Impia

This chapter contains: introspection, hatching, and a far too desperate,
kind of gross attempt to get internet access. No smut this time, next
chapter for sure!

While Lynn slept, curled protectively around our eggs, I was wide awake. I'd figured out how to 'dim' the magic lights in Lynn's lair, and I was eager to figure out what else I might be able to do if I tried. 

Now that I finally had time to reflect on the whirlwind of the past few hours, it was clear that I was getting magical energy, which I was absolutely just going to call mana, from sex. Both times I felt it flood into me were right when Lynn came - and the second time, she didn't actually cum in me.

What else could I do with it? I tried pushing it to the front of my core, hoping to be able to move my goo around, maybe make a face, or at least hide my cunt so it wasn't constantly on display. The most I could manage was making a small thrusting motion, or making my clit temporarily swell a little larger. 

Oh no, I thought, disingenuously, I guess I'm just doomed to keep being exposed, helpless, ready to be fucked and bred at a moment's notice.

...but I shouldn't get myself too worked up while Lynn is indisposed. What else could I do?

I thought about the new room I'd unlocked, the Brooding Dens. Unlike Lynn's lair, I had a very clear idea of what I'd make that look like. I felt like it had to go 'behind' my core room, on the other side of the wall my core was stuck in - hopefully, that meant my core would have some way to interact with it! I envisioned a sunken cavern, nests filled with goo forming a warm, comfortable, water-mattress-like place for my eggs...

Or my "brood mothers," I couldn't help but remind myself. Visions sprang to mind of women gravid with eggs, getting fucked by slimy pseudopods, moaning and screaming in delight at the breeding frenzy-

Fuck! I really needed to calm myself down. It's not like I had a gaggle of brood mothers throwing themselves at me. Lynn was only interested in topping, and while we'd talked about wanting to have an open relationship, even flirted with some of our friends, we haven't actually asked anyone else out. She's the only girl I'd ever been with. What was a brood mother, anyway? 

*Class: Brood Mother. Brood Mothers mate with monsters, their wombs becoming perfect environments for growing monster eggs much faster than any other host. All Brood Mothers have the perk Adaptable Body, allowing them to successfully breed with nearly any monster without harm. Higher-level Brood Mothers may gain various perks involving sex magic, monster husbandry, or transforming to take on bestial traits. Like all classes, Brood Mother can only be unlocked by those who want to do so and act accordingly.*

That was way more information than I expected! Could I get an explanation like that about Dungeon Cores?

… 

No, I guess not. What about Dungeon Minions? Almost insultingly quickly, I had results.

*Class: Dungeon Minion. Dungeon Minions swear loyalty to Dungeon Cores, serving their needs and acting as their agents. All Dungeon Minions have the perk Secret Class, rendering the class and perks undetectable to anyone who does not already know of it. Higher-level Dungeon Minions may gain various perks involving spycraft, monster husbandry, or defense of their Dungeon. Like all classes, Dungeon Minion can only be unlocked by those who want to do so and act accordingly.*

Well. That was a lot to take in. I hoped Lynn wouldn't grow to regret the class, it sounded really unsavory. Knowing her, though, she would take a class that sounded like a B-movie evil henchman and use it to be my caring heroine. Protecting my helpless core, letting me see the outside world through her, breeding me over and over…

My core shuddered with arousal. I wasn't usually this insatiable! At least all the fantasies helped me not think about having lost my body and so much autonomy, or being bound to this place for who knows how long. Maybe that was Lynn's soothing presence perk, keeping me from spiraling into angst about everything.

Or maybe it was just her. 

I looked at her as she slept, her face calm and tranquil. Her cute little nose was twitching slightly, and I ached. I adore this woman. She had done so much for me this past night, and even now she was holding our eggs - our eggs! - keeping them warm through the night.

God, we had made eggs! I may have talked and fantasized about breeding a lot - long before all this, I'd been begging Lily to 'breed me' when she fucked me, fantasizing about getting pregnant when she filled me with cum, and jacking off to elaborate fantasy scenarios that were now tantalizingly realistic - but I was in no way ready to actually be a mother! I didn't even have hands any more! Would Lynn have to raise them herself? Would they be people, or just beasts?

There was nothing I could do but wait and see.

I turned my attention to my corridors to distract myself. After my earlier experimentation, I was confident that I could mess around with them without hurting Lily or the eggs, so long as I didn't try to change anything about the room they were in.

I didn't feel like I had enough mana to make the Brooding Dens now, but I had plenty to mess around with the corridors. I 'flexed' my mana, spreading it into my corridors - time to experiment! 

-

Several hours later, I'd figured out quite a bit. Decorating my corridors and lighting them was a bit time-intensive as I focused on every little detail, but ultimately pretty easy and 'cheap.' 

I had fun with several different themes - your bog-standard medieval european style fantasy dungeon with rough-hewn stone blocks and fake 'torches' glowing with magical light; a rocky cavern with luminescent mushrooms; a futuristic corridor with metal plating and those glowing circuit patterns. 

I could control the magic lights very naturally, changing their brightness and color as easily as breathing used to be. Although I could see clearly regardless of the lighting, I could also see how it'd look to human eyes if I tried. I made the futuristic hallway dim with flashing red alert lights, for atmosphere. I wasn't sure if the lights were draining away my mana as they glowed. It didn't seem like it, but I didn't have a fine handle on it in the first place. If they were, it wasn't much; that would have to be enough, for now.

The more I thought about the glowing mushrooms, though, the more questions I had. The glow had nothing to do with the mushrooms, really; I could turn it on and off at will, with or without the mushrooms. But what were these mushrooms, anyway? Was I generating new life forms from scratch? Was all my decoration real, or just illusions? I'll have to ask Fen, I thought, she'd have a field day with all this-

I froze. I'd been so caught up all night in my own little world, but what was happening out in the rest of the world? That aurora sure didn't look like a localized event. Were my friends safe? My family? What was happening out there as people gained classes and magic powers?

I felt very small and alone.

-

I watched the woods outside from my entrance as the sun rose. I did seem to be trapped; I couldn't move my dungeon sense viewpoint out past the end of my corridor. Hopefully I could ride out with Lynn; she'd need to head back home for at least food and water, which I hadn't figured out how to make.

Speaking of Lynn, I could feel some movement in her lair - I snapped my viewpoint back there, and saw her stirring.

"Mmh… Lily?" she murmured. 

I sent her the thought of a warm hug. <Good morning, love.>

She started awake, looking at the eggs in her arms with wide eyes for a moment, before relaxing. "Oh... right. Good morning, honey."

Lynn wasn't the only one stirring - one of the eggs abruptly shook, a small chip appearing in it.

I sent to Lynn <Can I w-> and she let me into her senses before I could finish the question. 

All else forgotten, she cradled the egg close in her arms, and we watched as it kept kicking. More and more cracks appeared, the egg starting to break open, until the inner membrane suddenly gave and-

I looked up at Lynn through strange new eyes, and down through hers at the strange creature emerging onto her lap.

<Um, Lynn? I'm also the monster.>

*Congratulations! You are now a Level 4 Dungeon Core!*

*Perk obtained: Loot Generation!*

No time for that! Her eyes went wider, and I desperately thought hard about Monster Control-

*Perk: Monster Control. Your own monsters are no wild beasts or independent minions, but a part of your dungeon yourself, vessels for your will.*

<Holy shit, Lynn, I have a body! Bodies!> Lynn beamed down at me, hugging my new monster body tight.

"I'm so happy for you, Lily! And honestly, I'm relieved. As much as I want to have kids someday, I didn't want it to be soon."

<Neither did I,> I thought back, a little wistfully. We'd gone from being unable to make a baby, to having a sudden pregnancy scare, and just as suddenly back to square one in under a day. But who's to say what else magic could do?

I focused back on my monster, getting it up on my feet and posing for a better look. The double perspective wasn't nearly as confusing as I'd have thought; after the intense sex we'd had last night, it was almost easy to get used to. 

While I was telling Lynn about what I learned last night over the psychic bond, she studied my monster, still somewhat slimy from the egg. It was about the size of a large dog, with a bird-like face with a large pointy beak jutting out- wait. I opened my beak, sideways, revealing a fanged maw and two long, thin tongues. 

Okay, sure, why not?

The monster also had cat ears, and the body looked feline, with dark gray fur. Lynn noticed the shade too, flicking her own tail up to the side of the monster to check - yep, it matched hers.

<Aww, she's got her mother's fur-> I sent, before catching myself. <Wait, no, I have… my girlfriend's fur?>

"Yeah, getting used to this is going to be a little strange," Lynn said. "Um, I know they're your bodies and not our kids, but I hope you don't mind if I'd rather have sex with your core and not our monsters going forward?"

<Oh! Yeah, absolutely.>

Lynn started inspecting my monster's tail - which was thick and scaly and ended in a suspiciously phallic sheath - and its legs, which transitioned from catlike legs to taloned bird feet. She suddenly started laughing.

"Oh my god, Lily, it has chicken feet! You were saying you get magic power from my cum, and you used it to give birth to monsters with chicken feet, like sheydim! You dork, I know you're all into reading about demonology, but you didn't have to live up to your namesake this hard-"

"Hey!" I tried to say, but instead produced an indignant squawk. I tried again, even more embarrassed. <Hey! That's rich coming from you, Evelyn->

She gave my head a noogie, and we play-wrestled until collapsing in giggles together. "I promise not to leave you for Adam, sweetie," she teased, kissing the side of my beak.

<I love you so much. I'm so glad I can hold you again,> I said, nuzzling her.

-

We dubbed the monsters sheydlings. Once they'd all hatched, I encouraged Lynn to head into town to eat and check on our friends.

"I sent some messages to the group chat last night, but I didn't get any responses then and I'm not getting any signal now," she said, frowning at her phone.

<Oh, that gives me an idea! Our psychic bond kicked in after we had sex, right? Before you go, what if you tried putting your phone in my core, maybe it'll give me a psychic uplink to the internet and phone networks!>

Lynn's eyebrows were rising incredulously. "Honey, I don't think that's a good idea…"

<Could you give it a try, though? Think of how useful that could be!>

She sighed. "I'm not putting my phone in your vagina, period - but I did find your phone on the hill last night." She fished it out of her pocket. "I'm willing to try if you're really, really sure." 

<Of course I am!>

-

It did not work. 

Lynn generously didn't tell me she'd told me so, licking my juices off her fingers as I took the phone back with a sheydling, scurrying away to stash it in an out-of-the-way nook. 

"Are you sure you'll be okay while I'm gone? I don't want to leave you all alone out here."

<I'll be okay, love, really! You need to eat, and I can protect myself now,> I sent, posing fearsomely with a sheydling.

She laughed and ruffled the feathers - wait, no, it was fur - on the top of its head. Okay, maybe not so fearsome. 

<Besides, we're never truly so far apart now.> I sent the thought of a tender kiss.

Lynn smiled. "Okay. I'll try to ask for news, check on everyone, and get some food and supplies before coming back. It could be a few hours."

<Got it. Stay safe, alright? We don't know what's out there.>

"I will!"

Right as she set out, another notification popped up.

<*Congratulations! You are now a Level 3 Dungeon Minion!*>

<*Perk obtained: Quiet Strength!*>

"Oh! Well... that makes sense, I am going on a quest for my mighty mistress, after all." She winked at the nearest sheydling, smirking. "Want to tag along?"

<Yes please!> I jumped into her senses. <And I want to try bringing a sheydling out, too.>

We set out together, ready to see the new world.