The Vespidian

Arc 11 Blood Moon

Chapter 8

I yawned, stretching as I rose from my bed. The familiar smell of bacon and eggs sizzling on the stove made my tentacles wiggle. My antenna poked about rolling over Glitter Kitten where she slept, snuggled up against me. The sight of Xava in an apron filled my groggy eyes or rather her swishing booty did. I paused for a moment, getting a stiffy, but it quickly retreated after remembering what happened last time. A scalding hot frying pan will do that.

I rubbed my abdomen feeling the claw marks from last night. Memories of the sordid encounter with Slither and Bubbles made me vent a little. I could still taste the frog stuck to the roof of my mouth; it was tangy. At any rate, I was going to be enjoying those two rather frequently, and Xava had even warmed up them during our mating. Well, it was more of her sadistic side; she did treat them like animals and degraded them quite a bit. Well, that is the pot calling the kettle black over here. Still, they did seem to like that.

I drifted on over to my mate letting my tentacles coil around her as I snuggled on her, licking her neck and when she turned drawing her into a deep, passionate kiss. She pulled away after a moment smiling as she flipped the bacon.

“Good morning love. Enjoy yourself last night?”

“Yeah, I did,” I nuzzled against her, “Did you enjoy yourself as well?”

“Let me tell you, I most certainly did,” she beamed at me apparently very satisfied with herself, “I never realized how fun it was to torment organics and watch you dominate them.”

I rubbed my neck chuckling a little, “You did get a little out of hand.”

She smiled, though her eyes were not, “Animals need to know their place after all. Especially your breeding livestock.”

“They are people though Xava,” I said a little pointedly.

She tilted her head, “Did you not refer to them as and I quote; cock sock, incubator, pocket pussy. Among other names. I thought you were cataloging them and appointing them a new designation?”

“Uhh... ehh… well I mean I did but, it is just dirty talk. I didn’t really mean that is what they are.”

“They seem to think otherwise. Slither keeps referring to herself as Queen Vesper’s slutty shaft sucking snake.”

I gulped nodding. “I see. Ok, ok I went a little overboard. What did you do with them anyway?”

She hummed a little, “Oh don’t worry about them. I will be domesticating them thoroughly while you are away. They need to be trained to be obedient hosts. Now that your pheromones have worn off they have gotten less cooperative.”

“Eh you mean they didn’t like it?”

“I think it is more of morning-after regret. They are still coming to terms with their new position in life.”

I gave her another kiss, “Well do what you think is necessary. Try not to work them too hard.”

“Of course, I wouldn’t want to kill your organic egg sacks.”

“Do you have to call them that?” I asked a little wary.

She froze for a moment tilting back to look at me, “That is what they are, are they not?”

“I was thinking of them more like pets.”

She resumed humming again as she placed the bacon and eggs to the side, straining the oil from them, “Oh I see. Well, then I will be sure to take appropriate training protocols.”

Xava seems to have itemized them to get rid of her jealousy. It appeared to work, but as a result, she didn’t view them as people anymore. They were things for me to use. This misconception is my fault, but overall there wasn’t anything wrong with that, that was more or less how I had intended to use them. That being said, I didn’t like how cold Xava got like this. Although this could be Overseer talking, it was a little hard to tell when Xava started talking all technical.

“Overseer?” I questioned.

“No, I am still here Vesper.” Xava replied, “Why do you ask?”

“Ah, sorry you seemed more cold than usual.”

“Oh, I see. I am still adjusting to these events.”

“We can still give them to Molotov if you are displeased,” I said.

She shook her head, “No, I am fine. Taking care of all of your needs is beyond my limitations at the moment. I am performing sub-optimally.”

“Don’t say it like that, that makes it sound like you are not good enough.”

She tilted her head quizzically, “I am unable to meet your requirements.”

“You don’t have to hurt yourself for my sake. I love you so if you don’t like something be honest and tell me.”

“Hmmm, you wish for me to be direct? Understood. Then I shall be candid. I will accept any others that you collect for breeding purposes. However, I will not be second place to anyone.”

“I don’t understand.”

“I love only you Vesper, and as such, I expect and demand your undivided love in return. You can have your pets and your incubators, fuck toys, or whatever else you deem to degrade them as. Serving your physical needs through copulation is one thing; however,” she said her eyes turning sharp, “I will not tolerate other lovers. I am the only one you can love. I believe that is fair.”

“What happens if I do?” I asked more of curiosity than actually thinking about doing it.

She smiled at me her eyes cold and mechanical, “I will kill them in front of you. So let me tell you, do not cheat on me, I am very serious about this, and I expect you to be the same.”

“Understood,” I shivered. I had forgotten about her yandere tendencies. Well, at least it is good to know my yandar was not off of the mark.

Xava smiled rather blissfully; it seems she had been mulling that over for a while and had finally gotten it off of her chest so to speak. She placed a plate full of food before me, “Breakfast is done, dear. Glitter Kitten, you can have some as well.”

The anti-venom had worked rather well. The kitty was no longer paralyzed or in pain. She stretched rolling over, ears twitching, happy and content.

Xava placed a second plate on the table as Glitter Kitten yawned lazily making her way over. “Morning.”

“Good morning sleep well?” I asked.

“Nyeah, your bed is really nice.”

I started munching away as the kitty took a test bite. It seemed to be to her liking, and she eagerly started to devour the rest. It didn’t take long for the food to vanish, though I was still hungry. Xava handed me a large pitcher of protein paste. Today’s flavor was banana. I gulped it down licking the container clean and rinsing it out.

“So, I take it you heard that?” I asked glancing at her.

“Kinda hard not to.”

“What do you think?”

“Nyaaha, that Slither got better than she deserved. I wouldn’t feel bad about anything you did to that slippery snake.”

“I suppose it is better than killing her. It is not like she wasn’t enjoying it after she got into it.”

Glitter Kitten smirked, “Don’t worry about it. At least she is being used for something useful.”

“True-” I started before the door burst open.

All of us turned to see Ichigo out of breath, “No! I missed it. Why didn’t you tell me!”

I gawked at her, “Tell you what?”

“I heard you wrecked a snake and I wasn’t there to watch! Not fair, how could you?!”

More or less stunned by the blatant omission of a pervert, I sheepishly replied, “Well I guess you can watch next time.”

“I wanted to see her break though! Xava, Xava! You recorded it right?” She quickly abandoned me and grabbed onto Xava’s apron, pleading with her.

The robo nurse had a bit of a Mfufu look about her, smirking as she said, “Of course I did.”

“Lemmy watch,” said Ichigo hopeful.

“Oh? And what do I get out of it?” Replied Xava crossing her arms.

Ichigo rubbed her chin, “Hmmm what do you want?”

“World peace,” Xava said jokingly.

There was an instant dismissive hand wave, “Not happening. Humans fight over anything and everything.”

“Not like I expected you to be able to do something. Vesper, was there anything you wanted?” Xava asked.

“Well,” my eyes looked over Ichigo’s subtle curves, “I can think of a few things.”

“Objection!” said Ichigo putting her hands up in a large X. I had been denied.

“Alright fine… I guess we will put this off for now,” I said looking away from her and resumed eating.

“Is it always like this? Who even is that?” asked Glitter Kitten looking between Xava, me, and the now casual conversation of lewd things.

“Ah, Ichigo, this is Glitter Kitten.”

“Ah yes, the whore cat. I have heard a lot about you little pussycat. Are you ready to become Vesper’s pet?” Said Ichigo smiling vaguely.

She stammered, “How do you know that?! How many people have you been telling?”

I defensively said, "Just Xava and Ichigo."

“I hear a lot of things. Ah speaking of which, I hear that there is some fun to be had down in the Slums tonight~.”

“Nyoo! You can’t come. Only Vesper can come. It is dangerous,” Huffed Glitter Kitten, her, fur-raising a little.

Ichigo’s eyes narrowed, “Did you just tell me what I can and can’t do?”

Glitter Kitten shivered, retreating behind me. I looked between the two, why is she scared? It is just Ichigo. “Ah, I can’t let you come, Ichigo. Wouldn’t want you to get hurt, it is the full moon, and the Mad Dogs are going to go nuts.”

“But I wanna go,” Ichigo said with puppy dog eyes.

Ugh! Direct hit captain.

“Stop that! It is for your own safety. What the hell am I going to do if you get hurt?”

“But, but pweease Vesper. I can look after myself,” she said flexing the near nonexistent muscles.

“No. These are going to be wild horny bitches in heat. I am probably going to lose an arm with how rough I have heard things can get.”

“I wanted to watch you though. You will protect me, won’t you?”

“Eh… I don’t know if I will be able to. Why don’t you stay here and watch Xava do some snake charming?” I deflected.

Ichigo seemed to think it overlooking between us, “Hmm, tempting. But I am more in the mood to see some kitty titties, bunny buns, and sweater puppies! Come on bitches let’s party hardy tonight!”

“Xava! Talk some sense into her.”

The robo nurse shook her head, “Ichigo, it will be dangerous. You are rather fragile, even for an organic. Those animals would rip you apart.”

“Boo, fine, fine if you are that against it I won’t go. You mind if I fuck the snake?” Ichigo asked.

“If it will keep you out of trouble, go ahead.” I replied and then thought about what she just said, “Wait that is my snake! Why don’t you ever play with me!?”

“Ohoho~ I guess me and Xava will be having some fun tonight.” Said Ichigo slyly.

Now I was starting to regret my decision. No, no if I want to obtain the kitty, then I will need to go down there tonight. There will be other chances to bag Ichigo.

“Have fun you two,” I moped a little.

Ichigo got over real close, motioning and I lowered my antenna, she whispered so that only I could hear, “By the way, be careful. Something isn’t right with Glitter Kitten. You should not let your guard down tonight.”

“What do you mean by that?” I wisped back.

“Why don’t you ask her yourself?”

My eyes rose to Glitter Kitten, “Is there something you are not telling me?”

“Nyoo? Why do you ask?” she said squinting a little at us.

“You shouldn’t lie little kitty, especially not to your future owner.” Said Ichigo smirking, "Unless you are looking forward to being punished."

“What are you talking about nya? I am not lying, we are having our monthly lock-in. I wanted Vesper to come since me, and most of the girls loved it last time she was down there. A lot of us can hardly wait to have another go at her,” Glitter Kitten blushing a bit.

“Is she lying?” I asked.

“No that checks out.”

Concern started to cross Glitter Kitten’s face as she looked between us, “Wait, Nyaa how would you know if I was telling the truth or not.”

“Don’t you worry about that. Well, have fun sounds like it will be an eventful night.”

I leaned in, “I get the feeling you know something you are not telling me.”

“Of course I do.”

“Then why are you not telling me?”

Ichigo had a rather mischievous look, “And ruin all the fun? I think not. Though, a word of advice, someone you have wanted to get your hands on for a while will be there tonight. You should take care of it promptly if you do not wish to be interrupted.”

I squinted at her, “Ichigo, why are you always so cryptic?”

“Why are you so stupid I must spell it out for you?”

“Xava, Ichigo is being mean to me again!”

“There, there Vesper, Ichigo is mean to everyone.” Replied my robo wife.

Stingily, I dragged Glitter Kitten with me, “Fine I see how it is. I am going to fuck so many horny animal bitches tonight, and you can’t watch!”

Ichigo just waved her hand smiling, “Have fun.”

As I left the room Xava sighed looking at Ichigo, “Must you antagonize her?”

“She will be fine.”

“I hope so,” Xava let out a sigh, “I have to prepare for tomorrow and the influx of impregnated organics that I must house. At this rate, I am going to be running a zoo.”

***

It didn’t take long to fly back down to the Slums. We arrived out front of the Sparkle Kat, and I noticed the distinct difference in the atmosphere it seemed somewhat tense. My eyes looked about and I realization came, there were no humans lined up.

“Where are all the people?” I asked.

Glitter Kitten just walked on in, through the large door, “Nyaa it is dangerous, so normies are forbidden on the full moon. Wouldn’t want to kill our good customers after all.”

“Ah, I see, makes sense. So when does the fun start?” I asked following her into the unusually quiet stage room.

The music was off for the first time I had ever visited the place. The moment I stepped in my antennae mere assaulted by the rank stench of sweaty animals and not just any animals, needy, horny beasts on the verge of going into heat.

There was a lot of subhumans here. They ranged in size and shapes, races and degrees that they were animal. Some hardly had claws or ears, and others were hard to tell from an animal such as Den Mother and some of the other werewolf types.

When we entered all of them turned, looking at me. Those who had smelled me or gotten even more intimate last time I had been here such as Den Mother licked their lips eyeing me like a raw piece of meat. The others didn’t quite know what to think of me.

Glitter Kitten replied walking along, her tail flicking, “At about dusk, we will lock ourselves in the basement.”

“Seems like there are more of you guys than normal.”

“Nyahaha, it is the Blood Moon, so the whole of the Mad Dogs are here.”

“How many are there?”

“One hundred and eight.”

I looked the room over more assessingly, seeing Thumper sitting off to the side, her leg in a cast. She was giving me a rather aggressive and predatory look for a herbivore. I mean she is a rabbit after all. My eyes wandered a bit, and the number wasn’t adding up. There were too few in this room.

“Is this all of them?” I asked,

Glitter Kitten shook her head, “No, we can’t fit everybody in the main stage here, if they were people sized it would be fine, but some are much larger than most.”

“True, Den Mother is what nine foot?”

“Roughly, though there is plenty of room in the basement. We are even bringing over the males from the Three-Headed Dog.”

“Oh right, that arena where you guys are keeping the males.”

“Nyeas. Speaking of which there are a good number downstairs. If you wanted to get dicked, ah be careful around them, they will likely try to breed you tonight.”

“Oh is that so?” I smiled slightly amused. I wonder if any of them could overpower me? It was doubtful, but who knows I did enjoy taking it as much as giving it.

“Well most of us will be gunning for you tonight.”

“I did notice the hungry eyes,” I said looking around at the animal women.

“Well let’s just say you are most welcome here.”

“So I was wondering, how does the full moon work exactly?”

Glitter Kitten sat at the bar next to Thumper. Den Mother was a little away. “The Blood Moon makes our blood boil with hormones. Once one of our kind is mature, it replaces our periods. In other words, unless we are pregnant, we will go into heat. I don’t know why it happens, but the only time any of us are sane on the full moon is when we are knocked up.”

“How come you guys are not crazy right now? I mean the moon technically full right now.”

She scratched her neck, “It is a sort of nocturnal thing. The moment the sun sets we start to lose it. Usually, by midnight everybody has gone feral for fucks. We don’t think and just run on instincts. In other words, we go feral on the Blood Moon.”

“Why do you gather if it is that dangerous?”

“Cause we will be hunting for a fucking regardless so if we lock ourselves in, we can cut out the running wild through the streets looking for a mate. If we fuck each other, we are not fighting each other. It cuts down on injuries and deaths and keeps us out of trouble. Before I started this system, we would rampage through the city and kill a lot of people.”

“So you guys just get along?”

Glitter Kitten laughed a little, “No, we fight. Though by now the pecking order has already been thoroughly established, so bitches know when it is their turn, and if they don’t well they in for a beating. Though later on, it doesn’t matter as much since everybody is going wild and it is an all you can fuck buffet.”

“Do you guys get hurt?” I asked.

She nodded, “Well yeah, but due to all the hormones our bodies get stronger and physically change for the duration. For instance, my hand is going to be good as new before the night is out.”

“So you guys get regeneration?”

Thumper shifted in her seat, “It is more of shapeshifting. Kinda like werewolves. For instance, Den Mother grows by about a foot, and her muscles bulge out. Her claws, fingers, and toes also get larger. This sort of thing is the usual change. It happens to Glitter Kitten and me as well. I suppose you could compare it to roid raging. Except we want to fuck, anything that moves until it stops moving and even longer sometimes. It is not uncommon for a normal man to be crushed under one of us as we fuck him to death. The most common cause of death would be shattered pelvis or mauled to death. I have heard it jokingly referred to by Medavac as ‘death by snoo snoo’ before or pulverized by pussycat.”

I nodded, taking it all in, “Sounds like something he would say. So we are packing everybody down in the basement tonight and what everybody is just going to fuck all night?”

All three of them nodded, “It is an orgy after all.”

“It certainly sounds like one. Still, I never realized you guys were this lewd.”

Glitter Kitten smirked, “We are going to have lots of fun with you tonight.”

“I bet,” I chuckled a little petting her on the head.

“Oh, by the way, care for some pussycat time before it gets started?” asked the hungry kitty eyeing me and looked over at something.

I followed her line of sight to a section that had a giant lit up sign that said “Pussycat Palace.”

“What is over there?” I asked.

“Among other things, there are glory holes over there,” She licked her lips, “I am sure you would love to get licked all over.”

I rubbed my chin, considering it. As much as I would enjoy that, I get the feeling it is going to be a long night. “Maybe another time. Oh, that reminds me, where are your kittens at? I wanted to pamper them a bit before everybody goes crazy.”

“Oh is that? Nyahaha, well we do have all night,” Glitter Kitten smiled, “They are upstairs would you mind keeping them company until we get everything ready?”

“Sure,” I replied.

She led me up the stairs and along a widened corridor. Since this place had been a casino at one point, it was very spacious, not enough for me to stand outside of the main room, but it was not a tight squeeze to crawl on all sixes. The stench of animals was thick here as well, musky and a little fouled with ammonia. Somebody must have pissed on the carpet a while ago.

Claw marks went along the wall in spots, ripping the wallpaper. Several doors had been broken through leaving the room exposed and no privacy to speak of. They were empty at the moment though it looked as though they received a good bit of traffic. The scent of body odor and wet animal made it clear what had been going on in such rooms.

At the far hall, we turned a corner and came to the only door at the end of this section. It was thankfully a double door and large enough for me to fit. Within was one of the better suites. It was not the room I recalled from last time, that was higher up in the building.

A large flat area expanded out, off to the side were two doors. In this room, several leather couches had been dragged into a semi-circle surrounding a big screen TV that was currently on. I could see a good number of ears poking up from the seats.

“Mrowow, mama is home~” Called out Glitter Kitten, “I brought you all a friend to play with.”

Hearing the door close the many little heads turned in our direction. I recognized a few, the tan and black spotted one was Rocket. Sitting on his left was the black one with white spots, Midnight. On the other side was the white with black spotted Snowball.

A particular rodent stared at me from the far side. It was Nibbles of course. She seemed to have gotten even cuddlier since last time I had seen her. Is it cause the kittens were about the same size as she was? At any rate, the gerbil was almost as cute as the kittens were.

As for the rest of Glitter Kitten’s progeny, they ranged in colors almost looking as though she the mama cat had run out of ink when printing them out. Midnight the darkest and Snowball the brightest of the bunch. Most of them were a light brown color with black or white spots.

The three oldest pointed at me, “It is the bug!”

Glitter kitten smiled leading me on over. The ceiling was actually rather high in this room so I didn’t have to worry about scraping my head unless I stood up. I sat cross-legged behind the seating arrangement. Most of them eyed me warily, but Snowball, Rocket, and Midnight quickly darted over gawking up at me.

“Big bug!” exclaimed Midnight.

“Big fat bug!” said Rocket.

“Vesper, you got so big!” said Snowball.

I reached down lifting my favorite little kitty and nuzzled her. After a few strokes she was purring, and the horde of children descended upon me jealous of their sister and greedily wanting cuddles and pets as well. Soon I had a lap full of fluffy adorable kittens, and every one of my tentacles was petting a happy kitty.

This was downright therapeutic. Hmm, maybe we could make a business out of this. I bet people would pay to be snuggled by these cute little guys. I know I would.

“Nyow everyone be good, Mama has to get everything ready for the full moon so play nice with Vesper until I get back. Nibbles come along you gotta help too,” said glitter Kitten taking the gerbil with her and closing the door.

It always made me surprised that Glitter Kitten trusted me with her kittens so much. I mean if I was a bad person I could take a couple of handfuls of them and just fly off. It is good to be trusted; I smiled to myself a little.

“So how has everyone been doing?” I asked wiggling my fingers to play with Snowball.

“Mama is nice, and we get to play lots of games.”

“Oh is that so?”

“Nyaaaa, though lately we don’t get to play outside much.”

I tilted my head “Why is that?”

Rocket crossed his arms, “Mama says it is dangerous out there and if we try to sneak out Nibbles rats us out.”

“Oh, I see, well they are just protective of you. It is fairly dangerous out there these days. Although thanks to me the Scalies won’t be much of a problem anymore.”

“Oh?!” they stared up at me with glittering eyes, Rocket said, “Big bug took out the big bad snake?”

“Yeah, I took care of her,” I smiled petting them.

“Mama was always worried about the snake. It ate our older brothers and sisters.” Said Rocket.

“Yeah bad snake was bad,” concurred Snowball.

“Yup, the big snake won’t be hurting anybody ever again.”

All of them nodded, Snowball asked, “Why are you here?”

“I came down to have some fun.”

Snowball seemed a little sad, “You should go. It isn’t safe here.”

I tilted my head, “Isn’t safe?”

“Everyone always gets weird around this time. Even Nibbles has been being weird lately,” said Rocket.

“It is the full moon, so that is to be expected.”

They seemed to be mulling something over but didn’t end up voicing it, seemingly changing their minds several times.

“I do have good news though. If your mother agrees, then you guys will be moving into my home.”

“Eh? To the bug’s home?” asked Rocket.

“Mmhm, it is nice and clean. There is lots of food, and we are already setting up a room for you and Glitter Kitten. Each of you is going to have your own bed.”

Their tails were wiggling, “Sounds nice.”

After that, the kittens didn’t talk too much besides their demands for attention. Such as"pet me more." or "Rub my belly." Still, I didn’t mind. They were precious little creatures. So tiny and soft and daww they were just so cute. I wanted to take them all home and put cute little collars around their necks. Maybe Ichigo would even dress them up?

Considering the gratuitous debauchery, I was about to take part in; this wholesomeness was a welcome surprise.

Idly I pet them, and my mind wandered. Children huh? I wonder if mine will be this cute?

Glitter Kitten returned after a while; her eyes were sizing me up as though I were prime steak and she wanted to tear me apart, “Well little Meowsy ready for the night of your life?”

I took a long moment, setting snuggly kittens to the side. Out the window, I could see that the sun was getting low, which meant that it was undoubtedly just about time.

I smirked, “Are you sure you can keep up?”