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You've really got your little routine with Luminous Libromancer down pat at this point. She calls the burner phone you've set up for your alter-ego, 'Evelyn Parker.' You go to another weirdly specific spot at the exact same time in the morning.

And then she opens up a swirling portal to whisk you right to her lair, where she has her way with you for hours upon hours~! Ah, girls are so wonderful, you can have so much fun tormenting and being tormented by them for so long…!

But as stimulating as that is, as nice as it is to surrender to the untender mercies of your slightly-sadistic love…

It's becoming a little stale, isn't it?

That thought has wormed its way into your brain, as you strut towards the dingy cafe where Libromancer will whisk you away. The thought that's percolated through your consciousness has been nagging at you silently for weeks.

You're not content with just this much. Is that all there is to your encounters with your love, with the girl you decided to seek out first in this city? The one you stalked, the one who you set up that chance encounter with?

Well, of course not. You're three 'dates' in at this point. Sure this might be research to her, but it means more to you! The feeling of having her eyes focused on you, and just you! The way her soft, tender hands feel when she plies her palms against your nubile flesh~! The way she teases you, leaves you a wanton drooling slut begging for more attention…!

One of the greatest highs you've experienced in your entire life was the moment when your love molested your perky titties for the first time~!

So. Why shouldn't you go out of your way to carve the same pleasures you've been feeling into Luminous Libromancer's heart? Why shouldn't you show her the depths of your love by staining her soul pitch-black?

You're Alice Takanashi. Void Heart. The grand seductress, the unholy harlot, the demon who toys with the hearts of young women and eats them up entirely.

As if you'd settle for just being Luminous Libromancer's 'test subject.' You'll show her. You'll show her exactly how much you love her. How much you worship her. How much you absolutely adore her. Because she belongs to you, just as much as you belong to her.

Which is why, as the pink portal opens up beneath you, and you fall straight through into Luminous Libromancer's Libram, you've got your essence spooled up. All that corruptive power, lurking underneath the skin of your mortal disguise, ready to be unleashed on your silly, hapless, arrogant love~!

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Mia Cabalis finds herself smiling as she watches her test subject drop in. Distantly, the brainy girl notes that her heart rate's elevated. The heat that's blossomed across her cheeks indicates that she's blushing. And then there's this sudden spike of arousal, the wonderful rush of what could only be endorphins working through her system. What a strange physiological reaction to have, feeling this excited to have a certain itch scratched just upon seeing her scrumptious test subject.

And Evelyn Parker's looking as scrumptious as ever, blinking owlishly the way she is. Her full figure, those innocent purple eyes, those devilishly soft lips that moan so lewdly…

But enough of that. Enough… Fantasizing. Because today? Today's the day that Mia will finally lay this mysterious girl bare and expose all of the secrets her body contains!

"You know the drill, arms up," Mia orders and her submissive test subject obeys with but the slightest tremor. And from the way her knees are knocking… That's anticipatory lust this girl's feeling, not any sort of trepidation. Hmm. What a well-trained, lewd girl. Maybe Mia'll keep her around after she's finished using her up. Her library could always use some assistants to thoroughly catalog and organize the precious tomes contained therein…

With a snap of Mia's fingers, purple rope-like bindings latch onto Evelyn's wrists, wrapping across her thick thighs and calves. Mia takes a moment to admire her handiwork and the way her delicious test subject looks, all trussed up.

Ah, this feeling!

This is exactly the craving Mia needed to fulfill, this itch, this damn urge to make the girl before her submit to all of Mia's commands.

And with that, Mia makes her first mistake of the day.

She turns her back on her test subject to inspect the tray laden with toys she'd prepared specifically to tease her, trusting the strength of the magical bonds she'd placed around her test subject's limbs to contain her.

And that was Mia's second mistake, the relative weakness of the bonds she'd tied her test subject up with.

It was her complacency that did Mia in, the absolute certainty that nothing seriously bad could happen to her here, in the seat of her power. From a certain point of view, that complacency makes a certain amount of sense. After all, Mia had met her test subject multiple times at this point, and the last time she'd even had several Magitech sensors trained on her test subject the entire time she was in the tower. And there was absolutely no magical foul play detected.

And besides, wouldn't Evelyn have fought back after the last few times Mia treated her harshly if she truly had malicious intent?

So, from Mia's point of view, there was no need to put truly strong bindings on her test subject. Bindings capable of containing a maximum of twice baseline human strength's more than plenty. Simultaneously, from Mia's point of view, there was no need to maintain a strict vigil on her test subject. Not after she'd proven so compliant and eager during her last two encounters when Mia had her way with her nubile body.

And that logic, that arrogant way of thinking? That's the root cause of all the mistakes Mia would make today. For all that she purports to be a researcher, she's fallen to basic human fallacy. She started assuming instead of confirming, and she's fallen to one of the primary vices of humanity.

Complacency. Arrogant self-assuredness. An insidious wretched vice that's wormed its way through her foundation and cracked it entirely.

But there's a third mistake Mia's just committed, one far more serious than the first two.

Mia hasn't turned her back on just any regular girl, she's turned her back on Alice Takanashi.

Void Heart. That vile sex fiend who delights in dastardly deeds of depravity and delicious debauchery. A cruel, vicious Dark Magical Girl who's as scrappy as they come, utterly obsessed with Mia to a ridiculously unhealthy degree.

The girl who's stalked Mia, cozying up to her, buttering her up for this exact moment. The moment when Mia lets her guard down and gives Alice the opening she wants.

And in that exact moment, in that opening, as Mia turns her back?

Evelyn Parker – No, Alice Takanashi strikes.

Alice twists her limbs, and the bindings across her body spark and snap, shattering like glass. Mia turns, startled by the sound and feel of her magic suddenly breaking. Her eyes widen even more when her test subject lunges towards her, fingers reaching out like claws.

As if in slow-motion, Mia watches 'Evelyn Parker' smile psychotically, with a grin that splits her face and eyes that positively sparkle with a hidden mania.

"Got you," 'Evelyn Parker' – Alice Takanashi whispers into Mia's ears as she wraps her limbs around Mia's body, and then Mia finds herself toppling to the ground. The back of her head slams against the floor, causing her to see stars.

The pain of it's enough to overshadow the pain of the sudden pinch in her left side as one of Evelyn's fingernails elongates and jabs into Mia. A clawed talon dripping with some kind of dark pink liquid, a liquid that oozes and writhes in the air like some freakish living slime...

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Oh, you're just… So delighted by everything right now. Your foolish, foolish love, allowing you to embrace her like this…!

Aaaah~! Everything about her's so adorable. The little cry of pain she made when you tackled her~! The feeling of her soft, soft body, so plump and plush. Soft and sweaty, your love's a sticky girl. A horny girl, too, you'd recognize the bitch-scent of a girl in heat anywhere.

Hee.

And then there was Libromancer's look of confusion too! Oh, that look of horrified confusion was just… Mmh, the best. To see such a normally composed girl lose her cool…

So cute~!

Libromancer struggles beneath you as you pin her, but you have her measure. Mostly. Really, it's for the best if she doesn't struggle too hard at this juncture…

"Shh, shh..." You whisper into your love's ear, doing your best not to let the drool overflowing your mouth get in the way. As much as you'd like to give her some sloppy kisses, it's… Kind of a mood-killer, isn't it? "Shh, shh. It'll be all okay soon, okay~?"

You flare your essence now, injecting spikes into Mia's mana reactor through this lovely skin-on-skin contact you've set up. The perks of sharing this kind of skinship with your loves~! It makes corrupting them so much easier, and it's so much more intimate. Why, this close?

You can feel your essence beginning to dye Mia's soul, you can feel your energy getting sucked away into all of her cute, girly parts~! This really is the best way to inject essence into a regular Magical Girl, after all~!

And naturally, like this? You're able to bypass all the complex, fiddly defenses that girl's set up around herself through skin-to-skin contact. She can avoid your hypnotic gaze, she can block out your seductive voice, she can clog her nose to avoid smelling your slutty pheromones, but physical touch?

The only remedy here was for Mia to avoid contact, and it's far too late for that to happen…

Libromancer writhes underneath you, her bountiful chest heaving as the girl suddenly gasps for air. She struggles, clawing and kicking… Before recomposing herself. Of course she would. After all, even though she's let her guard down and let you assault her? She's still Mia Cabalis. Luminous Libromancer, mistress of a million spells.

Spells she puts to use in that instant. Luminous Libromancer clenches her fist and suddenly, your entire world explodes into flame.

And suddenly, you're on fire. You reel back, sparks singing your skin, flames licking merrily away at your flesh, charring the skin of your disguise.

Oh, oh! Oh, it hurts!

It hurts, it hurts. It hurts, it hurts, it hurtsithurts-

It hurts so good…

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Mia coughs and gags. Involuntary tremors wrack her form as she staggers to her feet, still surrounded by flames. An impulsive cantrip meant more to put distance between Mia and her – and her assailant than anything else. Even now, the flames begin to subside, letting Mia get a good look at the monster that had been masquerading as her test subject for all these weeks.

The monster whose disguise has begun to… To melt off of her body. Pale flesh puddles around her bare feet, raven-black hair gives way to strands of pink. Dual-toned eyes, purple-yet-pink regard Mia, and Mia finds herself shuddering at the sheer hunger she sees in those eyes.

The shapeshifter lets out a disappointed sigh as her skin continues to peel and slough off of her body, as her charred clothes crumble to ash around her.

"Oh, my love, was that really necessary?" The thing purrs out in a voice that doesn't fit its horrific appearance at all. That voice… Mia shivers at the sound of that smooth, sinfully seductive voice.

"… What are you? A demon? No, you're a shapeshifter aren't you? Did you… Did you hollow out Evelyn's body? Where is she?!" Mia demands. Her hand shakes as she takes out her combat grimoire and points it at… At this thing.

"Oh, is that concern I detect?" The monster claps its hands together gleefully. "Ooh, you really cared about that girl, didn't you? Aww~! That's so sweet! Wow, gosh, you know… You're really something. I had you dead to rights back there, a regular girl wouldn't have been able to maintain enough composure to cast a spell like that-"

"Shut up!" Mia flares her mana in a display of power strong enough to flatten lesser demons. It doesn't even phase the thing standing in front of her. If anything, the monster relishes in Mia's mana, inhaling as if to capture her scent.

"Who are you!" Mia continues demanding, before shaking her head. "No, it doesn't matter. I'll just capture you and-"

The monster raises her hands, and flares her own vile energy… And the lovely biotoxin she'd pumped into Mia's system blossoms, injected into her system from when she'd tackled Mia the first time. Just a little pinch with Alice's claws. Claws coated with a custom compound of Alice's devising, strong enough to put any girl to sleep.

Mia blinks, feeling a sudden fatigue begin to overtake her. She sways on her feet, her head spinning, as her muscles begin to slacken.

"N… No… Get back. Get back!"

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Gosh, your love's seriously a cut above the rest.

She's got oodles of your essence poured into your system, about as much as you can produce in a week. She's been drugged up with a chemical cocktail of your own devising, and she's still got enough composure to start hurling spells at you.

Spells you're being forced to dodge because holy crap you kind of don't want to die. You don't particularly mind getting into spats with your loves, fights can be bracing, but death's a step too far! You don't even have a set of back-up bodies ready yet!

Even as you think that particular thought, a wave of pure cutting force slices through the air over your head. Any lower, and it'd have decapitated you.

Sheesh. Normally you'd be engaging in banter right now, fun word-play, but it's probably not a good idea – Oh no.

You lunge to the side, just barely avoiding the jet of light Mia shot at you. Moments later the area she'd targeted vanishes, a whole chunk of the tower disappearing as it gets dropped into some other dimension, cut away as if by the tools of God herself.

Yeah, there's no time to banter. Not when Luminous Libromancer seems intent on bringing all the cosmic forces in the world to bear in this bout. This casting speed, the raw power behind all of these spells…

Uwoh~! Your love's truly amazing! You don't think another Magical Girl can match her in a wizard's duel, not on this side of the Pacific!

But it's such a shame, because you're close enough now that you've got the edge. You're close enough to begin exploiting the fourth, and final, mistake Luminous Libromancer's made. Admittedly, this mistake's a bit of an older one.

Luminous Libromancer's never trained her body. She's never had to. She's been able to disdain physicality her entire life. And this has left her with a soft, luscious, squeezable body, sure…

But it also means, physically speaking? She has no chance against you in close quarters. You've spent years wandering the islands of the Pacific at this point, sailing from coast to coast. Years spent in the worst conditions on Earth, modifying yourself, training yourself to win fights like this one. Fighting off monsters, angry mobs, other Dark Magical Girls who got too big for their britches and needed to be turned into breeding slaves…

You've won more encounters against squishy mages than you can remember, and unfortunately, Mia's not all that different.

You tackle Libromancer even as she desperately casts in your direction. Your arm comes up, clamping acros her windpipe. Your other arm deflects the hand she'd raised, redirecting her spell into the ceiling. The bolt of lightning she'd tried to smite you with flashes and writhes, electricity charring the wood paneling above you.

Beneath you, Luminous Libromancer, your wonderful love, gasps as you continue to channel essence directly into her body. Enough to corrode her senses, enough to overwhelm her silly little thoughts and throw a wrench into the machinery of her gorgeous mind.

Enough to finally knock her out. The second she goes limp, you gently lower her to the ground… Then fall back on your haunches, panting.

Sheesh. It's finally over. Phew! That was bracing!

Gosh, your love's seriously impressive! You had her dead to rights, really. She was alone, unprepared, and in nothing but her nightgown. And she had a whole heap of essence lying latent in her system already, clouding her thoughts. And she had her back turned, and she got arrogant and careless enough to leave you like that.

And she still set you on fire, and if she'd had the wherewithal to perform literally any other spell?

Things might not have turned out for the best like this.

You find yourself shivering at that terrifying possibility… Before the sound of Libromancer's snoring fills your ears, and you find yourself reaching down to gently caress her slumbering face.

After regenerating your hand of course, it really wouldn't do to get pus and blood and all kinds of bodily fluids all over your love's face. Not when there's so much else you could be doing with her, when she's in this kind of compromised state...

Kyah~!

There are so many things you can do with Luminous Libromancer now~! Admittedly, it's not like you can keep her like this for very long. It'd be kind of a pain if Steele or Kaina went looking for her, wouldn't it…? But with her unguarded mind this close, in the palm of your hand?

Ooh, the possibilities! Naturally, you'll have to alter her memories so she forgets this little altercation ever took place, it wouldn't do for her to start getting all suspicious, but you can do more than that! You can change her predilections! Make her naturally disposed to your original appearance! Change her sense of awareness so she thinks lewdness is natural…

So many possibilities…

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(84/180 essence, 60 regen)