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  Chapter 19: Marathon Man

  Todd “Tidbit” Reed looked himself in the eye. It was Sunday, right about 11:30 in the morning, and he had just gotten back from lunch. First one in line this time, they hadn’t even really finished setting up yet, but given his nerves it was a good thing he was essentially the only person there. Because seriously, even with the way his life had gone what he was about to get into was insane.

  Twelve. Twelve women, none of them the four in his suite, wanted his buff for tomorrow. They knew what it took, too, and ranged from “willing to put up with the necessity” to “eager to ride him like a sports car on the Autobahn.” Todd suspected, strongly, that at least a couple really didn’t care about supernatural support for exams and were prioritizing the opportunity to get pounded by the guy who made a Greater Succubus redefine her standards. And/or the Greater Succubus, Todd wasn’t sure. All he knew is that all twelve were willing to pay for it, whether in money, reagents, crafts, or favors.

  Todd shook his head, bringing himself back to the present. Their first customer, as it were, was already waiting in the common room of their dorm. Her name was Jennifer, a fairly pretty Human woman who wanted to get to the good engineering csses quickly to compliment her Architect Css. He checked his Status as he started to walk back. Looks like the timing is right. Sitting at 96% mana, full on Health and Stamina. Not going to have any spare time on the buff so the next few days are going to be tight, but all things considered I think it’ll probably be worth it.

  He opened the door, and they were standing around the common room. Nearby his door, May was chatting with their first guest. Jennifer was about Todd’s height and deeply tanned, with long brown hair tied back in a ponytail. Her build was athletic, not particurly curvy but clearly feminine under her casual clothes. When she looked over and saw Todd, her smile was bright white. Ghata was chilling on the couch in Human form with Jem, ughing at some joke or another. Song was nowhere to be seen, but with a Human in the room (and no buff from Todd to help her tide it over) that was understandable.

  “Okay, looks like I’m about ready. How about you, Jennifer?” Todd was slightly surprised when Jem twitched a bit towards him, but then remembered. That was her actual name. He didn’t have time to wonder more about it, though, because the one he had intended to speak to was already responding.

  “Oh, I’ve been ready. Since, well, since Jem was talking about it on day one. Your room is 222B?” Jennifer might have been trying to hide it, but her arousal was lighting up his senses like she was wrapped in string lights.

  “Yep, unless you want an audience.” When she shook her head, he started walking to his room. She followed closely, and he closed the door behind him. Todd wasn’t sure what to expect from her, but basically as soon as he closed the door behind him things went sideways. Things specifically meaning him, as Jennifer grabbed him around the waist and threw him onto the bed before practically leaping onto him.

  A few things stood out as they got rapidly naked on the bed. First, this woman was a VERY active lover. She was absolutely not willing to wait for him to do anything, she was out of her clothes and helping rip his own off in no time ft. Second was that she was another one who very obviously enjoyed this. She was completely shaved down below, and in addition to all of that his abilities were feeding him a stream of information on her. Those pert breasts were topped by nipples that practically glowed, her clit right with them. Nothing unusual, no, other than intensity. She might have wanted the buff for her test, but that was just an excuse. She wanted HIM. He was gd to help.

  Normally he’d take it a bit slow to get her ready before just pushing his way into her, but Jennifer was having none of that. She was practically dripping with anticipation, he was rock hard, and she saw no reason to wait for anything when the solution was obvious. Todd found himself practically wrestling her for position and had to cheat by distracting her to get her pinned under him. That this distraction consisted of grabbing both nipples and twisting was not exactly a problem, not when he knew she’d like it.

  A lot. She was practically orgasming by the time he got started, and definitely came hard when he bottomed out in her.

  Jennifer’s nails were trimmed, but even so as he pounded into her Todd could feel them digging into his back. Her legs wrapped around his hips, feet locked behind her, and kept pulling him in harder and harder until she got her goal. He exploded into her some minutes ter, magical power following rapidly and feeling her join him in an especially intense orgasm of her own. As it eased off, she practically flopped backwards onto the bed, the first time since closing the door he had been able to take anything slowly. Gradually, as her insides stopped twitching and her ankles unhooked from each other, Todd pulled himself back to grab a couple of washcloths. Whatever else was true, they both probably needed to wipe off.

  She slowly sat up. “Okay. Okay, that? I wasn’t expecting the hype to be an understatement. What the heck are you doing in school when you could just… do that?”

  Todd sighed, thinking back a moment to the frantic rush of homework he had been doing the day before. “Believe it or not, the sex thing’s new. Even then, though, I do kind of want to do something with my head and not my dick. This is fun, but maybe relying on it to live would be less.”

  “You sure you’re not a philosophy major?” She shook her head a bit and started getting her clothes back on. “Man, you cum like a geyser, too. Filled me up until I slosh. Those suite mates of yours are lucky, and this will NOT be the st time I come over.”

  “Sounds good, and I’m gd you enjoyed it. More than happy to see you again.” Todd smiled. Sure, the orgasm was nice, but the job well done was a good thing. It made things feel less… transactional. More personal. She eventually left the room, taking slow and wobbly steps until she pieced herself together again in her head. Todd waited until he heard the suite door closed before speaking up. “Ghata? Uh, mind grabbing the first aid kit and coming in here?”

  Her light, Human voice responded. “First aid kit? What the heck, are you okay?”

  His back was feeling scratched up like a cat had cwed it, but he wasn’t about to say that to the Rakshasi. “Let’s just say I’m gd her nails are as short as they are. Should just need a check, but it feels rough.”

  His door opened, and the small Indian woman entered. “I’m guessing you wanted me to do it in case there actually was blood?”

  “Yeah. No need to torture Song like that.” Todd hadn’t bothered putting his shirt back on, instead turning to show Ghata his back while gncing at the clock. “Seriously, it’s not even noon yet?”

  Ghata chuckled, a low and throaty kind of thing that seemed half-growl. “Either she really did it for you, or you felt she got hers and didn’t bother holding back yourself. If I was counting the screams right, I suspect the tter. I see some red lines on your back, by the way, but no blood. Good thing those nails were trimmed.”

  “Thanks. Both for the check and the analysis. Looks like I can catch a breath before the second one.” Todd stood and stretched.

  “Don’t count on it. Second in line is Tricia, that Fennec who likes to sit in the back row in Math css. She’s never once gotten there after me, so she might be a bit more punctual than you’d like.”

  Todd sighed. “Go figure. The one time I really wouldn’t mind someone being a few minutes te, right? Well, it’s still early, and if Jem told everyone the full schedule she might think I’m just getting started. Who knows, maybe this time…”

  There was a soft but distinct knock at the suite door. Todd stopped talking. He figured that he’d tempted fate enough already. When Jem opened the door, the woman standing there was petite and quite short… unless you counted the ears, anyway. Those added over a foot to her height. Tricia had very foxy features as befit a Fox Beastfolk, with sandy brown fur that was about half a shade lighter at her face. “Hi, I know I’m early, but I just saw Jennifer walking out and I figured…”

  Jem, tall enough that the tiny fox was looking essentially at her belly button, ughed loudly. “Yeah, Tidbit over there knows what he’s doing, come in! Did you bring the thing we talked about?”

  Tricia the Fennec unslung her purse and set it on the ground, digging through it for a bit as her rather fluffy tail swished in the air. “Oh, sure! One of the more unusual requests I’ve ever gotten, but it makes sense. I mean, a stabilizer for temporary magic items? Wouldn’t have thought of it myself. She’s got about a dozen uses in her, not sure exactly how effective the effect will be but it’s a lot better than zero either way. Where’s Todd?”

  He coughed softly, and Tricia confirmed a few things for him when her ears swiveled instantly to his direction. All Beastfolk had one sense enhanced. Her’s was apparently hearing. He smiled a bit, she probably could hear him before but had tuned him out. “I’m right here and good to get started whenever you are.”

  She blushed, not exactly easy to see through the fur but clear enough. She didn’t respond verbally either, just giving a toothy smile and walking over into his room. Todd closed the door behind her, but she was the one to speak. “I… ah, I’m kind of nervous. Haven’t done this before.”

  “Oh!” Todd thought quickly. “If it helps, I was a virgin a week and a half ago. Kind of awkward for someone whose abilities trigger the way mine do. I’ll… be gentle?”

  “Thanks. It does mean a lot.” She was stripping down, slowly and somewhat shyly. Her body was… more attractive than she was probably giving herself credit for. While there weren’t all that many curves to speak of, she quite clearly took care of herself and her short stature just made Todd want to hold her close. Which he did, once he got his own clothes off, letting her body get used to the feel of his against her. And letting his own senses get to work. She was obviously new to this as well and didn’t know herself that well, so he didn’t have as many indicators to go off of. One thing he wasn’t expecting, though, were the ears.

  Sure, the usual suspect areas lit up, and as he gently caressed and tweaked them to get her ready they responded well enough, but the outside edges of those prominent ears lit up right with them. As he id her down on the bed, Todd reached up and firmly rubbed them, resulting in the Fennec’s back arching like she had plugged into an electrical outlet. Ten seconds of this combined with a light brush on her clit and the dy was suddenly orgasming with almost violent intensity. It had taken him perhaps three minutes, and once she calmed down from it he got himself positioned between her rexing thighs. “If you are ready, Tricia, I’ll get started.”

  She panted a few times. “Get started? STARTED? What the heck was it that you just did to me, then? Okay, okay, I think I’m ready, but if it gets better from there I don’t think you’re going to be able to get rid of me.”

  He smiled, lining himself up and feeling the heat and wetness from her, then slowly started working his way in. Todd was quite sizable after his abilities kicked in, and Tricia was both tiny and a virgin, so he took his time. There didn’t seem to be a hymen in the way, though whether this was thanks to prior activities or a peculiarity of her Race he didn’t know. What he did find out was that he bottomed out in her well before he was all the way in, and as soon as he felt it his pns changed. No deep thrusting for him, there would be his limit. That said, she was incredibly tight around him, and the feel of that was working a magic of its own on him.

  Still sensitized by her first powerful orgasm, Trixia didn’t take long to get pushed right back over the edge into a second one. And a third, the sensation of which tipped Todd over the edge and made him bst into her as she rode that delirious wave. The power flowed into her right with his cum, and her figure took on more curves and more muscle instantly. “Whoah, that’s a rush. So’s the magic, Todd.”

  “Gd you enjoyed it.”

  “Enjoyed it, he says. I’m all about some new experiences, but I think I’m going to be coming back to this one as often as I can. Do I need to bribe the door guards every time, or can I just beg you for one after Math css?” Snark was apparently a common thing at this school. Todd would have thought there was a css for it, but he hadn’t seen one on the course catalog.

  “Just know that I’m rate limited most of the time. Today’s event required a lot of prep work from us to be able to do. If I’m having fun with someone else, it generally means that someone in this group is going without the magic.”

  “Magic? Yep, it’s magical alright. I’ll see what I can do for that.” She wobbled to her feet, looking at Todd’s clock. “You were rocking my world for, what, twenty minutes? Felt like an eternity, in a good way. I’ll see you tomorrow?”

  “See you tomorrow.”

  Tricia left the room after getting dressed again, gently rubbing her ears where he had with a sense of wonder. Song was on the couch, wearing her furry form sniffing the air as she did. “You’ve got some time to breathe and stretch, Todd. Next one isn’t due for an hour.”

  He took that as a cue, and picked up a towel and his toiletry bag with a change of clothes. “Then I’m going to go shower. Leave the window and door open, too, even I can tell my room is starting to smell a certain way and I don’t want that to be the impression ten more women get of me.”

  “No offense, Todd, but speaking as a fox who just saw another one wobbling out? They probably have most of that impression before ever coming near you if they’re on the list for today.”

  “Gee, thanks. Actually, speaking of, how are you doing? I’m not keeping you topped off until tomorrow after breakfast, at this rate.”

  “Better than I thought, actually. I might not have your bonuses directly, but the memory of them helps. Go shower, I’ll see you when you get back.”

  So he did. There were only a couple of people in there when he went, but notably Tricia was one of them. Given the ck of differentiation in the showers, she was staring at him hungrily the entire time. Todd was not the only one to notice, though he did not notice the others noticing. He got himself dried off and changed into athletic shorts and a tee shirt (a favorite of his, with a poem about flying to the stars written on it), which would be easy to discard ter. He was rather gd that the previous afternoon had been clear. Studying was not going to be a thing he could spare the brainpower for today, and tomorrow would see him putting it all to the literal test.

  Plus, well, his research paper. Though complete, it was still frustratingly vague in several pces. Ah, well, if it was easy then the Professor wouldn’t want me to do it, would he?

  Back in his suite common room, he flopped onto the couch next to the still-reclining Song, drinking some water and getting himself mentally ready. Chatting about inconsequentialities, about whether she felt like she’d be good to go for the events of tomorrow. It was a state that wouldn’t st for long, unfortunately. Or maybe fortunately, given who walked in. Her features were vaguely humanoid, but overly smooth and gray. Like she was unfinished, the details left out to decide ter. Stacey the Changeling, someone who had shared his bed before when he was in need.

  “Stacey! Didn’t realize you were on for this afternoon. How are you doing?”

  “Let’s just say I’m looking forward to you being an active participant this time. I think I’m going to take a form that’s a bit easier to move in.” She gnced behind her to make sure the door was shut, then morphed. Her clothes disappeared, and she became a raven-haired busty beauty with pale skin and a dark spot on her forehead. “Ghata let me know what you like. Let’s go.”

  Over the course of the next thirty minutes, she would take several more, changing each time she came. A white-eyed ninja, a deeply tanned and fit artifact hunter, a white furred Bat Beastfolk… all incredibly curvy and tailored to Todd. He, for his part, took them all in stride and adapted to new tactics smoothly. By the time he orgasmed into her, she had done so at least half a dozen times, and actually passed out afterwards. In unconsciousness, Stacey returned to her much more modest gray base form.

  Ghata came in, looked around, and shifted into her Rakshasi form to carry her out. “I could have sworn I heard a bunch of voices in here.”

  “They were all her. Apparently on your advice.”

  Ghata facepalmed…. or facepawed, as it were. “I meant for her to pick ONE. Any you didn’t recognize?”

  “Nope, they were all good ones. You give good advice.”

  “Good, because your next appointment is due soon and I need to make sure this one is on the couch… and that May is ready to make her a trophy rather than a warning sign.”

  “I’m not sure whether to be fttered or not.”

  Ghata shrugged a bit, a movement exaggerated by the changeling in her arms. “Honestly, I’d say be fttered. It’s not everyone who can have the girls lined up a dozen deep wanting to jump their pants.”

  Todd smirked. “If you want to be technical about it, it’s 16 deep.”

  “Okay, a dozen deep willing to pay for it who are not your regurs. Happy?” Her smile took a lot of the sting out of her words.

  “Yep. Data and all of that.” His own grin matched hers.

  He did get some time to rest then. Make sure his report was in order, two pages of writing and six charts of it. Gnce at a couple of fsh cards. Eventually he heard a polite cough behind him. Turning around, he saw two things of note. First was a tall girl, quite shapely but made entirely of a translucent pink slime. Second was that the door behind her was still closed, a fact that he could see directly through her instead of having to lean. “Ah, how long have you been standing there?”

  The Slime shrugged. “About ten seconds or so. May told me you were in here, so I slid under the door. Sorry I’m te, my name’s Tracey.”

  Sex with a slime proved to be rather different. He didn’t have many weak points to use unless she made them. Thankfully, she was sensitive all over, and the fact that literally anywhere on her body would accept him into her was another new one. It took some adaptation, but eventually he found the rhythm that would make her jiggle just right and got her off. And himself, too, once he got used to the feeling of it.

  After her was another Human, a Nordic-looking blonde named Tina who noticed him starting to wear out a bit as they finished. “Seriously, Todd, you don’t have to superhero it. Let me help?”

  Todd was reaching for a gss of water and the mana potion Jem had given him. “Depends how you propose to help.”

  “You y down on your stomach. I have the Caretaker css, with the Masseuse subschool. I can spend ten minutes to give you a minor buff to Stamina regen. I get the feeling if I don’t you aren’t making it through your customer list.”

  Who was Todd to object? Her hands were magical, both literally and metaphorically, and nearly sent him to sleep with the stress relief. He could feel some of his pep returning, too, though at least some of that came from his third shower of the day and some stretching afterwards. The potion he’d chugged had him back over 70% mana… barely… but he had a lot more to do this afternoon and it wasn’t quite time for dinner.

  A lot more to do. Like the next seven women to show up at my door.

  It turned out that both of the next two were Kitsune, friends (or enemies? both?) who had gone to different Orders and were rather competitive with each other. They had a bet going for who would st longer, the loser pays up for both. As it turned out, the loudmouth who went second lost after hearing her buddy scream in mind-bending pleasure four times. Todd barely had to touch her before she was arching so hard he was afraid her spine was going to break. Todd’s mana was getting critically low at that point, and he was absolutely famished (for some strange reason), so it was time for dinner. And painkillers with it, since while his abilities kept his dick from getting sore or chafed they did nothing for his arms and back. Given that the number of push ups he’d done in his life was approximately negative twelve, this was becoming a significant problem.

  Time, then. He had another hour before expecting customer number eight, and Ghata gave a nonmagical (but quite effective in its own right) massage to help him loosen up. It helped, and by the time the Angel dy showed up he was ready to make her halo light up much brighter. The Human after her was a dark-skinned and incredibly curvy beauty who cimed that she was also trying to power up a css ability, but by then Todd could barely keep his own thoughts straight in his own head. In the panting exhaustion after she left, he heard a very distinct sound. A PING in the back of his head that signified Level 6, which means he had a lot of choices to make. Problem was, he was barely aware enough to realize that trying to make potentially life-altering decisions was absolutely not a good idea right now. He remembered one PSA he’d seen about leveling up while drunk, and figured his current state was probably not all that much better no matter how good his research was. The tenth was another Human, a proud Texan who was equally proud to drink in his Inspiration like she was sipping a potion through a particurly fleshy straw. Given how tired he was getting, Todd was happy to let her.

  Lady number eleven was next, An odd one even in this bunch. He had to tell the vaguely-feminine bck void that he needed to rest another fifteen minutes to recover if she wanted the buff for the next day. She, thankfully, was patient. And able to communicate despite her ck of vocal cords. Sex with her, the moment his mana crossed 19%, was a truly unusual affair. She wasn’t warm and wet, more like the welcoming cool dimness of a bedroom at midnight after a long day. Rexing, almost. Todd rather liked it, but it wasn’t exactly something he’d seek out as “erotic.” Chalk it up to lessons learned.

  She left, seeming happy though Todd couldn’t see any expression. Just something in the way she bounced. He, for his part, flopped onto the bed. It was eleven at night. He was at one percent mana, and though his headache precluded checking the buff directly he knew it had been 24 hours since he st cast Investiture. No boosted regen meant it would be at least morning before he could cast another one. Customer number twelve would not be getting any Inspirations from him. Hopefully she was happy with the sex or Jem would have to give her a refund. However that worked, he wasn’t entirely sure.

  There was a brief, sharp tap at the door and a striking figure walked in. He was used to having a nude tigress around the area, given that Ghata liked to hang out in her natural form when she could, but this one stood out. She must have stripped before entering, because she wore absolutely nothing but her stripes. Her figure was curvy, but with a tightly athletic core and solid muscle in her limbs and shoulders. Her fur was a matte bck color, her stripes a bright and faintly glowing blue. More of those blue markings seemed scrawled over her body. Bands around her arms and thighs, an eborate heart-shaped one over her womb, and some over her upper chest. Her eyes were the same blue shade, with the same glow, but what was most distinct about her was her demeanor. She was intense. She moved like every step meant something. “You are Todd?”

  “Yes. I’m assuming you are my st customer for today?”

  “Yes, I’m Shannon. Are you able to cast?” She didn’t waste words, either.

  “I am not, unfortunately. Exhausted all of my stores and the mana potion I got was not quite strong enough. If you need a buff, I hope your css is a te one.”

  “It is not necessary. My price was a cheap one, knowing you might not be able to. Strip and y down, face-up.”

  Looked like she didn’t mind. He was happy to comply, and as soon as he did she had her mouth on him, sucking his dick until it was up and ready then straddling him to get him into her. As she did, he focused, trying to make sure she would at least get the experience of it if not the magic. What he found shocked him, there was no differentiation on her. And it wasn’t like she was numb, no, every inch of her would be like if he was attacking another woman’s clit directly. He was sure he had to be seeing things, maybe his fatigue was interfering, but no. She reacted exactly the same way to his hand cupping one of those heavy breasts as she did to lightly stroking her thigh. So that’s what he did, a constant and wandering kind of touch that followed where that brightness shone slightly more, where he hadn’t managed to reach yet, feeling her core clench on him over and over without pause. It took a few minutes because of just how much he had given that day, but even he couldn’t hold out forever under this. Her face lit up with pleasure as she felt his seed strike her womb, but the headache he felt as Inspiration failed to fire was nearly as intense as the orgasm he’d just gotten through. As soon as he finished, she climbed off of him, standing exactly the same as when she came in. “Thank you, now I know why you are in demand. Goodbye.” Without another word, she turned and left.

  Todd couldn’t quite take the time to process this, though. Moments ter, he was asleep on his bed. He hadn’t even managed to cover himself before consciousness fled, his energy more than spent.