Shinigami's Manor. (Shinigami's Entry)

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Memories, if you could call them that, or perhaps just accepting she was presented came to Jumi.  She did question the slight brief distortions in Mitsuko voice…or did they just make her believe even more?  Have a power over her?  “Ah yes.  I have experience comforting friends going through that after all.”  The name slipped her mind, but a vague memory of sorts of helping Alexandrine as best she could with her loss.  Then comforting Mitsuko through the mentioned dreams.  “I guess it is natural.  We were so scared when we first started to think about this.”

The mention of the name Reika, another short spark, swallowed up immediately.  Her waking feelings replaced by….what?  Respect?  Loyalty?  Something else?  But she was their guide.  To walk the path of Shinigami’s father.  No one could prepare them better than Reika.  She eased their fears about death.  Their own deaths.  She squeezed Mitsuko’s hand at the thought.  “Did she give a hint if there was any final test?  I hope we are ready.  We have been trying so hard to prove ourselves.”  It came naturally, as many dream oddities did.  A basic notion that this was not an easy  solution to come to.  But their feelings for each other, and Shinigami.  With some hesitation they listened to Reika, followed her path.  It was scary and hard at first, but Jumi slowly started to agree.  That began them on this path.  Now, now might be a very big day.  The ultimate commitment to the path.

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Mitsuko seemed to play along flawlessly as she nodded to her friend. "We were, weren't we? Imagine thinking about something like this before we've met with Reika... Or before I met you.", she said softly as she kept guiding Jumi. "We will be stronger than before... Nobody to stop us, not even that warrior girl.", she continued then looked back to her friend as she was asked a question, "A final test, hm? I do not think so. Reika is proud of us and so is he... Once we die, we will have succeeded. He will bring us back together... We won't be like demons, we will be better. Or I think so...", she replied, leading Jumi to the floor below before she looked at her and gave her a hug. "It will be alright...", Mitsuko reassured her.

Reika appeared from a room and smiled to the two lovers, "Look at how the link with death made you two so good looking... So confident and sexy, almost better than me. It will be alright, right?", she said with a silky voice as she looked at them then at Jumi with a smirk. "Mitsuko, go get ready with Shinigami... Nothing like a last bit of mating while you're still alive, right?", she teased the valkyrie, whose face reddened a bit before she kissed Jumi and let go of her. "Y-you're right... I'd like that.", she replied before leaving but not without giving the fairy a last smile. Reika moved close to Jumi. "How do you enjoy the realm of death so far...? Is it more like a dream or perhaps... a ክጎፏⶴፕጮልዪቹ?", she said, stabbing her.

A swift movement with her hand, a knife that was hidden out of sight until the very last second, now lodged in her heart but Reika held her in her grasp with her other arm. "...No happy ending for you. Not after you stole Shinigami from me... I told you that I'd make you mine. I want you to suffer without end... What do you think Mitsuko really is doing right now? Am I leaving her to suffer in a pit of tentacles until her last breath or will she live with me without you being able to do anything about it... What do you fear the most?", she spoke smoothly then licked Jumi's face. "ጋዐ ሃዐ፱ ቻቹልዪ ጋቹልፕⶴ?", she asked then continued, "ጋዐ ሃዐ፱ ቻቹልዪ ጮቹ?", she asked again, giving her look of disdain to her just like before.

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

What would they become?  Something like Reika?  Something else?  She could not remember if it was explained?  Strange, but not concerning.  She was just excited, preparing herself.  Exactly how would she and Mitsuko end each other’s lives?  She smiled at the sight of Reika, the praise.  She did not mind the idea of sending Mitsuko off to spend some time with Shinigami.  She was content to be alone with Reika, to make the final preparations, maybe hear some last advice?  Get some preparation?  Something else, she was at ease, but mind open to adapt to any sort of treatment.…

Except for that…it happened before she could realize it.  A grunt, pain, a lot of pain.  Blood.  A lot of blood.  The cloud over her mind shattered.  “…Smart….trying to rip me apart, before I could…rip you apart…cocky little bitch, though.  Who knows what you could have done…with more patience…”. She was ashamed of herself, but this was exactly why Jumi had been worried about Mitsuko.  Reika even managed to briefly wrap her around her finger.  If she had been more patient, really worked on her, who knew what she might have accomplished.

She was at a severe disadvantage though.  This was a dream again, obviously now.  The stab to her heart still made fighting much more difficult though, and she could not break Reika’s grip on her.  “…Kept watching, did you?”  Her voice softer, but defiant.  “Wasn’t I following your advice?  Either way, Shinigami made her choice.”  Jealous psycho girlfriend, was she dealing with that here?

The only thing that shook her was talk of Mitsuko.  Reika just wasted her best chance to make Jumi’s hers.  That threat did not scare her, she was almost tempted to taunt her to try.  But Mitsuko, that shook her.  Was there a point in asking, would she just be shown more lies.  But Reika might have already that was Jumi’s only weakness.  Less defiance, as her face was licked?  “No more games…what have you done to her?!”  There was still bitterness, anger, but also what Reika craved.  Fear.  Fear of what she might have done or might still do to Mitsuko.

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Reika grinned to the irritable reply she had expected. "I don't have patience. It would not have lead anywhere but the same result. I could have given you hope for a good life but I'm not here for that.", she told to her girl she held, as everything else around faded slowly to nothingness. An infinite void without floors or walls and yet their feet stood on something. Besides her look of disdain, Jumi might also see a look of slight regret, not that the fairy really was dying but the pain was very real. As Reika was called out on her watching, she bit her lip. "Seeing you watch her writhe in pain the way you found her. That was a beauty on its own... You didn't like her coming to me, did you? Feel what Shinigami felt?", she asked.

The mention of Shinigami having made her choice made Reika rip the knife out of her chest and push Jumi against whatever ground existed, only to straddle her and put her knife against her throat. "You have no idea how painful it was to see Lady Shinigami do this to me, follow you and play with you, only having eyes for you two now while I waited for a promised time with her...", she hissed with clenched teeth, soon groaning and lifting the knife to stab her but instead, after a moment of hesitation, stabbed near her head at the void, giving a painful sigh as she somehow left the knife jammed there, stuck into the void. (?)"...You want to know where Mitsuko is...? You might laugh if you knew...", she pathetically said.

Moving slowly from on top of Jumi, Reika laid on the ground near her and laid her head on her stomach casually. "There's so much I could be doing to you... Offer you to death, slice your head off and just be done but she would be pretty upset if I did that...", she said, just floating in the void with Jumi for a moment. "...You piss me off so much... She might never forgive me but I really do love her. I tried to be kind to you once and you still did not take it... I offered you the pleasure you seeked so much and I was answered with mistrust and the painful sight of you taking Lady Shinigami away from me. I am a bad girl alright... But... Mitsuko will live. I can show you where she is but you might not like it.", she finally said.

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[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

“This isn’t me…not my body.  I’m not scared of what you do to me here.  You’re screwing with me in a dream again.”  Jumi answered, the fear a little less but lingering. As they faded back to that void. It was probably best not to provoke too hard though.  She felt safe from death, but she was sure Reika was capable and more than a little willing to make this much much more painful for her than it already was, to actually rip her apart.  But, no she was not afraid for herself.  Only about Mitsuko.  She did not know if she was more afraid of the answer or not knowing.  Just what this girl had done to Mitsuko already or might do.

“She asked for your help.  You hurt her.”  Fear and anger.  “You could have had your turn, if you could have controlled your damn tentacles.  You knew she was not ready for that.” She softly snapped.  She had in fact been willing to share, let Reika have Shinigami while she had another turn with Mitsuko.  It was only because Mitsuko needed to be taken away, from Reika’s carelessness, she lost her chance.  And had to watch Jumi and Shinigami have a lot of fun and get much closer.  But if they were going to be honest…did she really want to expose her weaknesses to his dangerous woman?  “If you were not lost in your tentacles you could not control, maybe you would have been able to gloat.”  Not quite spelling it out, the jealousy, inadequacy, fear she felt watching those two.  “Taking her away without me being able to say anything.”  They had both hurt each other, in at least somewhat similar ways, ways that could have been avoided.

”You just stabbed me in the chest and repeated your first words, that I will be yours.  I don’t want a lecture about trust.”  Reika had not exactly made her think her suspicions were unfounded.  Only made it harder to give her a chance.  Though not necessarily impossible.  

She feared it, but she needed to know the answer.  She was hearing mixed messages, that she might laugh, or dislike it.  But scared as she was, whether it hurt or not, she needed to know.  “…No tricks, no lies, no illusions…show me what Mitsuko is doing right now.  And if you have done anything to her other than help her heal, show me.”  She said it intensely, there was fear, but also insistence.  She had to know, even while it twisted her stomach.

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Reika scoffed at Jumi's words. "I did not mean in your head...", she muttered, thinking these threats for when the both of them faced each others. "Besides, she asked for them, you stupid girl... She begged for them. She was so new at it that she wanted the feeling of them, to endure more than she ever could... She saw Lady Shinigami be punished, she knew what she was getting into...", she lectured the fairy about her choice but looked away, enjoying the feeling of Jumi's belly for now. "I did promise that I would not go too far, didn't I...? They went hard on her but I thought she would be alright. She had put up quite a fight while taking them. Stupid girls... Both of us.", she muttered again, rubbing her stomach.

"It was not about you anymore, girl...", Reika soon replied to the fairy with her front turned toward her, her cheek against her belly. "You told me that you weren't trusting me so I asked my Lady... She is the only one I can count on, despite everything. She... seems to love her, that Mitsuko... A kindness toward her that I've never seen before except for Mao. This is why I felt bad for what I allowed to happen to her... These stupid visions were only meant to make you suffer.", she admitted. "...She will be fine...". Turning her head, Reika kissed her stomach close to her navel then moved and carefully picked her up for the next part. "Watch and shut up...", she told her before she made the void change to a new vision.

A new room appeared while Reika held Jumi close, an arm under her back and another under her knees to let her butt and feet hang down. The reaper was now standing with her in a room that looked like an old lab with a large tube in the center. The vision showed the first time the naked reaper brought a weak but messy Mitsuko there. Looking focused on her task, that Reika went to open the tube before she put the valkyrie inside on its floor. "That will not be fun but I promise it will help you...", the nude reaper said while working on plugging a tube of sort to her mouth before she stepped back. "Subject, Mitsuko. Activate it now!", she ordered, the gate of the tube soon closed and started filling with liquid.

The Reika with Jumi remained awfully quiet, letting her watch the vision as it continued, showing a difficult moment where the valkyrie was locked in a liquid tank with nothing but a pipe mask of sort in her throat to breathe. Even unconscious, a few moans and physical twitch could be noticed as she was made to float in its core, her holes ejecting all of the fluids with the liquid infiltrating her easily. A sound then could be heard, seeming to be her heart rate. The nude Reika sighing. "...Subject Mitsuko alive and in process of recovery. The tentacles caused a worse trauma than expected, stretching her holes beyond their capacities. I will have her rest in the healing chamber for a while...", she said as status record.

Still, the nude reaper observed Mitsuko for a moment, biting her lip, as if she was feeling some regret back from where she was with her in the bed just before. "She will be in for a rough awakening but it must be done... We will talk later when you're born anew. Hopefully, you won't remember the pain...", she finally said, leaving her in there to seemingly sleep inside, the tube being directly connected to her but impossible to remove if the tank was not unlocked and opened. As the vision soon faded, Reika looked down at Jumi, holding her still. "Happy, now? I am keeping an eye on her... The tentacles did quite a number on her but that will be gone after she is done. The little goddess will be safe.", she assured.

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[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Jumi was mostly ignoring the feel of Reika’s head against her belly, not really sure what to make of it, what was going through her head.  This one was too hard to figure out.  “You knew she was not ready.  She has barely been a Magical Girl for few days.  Almost no use of power, never in danger from that supposed goddess.”  Yes, Mitsuko asked for it.  But she had no idea what she really getting into.  It should have been stopped or more restrained.  The result was the proof.  She was going to hold to that.  Even if Reika seemed to maybe show some actual remorse.

Then she kissed her stomach?  Seriously, what was going through this girl’s head?  Did she desire her body after all?  But she would ‘shut up’.  If it gave her the answer she demanded.  Let Reika pick her up for whatever reason.  Make herself into a chair kind of.

The sight was…not what she expected.  There was no laughter, but a confused look.  This was same girl as the one behind her.  Almost some strange mix of doctor and scientist, in the look of the room, how she was acting…and Mitsuko.  In some strange equipment that seemed out of story.  

Was this where Mitsuko still was?  The only thing she had gone through?  Reika had not seemed to have done anything to her, but mostly because there was nothing else she could have done?  Reika had no desire to make her feel what she had watching what Jumi and Shinigami did?  She was not 100% certain, but willing to give her a slight benefit of the doubt.  She did not ask anything about the room or how strange it seemed to see her in such a role.  She could only make sure she was not overthinking a few of the words Reika said.  “What did you mean by ‘rough awakening’, ‘born anew’?  She is just healing?”  They were more ambiguous than she liked.  It might just refer to this healing process, but it could also imply a change.

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Ignoring that she was getting called out on her abuse of a new girl, Reika preferred to remain quiet about it. Her being new was the reason she had stuck with her the whole time during sex. It was not only to feel her close and fulfill some lesbian fantasies of the valkyrie or perhaps her own... For now, she focused entirely on the scene playing before them. Clearly, Reika still had reasons to stick to what she had told Shinigami. Too different... Or so she thought. Mitsuko had played an innocent dominance on her and it felt fun for a moment but Jumi did not sound like she was going to let go of her sins, taking all of it so seriously. Even if it was not mutual, Reika at least enjoyed the little things she did to the fairy.

Holding her close was something else interesting and while she did, she allowed Jumi to watch, perhaps expecting that questions would come up and so they did. A soft sigh escaped her lips but she would respond. "It will not transform her into a monster or a demon... Think about what she felt just before, her body drowned in that chamber and filling every holes you could imagine. When she wakes up, she will be floating in that same chamber, in that same condition. She might panic...", she explained, as patiently as she could. "Now, born anew, because that liquid inside her will be eliminating all the fluids of the tentacles. Unfortunately, yours as well... It will repair every single little parts of her.", she clarified.

While all of this made it sound like it was only healing, she felt the need to continue, "It might improve her condition as a whole... She will feel younger and stronger. Besides, when she leaves this chamber, she might look like she is birthing... Born anew. If she is blessed by a goddess, she might soon feel like one. No, death won't be involved in the process, as beautiful as that would be. Her cells might die and reborn but that will be all. I envy you... A goddess of death and now a goddess of life...", she said sarcastically but still with a certain annoyance, thinking about Shinigami. Which reminded her. "Shinigami did go in that chamber as well... It was first made for her. To bring her to life...", she explained to Jumi.

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[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

“So that’s how you are Shinigami’s ‘mother’.”  Not the one who gave birth to her, not created with some power of hers.  But the term was not as completely wrong as Jumi had guessed.  Though as far as she could tell, the girl never played the role properly or well, assuming she tried.  Hearing what she said about Mitsuko, watching what she saw, she did not know if it safe to try to be friends or get close to this girl.  But she was willing to a knowledge her own mistakes, maybe repair a little of the damage.

”…You said I better be grateful, for taking her to heal.  I am, and I will show it more when it is done and you bring her back.  I will admit it when I am wrong.”  How exactly, she would have to figure out, but she meant it about feeling a great deal of gratitude and relief.  “I spent the night, scared what you might do to her.  The same fear that caused me to follow her to Shinigami in the beginning.  Both times it was paranoia, I was wrong, but understand I have seen what can happen in these cases, when girls are taken away, there have been numerous cases it turned a lot worse than Mitsuko.  I apologize for jumping to that assumption and doubting what you feel about Shinigami.”  She still was not certain the feelings there were healthy, but there appeared to be genuine love of some form.  In Shinigami’s case, at the convention, she was more afraid of Mitsuko being broken, or at least kept permanently.  Never seeing the human world again, there was some fear of that with Reika, but also fear of revenge, making Mitsuko crave and care about Reika more than anyone.  But Mitsuko was just healing.

It might be too late for this, but it was worth at least making a try.  It was important to try, even if it failed.  There was one more thing she thought she would attempt, if this went well.  “Prior this, I have not hid my distrust for you, but I have tried to make it clear why.  I still don’t really understand you, what you are or are after.”  There was the mystery, it was good to know these answers.  But if she figured this woman, there was a chance, Jumi would not be as hostile towards her in the future.  “If you are willing to answer.  Just who are you?  Not your life story and every secret, but more than I have now.  Are you or were you a Magical Girl?  Why do you serve Death?  And is all that equipment connected purely to that?  Not the image I expected of something connected to Death.”  Was Reika willing to explain herself?  Would she be happy Jumi was willing to apologize and attempt to at least begin to make for her part in this?  Jumi was not sure, but she had to make the attempt, whether it worked or not.

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Reika nodded to the first comment. An order given to her by death so Shinigami would not be confused or lost by too much at once. She was never a good mother. Too young and inexperienced for it but she loved the fox nonetheless. Only differently. As the reaper kept holding Jumi in her hands, standing in the void, the fairy started being getting a little friendly with her, admitting her fears, especially when it came to Mitsuko. Something that made Reika bite her lip again. The girl apologized to her, the emissary of death. Whether she was alive or not, she still felt it in whatever soul she had left. "I guess it was really mean to show you Mitsuko suffer like this... Or to give you a false vision of her joining me.", she said.

Pulling Jumi closer in her grasp, Reika gave her a tender lick against her chest wound, suddenly making it disappear like nothing ever had stabbed her. Whatever pain left would stop existing. "Shinigami can be quite scary when she tries... Death made her with his gifts to humanity. A perfect and most powerful being... One with the power to control these powers freely. And she went and hid them away only to destroy the very home that housed them to save you from me... She really must have cared about you.", Reika said painfully but continued, "Death can't create life so something else had to be done. He can only create a body, a shape but life itself requires souls and a mean to fuse them.", she still explained.

As she did, the void showed an image of a resting Shinigami in the same chamber as Mitsuko was inside now. A fox floating in the liquid, with the same tube stuck to her muzzle. Nothing else. Jumi tried to explain why she didn't trust her and Reika could hardly blame her. "I told you, didn't I...? I'm not a good girl. You are making Lady Shinigami a good girl and Death decided to let her go. As you told me, she made her choice...", she said with a tone of pain in her voice again. "...That equipment... It was in the room that you could not access in the manor. The place where Shinigami was born but it was not only her... Other experiences happened in there and one of them did have its fun with her.", she told the fairy.

There was more to it, of course. More to that story, more to her own story. Finally putting Jumi down on her feet, Reika embraced her for a moment and whispered to her ear. "I am only an emissary who is feeling the consequences of her actions now. A pain that's not new to me... I thought Death was giving me a gift but maybe it was never mine to begin with. Didn't I say so...? If you really wish to know more about me, please do me a favor... A task if you will... Find the main academy of the city then seek for the name "Reika Kuroha". Ask questions, find what happened... Something to distract you while you wait for your little goddess. For now, it's your dream... What would you like to see...?", the reaper asked Jumi.

 

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[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

“I was going to offer to let you punish me, if it helped.  Maybe you have already done enough?  I forgive what you already did in this dream.  I should not have disbelieved that you loved her.”  A very cautiously made point.  Not exactly encouraging the punishment she gave to Shinigami, that Mitsuko experienced.  But especially now that the girl seemed truly remorseful, the offer was technically still on the table.  Jumi was still willing to allow her to do something, within reason.

They seemed to have repaired the worst of the damage between them.  In her case, Reika literally repaired the damage, in a rather unusual way.  Jumi was at least willing to give her a genuine chance from here on.  Though with the admissions of being bad, it might still take time to develop a stronger trust.  But unless Reika gave her a reason, she would no longer treat her with same level of hostility or mistrust.  An acceptance of sorts, with some caution, that had the potential to warm with time.  If they remained in contact, and nothing unpleasant happened.

”Another game of sorts?”  She asked about the favor, with some amusement rather than suspicion.  “But sure, I’ll go along with it.  You have me curious what you think I’ll find.  I need something to do, anyway…how long do you think Mitsuko will take?  I’m fine with an estimate.”  She was no longer scared what they might do.  If Mitsuko wanted to do something to thank Reika, after healing, she would have no issue.  At this point she was willing to trust Reika enough not to abuse it.

The final offer, was a little hard to decide.  “Hmmm you offering the chance to see secrets of the universe or something.  Or try out some fantasy I could not in the real world?  An interesting offer that needs a little thought.  I can consider it…”. Maybe one other twist.  “Unless you want to take for another ride.  Show me something else, without my mind confused by being in the dream.”  It might not be especially long.  But she was willing to spend more time with Reika, make up for the pain over Shinigami, figure the girl out a little better.

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Reika rolled her eyes but not in a mean way, smiling to it even. "I already punished my and your love and you want a turn next...? Remember who I serve but also remember that I'm no demon. There might be things that we have in common but we only make the end of life a beautiful thing. Though, this might not be a beautiful thing in your eyes. I am here because I chose death...", she said with a calmness mixed with mischievousness in her voice. "However... I will think about your offer. I can make it feel good for you... Maybe give you another chance to cum at your heart's content.", Reika then said, smiling a bit, still holding her close against her own body. Maybe a bond between them could come to exist...

"A game you might not enjoy but it will tell you more of what you want to know...", the reaper replied to the next question. More about Mitsuko, this was a complicated question. She would not be able to just return quickly. She had to be monitored... "After her rebirth... I will need to see how she reacts to everything. I will need some time with her... I will keep you updated, in here...", she suggested, rubbing her cheek against Jumi's as she was talking to her ear anyway. What made it that she suddenly was so tame with her, she wasn't sure but she enjoyed it. "A few days, a week... She will be a little goddess for you, when you see her... I can't spoil everything now, can I...?", the reaper teased Jumi, hugging her.

As for the last part, Reika sighed softly but kept a smile, "No fantasy in your dream, at least no sexual fantasy... Unless you want to find yourself having an orgasm while you sleep. Your body might have not liked being stabbed, even in your dream. Hopefully Lady Shinigami is there for you. You must have calmed down because she did not try to wake you up just yet... Or she is a tough sleeper. All I can do is to give you a vision that you might enjoy... Make you at peace. I can't control your dreams the way you think but our connection makes your dreams a strong place to play with. Imagine where you want to be. I don't mind staying a little longer but I have places to be and a goddess to watch.", she told her.

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[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

“I hurt you more than I realized at the time.  What happened with Shinigami is done, but I am willing to try to make up for it in a way of your choosing.”  She decided to make things clear.  “I will let you choose when this dream ends too.  We are not exactly friends, but I won’t push you away anymore, or question everything you say and do.”  No more of the insults, trying to get her to leave.  As long as Reika did not cross lines, do anything more openly cruel/evil, Jumi would accept her, see what happened.  Would not try to drive her and Shinigami completely apart.

”I am not suggesting anything specific.  Whatever you want to do to me.  I will trust you not to go too far, but I will accept punishment if it will make you happy.  As for your one method, I am more experienced than Mitsuko with that sort of thing, though I have probably never had such an intense experience.”  She had had tentacles inside her before, but not quite like what Reika did to Shinigami or Mitsuko.  If Reika wanted to give her a variation of it, she would not protest.  Share in Shinigami and Mitsuko’s experience.  Especially in a dream, safe from what it did to Mitsuko.  But she was not specifically asking for it either.  She would let Reika decide if and how she wanted to do it.  Would let it be a real punishment, uneasy/uncomfortable/painful, within reason.  Let her make up for how she hurt Reika, when she could not and would not take back what happened with Shinigami.  Her more pleasant suggestion was completely acceptable as well.

She accepted the answer on Mitsuko, though not sure what to make of the suggestion of surprises.  She just tried to accept they would be pleasant ones.  Would try to wait it out.  It would still be difficult, but no longer with the fears she had before.  That it would be happy when it was over.  She would also wait and see what Reika was hinting at, with the research, it was difficult to guess what she was implying, but would not try to learn more before researching.

The last answer made it seem like punishment might wait, or not, it was hard to say.  Reika spoke of a connection.  There were things that connected them.  They were rather different, but had some similarities to each other.  It was probably not surprising they got off to a bad start.  But now, she closed her eyes, concentrated.  Put the vision of Reika in her head.  Something about her, to see something about her, about them?  It was not anything specific just yet.  Her mind wrestled with if she wanted more specific or if it would act on its own.  This was her dream after all.  Now that she was aware, it should not be impossible to use her mind to shape it.  Her thoughts, her subconscious, but with this connection, as she put it, it was not impossible Reika’s thoughts and desires would contribute.

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The words made Reika move back for a moment to look at Jumi's eyes. "Look at you pitying the emissary of death and letting her do whatever she wants...", she spoke with a small grin. "You are still naked and trying to tease me. To be honest, I did think a part of what I said before... You and Mitsuko are sexy to look at and I think I know why Lady Shinigami enjoy you so much. It's not only your body... I think you will like to see Mitsuko when she comes back to you, though..." Hugging Jumi close still, she held her close again. "I enjoy tentacles as much as most people deny to do so but I think I have to punish them next for going too far this time. I suppose we will see when we next meet... Until then...", she said.

Something popped in Reika's mind as she finally thought. "Ah yes, Mao will be staying with you until Mitsuko is ready to come back. I trust she is taking care of you? She can be a little clingy but she makes a good servant. I originally left her there to keep an eye on you but I might cut her some slack, after all. A time away with you should do her well...", she told Jumi, unaware of what they had done while she was away. Another servant of death or at least familiar or pet of Reika. "She was not really in your dream, by the way, so do not blame her for what you've seen... All of it was an illusion made up inside your dream. She might or not enjoy head scratches...", Reika playfully said at the end, to explain her presence.

As Jumi finally tried to channel a dream of sort, the void rippled into a new shape but looked mostly foggy and not clear. "What are you trying to do...?", Reika asked, looking around as the city formed, with strange shapes floating around like balloons. The vision did not feel too stable yet and the reaper was not doing much to affect it, currently only fueled by the sleeping girl. Nothing of it looked specific or anything detailed except for a vision of a Reika with or without her deathly garments. What she wore, how she was hairdressed, probably would be shaped by Jumi herself as the dream tried to go by what she was imagining at the moment. The reaper kept quiet for now, only holding the fairy close to watch.

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

“I would not say pity.  Correcting my own mistakes.  Not making someone an enemy, who does not deserve it.”  Jumi could see Reika getting into it…getting into her, more.  It seemed less likely anything too exciting would happen here, but their next meeting, dream or not, might go rather differently.  She was not sure whether to be happy or nervous.  But even the nervousness was different than before, mostly an uncertainty, possibly excitement? over just how far Reika would go with her.  How harsh her punishment might be, especially since she suggested it.  She thought she should return the compliments at least.  “I will admit, whatever else I thought about you earlier, you always have been pleasant to look at.”  Even with all the suspicion, tension, there was a beauty and sexiness to the reaper as well, that Jumi saw from the beginning.  “If last night had gone differently, I’m not sure how I would have reacted if you tried to have a turn with me.”  The idea had made her uneasy back then, but if Reika had initiated it, she could not deny the possibility they both would have enjoyed it.

With only the slightest hesitation, Jumi put action behind her words, perhaps encouraged by the compliments.  Her arms raised and returned the embrace to the reaper, soft but firm.  Trust that she was not walking a dangerous path, would not be corrupted by this.  “…If that is how you wish to punish me, I will not complain….unless that is the point.”  Still not asking for it, but preparing for it, making it clear she would not be upset by the choice, not break the delicate place they were now in.  Clarifying, she trusted Reika not to go too far, but was willing to let her push things, approach the edge of acceptability.  To possibly join Shinigami and Mitsuko, all three embraced by her tentacles.  Of course she could do other things instead, or a mix of things.  Jumi was rather prepared for a rather intense punishment session, for the pain she caused this girl.

She simply accepted the explanation of Mao.  Understanding why she was there, but not knowing much about her, except she seemed to enjoy being around Shinigami.  She would wait to see what happened there.  Figure out more after waking up.  “I have not interacted with her much, but Shinigami seems happy she’s there and I’m happy with more company.”  More strange references to Mitsuko as well.  Referring to her as a goddess.  She realized though it was best to not try to push for answers, to wait and find out what she meant when Mitsuko was better.

”I don’t know.  Letting it flow.”  She answered the question.  Letting her subconscious do most of the work.  But took some more control.  A city?  She wondered.  She tried to remember what she saw that night.  When Reika opened the door of the manor for her.  Something like that, but more pleasant, without the damage.  Something connected to Reika’s past, or something else.  She was still not sure what that was about.  But she would go with it.  The image of Reika, dressed in her usual clothes.  Something more.  She was not sure where this was going to go.  Just a vision after all.  An image of Jumi appeared next to her.  Same style of clothes.  Not suggesting joining death, but her attempts to fix things.  “Just a fashion statement.”  Was how she chose to explain it.  Still just shaping things for now.

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Reika had a feeling that if she had tried to do anything with her, that night, chances were that she would have found her face bitten of... Until this moment, added to the intense and rather violent moment of before, it was the first time she felt an actually comfortable embrace with Jumi. A small joy in death, with how lonely her life was now. Hearing that Jumi did enjoy her appearance at least worked to give the fairy a smile. Shinigami was right on one thing, she liked games. But not right now. At this moment, Jumi and Mitsuko made her find a little something else to enjoy. "Hmm... Alright, then. I might think about it and give us something to feel good about. I've played my role of punisher a little too well for now... Maybe I will tone it down a bit. I will never let what Mitsuko went through happen again. It was my mistake to treat her like Lady Shinigami even if I did hold back. The heat of the moment and some frustration blinded me... Her resistance fooled me. Whichever reason that cat is after her, her power is a blessing and a curse. Cliche, isn't it? I forgot she was still partly human.", she confessed.

Part of Reika believed that Mitsuko could really be more than just a human. She was gifted with much innocence, beauty, youth and strength... Perhaps it explained the reason why that catgirl was there or why Nall followed them if he wasn't with Jumi originally. Them being in the temple of a god felt so predictable in this regard... The reaper would soon or later find out. "It's good to see you get a chance to get along with her, then. She will be harmless if she is not attacked but she is smart and will hide if she must, first.", Reika explained. Soon the image of the dream changed to that gate, open. No rain, this time. No storms. A bright sun as the city constructed itself before their gaze, whether it was real or not. Just a vision, after all. The vision showed the reaper and Jumi together, both dressed in similar kind of clothes, making Reika blink. Not exactly how she had imagined Jumi, especially after having seen her naked more than enough times now. "Black is not bad on you... A robe floating to the wind, letting the feeling of it brush your skin... Not a bad dream but I should leave you to sleep.", she said.

Edited October 3, 2025 by Warning

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Was she taming the reaper now?  Not necessarily a bad thing, reigning in Reika’s darker side might be a good thing.  But beyond that, it was not Jumi’s intention to change her.  Not doing anything to hurt Mitsuko again was a very good thing at least.  She did not know though if she had any impact on her coming punishment.  It was maybe better to leave it a surprise.  Jumi had established the permission and more or less where the lines were, it was up to Reika to decide what to do.  The key was to vent any feelings she had, as long as lines were not crossed, Jumi did not want Reika to hold back for her sake.  If that meant feeding the darkness, she would endure it the one time.  If they continued to see each other, it was not likely the other times would be quite so intense, not that way at least.  What she felt about Reika was still uncertain, no longer hostile, but not warm like the others.  But she was beginning to kind of want that intimate moment.  Only the two of them the first time, and she perfectly willing to let it be her punishment over what happened with Shinigami.  That it might heal things between them more.

”If that is your choice, I will respect it.  But before you cut back too much, I want you to show me how you really feel when that time comes…we need complete honesty between us now.  I’m giving you permission to let it all out, as long as there is nothing like what happened to Mitsuko.  That is the time we will really figure everything out.  No lies, though I will let you keep your surprises from me, until the best moment to reveal them.  As long as you think I will enjoy the surprise or other good reason.”  A hesitant small trust, that could be built upon.  While, slowly encouraging what she thought might be an experience unlike her others.  “You can choose the time and place, as long as it private, only us.  No one else, at least no other people.”  Might they do more around others later?  It looked increasingly possible, but just them the first time, other than maybe the tentacles, since they technically counted as someone else.  Venting off the tensions and ways they hurt each other.  Figuring out what they wanted from there.

That was it then?  She was not sure if she was building a scene, or just an image but it looked like this is the end.  She told Reika to decide when to end it.  “Fair enough.  Your choice next time we meet.  Tomorrow night, some other time, whatever.  You can keep it as a surprise since you think it is fun.  Leave me wondering when and what will happen”

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"My choice...? Are you really asking from me what you accused me of letting Mitsuko ask? You know, I have some troubles trying to figure what is happening in your fun little head. Besides, was I not completely honest with you, with my feelings just now? But yes, I will moderate my hungry beasts. I presume you do not have the same gift as she does... Not everyone can take these feisty ones but I would not worry too much. On a normal human, they are not as much of a threat. Tentacles try to adapt to their victims and they normally do that so well... What a surprise it was to see what they did to Mitsuko.", Reika commented, assuming that Jumi knew about it, or did she? What she had seen while she was in the liquid chamber was something unexpected even if the girl's heart rate was otherwise normal. "The girl was indeed not ready...", she remarked with a sigh. "The fact that she lasted this long and only complained about wanting a break is either a good or bad news... Her strength gave in in the middle and the pain must have made her black out before the end.", she murmured with sadness.

Taking a good look at Jumi, she hesitated a bit. "For what it's worth, I am sorry...", she tried to at least give the girl's closest friend a proper apology even if she was probably going to be mostly fine at the end. "As for you, I think we are beyond lies now. We've had some games but I will make sure our next one is one you like. If you really want this between us two alone then so be it... I can't complain about the time we've spent in your head so far... You will remember most if not all of it when you wake up... You're free to share what you've felt and seen with Lady Shinigami. You might have to if she asks.", she said, keeping close to her still. To the final part, Reika offered her a warm embrace, being herself dressed. "I need time to watch Mitsuko but I will pay a visit sometimes to give you an update... Enjoy the fluffy fox in the meantime. I am sure she will fulfill your needs, along with Mao if you have any requests for her. Don't hesitate and relax. By the way, I am leaving but without offering you an apple this time... Your dream goes on, only without me. I had a good time...", she said, finally vanishing.

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

“Your choice, anything you want, trusting you will restrain yourself enough I don’t need the tube.  Or another dream, where there is less danger of that.  I have a better idea what I’m getting into, more preparation, but feel free to try to surprise me.”  It was and was not like what Mitsuko was asking for, though maybe part of it was in fact that she did not want to be the only one of them who had no experience like that connected to Reika.  She was surprising herself a lot lately.  Her domination of Shinigami, now this.  She had not imagined she would be planning this with Reika.  But she committed to it, eager to see if Reika was willing to go further.  Give Jumi something rather intense.

She was still not sure if something was being implied with Mitsuko.  The surprise she was hinting at earlier?  But as she pointed out to Reika, she had not known Mitsuko long, knew less about her potential as a Magical Girl.  It was entirely possible there were surprises she could not guess.  She simply nodded to the apology.  While trying to figure out what she was hinting at.

But then she was gone.  As Jumi put it, not friends, but on much better terms.  And after their next time, and after Mitsuko’s healing…who could say?  She was not as powerful as Shinigami, probably not as powerful as Reika, but she sure pulled an unexpected group of women into her orbit since the convention.  And she had thought Alexandrine was the one who would be building a new team.

She supposed she could play around with the image and dream.  But it was less appealing.  Finally time to wake up.  She took a few breaths, tried to force her actual body’s eyes to open.  Eventually they did.  The softness of the bed.  Shinigami’s body too.  That was nice.  She did not make a noise or move, unsure if Shinigami was awake.  Just enjoying the feel nd warmth.

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Reika's mind returned to her own body, having set herself down for the experience. A soft smile on her lips as she had been invited by none other than Jumi, the girl she was bound to hate, to have another time together. Death had always been generous but these kinds of deals were not the same. Shinigami was the only other one girl she could have a close time with, unlike Mao who only served as her pet if anything. She had felt some surprisingly close time with both Mitsuko and her friend now. Words were spit and pain was given but despite that, she was still welcomed after all of that. But not yet. She had given what information Jumi had needed to find more about her. Would she still welcome her, then...?

 

On the other side, an awake fox was holding Jumi close, looking concerned. Physical damage had no impact on her real body but most certainly, Jumi had been disturbed while sleeping. Without knowing about the dream, Shinigami could only guess what she had been through. What she feared... What she had witnessed. What Reika had done before leaving the room. The vixen used her clean body to feel Jumi with it, rub her skin gently and she held her close and allowed her to rest while the last part of her dream probably calmed her. "...Are you alright, Jumi? I feel bad for letting her go but Reika said that she was not doing well... I know she can help her without, I hope, hurting her...", she said to the fairy calmly.

 

Mao, on her side, roamed the hallways while flying around in a not so subtle way. Her golden eyes scanned the surrounding as she searched for that one person in particular. From everyone's side, the girls were probably gone for a while now but resting except for the part where Umi had to accompany the fox in a hurry. What happened after that with that information was unknown to the catgirl as she was not there but she was on a mission for now. Nall was soon seen flying around but stopped in the air, gasping loudly at the sight of her. "You again...! Not good!", he shouted before he flew elsewhere, to check on the others and Mitsuko or to alert someone. The neko watched him but went on her way for now.

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[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Shinigami was awake.  Well then she should probably get up soon.  There was no rush though.  They could take some time.  Shinigami and Umi could get back to their research, maybe she could do the research in the meantime.  It was not something she could easily bring Shinigami along for.  Best to go on her own…maybe with Hikaru, since he was trying to do similar research?  Better to be up front with Shinigami.  This was connected to her, and the two of them were also much closer now.  “Don’t worry about me, I slept well.”  She spoke into Shinigami, voice a little muffled, before letting go, rolling onto her back.

”Certain someone decided to visit my dreams again last night.”  The stress of the previous night was gone from her voice.  “The beginning went in ways you might have guessed.  We made it clear what we thought of each other, but to I’m guessing everyone’s surprise, we have come to an understanding you could say.”  She would not be surprised if Shinigami had more questions.  But she had a question that had been lingering since last night.  “She has made her feelings for you pretty obvious.  She asked you if you trusted her as she took Mitsuko away?  This question is just my curiosity, no answer will upset me, but especially after everything that has happened since the manor, and now yesterday, what exactly do you think about her?”  A more general question, not really asking about love, but that could be an answer.  More about trust, as well as Shinigami’s general feelings and thoughts about Reika.  Between the punishment at the manor, and everything yesterday, she was not sure.  They did not seem to be hostile.  But to Shinigami was Reika just someone that always been there, claimed to be her mother?  Or did she have stronger feelings?  She would accept any answer, not likely to change her plans.  But if fShinigami truly did trust or have positive feelings, at least sometimes, for Reika, that would make this a lot easier.

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Shinigami listened, not without a bit of concern after learning that Reika, surely, visited her. There was some confusion about Jumi claiming to have slept well, though. The two sounded like they would not get along the last time, even if they had separated while Shinigami was having sex... Some things had changed between her and Jumi and it sounded like the same had happened between Reika and her, as well. The fox had no real response but the reveal about the reaper telling her feelings about her, apparently with Jumi alone, left her mouth agape a little. Not in worry or anything but to hear that they had such a conversation surprised her. How much had they really spoke for? How much did Jumi really know...?

"She did... I don't think she lied but she claimed that Mitsuko was not doing well.", she started explaining, laying down on her back near Jumi. "I was not sure what her intentions were toward you, before we escaped. Reika likes her games... She might not have reacted the same way if I had not destroyed the manor. It was a temporary mean to put you to safety from her. I do think she loved me, though. I must have hurt her feelings by doing this but she and Mao were not in danger.", she said, sighing as she might have overreacted. A lot of the things that had happened were from a fear to lose something. What value was more valuable to her at the time... Betraying Reika, mainly, for her feelings for two magical girls.

"It's complicated.", Shinigami replied, staring at the ceiling. All could probably be forgiven but she was not sure if she wanted to find her old powers again, if that was possible. It may have been part of who she was but she never had felt more alive now, partly thanks to what punishment she had received that had made her feel limp and weak, relying solely on that stupid girl carrying her and Jumi with her to recover, find some new fun with them and that Nymphia girl. Something that she had not thought possible. "I cannot run from her and I cannot leave you. I don't know what Death wants with me but she is going to follow me. She has Mitsuko, now...", she said and sighed, turning her back to Jumi, looking away...

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Jumi said the most important thing first.  “She showed me where Mitsuko is.  In a machine.  Healing.  Days, week.  She could not answer how long it will take, but it won’t be soon.  She said strange things, that I did not really understand.  Suggested something unexpected happening there.  Not bad things, as far as I can figure, claimed I would be happy with what I saw when she’s back, but beyond that, I don’t know what to expect, except that she will be brought back to us when it is over.”  Shinigami seemed uneasy.  Better to keep explaining.  “I don’t consider her a friend.  But I am willing to give her a chance, set aside my fears and suspicions, see where it goes if she does not betray the trust or do anything I can’t overlook.”  They were on better terms, but it would take time to see whether or not they got closer than this.  Jumi would give it a fair chance, but they would have to see.

She turned pressed herself against Shinigami’s back.  Her turn to help a little.  “I still don’t know what to expect from this Death, but I don’t have any regrets.  I am going to stick with you.  First until Mitsuko is back, and then we will all return to the bigger question.  Find a way you can be accepted and move openly among humans.  Until we figure that out, there will be times when we have to separate for parts of the day.  But I promise to always come back.”  She cared about Shinigami.  Wanted to help her, be with her.

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The most important thing was both expected and at the same time, surprising to hear. "She used the life tank on Mitsuko. So this is what she was planning... Did she have that sword relic with her? Did you see it or anything odd with the machine when she showed it to you?", Shinigami asked with a calm voice but still pressed, having a certain feeling. Ignoring what their conversation really was about, she had to ask to make sure of something based on what she was told now. "That sly girl is ignoring all the rules to play her own game...", she commented, starting to understand what Reika meant, based on what Jumi reported her saying anyway. "I think you will not be disappointed...", the vixen replied to the next part.

More to the affection Jumi seemed to have for her, Shinigami gladly welcomed the attention while she was being reminded of what they were trying to achieve. "Good to hear that you want to go on with that idea of yours. But fine, until then, I will be a good girl and won't cause troubles for humans. If they behave then I will... All you need to do is give me a bathtub I can use freely and maybe some of that food you humans eat. But I think we should not rush to conclusions just yet... When are you supposed to see Reika again...?", Shinigami finally queried, believing that the reaper wouldn't just disappear easily. If she had a connection of sort with Jumi then surely she would see her again. This alone brought questions.

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Mitsuko’s sword?  Could that be used with the healing?  Have some impact with the result?  “Dammit, I did not think about the sword.  She did not mention it.  I did not see it, but she might have had it somewhere out of sight.”  Did Shinigami have some idea of what Reika was implying?  Or had she thought of something that even Reika had not considered?  “You have a much better idea of what is normal with that machine than me, I’ve never seen anything like it.  I only had a short look too, of her putting Mitsuko in and starting it up.  What would you consider normal?”  The easiest thing would be to try to compare what Shinigami described to the little she saw.

Her hand rubbed Shinigami’s side a little as she continued.  Things she liked to hear.  “Have to see what I can do for you after we get home.  But it is still probably best to stay at the temple for today.  You can finish things with Umi.  I have some research to do, back in the city.  One of the little whiles we will have to be apart.”  This part was something she was planning on telling Shinigami about.  “I wanted answers.  Who Reika really is, what she is.  Whether she was a Magical Girl or not.  How she got connected to Death.  She would not answer directly.  She asked me to do a favor, as she put it.  Reika Kuroha may be her full name.  She told to go to the academy in the city, ask around about it.  Assume I will either get answers or a hint of where to find them.  She did say she would give updates on Mitsuko, but don’t know when or how often.  We did not finish things between us either.  The two of us are going to have one more one on one meeting, maybe in my dreams tonight?  Maybe some other time or place, she seems to like surprises.  I told her to pick a time.  Depending on if it is a dream or not, don’t know if I will get told ahead of time.”