“Anyway,” Gentis said, “I guess you’d know more than I do about that.”
Shit, my focus was elsewhere.
“About?”
“About, you know…” he said, conspiratorially. “The demon. The one supposedly infiltrating the camp. Aren’t you the one who can sniff it out?”
How the heck did he know about that?
“Ummm…” I said. Great. Masterful performance there, me.
“Don’t worry, I’m not supposed to know anything. So of course, I don’t. I’m just speaking hypothetically. I know you’re a consultant and I know you’ve got some sort of special expertise.”
I managed a blank stare.
“We’re here to fight demons,” Gentis said. “It’s not that hard to figure out.”
“If…” I said, leaning into his personal space, “IF that were the case, obviously I couldn’t say much.”
“I don’t see much real action,” he admitted. “I’m good at, well, this. And because I am, I’m better used here than in combat or intelligence. But I always wondered what they’re like…” he breathed “…up close.”
How very intriguing. It seems you were correct. See how his pulse quickens as he thinks about that forbidden —
“Well,” I said, “It depends on whether you’re talking minions or leaders. The minions tend to be focused on one sin or another, and it shapes them, but they’re all the same basic body type, like us. Glutton demons are fat; cruelty demons have these jagged edges everywhere; anger and violence demons might be wiry or massively muscular.”
“…and lust demons are probably obscene,” he guessed. “Huge genitals, that sort of thing.”
“More or less. But the leaders, the powerful rulers, the demon lords and ranking powers, they’re a bit different.”
“Oh?”
“Yes. First, they’re not as singleminded; they think and plan and understand and manipulate. And while they may have one of the more base ‘types’ as a foundation, they’re far more complex, and far more like us.”
More like US, at least, my copilot added. Wait, how did you—
Yeah, I’d started talking and realized that I knew a fair amount of the lore already, from playing the game and reading all the color text. But I realized too that I was tapping into Vanquillon’s knowledge.
Beware, Eric. You risk us both if you reveal too much.
“Like us?”
“Well, they have goals, and fears, and proper senses of self,” I replied. “The minions are nearly mindless, corrupted flesh. Almost a side effect of the presence of a demon lord. But as they interact with our world, they become more individual, and far more dangerous.”
“How so?”
“They’re not from here; their forms follow their function here, and the essence that powers them determines that function.”
“I have heard they..feast on our sins.”
“To an extent. They feed on our life essence but they are drawn to life forces that echo their own tastes. So a demon bred for violence revels in bloodshed, and gains strength from it, while one powered by gluttony might consume his foes. Some draw on fear, or stoke the fires of envy.”
“And the ones driven by lust?”
“They become more and more capable of enticing that lust from mortals. Any fantasy you might haven they could become, so long as it triggers and sustains your lust.”
I glanced down as my other senses noticed his straining erection.
“So if you wanted a mate with large breasts, or fancied darker hair or shapely feet or muscle or cock, a sufficiently empowered lust demon might be able to satisfy your desires.”
“….any? Any desire?” He whispered.
Oh my.
Yeah, I felt it too. Gentis was really repressed, shamed by his odd desires. Images of massive, prehensile, barbed cocks invading him, of tentacles probing him, of massive breasts heaving above him, and more — all of it competed and mingled in his fantasy. Smells, tastes, sights, sounds, textures — all of them woven in a chaotic pattern of carnality. All of it just below the surface for this fellow, simmering away in shame. No wonder he was grumpy.
But my talking about it had triggered something, brought it all to the surface, and his sudden flush of lust hit me like a powerful ocean wave. I staggered back mentally, and felt my own form become slightly more tenuous.
Eric, no! You must control it, not allow it to control you!
I could TASTE his lust, and my body ached to obey its wishes. My cock lengthened painfully, stretching obscenely down to my knee. A buzzing feeling, almost like being drunk, danced around my too-sensitive extremities. I wanted to drink deeply of this man. But i knew it was not the time to act.
He is brimming with desire. If you take from him, you might last for days without harming him or revealing yourself. But you must do so safely.
How the hell was the demon more calm than me? I was fighting my own desire and felt I could drown in my own hunger.
Simple, Eric. You wear our flesh; I have the experience you do not at managing its demands. You are in imminent danger of losing control right now.
I should leave, I should flee, I couldn’t risk everything for a taste of this man’s lust.
Oh, Eric, allow me.
Almost gently, i felt Vanquillon impose his own control over things. I probably could have fought it, but i was terrified of losing control.
“Gentis,” I heard my voice say in a sexy purr. “Why such a keen interest in the lust demons?”
Gentis instinctively shut down the lust he was broadcasting (well, for those of us equipped to sense it), and in its place stood a bit of shame and embarrassment.
“I do hope you won’t dream about them,” my voice said. “Well, I’d better collect these things and go back to the tent…”
I left him there. Vanquillon ceded control as we exited the tent.
So that’s it. Blue balls.
What? No, you idiot. This is no different than the control of an erogenous zone. Stoking and banking his psychological lust works much like doing controlling his physical lust. Temporarily thwarted, his urge will grow now that it has a focus and an outlet. By the time he retires to sleep, his fantasies will overwhelm him.
And then we will feed properly.
* * *
And hour later, I’d stowed the gear I’d picked up; neither brother was in the tent. At Vanquillon’s prodding, I reached out with my new senses, and sure enough, i could scent Gentis through all the noise of the camp.
He is drifting off to sleep, He will be nearly asleep when we arrive.
I was already walking toward his tent, wearing a far more generic face far more average than my usual one. My stomach growled in anticipation.
***
The quartermaster lay on his cot in a gauzy night garment, a thick fireplug of a cock rudely thickening and stretching from his stocky waist. He’d just fallen asleep and already his lust-filled mind was generating new perversions.
My copilot helped me draw energy and mute the tent somewhat, though that was increasingly easy after the practice the boys had put me through. I could also sense his raging lust.
I stalked my prey. There’s no other phrase that really captures me sneaking cautiously into the tent, kneeling by the cot silently, and reaching out at long last to touch his body.
The moment i touched him, it unleashed a reality-bending wave of pure depravity that filled me like the largest buffet I could have imagined.
And I could feel my body’s form begin to shift in response…