Chapter 5
#5 of Return to Decadence
?Whee! Chapter 5, now with sex included! Thanks again to readasaur for lending me his character and building the story with me, and to circeus for beta-reading this.
The two stared at each other for a few moments, Nate catching a whiff of... something musky, while a huge grin stretched across Zericho's face that showed off his teeth, surprisingly white considering the level of technology; as the imp waited for the inevitable 'yes'.
Unfortunately for Zericho, Nate was not on the same train of thought, especially after Zericho's hand began to make motions towards his groin, "That's not funny." He said, a stern look on his face as he crinkled his small nose in disgust, and pushed the imp off his lap. "I get that you get your kicks by teasing me, okay? But that's too far."
Zericho stood up and crossed his arms, "Uh, kid, I don't joke around when it comes to things like this." He chuckled rubbing the cloth that covered his crotch suggestively, "When the prince wants something, he takes it."
Nate's eyes widened as he recognized the musky smell that had started to drift up his nose since Zericho had sat upon his lap, "W-what?" He spluttered.
"You heard me. And tonight, I feel like having you." He leaned in towards Nate's face, and grabbed his pale arms, pricking them with his claw tips. "So, c'mon, no one's ever resisted this! I'm even casting my special mojo, just for you!"
It was then that Nate took note that the imp's eyes were glowing similar to when he had cast magic back at the stream, a bright neon green; "Wait, you're what?!" He quickly backed away across the rough tent floor, before springing too his feet, "You're- are you trying to brainwash me into having sex with you?!"
Zericho balked at this accusation, "What, no! I'm just... trying to enhance the mood is all!"
Nate began to back away towards the tent flap, the smell still lingering in his nose, "No tha-that's fucking sick! You- shit! " He stumbled back over a pinecone, falling out of the tent and onto his back, the forest floor greeting him.
Nate now lay in the dark forest clearing, the embers of the fire all but extinguished, leaving the only illumination the stars and the half crescent moon. As his head spun and throbbed from the impact, he brushed the pine needles out of his hair. Zericho approached and stood over him, a scowl on his face; "Listen you peasant, don't you dare accuse me of rape!" He jabbed a sharp finger into Nate's chest as the teen attempted to sit up, "Do you know how hard my father had to work to stop that shit in the empire?! The idea that I would stoop to such a level! People beg to sleep with me, you should be honored!"
Nate scowled and shoved Zericho away from him, "Oh yeah, honored to sleep with a toddler sized, ugly purple shit with all the tact of a brick!"
It was at this point that Chiboom's tent flaps swung open, the orc barging out with an axe in hand. "What the hells is going on?!"
Nate and Zericho pointed at each other, "He-!" They began to shout and yell, Chiboom unable to make out either over the other, giving her a headache in a matter of seconds.
"Both of you shut up!" She roared, silencing both of them instantly. "Tell me, clearly, what happened, one at a time, starting with you." She pointed at Nate.
Nate breathed deeply, clearing his nose of Zericho's musky scent and replacing it with the smell of the forest surrounding them; "He- he tried to have sex with me. And... I think he tried to mind control me to do it."
"I told you that wasn't what I was doing!" Zericho quickly snapped.
Nate glared down at him, "Yeah well it sure seemed-!"
"I said one at a time!" ordered Chiboom, "And quit yelling, at this rate we're going to attract something." She sighed, massaging the bridge of her flat nose with her thick, callused fingers. "Now, prince, your side of the story."
Zericho was nearly steaming by this point, and stomped his foot as he began, "Well, I attempted to grace this homely asshole with my affections. He immediately and quite rudely refused, and dared to accuse me of trying to rape him! All because I tried to help set the mood."
Chiboom narrowed her eyes in suspicion, "What do you mean set the mood?"
Zericho rolled his eyes, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "A simple lust spell, nothing big, didn't even seem to affect the kid."
Chiboom face palmed, "Okay, it is way too late for me to be sorting this kind of situation out between the two of you. Nate." The young man turned his attention towards her, "You and I will switch tents. Besides, after all this noise I should probably sleep in with Zericho just in case."
"Heh, fine by me." Zericho glared up at Nate, who shrugged uncomfortably.
"Whatever." Nate quickly popped back into the larger of the two linen tents, before popping back out with his bag in hand, dragging it behind him as he made his way over to the smaller of the two.
Chiboom looked down at Zericho, who was still glaring angrily. "We need to have a talk tomorrow morning."
The three were up shortly before the sun was touching the horizon, the pale glow of the coming dawn coming from the east, and Chiboom ensuring that they were on the road as early as possible. After the incident that was the night before, there were few complaints over the matter, aside from a few grumbles by Zericho, and Nate's constant yawning.
As the three headed onto the path towards Pjakes, the call of birds beginning as the forest awoke for the new day, Chiboom was glad to see that Zericho and Nate were staying relatively far from each other; something she expected from Nate, but hadn't been sure Zericho would do.
She waited for about half an hour before she made her move, giving the short prince enough time to fully awaken, also giving the sun enough time to fully climb over the horizon. As she moved up to Zericho, the young orc couldn't help but be slightly amused by the situation she was in. Her kind tended to keep to themselves; always shoved to the side by the 'normal' races for their bestial appearance, but at the same time, not corrupted enough to fit in with the demons. Even in the empire that Zericho's father had created, one where all races were meant to be equal, things were only slightly better. The idea that she would be about to lecture royalty was laughable; but her mother had always told her that she was a strange girl.
"So, last night..." Zericho glanced up at Chiboom as she walked alongside him.
"What about it?" He sneered.
Chiboom glared down at him with contempt, nostrils flared "You know, I'm trying to be nice, considering what happened last night; if you weren't royalty-"
"Which I am!" Zericho interrupted, loudly.
Chiboom glanced ahead to see Nate glance back with a look of annoyance, before turning back around; "If you weren't, and Mona hadn't entrusted me with your safety, I would have ripped your balls off."
Zericho grimaced for a moment, before shaking his head in defiance, "Okay, first of all; nothing happened last night, despite what his little hissy fit-"
Chiboom snorted, "Oh, his hissy fit."
Zericho glared, "Secondly, even if it had, why the hells do you give two shits? You're supposed to be protecting me last time I checked, and you don't seem like the motherly type."
"Well let's see, I hate little pricks who think they can do whatever they feel like. And the kid reminds me of someone I used to know. That's all." Chiboom shrugged, and although Zericho wasn't satisfied with the answer, she continued on. "The point, is that although that jump on someone and cast a lust spell crap might fly back home, if you pull that out here you'll be strung up in a second."
"Whatever." said Zericho.
Chiboom sighed, "Fine, don't say I didn't warn you."
Her lecture over, Zericho quickly moved away from Chiboom, making his way up the increasingly bumpy path where Nate treaded a few seconds ahead of them.
"Hey." Zericho said as casually as possible.
"Hi." Nate replied. Something in his voice seemed off, and Zericho was surprised to see that when he looked up at him, Nate's face was not one of annoyance but was rather a glum one. "Um..." He muttered.
"What?" Zericho asked, genuinely curious.
"About last night..." Nate rubbed his arm awkwardly, "You promise you weren't trying to... ya know..."
"I already said no, I just... look that's what I do back at the palace to help spice up the mood a little. That's it, I swear."
"Really?" Nate asked quietly, looking embarrassed.
"Yes!" Zericho exclaimed, exasperated.
Nate nodded, "Okay... I wanted to apologize, then. For calling you... what I did. And for saying that you were ugly."
"Oh. Thanks!" Zericho was slightly shocked; after the previous night, he certainly hadn't expected to receive an apology, especially one so sincere. An unfamiliar feeling grabbed his heart, one that urged him to return the gesture, "I guess I should apologize too? I mean, I guess I just assumed the answer was already yes. Sorry about that."
"Thank you." Nate smiled awkwardly before turning back to Zericho, blushing; "Did you actually want to have sex with me?"
Zericho shrugged, "Yeah, why not? You're cute."
At this point the blush on Nate was nearly glowing, "No I'm not. You obviously don't have much experience with humans."
He snickered, "So I'm not ugly huh? How hot do you think I am then?"
Nate gave him a light shove, "Don't push it asshole."
The rest of the trip was relatively without incident, Nate choosing to talk with Chiboom, spending a good portion of his time trying to get a hold on the state of the world he was in from a non-Zericho point of view. That said, Chiboom was curious about where he had come from as well, and over the course of several hours he learned little that Zericho hadn't told him, while Chiboom seemed very fascinated by Earth. "So prostitution is illegal, huh? I'm not as crazy about sex as imps, but even I think that's dumb."
Nate shrugged, "To be honest, it's so widespread you'd never know it was outlawed. But um... I've got a question. Back at your friend, Mona's-"
Chiboom chuckled, "Friend? Look Mona means well, and she provides me with good work, but we aren't friends."
"Oh, well; it's not really related to that. It's just..." Nate began to blush, "are male prostitutes... common around here?"
"Heh, what do you-?" Chiboom looked at Nate and realized what the question meant.
"Wait. So there aren't any guy whores back on Earth?"
"Not... many. I mean like maybe one for every 100 girls. I've got a feeling gender relations are different around here. And... look I've actually got a lot of questions for you, that I don't feel comfortable asking Zericho," He glanced ahead towards the prince, who was still walking along ahead of them, "especially after last night."
Chiboom sighed uncomfortably, "Okay, ask away kid."
"Thanks, alright, first question; are all imps like Zericho?"
Chiboom chuckled, "You mean are they all so horny? Or all so cocky? Because the answer is yes, for both."
Nate frowned, "Really?"
"Well, sort of, I'm exaggerating to be totally honest, most of them aren't quite so bad, and there are a few good ones. But they all used to be really bad, up until Zedesh, Zericho's dad, came around, most imps just ran around in small mobs working under the big name demons. That's why Zericho was so offended last night; he probably hates to be reminded of that history."
Nate sighed, "Shit..."
Chiboom rolled her eyes, the kid really needed to stop worrying so much, "Relax, you both made up, right? And besides, he was the one who screwed up if you ask me."
Nate still seemed uncomfortable, "Okay, second question. Zericho seems to be really insistent about constant casual sex with whoever crosses his path. Is that normal?"
Chiboom considered this for a moment, "For imps, yes. For everyone else, not so much. I mean, from the way you describe it, our world does sound more forgiving about that, but not to his extent. I've got the feeling Zericho never left his protective royal bubble much, if you know what I mean."
"Oh, I kind of had that feeling, but I wasn't sure."
"Next question?"
"Okay sure, um... how about you tell me about yourself? You know a lot about me now, I think it's only fair if you share."
"Heh, alright then, not much of a story though. Let's see, I'm 25, and I left my tribe about 10 years ago..."
As nightfall approached, the sun beginning to cast long shadows along the now rocky path, Chiboom announced they were actually ahead of schedule, and if they kept going, they would reach Pjakes before the sun set. Sure enough, they were at the city gates just as the sun began to dip below the horizon.
As the three walked towards the gates, Nate marveled at them; although not particularly large, standing at best maybe 20 feet tall, with small watchtowers on both sides, the wood was carved with an ornate design and appeared to be of high quality. As he stared at it, Zericho came to his side, "It's a nice gate, isn't it? Love the design; apparently when my dad had this place built, a guild of imp artists volunteered to help with planning."
"Really?" Nate asked.
At this point Chiboom groaned, and Zericho snickered, "What, you can't see it? Us imps have a very distinctive... style." He continued to snicker, and Nate wondered what the joke was.
In about a second, Nate's eyes finally caught on to what Zericho was talking about. When viewed correctly, the design came together to depict a very... carnal act. There were at least six penises.
"Jesus!" Nate exclaimed, "What the fuck is wrong with this place?!"
"Everything." Chiboom and Zericho both replied simultaneously, although whereas Chiboom had a very defeated tone of voice, Zericho sounded extremely excited.
"That's not even anatomically possible!" Nate spluttered.
Zericho grinned, "You'd be surprised!"
As Nate bemoaned his fate, the trio stopped in front of the gate, currently shut. Chiboom called out, and a very stout man with a large beard, decked out in armor appeared in one of the towers, Nate figured he must be a dwarf, and a very stereotypical looking one at that.
"Who goes there!?" He called out as he stared down at the trio, a crossbow at the ready. "You better not be demons in disguise!"
Zericho rolled his eyes, "This is your prince, idiot!" He reached into his bag and flew up to the tower, shoving his crown into the guard's face. "See?"
The man's eyes widened, "Oh! Yes, we received word of you coming, my lord!" He turned around and shouted, "Pilgin! Open the gate!" He turned back with a nervous smile. "Sorry my lord, can't be too careful. What, with those awful demons sending out forces to conquer the rest of the kingdom."
"Whatever." Zericho quickly flew back down, and the gate slowly climbed open.
As they entered the city, Nate was surprised; it was actually quite beautiful looking, with architecture resembling that of an Italian village, albeit, with some very unique changes. About half of the buildings looked... shrunken. He wondered about this for a moment before he looked down at Zericho, and realized the reason for it.
Speaking of which, as Nate scanned the crowd he was disappointed to see, that although there was greater variety then back at Surk, he could make out what appeared to be several elves and dwarves, as well as the usual humans, there still wasn't much variety. He brought this topic up, and Zericho answered.
"Well of course not, the imps built this city, so all of them live towards the center of the city."
"As for orcs," Chiboom supplied, "I imagine there aren't many living in such a wealthy city."
Zericho nodded, "Yeah, there might be a few goblins and trolls though." He looked up at Nate, "Although honestly kid, I gotta ask, what's with the fascination? I mean you turned me down, so it's not a sex thing... I can't think of any other reasons."
"What, I can't be curious?"
Chiboom snorted, "You know what they say about curiosity." She shook her head, "Regardless, Zericho, I was told that Zinoe frequents the city's park, but not the inn he was staying at. It's not too far from here, so I suggest we find a place to stay for the night and then go to the park in the morning and see what we can find."
Zericho shook his head, "Please, if I know Zinoe, and unfortunately, I do, the idiot's probably camping out in the park. To get 'more in touch with the natural flow' or some dribble." He sighed. "Just lead the way Chiboom."
When they reached the park, which Nate realized must be quite large, for he could not see the other side, the three agreed to split into two groups; Nate and Zericho would take the northern half of the park, and Chiboom would take the southern. When Nate asked why Chiboom, Zericho's bodyguard, was going to leave him alone, when they could be attacked, Chiboom pointed out that any group small enough to infiltrate the city without going noticed by the guards, would also be small enough for Zericho to take on his own.
And with this, the three split, with Nate and Zericho making their way north up a winding scenic path through the park, lined by various types of trees and shrubs, Zericho lighting the way with some sort of magical orb he had conjured; something that absolutely enraptured Nate.
Zericho laughed at this, "Honestly kid, if this is impressive to you, I should show you some of my flashier stuff some time."
The two trotted along for some time like this, until about twenty minutes, when Zericho stopped.
"What?" Nate asked.
"I think I see something." Zericho's orb disappeared, and with it, their light source.
"Why did you do that if you want to see?" Nate asked, bewildered.
Zericho waved him off however, and pointed towards their right. Sure enough, Nate could see a faint glow coming from that direction. "You think that's him?"
Zericho sighed, "He's called Zinoe of the Afterglow for a reason. Well, two reasons technically, but come on. Let's get this over with."
A few moments later, the two stepped into a clearing where there seemed to be a very basic camp set up. It was truly spartan, only a bedroll and a sack indicated anyone was there. Well that, and the imp that was currently sitting in the middle of the clearing.
The imp in question was a dark color, almost brown, although Nate could see it was actually orange. He was gangly, his limbs and tail longer then Zericho's as well as his ears, which stretched out far enough to be pulled down by gravity. However, what truly astounded him was the fact that he was in fact the source of light. The imp was glowing, most prominently from his face, his eyes seemed to be solid spheres of light, and his mouth and nostrils also produced the glow. This fact momentarily distracted Nate from something else.
"Mmm..."
Namely that Zinoe was masturbating languidly.
"Zinoe, what the hell?" Zericho asked.
Nate's face quickly broke out in blush, and he covered his eyes, not wishing to see any more than the tiny glimpse he had already received.
Zinoe continued to stroke his penis, the six inch rod itself aglow as well as the hand using it, while he slowly looked up at the disturbance. "Well hey there Zericho." He replied lazily, as he used his other hand to play with his foreskin, running a claw along the inside of it. "What brings you here?"
"Well, gee the kingdom's being invaded and my father's been kidnapped. So, no reason." He snipped.
The glowing imp shook his head, "So I heard, terrible news." Zinoe slowly shifted back, and moved his other hand towards his ass, and slowly began to trace his hole with his finger. "You've brought someone with you I see. A human?"
Nate continued to shrink in on himself, burying his face in his hoodie, hoping to block out both the noise of the strokes and the smell of the musk, "Please ignore me."
Zinoe smiled sweetly, as he brought his stroking hand up to play with his nipples, flicking the orange stubs, which began to stiffen. "Aw, he's shy, how cute."
Zericho face palmed, "Is there any chance you'll stop and have a serious discussion with me?"
Zinoe frowned, "I don't see why I should interrupt my pleasure because of them. Wouldn't that be letting them win? In fact, you should join me, you seem stressed."
"Really?!" Zericho sniped sarcastically, throwing his hands in the air. "Look, if I do this, will you have a serious conversation with me?"
Zinoe slowly moved his tracing finger back to his cock, a bead of iridescent pre oozing out the tip. "Mmm, I don't see why that can't be arranged."
Zericho made his way over to Zinoe, and quickly stripped off his cloth, revealing his four inch package, currently flaccid. "Well?"
The familiar scent of another male hit Zinoe, he smiled as he stared up and down the prince, "Sit down with me."
"We're in public! Are you that shameless?!" Nate exclaimed.
Zericho turned back to him, "So what kid? Why does it matter, it's not like we're in the middle of the street here."
Zinoe nodded, "Royal code says, as long as we don't disturb the peace, and have consent, sexual acts are a-okay! Why don't you join us kid?!"
Nate shrank further into himself, "Oh my god."
Zericho sat down in front of the glowing advisor, exasperated, and began to stroke his penis with his skilled hands, hoping to get the situation over quickly.
Zinoe eyed him, "Why are you in such as rush? Let's take our time; you never do this with me!"
Zericho grunted as he began to harden under his hands' ministrations, "Because I don't like you. I've told you this before, haven't I?"
Zinoe smirked and swatted Zericho's hands away from his groin, replacing them with his own, which had a rougher texture then the prince's, giving a different sensation; "You wound me Zericho, honestly, when have I ever done anything to you?"
Zericho hissed, "Bastard." He quickly grabbed Zinoe's own cock and began to stroke it, causing more of the glowing precum to ooze out. "You think you're some sexual dynamo, don't you Zinoe? But you're wrong, you're second tier at best."
"Is that so?" Zinoe gave him a lazy smile as he brought Zericho's cock to full hardness, it was now nearly seven inches.
Zericho glared, "Yes, and I can prove it. You're gonna cum first." He used his free hand to begin playing with Zinoe's nipples, flicking them as the orange imp moaned.
"Oh, prince, I do hate to prove others wrong, but I'm afraid that will be the situation here." Zinoe quickly scooted in closer to Zericho, taking the prince by surprise. Zinoe then used a hand to grasp both their cocks, and rubbed them together.
Zericho groaned, and precum began to ooze out of his own arousal, mixing with the glowing pre of Zinoe. The smell was growing stronger now, he could taste it in the air, a heady, almost bitter mix; where he not with Zinoe he would be enjoying it. He laughed, "You think this is enough you ass? I think you're underestimating your competition."
He brought his free hand, the other still playing with Zinoe's nipples, and brought it to Zinoe's mouth. He shoved a finger into the advisors mouth, "Now suck it!"
Zinoe shrugged and did so, running his tongue over his prince's clawtip, and sucking the purple appendage rhythmically, till it was nearly touching the back of his throat. Zericho grinned, "Yeah, you like that, don't you? Bet you wish it wasn't my finger in there huh?" After a few seconds, Zericho removed his finger with a wet pop.
Almost to spite him however, Zinoe just gave him a lazy smile as he did so, and began to increase his pumping speed, causing Zericho to begin leaking pre at a faster rate. By this point his hand was covered with a mix of their pre, providing the perfect lubricant.
Zericho held back a moan that tried to escape his throat, "You think that's enough?" He quickly took his saliva dripping finger and shoved it up Zinoe's ass.
Zinoe's eyes widened for a moment, and he stifled a yelp. Zericho quickly began to pump the thick finger in and out, stretching the glowing imp's hole. "Ugh, Zericho."
Zericho grinned as the other imp moaned his name; it was now a test of endurance, and for the next several minutes, the pressure built in the imps, both of them nearly pushed over the edge at multiple points. But after about ten minutes, they had both reached their limit.
Cum started to fly, splattering both imps with strands of white. Zinoe moaned, while Zericho bit his lip. Both of them opened their mouths to catch some while they painted each other. When all was said and done, the two were drained, and collapsed to the grass floor for a few moments to regain themselves.
Zericho panted heavily, "Damnit, can't believe I tied!"
A few seconds passed, at which point, the two heard a muffled voice. "Are you done?" They turned around to see that Nate had unplugged his ears, but was still facing away from them, no doubt with a massive blush on his face.
Zinoe chuckled, "Aww, he's so cute. Not your normal type prince."
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." Nate said.
Zericho sighed as he looked himself over. "Basically, but now I've gotta wash this off. Zinoe! Get to licking!"
The glowing imp smirked, "I've got a better idea, there's a fountain nearby, we can use that to bathe."
Zericho shrugged, "It'll have to do."