Midnight Tower - Dennis
I'm very fond of this one :)
The brown and white goat took one final look at his invitation before heading to the shower. He couldn't believe how lucky he was; this was the kind of thing that happens once in a blue moon, and never to someone like him. He had always wanted to get into the Midnight Tower, it was the most exclusive nightclub in the entire state, but to get in you need a membership, and membership is invite only.
Not only had he received an invitation, but he had received a VIP Challenge invitation. Completing the challenge would win him lifetime membership in the club's upper levels and two hundred dollars instantly.
The upper levels were places of legend, to get in you had to complete the so called 'Top Floor Challenge' from what he had heard all you needed to do was walk to the top floor and speak with the club's owner, but you needed an invitation just to take the challenge.
Despite having several friends with membership none of them had ever been beyond the first floor. The goat read his letter again for what felt like the millionth time; no matter how many times he looked at it he still could not completely wrap his mind around it.
Mr. Dennis Mitchelson,
I am happy to inform you that you have been selected by Midnight Tower top management to take our VIP challenge! The challenge is simple, you need to come to the top of Midnight Tower and speak with me. Upon successful completion of the challenge you will be granted VIP status at Midnight Tower social club, as well as a cash prize of two hundred dollars. To begin the challenge please arrive at Midnight Tower on Friday, November 6th at 9:00 P.M. and present the attached invitation to the bouncer at the side door. The challenge will be presented in several different segments. Any supplies you need to complete a segment will be provided to you by our establishment. We look forward to seeing you!
_ Signed,_
_ Kimberly Midnight,_
_ Owner & Manager_
_ Midnight Tower Social Club_
Dennis laid the letter and invitation down on his dresser and headed to the bathroom to get ready. He did his normal routine of flossing and brushing his teeth, showering, and applying deodorant to his underarms. In addition he sprayed himself with the nicest cologne he could find, styled his short white hair, and polished his horns until they were reflecting light.
He put on a brand new black dress shirt, black dress pants, and some shiny black shoes; finishing the outfit with a black leather belt and golden watch.
He looked at the clock in his room. It was 8:20, despite only living fifteen minutes away from the club he wanted to make sure he made a good first impression. In his mind, arriving twenty five minutes early would show everyone how much he appreciated the opportunity to join. He said goodbye to his roommate, Charlie and walked out into the night.
Twenty minutes later Dennis arrived at his destination. Though the crosswalks had seemed determined to slow him down he was still twenty minutes early. Before approaching the door he checked himself over one last time. His hair was still styled, his outfit still spotless, his horns still shiny, He was ready. He took a deep breath and headed to the side door marked with a giant gold 'VIP.'
Outside the door a large intimidating bull was keeping guard. Dennis was pretty intimidated by the bull. Under any other circumstance he may very well turn around and go home, the goat just did not do well with scary people. This time was different though, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity and he wasn't going to let anything stop him.
As Dennis walked up the bull slowly looked down at him. The bull had a cold stair that pierced Dennis's soul.
"VIP's only" the bull muttered, his voice shaking Dennis to the core.
Dennis didn't say anything to him; instead he reached into his pocket and pulled out the invitation along with the letter he had received. Offering the invitation to the bull Dennis tried to keep a calm face.
The bull cocked an eyebrow at him and then quickly snatched the invitation out of his hand. Looking over the invitation the bull read the writing, then took out his smart phone and scanned a code on the back of the invitation.
The phone's screen lit up and illuminated the bull's face. The bull put his phone away and looked at Dennis. "Ah, Dennis Mitchelson, were glad to see you decided to take the challenge. Please go inside and make yourself comfortable, your guide will be with you shortly."
The bull cracked the door open and yelled inside, "Hey Todd! Dennis Mitchelson is here! Open the VIP lounge and get a guide down here!" After that the bull opened the door all the way and ushered Dennis inside.
Stepping inside the goat felt like he had gone through the gates of heaven. Inside was a gigantic room. Dimly lit with red walls lined with a golden ascent, a sweet scent hung in the air and soft music played, all around Dennis could see other furs talking, drinking, dancing, and just having a great time.
While Dennis was taking it in a young lion snuck up from behind him. "Mr. Mitchelson! My name is Daniel and I'll be your guide this evening."
Dennis jumped at the sound of the lion's voice; pivoting as quick as possible Dennis turned to face the lion, who was now laughing. "I'm sorry sir; I didn't mean to startle you."
Dennis quickly waved his hands dismissively and said, "Oh no! It's okay; I was just taking the place in and didn't hear you."
The lion smiled and nodded, "Sir, if you would please follow me we will make our way to the second floor."
Dennis gave an enthused "alright!" and the two made their way to the stairs.
Arriving at the top of the stairs Daniel turned to face Dennis. "Okay Mr. Mitchelson challenge goes like this; there are several rooms between here and the top floor. Each room is a segment of the challenge. Each segment you have to complete to move on. The segments are simple, when you receive instructions you follow them and you pass. Got it?"
Dennis nodded his head, he was ready for this.
"Very good, before we begin I need you to sign a legal waiver clearing us from liability." This caught the goat off guard.
"What do you need me to sign a waiver for!?"
Daniel closed his eyes, "I assure you it's just a formaility. The world is a little lawsuit happy these days and we don't particularly feel like going to court. Please read carefully and sign"
I _______________ hereby grant immunity to the Midnight Tower Social club from any legal action arising from: Physical injury, emotional stress, mental trauma, or future physical impairments. I understand the risks of the 'Top Floor Challenge' and will not bring any suit against Midnight Tower Social Club in the event that I suffer any and all impairments.
_ DATE:________________
_ SIGNATURE:_________________
Dennis's eyes grew huge as he read the sheet. Before he had a chance to say anything the lion started to speak. "Mr. Mitchelson, I can personally guarantee you that no harm will come to you. This is strictly a formality to thwart ambulance chasers. Indeed, if our information is correct I am certain that you will find the challenge quite enjoyable."
Dennis was a little shaken, but he was determined not to let the opportunity slip by. Going into any circle of people and say "I'm a Midnight Tower VIP" would grant him near godlike social status. He printed his name at the top of the waiver, then dated and signed the form, finally he handed it back to Daniel.
The lion folded the paper and put it in his back pocket. Once it was secure he clapped his hands together and smiled, "wonderful! Let's get started shall we?"
Daniel briefly left the room, so Dennis used the time to look around at the second floor. The second floor was nowhere near as ornate at the first. There was a hardwood floor with white walls, and that was about it, since no one was watching Dennis peeked into the next room.
It was an exact replica of the room he was in right now, except for a small cabinet next to the far door. He heard footsteps and quickly closed the door to the second room, running back to where he had been standing hoping that Daniel would be none the wiser.
Daniel appeared around the corner with a large plastic cup in his paws. He gave the cup to Dennis and said, "Drink up!"
Dennis looked at the liquid in the cup; it was thick and orange, and Dennis could see tiny bits of something floating inside. Taking a sniff of the liquid he quickly realized it was orange juice with pulp. 'Huh' he thought, this wasn't quite what he was expecting.
Although he preferred pulp less orange juice he had no qualms with his first task. He tilted his head back and let the juice slide into his mouth and down his throat until the cup was empty. When he finished the drink he handed the cup back to Daniel who smiled and said, "Wonderful! You passed the first segment!"
Dennis's eyebrow cocked up in confusion. That was the first segment? Drink some orange juice?
With a, "Please follow me Mr. Mitchelson" Daniel walked into the next room. Dennis followed closely behind him. The pair walked up to the cabinet in the room. Daniel took out a key and released the lock on the cabinet door. As he opened it Daniel used his body to block Dennis's view of what was inside.
Without turning around Daniel asked "which color pattern do prefer, red and yellow, or Green and Blue?"
Dennis scratched his chin while he thought about the question, "uhhhh... red and yellow I suppose."
With that the lion grabbed something from the cabinet and swiftly locked the door. Still smiling his warm smile he turned around and handed Dennis the object he had retrieved. It was a... baby rattle?
"Uhhhhhh" was the only response Dennis could give.
"Go on, give it a shake! It's pretty cathartic" Daniel said while giving a thumb up.
Dennis was severely confused at this point, but if it was what he needed to do then he would do it. He softly shook the rattle, barely enough to make any noise. He turned to Daniel who gave him a 'go on' signal with his paws. Dennis shook the rattle again, the same way a baby would.
He found that the lion was right, something about the noise it was making just made him feel better. Noticing the peaceful look coming across his face Daniel started talking, "There we go! That's another segment completed!"
As they began to go to the next room Dennis started to put the rattle on top of the cabinet, but he was stopped by Daniel. "No no, that's okay Mr. Mitchelson, It's yours! Have fun with it!"
Dennis shrugged his shoulders and put his arms down at his sides, his right hand still clutching the rattle tightly. The pair entered the third room, and a wave of excitement hit Dennis. He could see that rather than a door there was an entry to a stairwell at the far end of the room. If he could get past this room he would go up to the third floor.
"Mr. Mitchelson, You've been doing well so far. I'm going to inform Ms. Midnight of your progress. While I'm gone take this."
Daniel handed the goat a plastic taxi car. "There's a mat over there that you need to sit on as part of your third segment." The lion said pointing to the corner of the room.
Dennis looked to where Daniel was pointing. Dennis immediately recognized the mat. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, it had been so long. "Oh my god, it's a... it's a... CAR CITY CARPET!" Dennis screamed in his head as he ran over and plopped down on the floor.
He had loved the one he had growing up, he actually cried when his parents threw it away. For the next ten or so minutes Dennis was off in his own little world, scooting the taxi across the roads, making beeping noises, and of course 'driving' real fast with a "vroom!"
Dennis didn't notice when Daniel walked back into the room. The segment was only supposed to last about ten minutes, but when he saw how much fun the goat was having Daniel decided to stay quiet and let Dennis play.
Finally after almost half an hour the lion coughed to grab Dennis's attention. The sound instantly snapped Dennis out of his little world, despite the brown fur coving his face it was easy to see that his cheeks were now glowing red.
Daniel immediately downplayed the situation "no worries Mr. Mitchelson, Ms. Midnight prefers her VIPs to have healthy relationships with their inner child. Now Please follow me, we're going up!"
The two quickly ascended the flight of stairs. Upon reaching the Third floor Dennis was greeted by décor that looked like it belonged in a kindergarten... no, a preschool, maybe even a daycare center.
The wall was pastel blue, cheerful cartoon characters adorned the walls, several cute posters were stapled to the wall, they covered various topics, how important it was to share, not to exclude anyone from groups, eating vegetables and drinking milk helped you grow up big and strong, and how awesome reading books was.
While Dennis was taking it all in Daniel was preparing the next segment. He took a small sippy cup and filled it with more juice, apple this time. "Alright, you ready for the next test?"
The goat spun around and saw the smiling lion cupping the sippy cup.
Handing it Dennis he explained, "This is just like the first segment, though this time you need to drink this cup. Only rule is that you have to use the nozzle, no removing the lid okay?"
It was childish, but simple enough; Dennis tilted his head back and began drinking. The nozzle impeded the flow of the juice which was pretty annoying. Dennis began lightly sucking to give the liquid a little extra help getting out of the cup.
"Whew, you must have been really thirsty, do you want another cup?" Daniel said as he saw the last bits of apple juice exit the cup.
Dennis shook his head 'no' and handed the cup back to Daniel.
"That's fine, you passed this segment! I have to warn you though, starting with the next segment things are going to be more... challenging."
Dennis wasn't too concerned by the statement; so far everything had been incredibly easy.
The lion guided the goat into the next room. Besides the door leading to the next segment there was a dresser and a door off to the side of the room.
Daniel began to speak, "Okay Mr. Mitchelson, this is where things may get a little tricky. I'm going to have to ask you to change your cloths. Your current wardrobe is not suited for the upper floors." The comment actually hurt Dennis a little; he had spent a long time selecting his outfit.
The lion quickly opened the first drawer on the dresser, snatching something out, he repeated the process with the second, third, and fourth drawers until his paws were full. He rushed over to the door on the side of the room. When the door opened Dennis got a good look inside. It looked like a dressing room that you would find in a department store.
Daniel closed the door and blocked Dennis's view. There was some brief rustling in the dressing room, and soon the lion reemerged. "Okay Mr. Mitchelson, everything is ready, please leave your old clothes on the bench. I will come get them and put them somewhere safe when you are finished changing. Also, please remove your watch."
Dennis walked into the room and shut the door behind him. As he turned around he saw why Daniel had made sure Dennis hadn't seen the clothes.
A blue t-shirt with a teddy bear giving a peace sign embroidered on the front. A pair of blue denim shortalls with a small colorful tractor embroidered on the top pocket, some white socks with a smiling bee embroidered on each outward facing side, and finally a pair of green lace-less light up sneakers. Dennis's jaw actually dropped when he saw everything, just what the heck were they trying to do?
Everything up to this point had been innocent enough, but now they wanted him to wear baby clothes. What if they were secretly filming him? Were they going to post this on the internet? Was this part of some new reality TV show? These questions plagued the goat's mind, but another thought some came to mind, a thought that silenced all the others. "I'm... going to look really cute when I put these on."
Dennis kicked off his shoes, peeled his current sucks off. Unbuttoned his shirt, and pulled his pants down. Standing in the room wearing nothing but his underwear he slowly took the new clothes off the wall. He slipped on the t-shirt and looked at himself in the mirror. In that moment something overcame him, a warm smile came across his face, and he returned the peace sign to the bear on his shirt. Next the shortalls, he maneuvered his legs into the garment, then pulled suspenders up over his shoulders. Fastening the buttons he checked himself out in the mirror again. The bear on his shirt was mostly covered now, but he could still see the teddy's smiling face and peace sign.
He was a little disappointed as he slipped the socks onto his feet. Besides the bees there was nothing special about them, and who the heck wants to wear bees on their socks? Rather than finish he took a quick break to think of a way to make the socks better. "It would be cool if they put something awesome on it, like a snake, or maybe a motor cycle. No wait! I got it! An awesome electric guitar!"
Satisfied with his imaginary improvement to the socks Dennis put the shoes on his feet. When he pressed down to adjust the fit he saw the green lights flash out from the bottom.
Seeing the lights filled Dennis with a joyous feeling that he had not felt in a long time. He stamped his feet, triggering the lights over and over. Giggling wildly each time, he wouldn't be able to explain if anyone asked him why the lights made him so happy, they just did.
"Mr. Mitchelson, are you okay in there? Are the shoes too tight?" Daniel's voice snapped the goat out of his blissful state.
"Yeah, I'm fine I was just..." he was interrupted by Daniel
"Enjoying the lights?"
Wow, the lion knew exactly what was going on, just the fact that he knew caused Dennis to blush, but at the same time an awkward sense of comfort came over him. Somehow, sharing this experience with someone else made things much better.
Dennis stepped out of the room and threw his arms out "TA DA" he gleefully said.
"Aww, I'm skipping ahead a little here, but I can't help myself, it needs to be said; you look absolutely adorable." Daniel said with a warm expression.
Dennis rubbed the back of his head and nodded; acknowledging the complement.
"Okay Mr. Mitchelson, let's move on to the next room." With that the two went through the doorway. A second wave of excitement hit Dennis; he could see the stairwell on the far side of the room. He just needed to go a little bit further and he would have a key to endless popularity.
"Alright Mr. Mitchelson, this room is a triple whammy so to speak. For the first part, you are going to receive a new accessory." Daniel went over to a pedestal near the stairwell door. On top of the plateau was a black box. Daniel picked the box up and walked back to Dennis. With a huge grin Daniel opened the box, revealing a large blue pacifier resting inside. Dennis took the pacifier and eyed it for a few seconds.
"This paci is coated in an edible enamel-strengthening solution. It actually helps your teeth to suck on it." Daniel said.
Dennis shrugged his shoulders; honestly the paci wasn't even that bad; every now and then he would come across a raver sucking on one. Dennis popped it in his mouth; to his delight the solution had a bubble gum flavoring.
"Now Mr. Mitchelson, please follow me for the next part." Daniel led Dennis to the corner of the room, a plain white door sat near the corner.
Daniel flung the door open and Dennis looked inside. The inside looked like a toddler's bedroom. The light was dim and a nighttime celestial theme was painted on the walls. Plush toys lined the shelves and dresser. A solar system mobile hung over the room's only oddity. Pressed against the far wall was a crib, not just any crib though, the thing was huge!
At this point Dennis knew exactly what was coming. The goat turned to, pulled the pacifier out of his mouth and spoke to the lion, "I'm going to get in the crib aren't I?"
Daniel nodded his head "Yep, we figure you've probably had a few adrenaline rushes by now, so you maybe feeling a little drowsy; how about you take a nap?"
Now that the lion mentioned it Dennis was feeling a little sleepy. Daniel let down the side railing and Dennis crawled onto the bedding. Daniel refastened the railing to its original position and stared down at the goat.
Dennis was squirming, getting a feel for the crib. Whoever made the bedding for this thing deserved a medal. It was by far the most comfortable thing Dennis had ever laid on.
"How about some music while you rest, Mr. Mitchelson?"
Dennis gave a thumb up to Daniel, who smiled and cranked the overhead mobile. The mobile began spinning and chimed out a soft lullaby.
"Wow, and I thought the rattle was soothing." This was Dennis's last thought before his eyes became too heavy to keep open. While softly sucking on the pacifier while listening to the music the goat soon drifted off to sleep.
Dennis was awoken some time later by Daniel's voice. "I apologize for waking you Mr. Mitchelson, but we do need to finish the rest of the challenge"
Dennis did not respond, he just sat up and rubbed his eyes. Daniel lowed the side railing and helped Dennis out of the crib. While Dennis was putting his shoes back on Daniel explained the third part of the segment's challenge. "Alright last part and we go to the fourth floor, all you have to do to pass is agree to what I'm about to propose." Dennis turned and gave the lion his undivided attention.
Daniel began verbally listing his proposal, "Firstly, I'm not going to call you Mr. Mitchelson anymore, I am going to call you by your first name, or more likely I'll call you lil bro. Secondly, I want you to refer to me as big bro and nothing else. Thirdly, from now on I will personally be administering any and all challenge content to you." That caught Dennis off guard, he had a feeling but wasn't completely sure what the lion meant. "Finally, when speaking about Momma you need to call her Momma Kim"
Dennis nodded his head and said. "That's cool."
Daniel grinned at the goat's response. "Well then, pick up your pacifier and let's head on up!"
The two ascended the stairs until they came to the fourth floor door. Daniel opened the door and Dennis stepped inside. The fourth floor was decorated the exact same way as the third floor, the only real difference that Dennis noticed was that the dividing wall between the rooms seemed much closer together than the two previous floors.
Daniel clapped his hands to get Dennis's attention, "All right lil bro, this is the home stretch! It's time to get serious!"
Dennis gave a thumb up and said, "I'm ready for anything... big bro."
"That's great to hear! Let's get started then, I know that you like em' but I'm gonna need you to take off your shortalls"
Dennis felt a little sad, he was going to miss his tractor, but it wasn't too bad. The goat looked around, but didn't see a changing room like he had seen on the third floor. "That's fine, but where is the changing room?"
A somewhat concerned look came over Daniel's face. "Sorry lil bro, no changing rooms on the floor, a little kid like you has no sense of modesty."
Dennis wasn't fond of the fact of stripping down to his underwear and a t-shirt infront of someone else. Still, even though they had only known each other for a few hours Dennis trusted the lion. He stepped out of his shoes while simultaneously unbuttoning the shortalls, once loose the garment fell to the floor around the goat's ankles.
Daniel gave a thumb up to Dennis, "nice undies lil bro, I'm gonna need you to take them off though."
Dennis's head flew backwards in shock, his eyes growing wide. It was one thing to strip down to his underwear, but he wasn't about to get naked in front of a stranger. Daniel saw the look on Dennis's face and tried to calm him.
"Dennis, I know that you probably don't want to take off your underwear, but by now you should realize that the Midnight Tower VIP floors are only for a certain type of individual." The words calmed Dennis down a little but this was still a bit much. "Hey, don't worry; your big bro is here! I'm gonna take care of you, trust me."
Dennis thought about the lion's words, so far Daniel had shown him nothing but kindness and respect. He truly felt like he could trust what Daniel was saying. Reluctantly the goat pushed his boxer briefs down, until they were loose enough to fall off on their own into the pile around his ankles. Daniel rushed over to a large flat drawer looking thing. The only thing unusual about the piece of furniture was the padded mat on the top. Daniel smacked his paw on the mat, beckoning Dennis to come over and lay down.
Dennis complied; he walked over, lay down on the mat, and stared at Daniel. Daniel gave a parental smile to Dennis before bending over and cabinets at the bottom of the drawer. "Legs up please" Daniel said as he was collecting items from the cabinets.
Dennis did as he was told and put his legs high in the air. Daniel stood back up, Dennis could see that he was holding 'something' in his right paw, and had a bottle of baby powder in his left paw. Before Dennis had a chance to talk Daniel laid the powder down at the end of the table. He then swiftly slid something under Dennis's butt.
"Uhh, hey, big bro, what are you doing?" Dennis asked, although he was pretty sure he already knew the answer.
"Heh, you didn't think I was gonna let my little bro walk around naked did you?" With that Daniel applied a generous dusting of Baby powder to Dennis's crotch area.
"Legs down please" Daniel said as soon as the powder began to settle. Dennis complied again, his earlier suspicion was correct; Daniel was putting him in a diaper.
"Comfy changing table huh lil bro?" Daniel commented as he fastened the tapes on the side of Dennis's diaper. "
Yeah..." was the only response the goat gave. Daniel offered his paw and Dennis accepted. Daniel helped Dennis off the changing table and walked him back over to his shoes.
"Since this is your challenge you're gonna have to leave the shortalls behind, just a t-shirt and a diaper for the rest of the challenge okay?" Dennis nodded and slipped his shoes back on.
"Fourth floor segment one complete! Let's keep moving!" Daniel said, charging towards the door.
Daniel swung the door opened and revealed another mostly empty room. This room had nothing more than a giant high chair and a small cupboard. Daniel walked over to the highchair and undid the front tray. He turned towards Dennis and grinned.
The goat didn't even need to ask, he knew exactly what the lion wanted. Dennis got into the chair and Daniel refastened the front tray. "So, we got cinnamon oatmeal, blueberry oatmeal, cheese grits, or berry blend goop. What sounds good to you?" Dennis shrugged his shoulders at the question.
"I know goop may not sound too good, but it tastes better than anything else if you ask me. Momma makes some fresh for us every day." Daniel said.
"Well, if big bro thinks it's the best then I'll have some goop please!" Dennis responded.
Daniel opened up the small cupboard and pulled out a bowl covered with saran wrap. He also picked up some type of cloth and flung it over his shoulders, finally he picked up a small yellow spoon, and with that he walked back to the high chair.
"Alright lil bro, you're in for a real treat!" Dennis said as he laid the bowl and spoon on the highchair's tray.
Before beginning Daniel grabbed the cloth over his shoulders. Getting a better look at it Dennis realized that it was a bib. Daniel fastened the bib around the goat's neck. When Daniel stepped back Dennis looked down and saw 'World's cutest baby' embroidered on the bib.
While removing the Saran wrap from around the bowl Daniel grabbed the little spoon. Once the wrap was out of the way the lion dipped the spoon into the mixture, catching a large glob of it in the spoon's depression. Daniel slowly moved the spoon towards Dennis, "Open up for the airplane!"
Dennis happily opened his mouth, allowing his big bro to feed him. Daniel had not been lying either, the stuff tasted great! The feeding went on for a few minutes, Daniel would take a scoop and Dennis would open his mouth like a good boy.
The bib proved to be useful, near the end of the feeding Daniel's paw got a little too shaky and the glob dropped off the spoon. Thankfully the bib was there to protect Dennis's shirt, or else the nice bear would have been covered with berry goop.
Finally Daniel cheerfully announced "all gone!"
Dennis let out a sigh as he lay back in the chair; the goop had been one of the best meals he had in a long time. He made a mental note to try to see if he could get the recipe from Momma Kim.
Daniel unfastened the tray and helped Dennis out of the high chair. As soon as the goat's feet were on the floor Daniel began to lead Dennis into the next room. As Daniel opened the door and the two walked through Dennis could only see a large recliner with a miniature refrigerator next to it.
"I hope it's not a problem if I don't warm your milk up." Daniel said as he sat down in the recliner, he popped open the door on the mini-fridge and took out a baby bottle filled to the brim with milk.
"Come here lil bro. It's bottle time!"
Dennis walked to the recliner and stood there, he wasn't too sure what to do next. Daniel just gave another parental grin to Dennis. The lion patted his lap, signaling the goat to sit down on top of him.
"Uhh, big bro? Are you sure?"
Daniel nodded his head "Of course! I've dealt with way heavier VIPs in the past, you'll be no trouble."
With some reluctance Dennis situated himself into the lion's lap. Daniel put his arm against the goat's spine, slowly lowering him backwards. When Dennis was in a satisfactory position Daniel raised the bottle up into the air.
"Open wide little guy!"
Dennis did as he was instructed, and Daniel put the nipple of the bottle into his mouth. Dennis began to slowly suck the liquid out of the bottle while Daniel supported the goat with his left arm and held the bottle with his right.
Daniel began to hum a soft tune; Dennis was beginning to feel a little sleepy again. The whole situation was incredibly soothing to the goat.
Dennis continued to suck on the bottle until he felt nothing entering his mouth. He opened his eyes to investigate what was wrong only to see that the bottle was now completely empty. He was surprised at himself, he had no idea he could down a bottle that fast.
Daniel removed the bottle from the goat's mouth and sat it on top of the mini-fridge. Instantly the lion began to firmly pat Dennis's back.
Dennis knew that Daniel had done this before, but couldn't imagine how good he was at it. On the third pat the lion's paw hit just right, and a burp erupted from the goat, which caused both of them to laugh.
Dennis sat in Daniel's lap for a few more minutes. Daniel was using his feet to slightly rock the chair. Both of them were incredibly relaxed at this point. Both of them wished they could stop time in this moment of tranquility.
Still, there were two more segments to go, Dennis wasn't quite there yet. Daniel poked Dennis in his side, jarring him from his peace.
"Dennis, I need to talk to you seriously for a second."
Dennis looked Daniel straight in the eye and cocked his eyebrow.
"Things have been fun and cute up until now, but the next two segments are more than some furs can take."
Dennis tilted his head, the almost somber tone coming from the lion was slightly scaring him.
"If you want to get to the top floor and meet Momma Kim you have to be ready to do some things you probably never thought of doing." Daniel turned his head away from Dennis.
"We need to go to the next room now." Daniel said, looking towards the door.
The two walked to the door leading to the next segment, but rather than open it the lion began to speak in the somber tone from before.
"Dennis, I want you to know something, I really want to keep calling you my little brother. I know you'll make a fine addition to our little family, and I believe you will truly be happy when you get access. That said if you ever uncomfortable you are free to leave at any time, just say the word and I'll get your things and you can be on your way. No one will judge you for it. No one will try to stop you."
Dennis retorted "Come on big bro! We've covered the entire spectrum here! Nothing is going to make me leave!"
Daniel began to speak again "correction, we've covered the clean side of things. The last two segments, well..." Saying no more Daniel pushed the door open.
The next room was completely empty save for a door on the far end. Daniel walked to the center of the room with Dennis close behind. Stopping Daniel spun around and faced Dennis. The lion placed his paws on the goat's shoulders. "Okay lil bro, you sure you're ready?"
Dennis nodded his head.
Daniel took a deep breath and spoke a single word, "wet."
Hoping he had just misheard Dennis said, "Come again?"
"Wet" Daniel repeated himself.
Dennis shifted around nervously; he must have misheard his big brother. "Umm, explain" Dennis managed to toss out, fear and anxiety riddling his voice. "
Wet yourself, use your diaper! Take a leak! Pee your pants!" Daniel exclaimed with a tone of frustration Dennis had not heard before. Dennis jumped back and gave Daniel the widest eyed stare he could.
The goat could only stammer out an "I.I.I...I..."
Taking another deep breath Daniel calmed himself down and began to try and comfort his little brother, "I know lil bro, I know. It's gross, really gross, but every VIP had to do it."
Dennis hung his head; he had no idea what to think at this point. The two stood in silence for what felt like an eternity.
Finally Dennis broke the silence, "So, no way to bend the rules and me not have to do this?"
There it was. Daniel felt like crying, Dennis had one of the best challengers in a while, but this was his limit. Daniel braced himself, waiting for Dennis to give up and ask for his things, but instead the goat surprised him.
"Okay, I'll do it, big bro, for you!"
Daniel's face lit up "That's my lil bro!"
Fortunately for Dennis the nap had given the two cups of juice time to make their way through his system, up until this point he had been so focused on the challenges that he was able to ignore the building pain in his bladder.
Dennis took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying his best to relax. He stood still for a few seconds, nothing came. He tried applying pressure to his bladder, still nothing. "I can't get it to come out, Big Bro! It won't come out!"
Daniel immediately began to speak, "Hey, its okay, you have a mental block going on; most VIPs do when they hit this segment. Follow me Okay? I think I've got something that will help."
Daniel grabbed Dennis's hand and led him to the door at the end of the room. As soon as the door opened Dennis looked inside. The room was a quaint little half-bath, nothing more than a plain white toilet and plain white sink waited inside. Daniel pushed his little bro inside, positioning him directly in front of the toilet."There ya go lil bro, just like you're used to."
Dennis lifted the lid and seat up, he used his hands to prop himself up against the wall the toilet was connected to. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes again.
"Come on body, we're not peeing the diaper, were in front of a toilet. We've done this a million times, just relax" Dennis repeated this thought to himself several times. It still wasn't enough to get things moving. A frustrated Dennis decided to try one more thing.
Dennis shut out everything else; he was going to have to do some serious mental role-playing. The goat entered a trance like state and played out the scenario in his mind.
He wasn't at Midnight tower, he was at home, he just woke up, and His bladder aching badly. He was standing in front of the toilet in his apartment bathroom, no one else was around, he was all by himself, and it was just like any other day. Just need to relax and... "ooohhhh yeeeaahhhhh..." The goat let out a huge sigh of relief as he felt the pain swiftly draining from his body.
Daniel heard the tell-tale sound of a liquid hitting plastic, he looked at the front of Dennis's diaper as it rapidly became discolored and the wetness indicator faded. The lion stayed quiet, giving his little brother time to finish his business. Several seconds after the sound had stopped Daniel saw a shiver start a Dennis's neck and go all the way down to his feet.
"Hey lil bro, feeling better?" Daniel asked.
Dennis came out of his role-playing and back into reality. He gave a satisfied "yeah" to his big bro. When the full gravity of the situation completely settled on Dennis the goat found himself way less upset than he thought he would be.
Daniel grabbed Dennis's hand and led him out of the bathroom. Along the way Daniel gave Dennis a small pep talk. "You did it lil bro! You peed like a champion! That's one segment down! You only have one left and you're in!"
Despite the enthusiasm he was speaking with Dennis was picking up anxiety in Daniel's voice.
The two burst through the door leading to the final room. Dennis saw the stairwell and it hit him, this was it, he was right at the end, just one more segment and he would have what he wanted. The last room was mostly empty just like the others, there was a first aid box next to the stairwell and a privacy curtain in the far corner of the room.
Dennis also saw that this time they were not alone. A cheetah female cheetah, a male boar, and female wolf were all seated near the stairwell. The wolf immediately spoke, "So Danny, this is the one?"
Daniel smiled and nodded his head.
"Aww, he's a real cutie!" the cheetah chimed in. The comment caused Dennis to blush.
Yep, everyone, I want you to meet our new little brother, Dennis!" Daniel said, throwing his hands out like he was introducing an act.
Dennis opened his mouth to speak but he was cut by the boar. "Not quite bro. You know he has one more segment to pass."
Daniel looked sad at the statement, like he had been hoping that no one would bring it up. Daniel shot Dennis a look of deep sympathy.
The look caused Dennis's brain to go into overdrive and a thought popped into the goat's head.
Each segment had been more childish than the last; each segment brought him closer to babyhood. The previous segment demanded that he empty his bladder into the diaper he was wearing. Dennis now realized that there was only one thing left that they could possibly ask him to do.
"Daniel, I... I don't think I can." Dennis said, his voice shaking
The lion turned and looked at him. "What are you talking about lil bro?"
Dennis felt a slight panic set in, even the thought was too much. "I know what you guys want me to do. It's more than I'm ready for!"
Daniel's face took on an expression of pure despair. "Come on lil bro! You're at the finish line! Just a few more steps and you're done forever; you'll never have to do it again!"
Dennis felt tears begin to form in his eyes. "I know! But that's... that's just going too far!"
Daniel fell to one knee and threw his paws together. "Please lil bro, you're so close! You're..."
the boar interrupted him. "DAN! You know you aren't allowed to do that. You can't manipulate challengers. I'm sorry but if he wants to leave you have to let him leave."
Daniel stood up and hung his head. The boar was right, he had to relent.
"Okay Dennis, I understand, like I said before, you're free to leave at any time. I'll go get your stuff; you can change your clothes in the third floor dressing room." With the most pitiful mope he had the lion began to walk away.
A tiny voice in Dennis's mind began yelling. "You know you want to keep going! You know that things will be great here! You know deep down you're nothing more than a little kid!"
Dennis looked up to see Daniel at the door. Dennis threw out his hands and yelled out, "Bro! Wait!"
the lion's ears perked up and he turned around.
"I'll... do it" Dennis said shakily
. Daniel ran up to the goat with a huge smile, grabbing him and giving him the biggest hug he could. "Oh bro! I knew you could do it!"
The boar relaxed in his chair and remarked, "Alright, this outta be good."
Dennis looked around uncomfortably. "Hey, big bro, I don't have to right now."
The boar smirked and said, "never fear, We're always prepared."
Daniel walked over to the first aid kit on the wall. He grabbed it and returned to Dennis. "He's right, we are always prepared."
Dennis knew where this was heading, fidgeting he asked, "what are we gonna do?"
Daniel looked at the box and explained, "well an oral laxative would take longer than anyone wants to wait. Momma doesn't like us using enemas either; the liquid creates a big risk for collateral damage so to speak."
The lion continued "So we can use one of these" Daniel opened the box revealing a bottle of suppositories, a small unopened pack of latex gloves, and a small jar of Vaseline.
Daniel motioned towards the privacy curtain at the end of the room. Walking out of sight of the other three Daniel sat the box down and asked Dennis to stand facing the small sink.
"You sure about this lil bro? There's no turning back once it's in."
Dennis just nodded his head.
"Alright then, here we go. Hold the front of your diaper so it doesn't fall off when I undo the tapes."
Dennis placed his hands on the front tapes of his diaper, and Daniel unfastened the side tapes. The back side of the diaper quickly swung down between Dennis's legs, exposing the goat's butt.
Daniel washed his hands thoroughly. After he dried them he went back to the kit. First he opened the pack of latex gloves. He slid a glove onto each paw and snapped the wrists to make sure they were tight. Next he opened the jar of Vaseline, gathering a large glob on the end of his right index finger he turned towards Dennis.
"Um, open wide for the air plane?" He asked jokingly.
Dennis propped his head up and turned around. The goat said nothing; he just gave Daniel the most evil stare he could muster.
Apologizing, Daniel 'went in' with the Vaseline lubricating Dennis's rear end to make the last part as comfortable as possible.
Finally the moment of truth arrived; Daniel grabbed a suppository from the bottle. He walked around to the goat's face and presented it in his palm.
With a smile he said, "a nice little artillery shell, ready to blow up the final wall... Kaboom!" Laughing at his own comment the lion returned to where he was.
Thinking it was best to just get it over with as fast as possible Daniel offered no warning before he pressed the suppository into Dennis's rear end. Dennis let out a "hnnggh" followed by an "It's in" when he felt it go deep enough into his body.
"Well lil bro, nothing left to do but wait" Daniel said as he refastened the tapes on the goat's diaper.
Dennis's face turned bright red as he asked, "hey, when this thing goes to work, can I come back here for some privacy?"
Daniel gave him a sympathetic look. "Sorry Dennis, you gotta do this one in front of your big bros and sis's"
Dennis gulped at that comment.
The two reappeared from behind the privacy curtain. Daniel's huge smile let the other three know that the 'operation' had been successful.
The five sat around talking to each other. The older siblings kept talking about how awesome Momma Kim was. Dennis was getting pretty excited about this. It was starting to set in, he made it, he was going to be a VIP at midnight tower.
The older siblings told Dennis about their challenges. As it turns out the furs that take on a caretaker role have an entirely different set of segments to go through.
Daniel told everyone his challenge. How he had to bring specific juice to specific cubs in specific containers. He also talked about his 'final' one of the cubs intentionally pushed a picture off the wall, shattering the frame. Daniel was required to give that little brother a firm spanking, which he was able to do, despite the VIP giving him puppy dog eyes and sob stories.
"You guys can give spankings?" Dennis asked, sounding slightly scared.
The cheetah shrugged, "Yeah, but only if you behave badly, and we can count on you to be good can't we lil bro"
Dennis nodded at her comment.
A few seconds later the goat felt a painful pinch in his lower intestines. An audible rumble escaped his bowels as the suppository began to take effect. Dennis threw his arms around his abdomen and flinched. The older siblings went completely silent. Dennis let out a pained "oof" as a wave of cramps hit. As he quickly learned the artillery shell analogy was pretty accurate. It felt like his insides were going to explode.
Dennis fell to his knees, his arms still wrapped around his abdomen. As his stomach let out another, "grrrrrr..." something primal welled up inside of his voice box him. He removed his arms from his abdomen and placed them on the floor. Supporting himself with his hands curled into fists. As his digestive system was readying the release his intestines let out a deep, angry sounding gurgle. Something else happened to, going completely off instinct Dennis threw his head back and bleated as loudly as he could.
"BHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Dennis let out at the top of his lungs. The bleat was followed immediately by a loud "BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRTTTTT" from the goat's opposite end.
Directly following the sound a large mess hastily pushed its way into Dennis's diaper causing a large lump to appear in the seat. The older siblings just watched, waiting for their new little brother to finish pooping. After half a minute Dennis let out a deep sigh of relief. The four older siblings got up and surrounded Dennis.
Daniel reached down and helped Dennis to his feet.
The three other siblings said in unison, "welcome to the family, ya little stinker."
Daniel walked Dennis into the stairwell. The two ascended the last flight of stairs and opened the door to the fifth floor. Dennis walked through the door but Daniel didn't follow him. The goat turned around to see what was wrong.
"Heh, Momma always changes a new family member's first dirty diaper. Think of it as the official end of the challenge." Daniel said as he shut the door leaving Dennis alone in the room.
It was surprisingly small; it was just a hallway, the left side led to a large double door, while the right side led to a small single door. The door on the right opened, and a beautiful golden haired grey squirrel stepped outside.
"Oh my" the squirrel said as she walked towards Dennis. "Judging by the smell around here and the look of that diaper I think it's safe to say my new little kid needs a change!"
Leading Dennis into the room the squirrel introduced herself. "My name is Kimberly Midnight, but you can just call me Momma Kim."
She ushered Dennis onto the changing table in the room and undid the diaper tapes. "The moment that my spotters brought me your profile I knew you would be a great addition to our family" Kim said, retrieving a box of wet baby wipes.
"What's up with all this anyway? I thought this was a social club?" Dennis asked somewhat weakly, still feeling drained from his experience.
"That's correct. Midnight Tower Social club, a place where only the societal elites meet to party on the first floor, but on every floor after the first, it's a place that little cubs who have grown old but not up can come and play. Meet with others, who are just like they are, and to come and relax away from the prying eyes of the world." She said as she vigorously cleaned Dennis's bottom.
"How did you know though? About me and my... interests."
Kim giggled at the comment. "Oh honey, we have our ways. Little cubs tend to leave clues around for others to find. Whether they are in the real world or online, you just have to know what to look for."
Kim tossed the used diaper into a nearby diaper pail and got a new diaper from under the changing table. While Dennis's previous diaper had been a standard adult diaper, the new one was covered in bright star designs.
"I bet that feels much better huh?" Kim said, patting the goat's rear end.
"Yeah, thanks a lot!" Dennis replied.
"Well! With that little bit of dirty business out of the way, let me formally welcome you to the Midnight Tower VIP society. Congratulations!"
As she said this Kim took an envelope from her desk and handed it to Dennis. "This envelope contains your official VIP card, and two one hundred dollar bills, just like we promised."
Dennis smiled as he looked at the envelope. Then he looked towards Kim and asked "So, What happens now?"
Kim happily explained "Now you are free to come and go as you please. Someone is always here at the VIP lounge, so you'll never be without a playmate." She winked at the goat.
"Right right now you can go home, or you can go to the lounge, it's up to you." Kim explained
"Would it be okay if I took a look at the lounge and then went home? I need to be back before sunrise." Asked Dennis
Kim nodded at the goat, "Of course! We aren't going anywhere, don't worry."
The squirrel smiled and spoke again "And I think it would be great if you said goodbye to Daniel."
With that Dennis left the office and traveled down the hall. Opening the double doors at the end of the hall he entered a humongous nursery. A bright, sunny celestial theme covered the walls and ceilings. Anything a baby could ever want was collected in the room. From luxury toys to automatic juice dispensers.
Looking around Dennis spotted several other furs of various subspecies. The only common factor among them is that they were all dressed in extremely babyish outfits. While he was taking it all in Dennis heard a familiar voice come from behind.
"Pretty nice isn't it?" the voice said.
Dennis spun around and was greeted by Daniel's smiling face. "You certainly smell a lot better now lil bro."
Dennis threw his arms open and gave Daniel the biggest hug he could. "Bro, Can I really come here any time I want?"
Daniel grinned at the comment and replied. "Sure can! You're part of the family now!"
Dennis almost teared up at the comment, this place was a dream come true. The goat had come seeking to elevate his social status, but instead he had found something much more meaningful.
Daniel ruffled Dennis's hair. "Hey now! No tears okay? This is a happy place."
Dennis wiped his eyes and gave Daniel a renewed smile.
"That's better, so you think you got time for a quick tour of the place? There's a lot more here than what's in this room."
Dennis gave a thumb up and said, "You bet!"
With that the lion offered his paw. Dennis took it and the two walked into the nursery together.