Mature Content Warning: A slight bit of ‘nude afterglow imagery’ and language, but nothing too naughty.

Author’s Notes: I’ve decided to try writing my stories in a ‘multi-segment’ format instead of chapter by chapter, for this week. So, expect a daily update of 1500-2500 words for most of my stories every day till the end of the week.

The last few Origin chapters have been shorter anyway, so it might not really be any different, but I felt I should mention it since I actually write better ‘overall’ when I parcel it out as the full chapters end up being more fleshed out instead of rushed in my opinion. I can spend more time working on an individual scene this way. My apologies if this causes problems, but hey... more frequent updates will occur.

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Chapter 7.1: Family Meeting

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It was a strange, yet beautiful, feeling for Rhea. The moment that she had longed for had come to pass at last. Even now, while the man she adored slumbered she could not help but smile and bask in the glorious afterglow of giving herself to the one she loved.

She sighed gently, content, to gaze upon his face. A soft snore from nearby reminded her that a certain fairy BFF had needed a nap afterward as well. “Oh Ero...” said Rhea with a laugh.

Rhea ran her index finger along Scott’s chin then kissed his nose. She kissed his chin, and then his neck. Her body was flush from their recent union, and the shine of sweat along her gentle curvature was a steadfast reminder that love-making was quite an experience.

However, as much as the beautiful high elf had enjoyed spending that sweet moment with her love, she had to get back to work. It was truly torture to part from Scott, and even little Ero with her big mildly perverse ideas. Yet, she must do so.

Rhea snuggled her naked body against the man she loved then sighed sweetly. Slowly, she closed her eyes then logged off. It was time to deal with one of the things she hated most about her current life.

Origin blinked slowly then took the tiara from her head. A gentle smile crossed her lips briefly, but then she had to set even that aside. The gamer goddess had to get ready for a family business meeting.

After a quick shower, and a short bit of time spent dressing for success, she headed off to her rendezvous with her family. Origin’s business suit was both tasteful and professional, everything that was supposed to be buttoned was buttoned, and while her black skirt hugged her lush figure it also reached down to her knees.

Her attire was a stark contrast to what her mother considered appropriate for a business meeting. Origin could tell her mother apart from anyone in a crowd, from a mile away. Era had also dressed in a business suit, but her version was reminiscent of something one might see in a high-class pornographic film. Era was fond of sayings such as ‘Cleavage is power.’

“Hi, mom.” said Origin lightly.

Era smiled at her sweetly then blinked. Slowly, her left eyebrow rose up.

Origin leaned back under the scrutinizing gaze of her mother and winced. There was no way that she could know, but somehow she suspected that she did.

The goddess of fertility gazed upon her daughter for a moment. Suddenly, a bright and lewd smile crossed her lips. “Oho, sorry to tear you away my dear.”

Origin groaned loudly. “Mother...”

Era laughed at her daughter’s embarrassment then pulled her close for a matronly hug. “Who would have thought that my sweet little Origin would finally become a woman overnight?”

The blue-haired goddess winced then started to blush. “It’s not really something I want to talk about.”

“Nonsense, honey. I can finally have all sorts of proper conversations with my sweet girl. Say, did you...” began Era. She rattled off a list of perverse sexual actions that literally made Origin’s hair fly out and stand on end.

“No, no! We did nothing of the sort.” cried Origin. Who would do that with two milk jugs and a chicken, anyway? That thing with the salad tongs and the pickle just sounded weird!

“Ah, pity. Did you at least...” began Era. She rattled off another lengthy list of deviant actions that were slightly less freaktastic than the previous one.

“Uh... No, not really. Do, do we actually need to discuss this?” asked the girl in an embarrassed tone.

“Discuss what?” asked Mid as she entered the room.

“Your little sister finally rode the wild stallion.” said Era.

“Really! Good for her!” exclaimed Mid.

Mid turned to Origin and said, “Did you guys...” before she rattled off a list of equally disturbing sexual actions that made Origin want to crawl under the table and hide.

“What was that about a leather whip and a car battery?” asked Silence as he walked into the room.

“Little sister got laid last night.” said Mid excitedly.

“Whoa, and she’s already hooking up the car batteries and the mouse-traps? Goodness, little girls grow up fast nowadays.” he said in a sarcastic but somehow friendly manner.

Origin actually forgot herself for a moment and prayed for death. A little blue window appeared before her that held silence’s image and a message.

<<< Voice Message >>>

We’re sorry; Silence is unavailable for personal death requests at this time. Please pray for death between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. Monday through Friday. If your desire for death is too great, please forward your request to the local reaper union for your city ward.

Thank you for dying with us, and have a lovely day!

>>

Silence blinked. “Did you just pray for death, sis?”

“Just a little.” admitted Origin.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to tease you that much.” said Mid with a smile.

“What are we teasing little sister about, now?” asked a new voice.

“Theta!” called Origin.

“Hey.” said Theta before walking over to the rest of the family. Unlike the rest of them, the rarely seen elder sister of the family wore jeans, a simple T-shirt and a leather jacket.

“As casual as ever I see, dear.” said Era with a gentle smile.

“Yep, like I would dress up for those idiots on the board.” said Theta before moving to stand in front of Origin.

The heir-apparent to the gaming empire looked up to her older sister and smiled. Theta was a true beauty in her own right, and the coolest person who Origin knew.

“So, you finally coaxed the bunny rabbit into letting you nibble his carrot, huh baby sister?” Theta reached out and stroked Origin’s hair gently.

Origin’s face turned bright red and she made a cute noise. Would they ever let her live it down? They had all done it before, why tease her so much. “Even you, Theta.”

Theta kissed her sister on the cheek then whispered, “Especially me, because I’m happy for you.”

Origin looked at her cool older sister and a slight shimmer came to her eyes. “Thank you.”

“Speaking of getting some, when are you gonna let Gambol ride the waterslide?” Mid asked Theta.

Theta snorted then turned to look at Mid. “When he deserves it.”

That brought a smile to everyone’s face. It was the closest thing to an admission that she liked the goofy ninja that she had said in months.

“Shara’s not here?” asked Theta in concern. She had hoped to see her other little sister, too.

“Yeah, you’ve been busy with the new continent so you don’t know.” said Origin.

“Know what?” asked Theta.

Silence spoke up. “She let some fat guy touch her tits and his heart exploded.”

Theta blinked. That was certainly an unexpected response. “I’ve been out of the loop for a while I see.”

Origin laughed. “Yeah, she’s stuck on a community service project as punishment.”

Theta laughed lightly. “That could only happen to Shara. I swear that girl gets into the strangest situations.”

Everyone shared a laugh at that. It was certainly true. Shara did spend a lot of time getting into and out of weird situations.

“So, since we’re all here, let’s get the meeting started.” said Era authoritatively.

“Is dad coming?” asked Mid.

“No, your father is dealing with those idiots on the board.” said Era.

Origin grunted. The board had become worse of late. They had no legal right to do anything, yet, but they had started to complain more frequently of late. Her father was a powerful and intimidating god, and one of the best weapons that they had against those money hungry morons.

“Anyway, forget them for the moment. We should discuss useful business.” said Era.

The matriarch of the family looked around to see if everyone was ready. After a few nods of agreement she began. “First off, we need to discuss the new continent.”

She looked to Theta then made a hand-waving gesture. “Care to enlighten us?”

Theta nodded. “Sure, it’s going well. The topography is almost complete and we can begin the alpha-phase of creature generation sometime next year.”

“Ah, sounds like you are ahead of schedule then?” asked Mid.

“Yeah, but only by a few months. It takes forever to generate matter and bind it properly in zero-space due to working by myself.” said Theta.

It was an old complaint. Normally an entire team worked on the physical world-building, but the board was even more assholish of late than usual and the family had to work on their expansion pack project on their own to prevent them from trying to screw around with the design aesthetic. While there was a team that worked on organic life models and other things, the actual continent was built solely by Theta’s power.

“Good, the sooner that is done, the sooner we can shut he mouths of those stuffed suits.” said Silence.

“Always a good thing.” said Era.

Everyone nodded once more, and then the matriarch gazed upon the youngest daughter present. “How goes the back-up plan?”

Origin smiled. “I haven’t always made the right choice with dealing with him, mostly due to keeping things from him at times, but he is making great progress.”

“In the sack, or in physical development?” asked Mid.

“Both.” said Origin. She refused to be teased anymore.

“Good, so are you pregnant yet?” asked Era curiously.

“What? No! We have only been together once...” said Origin.

“Take your time, dear child. We only have three or four years here, but in ARS that translates to well over a decade. There’s no need to rush.” said Era, with a smile.

“Thank you...” said Origin, with a relieved sigh.

“Yeah, can your avatar even become pregnant?” asked Silence.

Origin winced. “Well, yes, but...”

Era took in the nervous look in her daughter’s eyes then a bright smile crossed her lips. “You’re not serious, are you?”

“Huh?” asked Origin.

“You are, aren’t you? You don’t just want to get pregnant in ARS...” said Era.

Origin’s face turned bright red as the rest of her family scrutinized her curiously. Why must they be like this? Is their boredom really so great?

“That’s... So, great!” cried out Mid. She hopped out of her seat then ran over to give her sister a hug.

“I’m going to have a little brother or sister?” asked Silence thoughtfully.

“Niece or nephew.” corrected Mid, before she hugged Origin again then kissed her cheek.

“Right, that’s how it works.... Wait, how will it work? He’s human... mortals are awesome, but kind of fragile.” said Silence.

Origin shook her head. “Father once told me that there was a way for a man to become like us, though the result was someone far more powerful than normal.”

“He would know. His great grandfather was originally human.” said Era.

“Whoa! We’re related to a human?” asked Theta curiously.

“Ascended human, yes. It happens on exceptionally rare occasion. Entire multiverses tend to spawn when it happens. It’s one of the reasons why you kids are so powerful compared to many of the other gods your age.” replied Era.

“Well, yeah, that would do it.” admitted Theta. Having a bit of human in them would have definitely supercharged the family line.

“I had hoped that Scott could join us here, but... I still don’t know how to make it happen. I knew he could at least ascend to planetary status and we could be together like that. He could even survive a trip here for limited periods of time.” said Origin.

“Sadly, that is the problem. If you could remain on sweet terms with him, and he ascended, the board could just suck it. They couldn’t do a damned thing against something like that.” said Era.

“Just suck it?” asked Mid incredulously. Since when did her mother speak in such a fashion.

“Hmm, is that not how those sexy young people say it?” asked Era.

“You make it sound like he would become something like a super god.” said Silence.

“If he truly ascended he would be to us, what a planetary god would be to a garden slug.” said Era.

Silence let out a low, slow, whistle. “Good thing he’s into little sister here.”

“Well, if he wasn’t, we would not even discuss it.” said Era.

The gathered family members chatted freely about ascension of humanity for a moment, and then Era made a suggestion. It seemed like a good suggestion on the surface, but Origin had reservations.

“We don’t even know where grandfather is, he doesn’t live in the city.” said Origin.

“I’ll ask your father dear, he could at least ask his father, if he does not know personally.” said Era.

“Ah, makes sense...” said Origin. Though, she was nervous about including her father in a discussion that involved Scott.

The meeting dissolved into different topics after that. Most of it revolved around discussion concerning new monsters and how the continent update would be differentiated in each of the serves. They all worked differently to some extent, and would require proper conversion.

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