"Are you sure about this?" Shiloh asked one more time as the elf woman tied her string to the key.

  "Absolutely." She said without hesitating. "I throw you the key, you unlock the cage, then you jump to us."

  "Yeah..." Shiloh replied with evident pause. "I'm just not sure if I jump that far."

  "It only looks like a far distance because you're nervous." Ara assured him. "I don't know anyone who reached the Age of Sele that couldn't jump te. What's your Finesse score, anyways?"

  "Ten." Shiloh responded.

  "You'll be fine." Ara said fidently.

  "You shouldn't have asked him that." The mage chided her. "He doesn't know aer."

  "Know aer about what?" Shiloh asked.

  "You shouldn't reveal things about your character sheet to just ahe mage responded. "I know plenty of married couples who don't know each others stats."

  "That's just silly." Ara protested. "It's a life-ah question here. If his Finesse was really low, we'd want to tie a rope around him so ull him up if he jumps short."

  "That doesn't sound like a bad idea anyways." Shiloh offered. The three women looked at each other briefly, then Ara sighed and produced a rope from thin air, pulled from her iory. Shiloh had to stop himself from enting on it; he'd already given these women the impression that he was pletely useless, best not add on "moron" to that.

  The elf finally fiying off the key and threw it to him. Uhe arrow, the tiny key sailed right through the bars first try, and Shiloh was able to unlock the door of his cage. He swung it open and a sudden sense of vertigo gripped him as he looked into the bottomless pit beh him.

  At a whistle from Ara, he looked up in time to grab the rope she'd tossed. She held the other end of it while he tied it beh his armpits. When he gave her the thumbs-up, she pulled the remainder of the rope tight so it wouldn't bunch around his feet. Shiloh took three deep breaths, then gave a wild yell as he sprihe three steps across his cage and flung himself into open air. He sailed across the gap with an ease that surprised him, and only briefly pted the fact that the three women below him were getting quite the eyeful of his manhood before he crashed into the grouo them.

  Shiloh groaned in pain from hitting the solid rock of the ground, and Ara burst out ughing while she coiled up her rope again.

  "Gotta work on stig the ndiime." She guffawed, untying the knot at his chest and vanishing the rope into her iain.

  "I'll get right on that." Shiloh wheezed, trying to catch his breath. He felt cloth against his skin and looked up to see the elf draping a cloak over him. He smiled weakly at her and said, "Thanks."

  She smiled back at him, a twinkle in her eye. "No problem. I suppose introdus are in order, now. I'm Elnor, a Rahat's Ara, she's a Berserker, and this is Twil, she's a Sorcerer."

  "Pleasure to officially meet you all." Shiloh said, rising to his feet and adjusting the cloak properly. "I'm Shiloh, Cleric of Aphrodite."

  All three of them gaped openly at him. Like before, Twil broke the silence.

  "Was that a test, then?"

  "What?" Shiloh responded.

  "A test. To see if we were worthy. Is that why you hid your css?" Twil asked.

  "Oh, no! I looked through my notifications and found oellio choose a css while you were out looking for the key. I went with Cleric of Aphrodite, and now I'm officially Level 1." Shiloh expined with a smile.

  "You're a cleric of the Goddess of Sex?" Ara asked in evident disbelief.

  "Well, yeah." Shiloh said, feeling very self-scious. "That's what my css says."

  "Bullshit." Elnor replied. "That would make you the avatar of Aphrodite, and I happen to know for a fact that her avatar is fighting a demonicursion ih."

  Shiloh shrugged. "I don't know what to tell you. That's what my css is called."

  Elnor took two long steps towards him and pced her palm on his forehead. Shiloh jerked back at first, but then allowed the tact. He closed his eyes, a something ping his system. He opehe notifications and saw a new one.

  Elnor Ludger has requested to see yourStatus Sheet. Will you accept?(Y/N)Shiloh thought about it for a moment, but decided that it was likely the only way to vince her that he was who he said he was. He accepted the request, a Elnor recoil, her hand leaving his forehead. He opened his eyes and saw the shock written across her face. Ara and Twil were looking at her as well.

  "It's true." She finally whispered. "He's the new avatar of Aphrodite."

  "Nice!" Ara excimed, g Shiloh on the shoulder. "So, what, are you like, powered by sex and stuff?"

  "Um... kind of?" He said. "I haven't chosen my first skill yet, because they're both... well, kind of lewd."

  "What are th-" Ara started, but was interrupted by a smack upside the back of her head by Elnor. "Ay! What was that for?" She demanded, rubbing her head and gring at the taller woman.

  "Stop asking him for details about his css! You're not doing him any favors making it seem normal, and you shouldn't be taking advantage of him like that."

  "It could be important!" Ara insisted. "What if he's got really good buffs for us? We 't just march back out into that troll!"

  "If he's got buffs, and if he wants to use them on us, that's his choice. You're just hoping the lewd part is going to include you!" Elnor retorted sfully.

  Ara sputtered indignantly before posing a response. "Well? It's been weeks, El! you really bme me?"

  "Yes." Elnor said ftly. "Just keep it in your pants. We literally just met him."

  Ara muttered darkly, but didn't pursue the subjey further. Shiloh noticed her subtly adjust the short fur skirt she was wearing, and thought for a moment that there had been a bulge she was shifting. His heart suddenly smmed in his chest, and he wondered if Aphrodite had pced him directly ih of a rather attractive futanari. He appraised Ara a bit more closely.

  Her dark hair, woven in a braid, had little pieces of carved wood throughout it. Her toned muscles flexed under her bronzed skin as she moved. Her top, like her skirt, was made of some kind of animal hide. It left her midriff exposed, showing off the barest outline of her abs. Her skirt barely covered all of her ass, leaving her long, perfect legs avaible for his eyes to roam across, and he was far more fident now that he hadn't imagihat bulge. Her feet were actually bare, uhe other two. The whole ensemble gave Shiloh the impression that she was some kind of barbariae her obviously civilized bearing.

  Unfortunately for him, this sed examination of the tanned beauty before him didn't go unnoticed.

  "I'd say he's at least ied in it." Ara smirked. Shiloh's eyes shot up to her fad he tried to fight down the heat rising to his face.

  "I didn't... I don't... I was ju-" His weak expnations of his ogling was interrupted by Elnor, who came to his defense once more.

  "Him I 't bme. you seriously not find any more modest armor to wear?" She said acgly.

  "Seriously?" Ara replied disbelievingly. "I'm a Berserker! I 't wear full armor, you know that! Why does that give this little pervert the right to leer at me?"

  "I'm not a-" Shiloh started, but the women weren't listening to him.

  "Not wearing full armor doesn't mean you have to wear what's essentially nothing more than underwear." Elnor scoffed. "We both know you just like showing off, so don't go bming Shiloh when he gives you exactly the kind of attention you're looking for. I'm surprised he sted this long, to be frank."

  "Hey!" Shiloh excimed, drawing both of their attention. They stared at him in the sudden silence, and he felt his mouth go dry. "I... I'm sorry I stared at you like that, Ara." Elnhed and rolled her eyes while Ara grinned and wi him. "I'm n to be a pervert or anything like that, but my css seems like it's going to force me into it. That being said, my two choices are either buffing my own physical stats or buffing one of your stats, whichever one you want." Shiloh held up his hand as Elnor looked like she was going to interrupt, likely to berate him fiving out even more css details. "I know it's unusual to give out so muformation, but I don't know what I'm doing here, and I seriously do need your help and advice if I'm going to get out of here alive."

  "Well, you don't want to buff your physical stats." Twil interjected. "Clerics don't use physical stats. It would be a waste of a skill." The other two nodded in agreement.

  "Okay, then I'll select the skill that buff you guys." Shiloh replied before fog on his choid unlog it. "Now, I did say it was... um... you know, kind of-"

  "Fun?" Ara interrupted with a waggle of her eyebrows and anrin.

  Elnor rolled her eyes again. "Does it require all of us?"

  Shiloh's eyebrows shot up, and Ara gave Elnor an astonished look. "Really hoping for the triple , El? You seriously want us all to take him on together?"

  "W-what?" Elnor stuttered. "Of course not, you... you... pervert! I only wao know if I had to participate."

  "Oh sure." Ara teased. "I'm sure you weren't hoping for an excuse to jump Shy's bones here."

  "No, it doesn't require all of us." Shiloh interrupted before Ara could drag an even more embarrassed rea from her elven panion. "It only requires sexual as. I guess, teically, it doesn't require any of you. I could probably meet the requirements just... you know..."

  "Jag off?" Ara supplied, helpfully. Shiloh simply nodded, and she ughed. "Well, that's no fun, Shy. I'm sure you and I could have a much better time together, even if these prudes don't want to join us."

  Shiloh g Twil and Elnor, her of whom were him a way out. He looked back at Ara, who was grinning broadly. She wi him, and he wondered again if she was equipped the way he suspected she was. He gulped, but he could already feel his arousal rising. Was he seriously going to get to experience girlco his very first day? He would certainly have to thank Aphrodite the ime he saw her.

  "Well, if you really want to I guess we could-" He began. Elnor huffed and began making her way around the pit to the far side of the room. Twil simply watched, with no indication as to what she thought of the situation.

  "That's great, Shy." Ara said, taking a step towards him. He stepped back reflexively, and she ughed again. She took aep forward, then ahen ed her arms around Shiloh's shoulders and leaned in close to him, pressing her breasts into his chest. "Don't worry." She whispered. "I don't bite... hard."

  Then, she was kissing him. She tasted of pine and mint, and her lips totally dominated his owongue slipped out, and he felt his mouth parting to allow her aggressive invasion. He was beginning to get light-headed when he felt her suddenly grip his manhood through the cloak Elnor had lent him. His eyes shot open and he broke the kiss abruptly. Ara chuckled and pressed herself into him even more, firmly stroking him as she did so.

  "Not bad, Shy." She said as her hand tis advances. She released him momentarily and snaked her hand into the cloak to grab his bare flesh, softly stroking him to full attention. His eyes closed slowly and his head lolled back at her touch. Little gasps came from between his lips, and he began to get light-headed once more. Suddenly, all the sensations stopped.

  Shiloh opened his eyes to see Ara grinning at him again. She ed an arm around his waist and pced her other hand on his shoulder, gently pushing him downwards. He acquiesced and she lowered him gently to the ground. Ohere, she undid the csp of the cloak and pulled it back to reveal his stiff member, pointing skyward. She kissed him deeply once more before dragging her lips down to his , along his jaw, down his neck, over his heaving chest, across his ft, toomach before nding them at the base of his cock.

  Shiloh watched her with rapt attention, and his cock twitched when her lips finally made tact. She looked up at him with a ile before slowly winking one browhen her lips rose the length of his member and she swallowed him in one go. Shiloh groaned loudly, and had to fight to keep his hips from smag up into Ara's face. She ughed and hummed around his cock, making his struggle to trol himself even more desperate.

  All too soon, Shiloh felt his asm rising. He tried to resist, tried to st as long as he could, but it was futile. He stammered out a warning, but Ara only sucked harder and took him deeper into her wet, tight mouth. He felt his cock pressing against her throat, but she didn't seem to mind. Then, he exploded with a loud, long moan of satisfa. Ara greedily drank his essence down and, when he was finished, she sat up and licked her lips again.

  "You taste pretty good, Shy." She said with a note of surprise. "Usually guys are kind of... sour? I guess. Definitely more salty than you are. Must be a be of being Aphrodite's avatar."

  Shiloh forced his brain to respond, despite the fact that it felt like jelly. "Umm... thanks? I guess?"

  "No, thank you." Ara smirked. "Does that fulfill your skill requirements?"

  "I think so?" Shiloh said, fog inward. He looked at his status sheet again, and saw a new resource.

  Shiloh SuttonCss: Cleric of AphroditeHP: 50/50Level: 1MP: 100/100Lust:10 Strength: 8Ara: 0Finesse: 10Divine: 25Fortitude: 5Resistance: 5Endurance: 7Focus: 10 "There's a new resource called 'Lust'. It says I've got 10 of it, but I'm not sure how long that's going to st." Shiloh admitted. "It's going to take some experimentation."

  "So? Go ahead and hit me up with it." Ara said, a gleam of anticipation in her eyes.

  "Don't you want to wait and use it for that troll or whatever?" Shiloh replied nervously. "It'd be kind of a waste to use it now."

  "You never go into battle with ued abilities." Twil said, making Shiloh jump. He had momentarily fotten there were two other women in the room with him. Two other women who had just witnessed him getting hands-down the best blowjob of his life. Can creeping bato his face, but he made himself respond.

  "So, what? You wao activate the buff so we see how long it sts, then we'll... um..."

  "Recharge?" Ara suggested with anrin. "Yeah, I guess we'll have to. What an arduous life yoing to lead, Shy."

  "Sh-shut up." Shiloh stammered, drawing a full belly-ugh from the tanned beauty.

  "Oh, wow! You really told me." She said, wiping a tear from her eye. "Now go on, Cleric. Let me see those big buffs of yours."

  Shiloh shrugged, then reached mentally for his skill. He focused it on Ara and willed it to activate. Her eyes closed for a moment, then shot open wide.

  "Gods damn!" She excimed loudly. "El! You've got to try this out! It's more than a ten-point boost! At Level 1!"

  That annou drew Elnor back to their side of the pit. She approached swiftly and she and Twil began plying Ara with questions.

  "Hooints is it exactly?"

  "Thirteen!"

  "In what stat?"

  "Any of them! Whichever one you want to put it in."

  "So you have to choose each time?"

  "Yeah. It would be kind of awkward to activate in bat, but easy enough to turn on beforehand."

  Ara, Elnor and Twil all looked very impressed. Shiloh, meanwhile, aying attention to his status sheet. About a mier activating the buff, it had already drained five points of Lust. He tried to deactivate it and found, much to his surprise, that he actually could. So at least he wouldn't have to pletely empty the pool whenever he activated it.

  "Aww, is that it?" Ara pined.

  "No, I tur off early." Shiloh replied. "It drained five points of Lust in about a minute, so each point is worth roughly twelve seds of the boost."

  "And you got ten points from a single asm?" Elnor said, a blush rising through her cheeks.

  "Yeah." Shiloh firmed, not meeting the elf's eyes.

  "We should see if you activate it on multiple people at owil suggested. Ara and Elnor both eagerly agreed, so Shiloh reached for the magic again.

  He activated the skill on Elnor first, drawing a gasp from her before attempting to activate it on Twil as well. The activatio off without a hitch, but shortly after Elnor spoke.

  "Did you turn it off?" She asked, fused.

  "No, I just activated it on Twil."

  "Well, I guess it's only for one person at a time, then." Twil said.

  "Hmm... I guess that's to be expected. A first-level buff of that size on multiple people would be crazy, even for an avatar." Elnor assessed. "Still, a thirteen-point boost to any stat on any of us..."

  "It should go on Ara." Twil said, matter-of-factly. "She's the front-liner and she 't wear full armor. We'll want to boost her Fortitude to keep her healthy a her absorb more hits for us."

  "Great." Ara muttered. "I always wao be a more effective human pung bag."

  "Twil is right." Elnor murmured. "You know we really appreciate you being our front-liner for now, Ara. We'll be able to get a real tank once we have a delve under our belts."

  Ara sighed. "I know. It doesn't make it hurt any less when I get hit, though."

  Shiloh rested a hand on Ara's shoulder. "I don't know much about what's happening, or even how Fortitude will help you, but if there's anything I do to make this easier for you, please just tell me."

  Ara looked at him with a hint of... something... in her eyes. Shiloh couldn't identify the emotion he had just seen there, but she seemed to appreciate his heartfelt offer. She smiled a warm, genuine smile at him and patted the hand he'd pced on her shoulder.

  "Don't worry about me, Shy. I'm just being whiny." She said with a sense of bravado that felt more like her. Shiloh smiled back at her, and the four of them looked around a bit awkwardly.

  "Do you want to... uh..." Elnor started, before motioniween Shiloh and Ara.

  "You don't want this one?" Ara said, wagging her eyebrows at the taller woman. "I promise he tastes as good as he looks."

  Elnor blushed furiously, but refused to answer and instead retreated around the pit again. Ara ed her arm around Shiloh again, making t him to the floor once more. Instead, he maneuvered them to be on top of her this time.

  "I think I ought to repay the favor." Shiloh murmured. "Especially if you're about to get hurt to protect us."

  To his surprise, a look of shod panic fshed across Ara's face. She pressed back against him, hard, and scooted away.

  "Ara?" He asked in surprise. "Are you okay? We don't have to-"

  "No." Ara said, interrupting him. "No, that's not something you want to do."

  Shiloh looked at her with a bemused expression. "I think I know perfectly well what I want to do."

  "No, you don't." This time it was Twil who spoke. "Shiloh, Ara is a member of the third sex. In fact, we all are."