Bonded Summoner

Bloodberri looked absolutely stunning in her swimsuit. It was a two-piece with a sarong wrap, and it accentuated her enormous assets. She had picked out a pink floral pattern that matched her eyes, and Jake thought that on her white skin and scales it looked fantastic. Three meters tall, almost as high as a basketball hoop in her ‘standing’ position, her presence was impossible to ignore. Her supernatural grace and serene, happy expression made it easy to stare.

Her long white hair was done up with several braids in an elaborate style, and Jake realized that without it being supernatural or using magic that it would take a significant amount of time just to manage the six feet of hair; nearly as tall as Jake. She had a smattering of scales under her eyes above her cheeks, as well as some on her shoulders and near her neck. Her body was not as muscular as Ophelia’s, but she definitely didn’t look as meek as she was pale. He could definitely see ab muscles instead of a completely flat stomach, Jake guessing due to her abdominal muscles being necessary for using her tail or even swinging her mace.

Jake guessed if she was the size of an ordinary woman of 5’5 or 5’7, her breasts would be in the double D-cup range, but on her massive body he couldn’t imagine such a bra for human women existed. Despite being K-cup or larger in volume, they still looked firm and did not sag at all, looking absolutely perfect in her swimsuit.

“You look beautiful, Bloodberri. You’re truly amazing. I got these for you.”

Jake brought out the gift from his storage bracelet: two snake plushies, and a plushy version of Jake. The snake plushies were one white and one black, decently large at around a meter and a half long, and plushy Jake was under a meter tall. Jake hadn’t really bought a plushy version of himself. It was instead just a nondescript plushy with brown eyes and hair of quite a similar style to his. The plushy was wearing the same thing as him: red swimming trunks and the snakes were wrapped around their shoulders and draped down its body.

Jake knew that Bloodberri had a preference for snakes from both her complaints about the usage of mechanical spiders instead of snakes and her desire to watch a movie with snakes in it. Bloodberri’s face lit up, and he could feel the excitement over their bond as she looked at the gift.

Jake handed it to her, watching her infectious smile. “Oh wow, it’s so soft! The snakes are so cute…oh, they’re supposed to be me and Blood? That’s so neat! Thank you so much, Jake!”

Bloodberri then gave Jake a big hug, which did wonderful things, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She placed the plushies lovingly on her bed, and they headed to a new door in their [Refuge] that led to their swimming pool.

Jake had made sure the pool would be extra deep, and had plenty of area above the pool besides. He found that he was able to add a sort of ceiling like that they saw in the Alliance HQ, that made it look like a vast sky. The pool was ten times the size of an olympic swimming pool, giving the snake girl plenty of space to swim around. For a few minutes, Jake swam around as she played, but eventually, she snagged Jake and took him for a ride both above and beneath the water. Jake did his best to hold on to her waist from behind while standing on a section of her tail she placed behind her body for him to stand on. They moved through the water at a breakneck pace, and more than once, he had fallen off only for her tail to lash out and snag him. Jake guessed that she moved through the water as fast or faster than any jetski.

“This is so much fun! The water feels great!” Bloodberri’s smile was absolutely beaming, and Jake couldn’t help but feel he enjoyed his ride. It no longer felt that weird to him. It took some time, but Jake eventually was able to lean on their bond to predict what she was going to do next, making it easier to hold on during her turns in the water and other movements.

They spent some more time playing with a beach ball and Jake running on air above the water with well-placed runic footholds, but eventually, they moved on to the hot tub, where Jake prepared several spa treatments. He had to make this a super-sized hot tub to fit her prodigious size, but when fixtures like this only cost T0 credits, there was no reason not to splurge. Their funds were just on a completely different scale now. It wasn’t unless the fixture used magic or other supernatural effects that it would have any actual cost.

“Oh! The water is hot here.” Jake saw her entering her tail into the water, where she then took on a dreamy expression from the perch situated around the edges of the tub. Jake poured some salts into the tub, more like a pool, and hopped inside after turning on the jets.

“Wow, the water feels so good!” Jake saw her tail wrapping around the outside of the tub, where all the jets were located, and she had a beaming smile on her face. Jake smiled as he took on her expression.

They spent some time just luxuriating in the feeling of the tub, but Berri’s attention span on this activity waned quickly, which he had predicted. “Um…so what do we do now?”

Jake laughed, “Well, now you let me pamper you a little bit. Bring some of your tail out of the tub and let me work on it.” Jake knew that Berri had some body image problems in terms of both her scale and skin color, thanks to the Dark Lamia society. So, he thought he would spend some time showing her that he certainly didn’t find them that way.

He took out some oil meant to really give her scales a nice shine and started to rub it in, starting at where her knees would be. He kneaded it in like he was giving her a massage. Her scales felt smooth and pliable under his hands, but he could feel that she was brimming with power underneath the scales.

“Ah…that feels good too…”

He had a lot of work to do with her tail being so long, so he started telling her some stories from his childhood. He tried to pick more upbeat stories while telling her about his past, but inevitably came to stories where he wasn’t treated so well.

Berri frowned and growled cutely, “Grrr, just why didn’t you just smash them? How can you let them say that to you?”

Jake laughed, “I’m sure you had many matriarchs you wanted to smash, but couldn’t. It’s like that.”

Berri nodded and stared off into the distance, and Jake had finished rubbing the oil into her tail. She seemed to be reminiscing, as she had taken on a melancholic expression. Jake thought that Berri might be listening to Blood in her mind. Most of the time, Jake couldn’t hear Blood’s thoughts. She would keep most of her mental conversation with her sister from Jake, though Jake could hear some tidbits from Berri, who was usually wide open to him. To some extent, he was thankful for it; his own head was getting quite noisy enough as it was. At the same time, though, he wanted to better understand Blood.

Jake got out of the water and padded over to where she had been lounging on the lip of the tub, and started massaging her shoulders. “Oh! sorry, Jake. I was just thinking about back in the conclave…Oh! you finished my tail.”

Jake sat down next to Bloodberri with his feet in the hot tub, while she sat on a lower step with more of her waist entered. Despite that, her head was nearly even with Jake’s. He said, “Yeah. Can you tell me about it? I would like to know more about you. But if it’s too painful, I can hear about it another time. Our date can just be all about fun if you like.”

It was then Blood described how the two of them had deceived the matriarchs, Berri ‘acting’ like little more than a guileless child well into and beyond her teens, and Blood protecting them. When one of them had beaten or punished Berri too harshly, they would end up dead at Blood’s hands. Their disconnected minds protected them against the truth-sayers, who used magic to check if she was telling the truth when interrogated, and could never find Blood’s dark magic source; only finding Berri’s holy magic, making it impossible for her to have cast many of the spells they were able to detect with their tools. While Blood had only known a few spells powerful enough for use in combat when they met, she knew several Dark cantrip-level spells that aided her in her general subterfuge, such as a veil of silence, or a camouflage spell.

The mind flayers could never delve into her mind to find any clues about the poisonings or other trickery Blood used, them looking for specific events. As for the voice in her head, they just assumed it was the normal imaginary friend of a child, and Blood had kept most of her actions a secret even to Berri, until they left for the world above.

“Wow, you two have really been through a lot. Well, I’m so glad you’re here with us now. I’ll do my best to make you two happy from now on.”

Berri hugged Jake, crying at the top of his head. “We are too. We’ve had so much fun, and you and Fhesiah, and Ophelia have all made us feel so welcome. Fhesiah always helps us with our hair and tells us fun stories. Then Ophelia really helps take care of our equipment, even when I was being unreasonable about my old gear. They both also listened to all of my horrible stories, hugging me and reassuring me that I would be taken care of now.”

Jake had been told some of those stories from her as well and had given her his reassurance too.

She continued, “Even the Alliance members, helping them, made them look at us with such awe and respect, which gave me a warm feeling knowing I helped them so much, and that they appreciated it. We never would have been able to feel these things if we never met you, so thank you, Jake. And thank you, Hestia, for sending us to join this family. I hope we can be with you all forever…”

Jake tried to speak, but it came out as little more than a mumble as his face was covered in her massive chest. “Oh! Sorry, Jake.”

Jake laughed, “It’s alright. I wanted to say that you are a really special woman, Berri. There is never a dull moment around you, and you make me feel so desired. Your happiness is contagious, and even your strength has me awed at you. I want you to be with us forever too, Berri. I love you.” Jake leaned forward and pulled Berri’s face towards him and kissed her on the lips, and he pushed his feelings of love that he had for this girl.

Once again, like each of his girls, it had only been a few weeks since they met, but Berri had snaked her way into his heart from the beginning. She always had a happy demeanor to go along with her beauty and grace, and she worked and fought fervently without complaint. They cooked meals together, having fun as they both improved and helped one another. The smile on her face as she talked of children was so infectious that Jake wanted to give them to her.

He would make her wait a little longer, but Jake had already set firmly in his mind that after they pushed the outsiders out of [Highlands], it was going to happen. It could take months or even years, but after that, each of his girls that wanted a child would get one.

Berri pulled away from the kiss, and said, “Oh, Jake, that makes me so happy! I love you too!” Berri returned his kiss, but Jake was hit with a wave of distress; he could feel for a moment that Blood recoiled like she was struck before the thoughts and emotions were once again hidden. Jake pulled away from Berri’s embrace, and she looked at him in question.

“I’m sorry Blood, but I just don’t know you that well. When I barely know you, I didn't want to say I loved you. I’ll get to know you better, and I know in time you’ll be in my heart the same as Berri.”

Jake didn’t even know Blood existed until just a few days ago. Jake did his best to push the feelings he had specifically for her over the bond. He pushed his wanting for her to be happy, and for her to be a part of his family. How he thought she deserved and was worthy of love, and his gratitude for her protecting Berri all of that time.

There’s no way that someone so tortured could end up so happy, after all, her likely taking the forefront of their beatings or simply taking care of her sister. Jake still didn’t understand how two souls were stuffed into one body, and maybe he never would. But he knew to love one, he would have to love the other.

At the same time, he didn’t want Berri to have to wait. So, if Blood was willing to try, Jake would be willing, too. Jake decided now was a good time to show some of his sincerity, aside from his feelings.

He took out his gift from his storage bracelet, which he had placed in a simple large jewelry box, and opened it. “I made this for you, Blood and Berri. I want our three hearts as one, and five together as one happy family. I don’t know where this bonding is going to lead us, but I know that we’ll all be together, both stronger and happier for it, forever. Blood, I want you to be a part of it, and not just Berri. Even if that was an option in the first place.”

Just like with the earrings, the two girls were both shocked. It was Blood that spoke. “You made this, for us? For me?”

“I had Ophelia’s help, for most of it. The enchantments were mine, and it took some doing, but I was able to make the smaller item able to provide some meaningful protection. I hope it never gets used, but if it activates, it means that it should have otherwise saved your life. While you should be resurrected, we never know if [Tartarus] is going to pull something extra. The stakes of our fights are going to be so high thanks to me being a champion. Well, it’ll be destroyed if it activates, but that’s worth it, to me. I can always make another one.”

Blood was touched, and both of them were amazed at the beauty of the necklace. It surpassed the earrings and symbolized them as a part of the family. “Thank you so much, Jake. I never thought I would feel… so cared for, from anyone besides Berri. I got to feel your love for Berri too, and… I know I want the same. You already care a lot about me, and I appreciate that. It feels really great, being a part of this family.”

“It’s so pretty! How… do I put it on?”

Jake chuckled; he knew Berri had been waiting impatiently for her sister to finish, for her to get those words out. He showed her the clasp and put it on for her. “We do want you both to be a part of this family. Now, let’s go get changed for the next part of our date.”

“What… there’s more? Oh, this is so wonderful!”

Jake laughed and shook his head; they had merely gone swimming and spent some time in a hot tub. She was easy to please.

Jake gave her some clothing, and she just dried herself using magic, the cleaning spell more than capable of drying or removing water from her hair and clothes. She put on what was a New York Mett’s jersey. A 2XL was more than large enough for her generous assets, but still had space between the bottom of the jersey and waist, showing off her strong stomach. She kept the sarong on for now. Jake then handed her a baseball cap.

“Is this baseball stuff?”

“That’s right. We’ll be watching a World Series game from before I was born. I figured you would enjoy watching this instead of a movie, though we could just watch that movie about the anaconda if you want. We can always do that next time, though.”

“Er…Fhesiah never wants to watch that, and I wanted to see it.”

Jake chuckled. Fhesiah had no patience for horror or thriller films, often getting outright angry at the characters for doing boneheaded things. She seemed to enjoy people getting killed, but if it was a character you were meant to root for, she would get pretty upset. Thus, they avoided them for the most part. Ophelia didn’t mind them, but definitely preferred ones where the lead triumphs and the evil of the story defeated, preferably permanently. Jake would have to research a movie extensively before determining if they all would enjoy it or not.

“We’ll have more dates, I promise. Still, watching a game is not very different from watching a movie. We can do what you want to do.”

Jake had made other plans for what they could do, including playing baseball or designing a nursery. The former he mostly decided against because while he had heard of dates going to the batting cages, they did that often enough outside of dates that Jake didn’t think it would feel special. The latter, well, he didn’t need to make her more baby crazy. Also, that was really an activity all of his wives would ultimately need to participate in, anyway. Jake still had laid out a framework of a stereotypical nursery that he could connect with a door in the refuge any time he felt like, though. He had thought the swimming would be a short activity, but they both had so much fun that he lost track of time. His girlfriend doubling as a jetski or speedboat was fun for both of them.

“I think I want to try watching the baseball game. This world series is a big game, right?”

“That’s right. Let’s go.”

Jake quickly threw on a jersey of his own, of the same team. He hadn’t looked at much about the game itself, just that he had looked up historical great World Series games, and knew the Mets would ultimately win the game and series.

Jake wasn’t particularly a baseball or sports fan in general, but he would often watch the bigger games of seasons to try to fit in.

They sat down and Jake brought out all the snacks he had prepared and placed them on the table in front of the couch. Jake had her cozy up next to him, her tail draped over the opposite side of the couch. He was able to wrap his arm around her waist, but his head was still at her breast level sitting down as he was. Dating a giant twin-minded snake girl was definitely a different experience.

They began watching the game and snacking away. Jake had prepared most of the typical snacks one might see at a group sports viewing event. Nachos, chips, fried food, sandwiches, and soda were all available, and he had provided a portion enough for a large group of people, but it was just him and a girl.

Jake had to explain many of the odd rules that she didn’t experience as a single batter receiving pitches, for those she didn’t need to know much. She either hit the ball or she didn’t. But baseball was a lot more complicated than that. She started to frown.

“Why are they so slow?”

Jake laughed. “Just think of them as level 0 Humans. No magic. These guys are some of the strongest and fastest, though the actual fastest are not often very good at hitting pitches, so they don’t play baseball. This is an even playing field, to some extent, which sports are based on. It’s what makes it exciting, well, for some, because each team can implement strategies that go beyond the players themselves.

There are strategies where even if you played against them, while you would more or less be a Goddess of Baseball on Earth, they could make it so you still often wouldn’t score a point in an entire game. In the end, this is a sport that requires teamwork, and even the best batter in the world that hits a homerun with every swing could end up losing.”

“Goddess of Baseball… I like that. So, this game requires a bit of cunning.”

Jake laughed at Berri, as she seriously considered becoming the goddess of baseball. “I think more or less every sport does, though some more than others.”

They continued watching, and Jake got her to cheer when the Metts scored. Before Jake knew it, she was already complaining about the coach and how she would do a better job.

The Metts won the World Series, and Bloodberri watched as they celebrated. Hoisting the trophy up among the players, and all the fans and players screaming.

“Wow…winning really was a big deal. Thank you so much, Jake. This was really fun.”

“I really enjoyed watching the game with you. You are wonderful to be around, Bloodberri.”

Jake pulled her face down and kissed her, and Jake could feel both Blood and Berri’s longing. He deepened the kiss, him entering his tongue into her mouth as he framed her beautiful, but large, face with his hands. She moaned at the new sensations, and her tail was starting to go a little haywire around the couch, as if she wanted to wrap it around him but was keeping herself from doing so. Jake pulled back from the kiss and took her by the hand and looked her in the eyes.

“I want you, Berri.”

She blushed and stammered, “You– you want me? You mean…”

Jake could just feel the desire, doubt, joy, and hope in her mind. Jake decided to be clear, for her. “I want to mate with you, Bloodberri. I’m not ready for a child, but if you wanted Grrk–” Jake was now wrapped up in her tail and speeding towards Bloodberri’s room.