Susan decided to pal around with Micky. It had been a while since she had last played with Micky. It had to have been a year or two. He had just gotten his class at that time and was trying so hard to [Dps], it was cute. Like watching a baby gnaw on its own foot. She couldn’t help but smile. He was so cute back then, begging her to [Party]. She had found it a little annoying at the time since she wanted to [Party] with her friends but now she missed it and didn’t realize how much.

Of course, now he was an edgy teen. He couldn’t be seen around Susan. She was so old! Shaking her head she got nostalgic. Maybe she was old, it had been so long…

Susan and Micky were of course practicing his lesser [Tame]. The sooner he tamed Pepperoni the faster he would be able to do things. And, the less he would be forced down a narrow path.

Micky would cast an improvised [Charm] on a monster, Susan would wreck it afterward. Micky would keep Susan topped off on [Enraged] or she would pester him to no end. He couldn’t think his back would survive. It already needed a [Revive] spell. And, [Revive] needed a complete corpse. So if she pulverized it he would be stuck without a [Spine] for the rest of his life.

Micky found himself locked in a world of spellwork. He moved parts around, added and subtracted. He couldn’t help but wonder if this was the life of an [Arcane Mage], then what would it have been like had he been one? Could he have invented new spells and been living off of teaching them already?. Maybe he would make the [Bubble Mage] profession or [Brocorn Tamer]! He could totally rock some color. Everybody wore drab and dark. It was so [Emo], trust the adults to not be cool. I mean that kid over there’s first armor has [Spike]s in it! He couldn’t have had a cool paint job or something, they had to go with lame [Spike]s! It was probably a hand-me-down. Micky honestly felt sorry for the kid, he wouldn’t live that armor down for a long time.

Susan and Micky moved around the slime cave pits. Going from one to another. The XP with Susan was horrible but it was fun and Micky would never admit to missing this. Plus, the [Amazon Seamstress] was a powerhouse, the [Amazon Seamstress] on [Enraged]? Just get out’ da’ way! She killed slimes by simply smacking into them too hard as she charged the pits.

Plus these pits were all in horrible condition. It was unlikely that the one Micky fell in would be the first or the last, and probably most of them are connected to the dungeon. That would be very bad. A bunch of [Low] ranked monsters are not a problem, a bunch of [Low] ranked monsters appearing randomly and possibly while you slept? Problem.

People could get hurt or killed if these weren’t taken care of. Unfortunately, the elders hadn’t done anything even after the incident. There wasn’t even the mention of hiring adventurers. Micky guessed that they figured the adventurers would come to them since they had a dungeon now.

It happened while Susan was off doing Susan things. It wasn’t like Micky was involved in all that slime murder. It was getting everywhere. All that goo was getting into her clothes. It was slowly creeping down from head to toe. Slowly dribbling down her legs. Micky shivered in disgust. He couldn’t understand how Susan could do it. He knew he needed a cold shower just looking at her. He was certainly going to need to scrub down thoroughly when this was all done.

But while Susan was doing Susan things. Micky was doing Micky things. A young slime had felt a connection. It was different from the rest. And Micky found out why. It was so blatantly obvious now. Micky had to cast the spell on both the [Monster] and himself at the same time. Then he had to connect those two spells. This formed a bridge, from there he had to use a modified [Charm] to move feelings back and forth. Micky wondered idly, if he did it to a person, namely an ally would it work? It wasn’t like a control spell, it was more of a [Buff] than that.

He looked at Susan, running around, bashing slimes. He cast the improvised [Charm] spell and felt it connect. There was no resistance from it since it was excepted as a [Buff] between allies, and Micky was relieved. Then the sensations started coming through. He felt euphoric, it was long, nothing like he ever felt before, nothing he’d ever done before. Then the sensations started traveling back to Susan. She felt him feeling her. She felt him feel her euphoria, and felt her enjoying the pain from the slimes pounding her. And he felt her feeling him feeling her. This turned up the euphoria another notch.

Susan knew that if she kept up the battle something would happen that she did not want to happen, especially with Micky. She knew she could never forgive herself. It would be very pleasurable of course, they both would enjoy it very much. But some things were more important than that. So she did what she had to do. Turning from the glorious, amazing battle she was having. She charged at Micky smacking him away. Not hard but harder than she would have liked.

“Don’t ever do that again you little prick!” She shrieked.

“What did I do? I was just trying out a new buff I just made up!” Micky said aggrieved.

“Never again, promise me that you’ll never do that again. Only with m… only with your gir… Never! Never do that understand me! You’re also not allowed a girlfriend! Or a boyfriend for that matter!” Susan said.

Micky looked like he was about to cry. He felt it too. But he still promised over his tears “I promise. I won’t do it again.” He couldn’t stop the tears from flowing now.

Susan realized she might have been a little severe. “Look, don’t, you’ll know when you’re supposed to do that to somebody ok. I know you didn’t mean it, I know you thought you were doing something good, but don’t do it unless you mean it. That’s something that you do with special people.”

“But you are special to me! Just like Mom and Dad and the rest of my family!” Micky said

Susan’s heart broke, she couldn’t be mad at him after that. Well, she wasn’t mad to begin with, embarrassed definitely but not mad. “Dah, your so cute Mic, when you get all sappy like that.” She said as she hugged him to her breasts. Then she realized where she was shoving him. But decided against letting her embarrassment show any more than it already had. She couldn’t treat him like she hated him now.

“Look, it’s not that kinda special. It’s a different kind of special. You’ll know it after you feel it but not before ok? Just, keep that thing locked up. It’s magical and amazing in a way that’s better then’ any mage could ever be, ok?” Susan said.

Micky just nodded where he was, still crying into Susan’s bust. She realized that she was getting slime all over him and that it might be good to wash up. Then she realized there was still a slime she had to smash.

She raised her arm up to smash it “Not that one!” Micky yelled. Susan stopped and looked at him. “Well ok then. Let’s head over to the creak, downstream, and wash up. And no peeking!” Susan giggled at the end. She had a bath back home but it was a pain. It was a special luxury that she had gotten through hard work for herself. She didn’t mind letting Micky bathe in it, heck they used to bathe together all the time when they were kids. But now, and especially after that, ya, she could use a long, cold, bath.

Nothing uneventful happened during the baths thankfully. Except Micky found out just how long it was to wait for Susan to take a bath when he wasn’t peeping on her. But he didn’t feel like it at the moment.

They traveled back home after that. It was finally time to use the taming [Token] that he had gotten from Tim to bind Pepperoni. He still had a day left, but he didn’t want to wait. The sooner he [Tamed] Pepperoni the sooner they could go out leveling together. While [Tamed] Monsters didn’t count as the Tamer’s own abilities unless they had the [Tamer] class, she would be a permanent [Of Level] party member.

Arriving at his house with Susan and her family in tow, they had a small celebration laid out for when Pepperoni could finally leave the “Kitty Palace”. The week had not been good to her inside the cage and she would be glad to leave, and destroy in a fiery rage, her prison when this was all said and done. Of course she didn’t blame Micky for it. The [Monster]fication had made Pepperoni smarter among other things. Now she could understand what was done to her, but also that it was for her own good. So she stayed here even though she occasionally tried to break out when she thought no one was looking.

Micky cast the improvised [Tame] on Pepperoni. At first she resisted but then she felt his connection, and that it was something like the enrage spell. Maybe he needed to use that to get her out of here. They seemed to be trying to get her out of here. So she didn’t resist it per se, but it wasn’t sticking, it wasn’t right, not yet anyway.

Micky changed the spell and modified it, bonding to her like he did to the slime, and he was failing. Micky knew he would fail. And if he failed, Pepperoni would die.