Return to Darnlake 2
#2 of Return to Darnlake
Return to Darnlake: The Moss Gym
I wondered if Fescue Maps would be angry with me for waiting so long to come back for him. In all honesty, I realize I didn't have a choice until now. There were quite a few other botanists and scientists of all types that came sniffing around once they heard of a big overgrown anomaly like Venus. I wanted to keep a low profile since this catastrophe was my doing, my fault. In the past couple weeks I heard of multiple reports coming back of Venus developing all sorts of new traits that bordered on the biology of an animal rather than plant life. Quite a few of the samples they were testing were showing signs of a liquid the scientists called 'sero cruor' which simply means 'plant's blood' in Latin. They theorized that Venus had built some sort of circulatory system and likely had a large vegetable resembling a heart at the core roots. More importantly, this was all just a highbrow explanation that the many plant types of the jungle were starting to show signs of experiencing pain. This was the chance I had been waiting for.
"So, tell me about yourself, doc." The tiger placed one of his large striped paws on my shoulder as we finished getting dressed after our encounter with the willow. I have to admit the thought of some light conversation helped break the awkwardness of just being sexually milked dry by a plant next to a male I had only met a few hours ago. "We're going to be spending some time together and I like to know who I'm dealing with."
I suppose it couldn't hurt to let him know a little bit about myself. "Had a divorce recently. The wife said I was too obsessed about my work."
He nodded back at me with a shrug. "Rough shit. A guy's gotta work, it's too bad she couldn't understand that." Bao was being surprisingly empathetic.
Still, I shook my head, he didn't quite have it down right. "She was right, I can't get my old projects out of my head. For a long time now I haven't been giving her the attention she needed. I'm disappointed it didn't work out too, but it was for the best. We were in love once but I guess we fell out of it. Suppose we had different passions."
"Different passions? Don't know much about that, sounds like she caught you thinking about trying to bone your secretary or something. To be straight up with you, doc, my attractions are more toward big sexy males than some cute little female in a miniskirt. Since we're sharing and all, figured I'd get that one out there."
"Well, that sort of came out of nowhere... but trust me, I don't take issue with that." I couldn't help but give off a short chuckle. I knew Maps was gay and it never bothered me, I wasn't about to be put off by Bao's admission.
"Well, what if I said you were pretty damn hot for an old sheepdog?"
"That might be overdoing it a little bit." I gave him a bit of a frown to which he chuckled back in response."
Once our clothes were back on we continued to hike through the jungle that was Darnlake's former town. Bao wasn't kidding, what should have been a simple walk turned into a winding hike of blocked passages and alternate routes. Sometimes we'd be walking in zigzags to avoid areas the tiger swore to me were set up to trap males, other times we'd have to move across buildings or wait an hour for the time of day to change before moving ahead. It was all very confusing and the deeper we got into the town the more unfamiliar everything seemed to me. I was starting to appreciate his help more and more.
Suddenly Bao put his hand in front of my chest and stopped dead cold. "Woah, hold up a sec here. We're almost to the gym. You don't want to move past here."
"What's wrong?" I could see the gym just a few yards ahead of us. "The ground is a little indented and cracked but it doesn't look sunk in, won't we be fine?"
The tiger shook his head. "Naw, we have to climb the rest of the way. There's razorgrass down there."
"...and what exactly is this 'razorgrass'?"
"Razorgrass is gonna fuck your shit up, that's what razorgrass is. Looks soft but the roots come up and are thin enough to cut your legs and paws. Once you can't move anymore the vines will come and take you away. This is why you have me here to guide you, doc. Follow my lead." I watched as the agile tiger found a nearby tree and grasped at the hanging vines from some the tree tops, slowly climbing his way over the grass and motioning me over to do the same.
Groaning a bit I followed him up the tree and began to climb my way over the top, putting one paw in front of the other as we climbed our way forward, using the hanging vines to pull our way over the grass. I was a bit slower than Bao, though he was kind enough to wait for me. Admittedly I had a little bit of a gut on me, while the tiger had an impressive physique even for a young adult male. I could hear some of the vines cracking as I made my way across them, then suddenly a large snap came followed by me nearly falling, just one paw grasping on a hanging vine to keep myself from falling into the grass below.
I couldn't help but yell as I nearly fell, sore arms trying to grasp the one hanging vine to pull myself back up. The tiger trying to rush back to help grab my arm to pull me up but the bent and twisted vine that was once docile was now whipping and lashing back and forth in agony from my weight, I could tell I hurt it by pulling it the wrong way somehow and it was trying to get away from me.
I reached out for Bao's paw but it was too late. Before he could get to me the vine wiggled free of my grasp and I watched his expression turn to panic as I fell hard onto the ground below. Just as Bao had said, I felt thin roots coming up and cutting at my legs, yelping out in pain and fear as I saw hundreds more leap up from under the broken earth and make their way toward me. Then suddenly, as soon as a single blood drop fell into the dirt below me, the plants froze. The grass held it's place for several seconds before disappearing completely into the earth. Roots, grass, everything, only the cracked dirt on the ground remained as the razorgrass retreated. Bewildered I slowly rose up to my feet and dusted myself off, looking up to an astonished tiger that looked at me like I had just parted the ocean.
"...the fuck?" Bao stared down at me, still hanging from the vines with his jaw hanging open. "I've seen some weird shit in here, but never anything like this." He remained silent for a moment, trying to collect his thoughts as I walked the rest of the way toward the gym, the tiger above climbing his way over to join me as we both watched the razorgrass reemerge the moment I set foot on the concrete of what remained of the gym's parking lot. "Dude... what the hell just happened back there?"
"I don't know." I undid my tie, wrapping it around my cut leg to stop the bleeding. The cut wasn't very deep and didn't hurt to walk on. "You're supposed to be the expert here, you tell me what happened."
Bao scratched his head. "No clue. All I know is those roots were supposed to disable you, instead they ran away like they were scared. There's something weird about you, doc. First the damn willow going off like a spotlight and now this."
I shrugged. Best to play dumb for now. "Been getting lucky I guess. It's getting late, should we go inside?"
Reluctantly the tiger nodded, folding his arms and giving me a bit of a frown. "Fine. Sun's about to go down, gonna have to ask you a thing or two in the morning though."
The old gym was mostly intact. Built of brick and steel, there wasn't a whole lot of plant life that had managed to get it's way inside. Once Bao and I made our way to the 2nd floor, I wasn't able to see any of the plants at all, just an odd looking ball of furry moss in one of the corners that Bao assured me was harmless. It was an ideal place to get some sleep, I found myself finally feeling a little relaxed as Bao started pulling out some old wrestling mats and pulling some blankets from his pack to start making beds for us. "Hey doc, open up your bag there. You should see a couple red fruits in there, go ahead an pull 'em out and toss one over here."
I did as he requested. Tossing the tiger one of the spiky red fruits in his direction. They looked a little bit like a pomegranate except for the dull spiky texture on the outside. I watched as Bao bit into one directly and with my stomach already starting to growl I quickly did the same. The fruit's sweet flavor coating my tongue and tasting oddly like someone had soaked it in pure sugar. "What do you call these things anyway?"
The tiger shrugged. "I dunno. Reds."
"I see..." Bao wasn't exactly the creative type for the names of new species here. I feared for the textbooks once this jungle was fully explored and documented.
"Gotta warn you though..." The young tiger took another bite of the fruit, gulping it down quickly. "Has some side effects."
Suddenly the fruit was starting to taste an awful lot like regret. "What kind of side effects?"
"The fun kind." The tiger grinned back at me. "Don't worry, you'll like it. Makes you super horny." He chuckled lewdly as he starting munching on the fruit again, speaking with his muzzle full. "You need some red in your system before we get to the bank for the next night's rest. Go'hed and eat up, if it wasn't safe I wouldn't be eating it myself now would I?"
Reluctantly I took another small bite. Couldn't hurt, if the arousal got too strong for me I could always go out and feed another one of the flowers. Bao and I didn't talk very much after we ate our fruit. There were some sandwiches and flavored drinks in our luggage as well but he strictly insisted that we save it for the rest of the trip. Not long after the jungle was covered in the darkness of night and I sat up awake, thinking to myself in silence, all except for the sound of the tiger's rhythmic snoring.
The silence is what bothered me. Darnlake was essentially an exotic jungle by this point, but there was no wildlife, no insects, only silence. Though that wasn't entirely what was keeping me up. Bao was able to simply paw himself off and go to sleep, going over to the corner and cumming on top of the moss ball that eagerly absorbed his sticky fluid. I couldn't bring myself to do the same, the fruit was giving me a need deeper than what I'd be able to satisfy with my own familiar paw. I figured I could find some sort of flower close by outside if I walked out quietly, but to my astonishment the drowsy tiger awoke suddenly and grabbed my ankle before I could make it off the 2nd floor of the gym. "Doc? Just where in the hell do you think yer goin'?"
I was far too flustered and much too sexually excited to play coy. "I need to find a flower or something. This 'side effect' is killing me."
"In the damn dark? You can't be going out there, no fucking way." Bao pulled on my leg, forcing me to fall onto the wrestling mat he was sleeping on. "I know what it feels like the first time you eat one of these things, but you need to relax. Start by letting yourself out of those slacks, gotta let those pink bits breathe a little, it will help."
Without a second thought I did just as the tiger requesting. My head felt like it was spinning and the blood in my body was boiling. I just wanted to ease the tension a little bit. I unbuckled my belt and pulled my pants down enough to give my exposed malehood some fresh air, the extra room did help me relax just a little bit.
"See, that's better, doc." The tiger yawned and stretched as he wrapped and arm around me. "Helps to be next to another warm body."
Nodding, I leaned my head next to him. His striped orange fur felt like a cloud and the warmth of his body seemed like it was pouring into mine, even his arm across my back seemed like something special. The fruit was doing something strange to my senses. I felt his paw gently massage my shoulder and the tired muscle felt like it was melting. I was so relaxed by his touch, every motion felt absolutely heavenly. "Mmmm... you were right. It does feel much better."
While the tiger was giving me a gentle rub on my neck and shoulders, I noticed that ball of moss moving toward us slowly. It moved as if it was growing toward us, becoming flat as it unraveled and came in our direction. "That moss ball you fed earlier is coming over here, what do we do?"
"Shhh." Even Bao's voice sounded smooth and seductive to me in my intoxicated state. "It just senses the pre, that's all, and you've got a hell of a lot of it." He snickered a little, amused by my predicament. "The moss is harmless, just wants to taste you when you cum."
"Mr. Pensai, I'm fine letting my loins get some air and your paws are nice as well, but I never had any intention of letting you make me..." I couldn't help but let out a very audible whimper as I felt the tiger's strong paw grasp my knotted cock. Those smooth paw pads felt like silk and the tiny tender patches of fur that rubbed against me between each one felt like I was being stroked with a fist full of soft feathers. I couldn't tell if he was naturally gifted at the act, or if the red fruit had just made me highly susceptible to this sexual touch.
"Letting me make you, what?" The tiger stroked the fur atop my head with his free paw and spoke in a soft and pleasant tone. "Don't you want me to help you feel good? Get you through this?"
I felt it impossible to say no to him. Bao did mention in passing he thought I was attractive. Was it possible he only fed me that fruit to make me more willing toward his advances? When it came to other males, Maps was the only one that I had let my mind wander toward. Yet here I was being pawed off by this young tiger and being unable to deny my delight in every stroke of his paw. I felt too embarrassed to answer truthfully, yet his touch was too wonderful for me to ask him to stop. As the gym's moss crept completely under us, I didn't know what to do, I just didn't want this sensation to end.
Bao leaned in closer to me, sneaking a paw under my shirt to rub through my chest fur. "Is it alright if I wet my paw a little so it feels good to a doggy?"
His words sunk into my mind like a warm light, every thing he did seemed to turn me on more and more. I nodded my head as my heart fluttered heavily in my chest. I watched him coat his paw in saliva with his rough tongue, before grasping my malehood again. The warm and wet marvel that was his paw forced my hips upward, he gripped me harder as his paw did wonderful things to me, slipping up and down with ease and gripping my knot hard once I started panting beyond control. I had no choice but to grunt and howl into the night as my orgasm bolted through my body, the heavy strings of milky cum spraying in all directions with Bao's unpredictable strokes. In the haze of my pleasure I watched the moss soak up each bit that fell to the ground, sucking up the fluid with a soft gurgle, cleaning up every last bit before rolling back into a ball and slowly making it's way to the corner. It got what it came for.
The tiger gave me a soft kiss on the nose before helping me back into my wrestling mat 'bed' and rolling over himself to sleep. I could hardly believe I had just let this other male I barley knew or like make me cum, though I couldn't help but feel a little closer to him since he did. Another part of me felt a little guilty that I didn't share this moment with Fescue instead of the tiger. My mind felt too numb to sort out the details as the recent orgasm was allowing my mind to finally find sleep appealing. I couldn't change what just happened, but I could finally get some rest.