With a long drag of her pipe, Fushaka would look out of the window she was perched on the ledge of. It was a strange existence, this brothel. It kidnapped orphans and street rats, forced them into servitude via addiction to drugs hard to come by, and then...fine clothes, good food, nice rooms and bouncers who did not take kindly to customers overstepping their bounds. She could even set limits and just decide not to work today if she didn’t want to. It made her wonder what the need for the drugs even was, it wasn’t like anyone had anywhere to go if they did try to escape.
This introspection was interrupted by the door slamming open, and having her friend and regular customer Talia barge into the room, face like thunder.
“You are not a whore!” she exclaimed, pointing dramatically.
“…Kind of am” Fu replied, putting the pipe aside and getting off the window ledge.
“I…I meant you aren’t just like those street corner night walkers! You’ve got grace and class and charisma” Talia continued, pacing the room.
“And a wicked tongue” Fu teased, giving a grin and sliding off the overdress putting it on the nearby stand. Poor little Talia flushed bright red at that, and stared at her feet.
Taking the initiative, Fu would walk over and slide her hands across the tense shoulders, massaging them gently. It helped, being taller than her friend. Brushing the iconic purple hair of the Tsu Clan out of the way, she got to work easing Talia's firm muscles.
“Why don’t you take a breath and tell me what has you so riled up~” Fushaka cooed, whispering gently into Talia’s ear. The woman shuddered from the memory of what Fu could do when allowed free reign, and then collected herself and did as she was told.
“I was out talking to the Jom-” Talia started, before getting a snort from Fu.
“There’s your problem” she commented derisively.
“They aren’t that bad when you get to know them. Their country just has interesting, community-driven laws to them rather than judicial oversight” Talia explained. She was always ready to defend her friends, verbally or physically. “Anyway, some of the Jiang Students came over and started mocking you, saying that I was a Whore Lover. So I stoved their heads in. But you aren’t a Whore!”
Listening gently, Fu couldn’t help but let out a soft giggle at Talia’s problems.
“They were mocking you, Talia. I was not even present in that conversation, except for an accurate description of my job” Fu explained, finishing with her tight shoulder muscles and stepping away. Talia immediately ruined all her hard work by swinging around and taking Fu’s hand,
“You are a companion, an escort, a brilliant conversationalist and a friend. Whores just fuck” Talia exclaimed.
Whatever Fushaka was going to say was lost when another woman appeared in the doorway. Fushaka was vaguely aware of Talia’s mother, and intimately familiar with her terrifying reputation, but had never seen her. This woman, tall, slender and beautiful beyond compare, was certainly not the mental image she conjured when she heard Ci Lan’s title of ‘Raging Sky Demon’. Maybe that was how she liked it, make people underestimate her. Certainly a trick Talia had pulled once or twice.
“There are guests waiting for you at the Sect, Talia” the woman spoke, taking a few steps into the room, and eyeing Fushaka.
“Would these guests have swollen eyes and bloody noses, mother?” Talia asked, her tone tart sweet and clearly dismissive of these guests.
“Relatives of, yes. If you run your mouth around my daughter, prepare to back them up. But at the same time, diplomacy is a must for civilization. We are not the Valley Sects, after all. We have a reputation to maintain”
Talia would listen, grumble a little, and then turn, and take Fushaka’s hand, swinging around to her mother with it.
“Fine, but they apologize to Fushaka. I can handle myself, but bullying her is just cruelty” Talia exclaimed, holding Fu’s hand tightly. Though it merely raised an eyebrow from Ci.
“I like your spirit and determination to protect your friends, but having the Discipline Elder of the Jiang Sect apologize to a Gregari is…a little much” Ci commented. Talia seemed poised to jump on anyone speaking negatively about Fu, but couldn’t say anything, given that Ci had used her proper occupational title, rather than the derogatory one.
“Then I’ll marry her” Talia exclaimed, crossing her arms and staring at Ci. She was very much an Ancient, as even such a radical proclamation merely raised the second of her two eyebrows.
“Your mother continues to be an influence, I see” Ci commented, before letting out a sigh. “She learns Twelve Stars, ok?”
Whatever that was, it was pretty not something that was just learned, because Talia took a step back and looked to Fushaka.
“Mother! That isn’t just something you learn!” she exclaimed, holding Fushaka as if she was going to disintegrate.
“You want my daughter-in-law to learn something lesser?” Ci would ask, in that ‘that is so not going to happen’ kind of voice. It cowed Talia easily enough, and left Fushaka just standing there looking dumbstruck.
In one swift move, she’d been dragged into a Martial Sect - The Tsu Clan’s Asura Formation Sect, no less - and apparently married off to her friend. Slash regular customer. How was she even going to keep up with these people who were born and raised to fight? Terrifying though this whole situation was, she had to speak up.
“How am I going to fit into a sect like the Asura Formation? I’m a twenty one year old orphan. I don’t even remotely have any skills like that and I am far too old by the usual standards” Fushaka put in, trying to reclaim some control of the situation. It didn’t work, as Talia and Ci both looked at her, and then Talia jabbed her finger at Fu suddenly.
Startled, Fu shifted backwards, getting just out of range of the finger by the time the arm fully extended. Clearly, they saw something she didn’t, as Ci nodded gently in affirmation of what just happened.
“Don’t put yourself down so much, and just trust me on this, ok? You are better than you think” Talia commented, dropping her arm and then heading out of the room with Ci. The unspoken command to follow them was followed, and Fushaka exited the room. Six men were gathered outside, each ready to give Fu the few seconds she needed to scurry away. None of them had any illusions of lasting more than a few seconds though, and the relief when nothing bad happened was palatable.
“I hope you maintain diligence, Fushaka. We demand nothing less of our family” Ci exclaimed, leading the procession out of the brothel.
Don't freak out, I am not dropping Beasts. I just got inspired to start a thing after reading Demonic Spirit King.
New to your stories author but i already like the start and its Yuri/GL+Cultivation my favorite combination atm there is a small number of those its depressing when searching for them
Yuri is a common thread in my novels. You got Yuri and modern supernaturals, Yuri and Warhammer Fantasy+LitRPG, Yuri and Warhammer 40k. Is fun.
@LillyanaKabal Yeah seen it i plan on reading the Yuri Warhammer one because who does not like Warhammers f*ckery and cherry on the top Yuri
@LillyanaKabal They done a good job with Horus Heresy trailer loved it soo much watched it at least 50 times that day
@Rosier1389 Personally, avoid ReHammer unless you really want to do point by point comparison of ReReHammer. Also Rehammer 2 has been dropped, pending the time and muse to rewrite it like ReReHammer.
@Rosier1389 Mm. If they Hammer And Bolter this, I will burn!
@LillyanaKabal Thanks for warning Btw what is your favorite faction in Warhammer
@Rosier1389 Adeptus Mechanicus. The Flesh Is Weak.
@LillyanaKabal Adepta Sororitas here love how they look and their zeal
I am hopeful that are there are plenty of em in books i have pirated and lined up for reading it just sucks i can't find time to crack them open
@Rosier1389 Emia is a Sororitas in ReHammer 2. In the alternate universe where this one Felinid pulled off a feat of Uber-Piety and then Martyrdom that the Sororitas respect the entire race now.
@LillyanaKabal Wait what...But but Xenos what will Empire exterminate now
What have you done !
@Rosier1389 Felinids are Abhumans, not Xenos!
@LillyanaKabal Meh they look mutant to me and furries at that I am sorry but i have to call the Ecclesiarchy for clean up...But don't worry you will be safe! You were clearly confused and manipulated by damn furries Saint Celestine will guide you back to Emperors protective light !
@Rosier1389 How can they look anything? They've never gotten official art.
@LillyanaKabal Meh i gone by fanart didn't even know furries were a thing in WH as i avoided reading anything beyond "Lets exterminate mutants" Because anything mutant reminds me of DC and Marvel which for some reason is boring af to me so i hate anything they make i even avoid DC/Marvel fanfics (Exception being Dark Wolf Shiro who is sick f*ck but thats why i love it)
@Rosier1389 There is a lot of fan-art about them, yea. But, we have no offical lore or pictures about them, so we can only speculate. I go off the cat ears and tail part. How and why humanity evolved those?
Ehh, blame a bored DAOT Scientist.
Interestingly, mutants are eliminated due to the fact that Chaos Corruption is a very surefire way to get mutated. So if you are mutated, 90% chance you are corrupted by Chaos.
@LillyanaKabal Yeah majority of Chaos forces have some mutation on them thou Slaanesh and Khorne is a bit cleaner while Nurgle is messy thou i can understand it with his hard on for diseases (Which i am gonna get sick just imagining Nurgle with hard on lost my apetite)
Do you reckon Chaos Gods mold/mutate them with pure warp or they add something with it
@Rosier1389 The Warp naturally twists and mutates all things, living and inanimate. Merely being exposed to Warp Energy can mutate a person. The Gods can give "Gifts" but this is just a specific set of mutations rather than anything special.
If you can bare it, you'll get really strong and eventually ascend to Daemonhood once the Warp Energy entirely replaces your body. But if you don't have the willpower to keep yourself together, your mutations run rampant and you become an evershifting mass of flesh, a Chaos Spawn.
@LillyanaKabal I know Warp has natural mutation of things but i thought without careful manipulation of it like Chaos God gifts won't those exposed to uncontrolled Warp keep mutating more and more in more horrifying things...Like for example lets take Covid pass couple of waves it keeps mutating more everyone in family had it couple of times i didn't but i just caught it in recent new mutated wave and it keeps mutating...like uncontrolled mutations shouldn't have an end goal like here are two extra pair of arms you are done mutating it should keep going and while i think you can gain some resistance Warp should adapt and keep attacking the body
@LillyanaKabal Oh sorry i just seen i opened a ceonversation theme of Chaos Gods and their mutating people with Warp not Warp in general...Sorry again i have massive headache for some reason in my part of the country one moment its sunny and warm next its preparing for a storm and it keeps changing its like someone is beating me with a mallet on the head there is only so much pills can help and laying down on the bed is meh boring without reading a fanfic a day or a novel is not a good day add to the headache i am trying to finish reading cultivation novel that translation is also meh (I think i will suffer a brain damage by the time i finish it and my english will become worse)
@Rosier1389 You do keep mutating if you keep getting exposed to Warp Energy. But if you take away exposure, then there is no new imput, which means no new mutations. But there is also resistance to The Warp. Either it's harder to get more mutated, or you get Chaos Spawn'd. Which is why the Astartes living in the Eye Of Terror aren't all slavering beasts.
@Rosier1389 England is doing that. 38c one day, 17c the next. And three day thunderstorms. I have never seen so many Thunderstorms in the same month, let alone same week.
Also, the bad translations is part of the fun. Martial God Asura has "Mysterious Techniques are called such because they are Techniques that are Mysterious"
@LillyanaKabal Same but it goes down as far as 10-12c and they say it will be cloud and rain from Friday to next Wednesday...I love rain and thunder but this one is bit weird and from what i read on online news in some parts of EU there is draught in others flood i think something like Portugal has draught and Spain flood
@Rosier1389 We are seeing the effects of Global Warming in a big way now. Best we can hope for is a sudden and startling industrial turn-around before this sh*t is permanent.