
"It's not your fault." I said softly. "It's that bastard that thought sending SCP's into a populated area was funny." I growled.
"I'm kinda surprised. Candlelight has only been an established city for a short while and already a villain's guild member attacks? Usually they wait til a few local heroes pop up."
"Or maybe they have some weird vendetta against one of the two that helped create it." I brought up.
"Maybe. Well, as long as whatever they do it stays in the city proper and doesn't effect the house and such here, I guess it's just more of the same everywhere." Casey said with a shrug. "So… what do we do about… Jenny?"
"Well…" I started. "We need to know who this Jenny is...cause that red eye kind of worries me…" I said, not sure why that red eye of hers made my instincts jump out at me.
"She doesn't have a last name and looks wise, well, lots of people look alike for one reason or another." Casey said. "I don't know if we'd even find anything."
"Yeah…" I sighed out. "This...is happening a little too fast…"
"Well, Dexter is at least nice. Being oldest will help us prepare with the others and Hex when they come along and get older." Casey tried to add optimistically. He then sighed as he joined me in the leaned near flat position on the couch. "Whatever Gods or Admins nearby must be messing with us…"
"Yeah...but I doubt Kurogiri would mess with us considering he has an entire town near his dungeon." I brought up.
We laid there for a while before Casey spoke up again. "Well… we can't just… ignore her… and at least she knows you are my wife so… that's something?"
"Probably." I said nervously. "Jeez…this got a whole lot more complicated…"
"What's complicated?" Casey and I sat up at hearing Jenny's voice. Her long hair was now cut almost tomboyishly short, her white shirt was nicely covered by a black leather jacket, and her shorts were replaced by blue jeans. She now also spotted some heavy duty leather boots. "We all go on a three way date and when you two love birds are ready we enjoy a three way."
"I think there's a lot more in between that…" Casey said.
"Preferably me between you two but I'm open to alternatives." Jenny said with a shrug.
"Listen…" I started. "I know you're a Lover class and all but…we've been together for a very long time…and we haven't ever had anyone else between us…so this is very weird and very…concerning for us."
"I'm not saying we screw like rabbits soon. Especially given you're expecting." Jenny said, giving my belly a pat. "But I am saying I don't have plans on leaving, so I'm willing to work with what you two want and hopefully we can achieve my dream three way later on."
"Are all Lovers Class… this openly perverse?" Casey asked.
"Probably not but I am who I am." She shrugged.
"I mean…while that's fine…" I said carefully. "I'm sorry, this is very heavy…"
"Your belly, I can imagine." She said. "So, how about you get to know me a bit." Jenny said, taking a seat across from us. "I already know a lot about Casey since he is the one who opened me and I know a fair bit about you since he is over the moon and moons about you. So ask me some questions."
"Alright…" I started. "Who are you?" I started off simply enough.
"Jenny." She answered plainly.
"No last name?" Casey asked.
"Not… that I can remember. That's the shit about being a Prize Pod person. We know just about everything about the one who opened us, but aside from our names, likes, dislikes and such we have no history. I feel like I do have a last name but I can't remember it."
"Were you born with two different eye colors?" I asked.
"Technically I wasn't born at all, but… yes. All I can remember about it is that in my… family, whatever that is, it's a once in a generation thing to have red eyes." Jenny answered.
"Hmm…" I hummed, putting a pin in that answer for later. "So…what are your likes?" I inquired.
"I like cards, mainly card games and such, video games, anime, and guns."
"Guns?" Casey asked.
"Oh yeah, I can fight with magic cards, swords, ECT, but I just prefer the kick of something shooting out of a barrel towards a target I aimed at, the noise, the feel of loose ammunition and the smell of gunpowder."
"I've heard that around some friend's of mine." I said honestly. "But nothing beats the good ol fashion greatsword."
"Til you need range cause the Regen factor on some enemy or boss is bullshit…" Jenny muttered. "I also do explosives. Nothing handmade, but I can shoot a grenade launcher easily enough. I also like cars, motor bikes. Anything fast really."
"Huh. So what kind of guns do you know how to use?" Casey asked.
"All of them. Flintlocks, lever action, bolt action, semi auto, full auto, shotguns, handguns, rifles, light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and even missile and rocket launchers." She informed.
"Diverse set of gun skills." I said honestly.
"I know. Thinking about it, I'm kinda a one woman army." She chuckled. "Aside from that I also enjoy high adrenaline pumping adventure, the occasional moonlight dinner, a summer days beach and I will hoard loot if I find it desirable enough."
"Huh… so she's you but with guns and is a human." Casey said looking over at me.
"That's…weirdly accurate." I said carefully. "Huh…"
"Not that weird." Jenny shrugged. "I did open for Casey, and Lovers class only open for the one best suited for them which is typically also a certain type the person opening the pod also finds desirable. Casey loves strong, physically and mentally, women that still admit their girls and divulge in our femininity with him since he makes us feel like women over tomboys or despite his frame and size, he is good in the bedroom with us."
"... I've been called out and I am not sure how to feel about it…" Casey said.
"I'd say you should feel proud cause you help the best type of women feel…well, as special as they can feel." I said honestly. "It's hard to make a Tomboy feel feminine around anyone…and you help make, at least to me, feel like a woman so naturally it's not even funny."
"Heh… I try." Casey said with a blush and a small smile. "So… what can you contribute to the house?"
"Get me a gun, some bullets and a vehicle and I can raid dungeons for money and loot and whatever really." Jenny said simply.
"I would have said let's see how strong you are but…well currently I'm three months pregnant with quintuplets…"
"You can just check my skills and stats." Jenny said, bringing up her stats and skills on a magic display for Casey and I to…
Sweet… Merciful… Mother…
Her stats were WAY above mine, and the abilities she had were extremely numerous and varied. In fact, these are on par with Nanny, and she was in The Mother's Daughters Guild!
"Holy…" Casey said, mouth agape as the rest of his words failed.
"Excuse me but…how in the wide holy hell are you this strong when you just came out of a Pod?" I asked in absolute shock.
"I dunno." She shrugged. "Each pod person comes out different. Skills and all. With stats like this it's a wonder I'm not an Ally Class."
"Yeah that's…rather weird." I said carefully. "You just came out as strong as Nanny…and she's been in the Mother's Guild for thousands of years…" I said carefully. "Actually, now that I think about it, Nanny might know something about you Jenny." I said, thinking about how old that Dire Wolf Den Mother was and what she might have personally experienced and seen. "If you want to know."
She shrugged. "Worth a shot."
"Alright." I nodded. "Nanny? You around here?" I called out carefully to the super sneaky den mother.
"Coming!" She called, walking into the room, Hex held in her arms and nursing off her. "Do you require something?"
"Oh, sorry Nanny, didn't know you were busy." I said nervously. "But, do you know anything about Jenny here?"
Nanny looked over at Jenny. "Hmm… well, she does bear a similar resemblance to someone in the Mother's Daughters prominent members." Nanny said. "Save the eyes."
"Save the eyes?" I asked curiously. "She said it's a family trait, something that happens once a generation's or something along those lines."
"Huh, well the person I'm thinking of had golden eyes." Nanny said, handing me Hex and displaying a picture from her Assistant. It was of a painting of a part human, part Griffon, part dire wolf lady, large blue wings connecting to a large patch of equally blue fur patch along her back, lower torso, legs and some of her arms. Her legs were avian and her hair was a bright white with golden eyes. Despite her largely mixed race body, her face and Jenny looked similar on the face. "This was the former Second General of The Mother's Daughters in the War. Jenny Ventral, often referred to on the battlefields as The Gunfire Maiden."
Jenny whistled. "Well, body aside we do have similar faces."
"Similarities kinda end there though." Casey added.
"That's fair." I nodded. "Also…jeez, Second General? That's quite an accomplishment."
"Yeah. She was a legend. When the war ended she had a fifteen sextillion kill count." Nanny informed.
"That is a mighty kill count." I said honestly.
Again, Jenny whistled. "That's a lot of bullets. Doesn't explain why I'm so OP though?"
"If I were to wager a guess, I'd say you're most likely a reflection or parallel version of Jenny Ventral." Nanny stated.
"Huh…that would explain it…" I said carefully.
"So I'm a random variation of someone op from the past? Huh. Why don't I have any memories though?" Jenny asked.
"It's the same with most all Prize Pod People and no one really knows why." Nanny shrugged.
"Huh… Well that sucks. Welp, at least I can make new ones." She shrugged.
"Fair enough." I nodded. "And one thing that's going to be made is, when I'm done being pregnant, me and you are going to have a fun spar."
"Sounds like a plan." Jenny said with a nod. "So, all that aside… where am I going to sleep?"
"Hmm…what do you think Casey?" I asked carefully.
"Uh… I mean… I don't know." Casey said.
"Right…" I frowned. "So...there should be a guest room for the time being…" I said carefully to Jenny. "And...we'll figure things out with our...love life in a bit okay?"
"That's fair." Jenny said with a nod.
I was in the realm of dreams, and Katsuki was laughing her ass off.
"The hell you laughing at?" I pouted.
"Sorry, sorry just, wow." She chuckled. "I mean, I'm glad you two weren't hurt in that attack but, what are the odds?"
"I mean...yeah it kind of is funny in hindsight." I chuckled. "So, what can you tell me about those two? Dexter and apparently Jenny Ventral?"
"Jenny Ventral. Heh, now there's a name that takes me back." Katsuki said. We were hanging out at a burger shop, enjoying a meal. She took a sip from her soda before continuing. "Was one of the daughters of the King of Nothingness. And she was one of the front lines best veterans during the war. Saw her in action a few times and it was like watching an anime protagonist go ballistic, no restraint, no holds bar ape shit in the enemy."
"Damn." I said in surprise. "That's...well that explains why she's so strong here."
"Probably. If she is a reflection of Jenny Ventral, then it would make sense." Katsuki shrugged.
"So what about Dexter?" I inquired. "Any specific about that adorable little four year old?"
"Well I wouldn't know that. He looks like an average kid to me." She shrugged. "Can't know more without a medical record of him or something."
"Fair, sorry for asking." I said sheepishly. "Since a few times I've met Time Walkers they tend to just...know things about stuff I haven't experienced yet or was about to do."
"Yeah, that's on the clock stuff. Off the clock we don't." She shrugged. "So, that being said I take it you've never even dated anyone aside from Casey before?"
"Hell no." I shook my head. "It's already a challenge not to try and be jealous...but apparently me and Jenny are...really similar all things considered."
"Makes sense. Now, question for the ages is are you soly into guys, or do you swing it both ways?"
"I...don't know…" I said carefully. "I've only ever been with Casey...and I've always been happy with that but...now I have a lot to think about."
"Well, have you two ever used gender swap potions before?"
"Potion? No. Stupid trap from a dungeon? Yes." I answered. "And...well Casey was really sexy...but he's always sexy…"
"Hmm… well, you admit they're sexy anyway. Did you two still keep up an active sex life like that or did you hold off sex during that time period?"
"We tried twice...it was awkward to say the least." I said sheepishly.
"Hm, makes sense, majority of first time gender swapped sex is unless you're a major pervert or one partner has experience. Well, did you enjoy it?"
"Of course I did." I nodded. "Anything with Casey is...it's just amazing."
"Wow. That's is some head over heels puppy love type shit." Katsuki said with a bit of surprise. "Well, in any case, Casey isn't the… item of interest in this case, it's Jenny. She did open for him, but the question is are you just going to learn to share him with her, or are you going to share him with her and love her too?"
I took a moment to answer, as I mulled over my entire life with my sweet little photographer. "I...might be able to share...I know I can trust Casey and...well we wanted to try this out anyways to be perfectly honest."
Katsuki gave me a nod. "Right. Just remember, Lovers Class open for the one they match best with. In cases like yours, they open for one spouse and the other(s) either take turns or make a group thing of it. Basically a harem and such. In cases like two individuals I happen to know personally that is probably gonna be the rout there's gonna have to go but since it's just you three, barring any more random accident or attacks leading to more than you wanted, the issue with you three will be in you and Jenny connecting."
"Well...so far we're practically the same person, just Jenny's a human and loves guns, while I'm a shark who loves great swords." I said honestly.
"Yeah, but the trick is to both learn to love her and help her love you back the same way she and you both already feel for Casey."
"I understand." I nodded. "It's…still quite a leap from what we've used to have."
"Which makes sense. This is one of the reasons not many people actively choose the Match Makers Guild. Couples or harems with a long history feel awkward about a new, already in love addition to the group."
"Yeah, that makes sense." I nodded. "So…who decided to attack Candlelight?" I asked carefully.
Katsuki sighed. "An old friend…" She said, sounding really depressed.
"And I'm going to end that conversation there." I said swiftly. "So uh…who was the hero to stop those SCP's?"
"They're name is David, a fairly new Isekai. All Might and them captured all but one of the monsters."
"How many were there?" I asked carefully.
"Four. Able, The Indestructible Reptile, The Statue, and The Old Man. Only the Old Man is still loose but… from what David says, Three leashed that walking decaying sadist good. I doubt it will be an issue given it's normal M.O." Katsuki said, taking another sip of her soda. "He's only interested in attacking David."
"That's…weird." I said. "The hell did he do to piss this…Three off?"
"Three just has… issues. Comes with the baggage of being a veteran of The War…"
"Lost someone important to him?" I asked, knowing War can do a lot of bad things.l
"His wife… my best friend…"
"Yeah...that...that would do it…" I said sadly.
Katsuki just nodded. "After the war, after… everything… He just drifted. Never settled anywhere, never made roots, just traveled, fought in dungeons, and if a Chaos Guild member was unlucky enough to come across him… Well, those are the few times he ever does call."
"Well...alright." I nodded carefully. "Poor guy…"
"Yeah… doesn't excuse him being a jackass, but I know why he is the way he is now."
"Yeah…" I nodded. "Doesn't excuse what he's done so far but…he has his reasons."
"Well… back on topic." Katsuki said. "You need to learn how to date again, cause the fact you only dated Casey is both impressive and odd all at once."
"He's been my one and only for over a hundred years…" I said honestly. "But…I might as well learn how to date again…"
"Great, come on then." Katsuki said, suddenly yanking me up and walking me out of the burger shop.
"Whoa hold on now." I said quickly. 'Where are we going?"
"On a date, duh?" Katsuki stated. "You need to learn how to date other people and I honestly need a distraction. The crap with Three was bad enough, now with what's going on with Izuku… Anyway, if it helps I'll even teach Casey so I can coach both you awkward lovebirds."
"We're going on a date?" I asked quickly. "Uh…aren't you already dating someone or…uh…" I started, not really prepared to just be thrown into a date with Katsuki here and thinking she was already with someone.
"Psst, no. Flings every now and then but being a Time Walker, dating is not easy and most Time Walkers usually just date other Time Walkers or get someone with the MatchMakers, but I am single and this date is just to train you in how to treat someone other than your fiance romantically."
"Alright…" I said nervously. "So where are you talking me on this makeshift date?'
"Well, we did just eat so I'm thinking a movie then a park walk followed by dessert and finishing off with a pop quiz and then your grading. Oh, and warn your hubby when you wake up cause I'll be doing this with him tomorrow night cause you both need the help."
"Alright." I nodded. "Well then, what movie do you want to watch?"
"The Iron Giant just got a new 3-D animated version out. I Love the classic one, so we can watch that if you want."
"Oh yeah, The Iron Giant is a great movie." I said happily. "Let's get to watching some Iron Giant."
The movie was really nice. A well made adaptation with some more lore as to where the Iron Giant came from without saying much, which was a nice touch.
After that we went for that park walk. I'm not gonna lie, walking through the park with Katsuki was extremely… flustering, especially since we held hands the whole time. It was so different from holding Casey's, but she had a similar gentle grip to his. We walked through the park, enjoying some ice cream for desert and eventually we sat at a nearby bench where she began to quiz me.
It was fairly basic stuff, like how best to settle a bill, how to flirt and tease to both embarrassed yet please them. I know that well enough with Casey, and then came the awkward part.
"Alright, and now final question, how do you know when it's the right time for a kiss?" She asked me.
"It's…difficult to say." I said carefully. "Cause if I were to go on what me and Casey did…it was always at the end, after a good dinner, a walk or…hell even a dance…there was always a spark in the air we could both tell…and it was something amazing."
"Exactly, and that's the same for when dating others. You feel this spark, this need to bring yourself closer to them, and in their eyes you can see it too. From there the question is who will make the first move, you, them, or will you both manage to take that step." Katsuki said.
"Of course." I nodded. "And…honestly depending on how good thing's kick off between me and Jenny…to be honest clothes might fly on accident…"
"Oh, and what happened to miss 'Only been with my lover boy'?" Katsuki asked with a raised brow and a sly grin.
"Shush you." I said nervously, blushing brightly at that. "I mean…we're both similar so far and…she is pretty horny so far…"
"Do you even know how to have sex with another woman?"
"No…" I said nervously. "I've…never had sex with another woman as a woman before…"
"Figured as much."
"And…god if I know how I'm going to learn how to bump uglies with a woman…"
"Well, if Casey is up for it, you can do the potions rout, there are also some very advanced sex toys you can buy."
"I mean…that would help…" I said carefully. "And…well I would like to see Casey as a woman again…he's sexy as a lady."
"If anything it will help spice up your sex lives before Jenny becomes a part pf all that." Katsuki shrugged. "Hey, I just thought of something. You said Casey is half fox and half raccoon right?"
"Yes, he is my special little trash panda hybrid." I said with a warm smile.
"Well, feral foxes and raccoons usually only have a pregnancy period of three months or so, is it similar with Casey? How long was his mom pregnant with him before she gave birth?"
"Uh…no, I don't." I shook my head.
"Huh… I only ask cause, well, sharks largely grow and hatch in the womb, but even if they are developed fully sometimes just hang around in the womb for a while but they actually grow fast… so… Maybe see a doctor or something?"
"I probably should…cause it's been three month's and it looks like I somehow fell into some hyper pregnancy art…" I said nervously.
That made Katsuki chuckle. "Makes me glad I'm a human. I have no idea how so many bestial races can deal with carrying, then birthing multiple babies at once. Then raising them all at once. Yikes."
"Yeah…cause I have to deal with this for either five months or…two years…"
"Again, thank The Mother I was born a human."
The next day, after waking up and telling Casey about Katsuki's training for us and all that, I managed to schedule an appointment with a doctor nearby. She was an avian race, with a small clinic built near the roads on her home property, a large ranch farm.
"So it's been three months already, miss Heather?" Doc asked, her purple feathers were neat.
"Yes it has." I nodded. "And it's…been a trial to say the least…"
"Hm, well even for a pregnancy of hybrid children, and carrying five you are right in that they should not be this large." The doc said as she walked over to a cabinet, pulling out some device. "This is a portable ultrasound, it will let me see if there is just five in there, how large they are, and other valuable data." She informed me, turning it on and holding it just over my belly as she moved it around there. "Hmm… Interesting. There are only five, but they are far larger than usual." She said. "And you said you are a Purebred Blacktip Shark, yes?"
"Yes, I am a Pureblood, and my husband is Half Racoon Half Fox." I said carefully.
"Hmm…" The doctor hummed, reading whatever the screen told her. "Oh, I see you took some abilities from the Motherhood tree that your race normally don't have, Lactation… a few tiers of it in fact." She said.
"Yeah so uh…when I figured that out…Casey certainly took a very big interest in it." I said sheepishly, blushing brightly at all the lewd acts we did because of my much bigger breasts and all the lactation stuff.
"I see. Let me check your Abilities real quick." She said. I handed her my arm with the Assistant mark on it and she quickly browsed through them. "Hmm, ah, here's the culprit." She said, showing me my Abilities. In the Motherhood tree, in the mutations tab was an ability. Active. I never took any abilities from that tab. "This ability was passively gained. Your race normally feeds your young in the womb with an egg yolk like substance since you don't have umbilical cords like mammals, but, taking the ability to give yourself lactation, and so much of it at that, you gained a passive ability from the Motherhood's mutation section. Basically on top of your naturally produced yolk, your womb is also producing milk for them with the yolk. They're so big because all the excess nutrients in this stage of growth, plus them already being partly mammalian, allowed them to grow twice as fast and larger than typical for hybrids of their type."
"Uh…how terrible is that for me in this situation? And our children?" I asked worriedly.
"Oh for your kids this isn't a problem. They'll be born very healthy, maybe a bit overweight but they can easily lose it as they grow and become more active." Doc said. "As for you, well… given how big they are, the rate of their growth from the excess nutrients, and… your current gate… I'd say they look like they'll be born before the month's end, but pushing them out will definitely be out of the question unless you can obtain abilities to negate the size issue. They'll have to be born via C-section."
"Shit…" I said carefully. "I…damn it why didn't I notice before…"
"It's okay, so long as the kids are born healthy it's fine." Casey said.
"This is a common event for species that take mammalian maternal abilities when they themselves are not naturally mammals. It's nothing to worry about and your children will be born very strong miss Heather."
"Alright…" I nodded carefully. "Just…the whole C-section thing…this is the first batch of kids I'm having so…I'm just…extremely concerned."
"It will be alright miss Heather. I know an excellent doctor with hundreds of years of experience in C-section births, and with modern potions, medicines and technology, by the time your next batch comes around you can have the abilities ready to live birth if that is what you wish."
"And…this whole thing won't affect my fighting abilities?" I asked carefully. "I gotta help keep our home and family safe considering how close we are to a dungeon and hazard zone."
"I'd recommend a month of rest before trying to re enter combat after birth ma'am." Doc said. "Even with potions and abilities, birth is a stressful event for the body to undergo. Your body needs time to re-adapt to, well, not being pregnant."
"Yeah…that makes sense." I nodded carefully. "This…is still a lot to take in…but hey, at least I won't be like this for years…"
"Yes, actually, even if this hadn't happened, being quarter fox, quarter racoon, and half shark they might have only taken five, six months most to birth normally." Doc said.
"Huh, right then." I said honestly. "Well…better than what my sister had to do…even if I have to deal with this bit…"
"I can promise you it will be fine. I can even run a special scan on them so we can get a more accurate time frame for the birth so you and my associate can both be here for when it happens. Better than rushing here in a panic."
"That would be great." I sighed out thankfully. "Able to face down an Elder Dracolich while also looking good for the camera…but scared shitless over childbirth…"
"Parenthood and children are a different thing from combat in a dungeon." Doc said simply. "You know what can hurt you in a dungeon, but you don't know what can hurt your child, and that's often times the scariest thing."
"Yeah…that's…that sounds about right." I nodded worriedly.
Doc did the scan, and it turns out in a week I'll be at my due date, so she asked me to come back in six days so I can stay overnight and wait out til my water breaks.
Til then I was enjoying ice cream and PBJ sandwiches while watching Disney shows.
"A week till I'm due…" I muttered. "Jeez, this is…pretty big."
"Yes, yes you are." Jenny said with a chuckle.
"And I need to have a talk with you." I said carefully. "Cause it's about…a lot of dating things…"
"So soon? Kinda surprised." She said, looking over at me.
"Well…I had help from a friend." I said honestly. "And…well we can have a date in like…two or so weeks."
"Sure. I mean, it only makes sense I learn to love you like I already love Casey so… Will make the… bedroom really fun whenever we get to that stage."
"Which…I'm going to have to learn how to pleasure a women as well…" I said carefully.
"Well, there's porn and the mental image of Casey as a girl sounds fucking hot." Jenny said.
"I mean…Casey as a woman is really hot." I said honestly.
"Wait… has this happened before?" Jenny asked with a grin.
"We were in a dungeon and there was a stupid gender swap trap." I said carefully.
"Oh. Please tell me there are pictures."
"Yes, cause Casey was really excited to take a picture of his new self, for new memories." I chuckled.
"Please show me." I pulled up the Photos from my assistant and showed them to Jenny. "Hello sexy vexen~ Wow you look good too. Hello Daddy Shark~"
I face Palmed. And I was so happy Casey didn't think of that…
"Well…glad you like how we look." I said carefully.
"Do you two gender swap often or was it only in that trap?"
"Only the trap." I said honestly. "But…considering what I'll need to learn, maybe Casey will…try the potion later…"
"If he is, maybe we should buy them some nice dresses to try out. I'd LOVE to see them in a bikini, or formal dress… maybe something more revealing~"
I blushed imagining Casey in that female form in some of the lingerie I wear from time to time…
"I hate how you're making good ideas…" I grumbled.
"I would mind seeing you in some either, male or female." She added, making me blush harder as she gave me a grin.
"You are…very forward…" I said sheepishly.
"That's just how I am. I say it how it is."
"That's fair." I nodded. "Well…gonna have to get used to it."