So … yeah … this is the chapter where we definitely decided that this story had to be an M rating for various reasons XD (Chaos: I disagree, its pg-16) and this is the chapter that ended up being the deciding factor, as you will soon read. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! (Chaos: It's more of a legal warning to avoid repercussions) This has suggestive sexual content, drug usage, explicit language and parts that some may find disturbing but it's all part of this story (Chaos: Which actually the only things that Peeko considers as M stuff is the sex and some cuss words ¬¬ , seriously, we could have mass murder and thats not M stuff? ). So continue on with this in mind and enjoy! It's been a while since we've looked at this so I need to reread the other chapters XD (Chaos: Yes for me too, it's been a while XD)

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White casually walked across a thin piece of rope, taking his female partner in hand and dancing with her up on the dangerous heights of the tightrope. They danced to the beat of the music before White spotted a flicker of darkness in the air, pausing the dance routine. "Go take a break. You deserve it." White smiled as the young woman smiled and left, leaving him alone on the tight rope as White looked up at the dark space.

Darkness coiled like a snake around the rope and rose to meet Joker. "Greetings, I'm not sorry to interrupt but since I don't want to interrupt my master's important meeting I thought I could tell you instead as an interruption form you personally might be welcomed."

"How so?" White asked, curiously smiling. "I hope you are not simply using me to get your master's attention. I dislike Aria being upset with me as well." White chuckled, wondering what the A.I. wanted him to do that he could not do himself.

"Well, she is having an important meeting about Jackie but said Jackie was convinced to go out on a date right about now, to be precise, with her faceless escort. And she should be heading for the open at the moment." The little snake spoke. "So perhaps it would be a good moment for you to interrupt her now and perhaps propose a double date?"

"A double date … interesting idea." White contemplated, wondering if Aria would be more willing to go on a date if Jackie was with them. "That sounds lovely." White lightly blushed at the thought of them going on a date before pulling out a paper and pen, quickly and neatly writing a short letter to be sent to Aria. Once he was done he set his pen away, closing up the letter and holding it out to Aegis. "Would you mind bringing this to Aria right away? And please do alert me of her response as soon as possible. I would be delighted to take my lovely Aria on a date."

"Certainly." The snake then dislodged its jaws to imposible proportions to eat the letter , and then it disappeared through darkness.

Soon enough, Aria was finishing her meeting when darkness tapped her on the shoulder and transformed into a squirrel, holding out a letter to her in silence. Her eyes shifted colors and then she opened the letter.

My dear Aria, I have been informed by your lovely A.I. that at this moment, Jackie Penske is out on a date with her faceless escort. I would be pleased if you would come on a date with me to either spend time with me, or if that reasoning does not suffice, perhaps you could spy on the (something) between the foreigner's date with one of your notes. With undying eagerness, I await your response.

-White

Aria rolled her eyes at the dorny outro on the note, but she stood up. "Since the meeting is adjourned I'll be heading out. Jackie has been spotted on a date with Fiore, so our subjects are moving along on their own. I'll go assess the situation." She said, stepping away as the board nodded.

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Inside a painting in a Lullaby owned museum was a large carnival with a variety of rides, games and so much more. The laws of physics were more loosely followed inside such paintings than they were in Wonderland, making almost anything possible without any consequences of getting hurt; a rather perfect dating spot.

Jackie's brilliant grin flashed as she savored the sensations of the carnival, from the shouting of people trying to get them to play games to the smell of lightly sugared deep fried bread. Her mouth was salivating as she thoroughly enjoyed the general atmosphere of something she never really had the chance of enjoying before. She grew up in the heart of a large city that never really had things like this and if they did, she never got the chance to attend. The closest she had gotten to attending a carnival before was watching movies or television shows.

"Are you enjoying yourself now, pumpkin?" Fiore asked with a happy grin, hearing her heart still racing excitedly from some of the rides and games they played. Her eyes were glowing with happiness, making his tail wag at the sight of her happy smile.

Jackie snickered and laughed, lightly squeezing a newly won teddy bear in her arms. She couldn't remember the last time she was at a carnival at all. They were so much fun! And Fiore's aim was so dead on every time. Despite him being a prick after eating some drug triggering flavors, she couldn't lie about what a great time she was having. "Yeah. I admit it, this was a lot of fun." Jackie grinned with a small laugh.

"Your smile is so cute." Fiore smiled, lightly hugging her with one arm, "let's step out for a bit; the smells are starting to get to me." He smiled, leaning over to her and twitching his nose as she laughed and lightly pushed his head away.

"Yeah, sure." She smiled, finding herself wanting to stay in the painting for a while longer but she could always come back another time.

As Jackie stepped out of the painting, the smell of fresh stall food and sound of clacking rides immediately stopped. Jackie took a deep breath to calm herself, finding herself lightly flushing in enjoyment at such a good time. She never really went to the museums in Wonderland since she never had anyone to go with but only now did she realize what fun she was missing out on!

Fiore soon exited as well, stepping up beside her and hugging her. "Which did you enjoy more, the carnival or the aquarium?" Fiore asked with a big grin on his face.

"Both of them," Jackie laughed, "they were so much fun!" Jackie shouted, unable to contain her excitement.

Aria watched from a nearby indoor bakery, watching the happy couple excitedly talking about the museum's paintings.

"How are things going?" White asked, leaning over to her and sneaking a small kiss on her cheek.

"It looks surprisingly good." Aria responded, not taking her eyes of the other couple. "I thought Jackie would be a fun killer at this point, getting negative and then stubborn and a general ass to poor Fiore, but she seems to be enjoying her time out."

"That's good." White laughed, "I've been meaning to ask, Aria. Would you be free in the next week to go on another date with me? And this time we won't be simply spying on another happy couple." White smiled. "We could even be a happy couple having fun ourselves."

"I guess it would be proper given that this date is more of a mission to watch out for their situation, so a replacement date should be issued." Aria accepted, watching Jackie laugh quite hard and mentally giving thumbs up to Fiore. "Do you have anything in mind?"

"Ah yes, a mission." White sighed with a smile, "well, for the sake of blending in, I will fetch us some drinks and snacks." He smiled before he left to go inside and buy her some sweets.

Back over to the happy couple at the other side of the place, Fiore smiled, pulling her into a hug. "What I enjoy more is you." He lightly flirted before kissing her cheek. The move made her stiffen up a bit as she blushed, pulling him into a hug.

"Thanks, Fiore." Jackie thanked, finding herself suddenly a little dizzy as she smelled his scent. She blinked as her body began heating up, reminding her as symptoms of the drug being triggered. Her smile lessened, beginning to feel a little scared; was she being affected by something? But by what?

Fiore's laugh trailed off, staring at her face and picking up on something wrong. "What's the matter, Sugar bun?"

"I-I … I think I'm having a reaction." Jackie admitted as she began to feel a little dizzy. "Crap … it's hitting hard."

"But why? We didn't have anything to eat or drink," Fiore frowned as Jackie guiltily glanced off to the side.

"I-I did. I thought having food inside the painting wouldn't affect me." Jackie admitted, "I was told that what happens in the painting stays in the painting, like the effects of eating."

"Not quite, Donut. The games and inedible things are painted but the food carts inside are real." Fiore corrected her, "you just can't feel full inside of the painting but you will as soon as you step out." He explained as he gently helped to steady her. His ears pulled back, seeing her panicking.

Jackie's breathing began getting a little louder as she held onto his jacket and felt her body getting swept up in the effects of the drug as her face more deeply blushed. Damn those delicious sugar coated deep fried breads! She had one while Fiore was playing a game, thinking they wouldn't affect her since they were in a painting. "W-We need to find someplace." Jackie murmured, leaning against him as she felt her body heating up.

Fiore looked around the room before spotting a nearby utility closet. He directed her over to the hopefully clear room as her feet began to waver, making him almost lose balance before she began pushing him back towards a wall. With a small side step he redirected her path, opening the service door and slipping inside before she tightly gripped his jacket, pulling him down before she lightly bit his neck. The warmth of his flesh inside her mouth made her shudder in anticipation as she held him closer, feverishly wanting his warmth in any way she could get it.

"Why don't we take ourselves in here? I'm sure you want to do more than just walk around, right?" He grinned, locking the door and making sure they had some privacy.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jackie's hands ripped open his pants and pushed her skirt up, deeply kissing the wolf with a feverish heat taking over her body. Fiore smiled, blushing and returning the kiss before helping to settle her heat.

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With a happy hum and jingle of his hat, White stepped over to Aria with some drinks before taking a seat. "How is our lovely friend doing?" White asked as he set her drink down in front of her.

"She just tossed Fiore in a closet so they can hump." Aria grinned, eyeing the beverage White brough. "Too bad the effects of the drug will start to disappear soon. The drug is potent but it doesn't last long. It seems to be really helping Jackie get over some of her traumas." Aria smiled as Aegis left to go record the encounter.

"That's lovely. She has too many to count and it would be nice for her to get over those troubles before her games starts; if ever." White chuckled as he smiled over to Aria. "How are you, Aria? It has been quite sometime since we've been able to sit and idly chat without ravishing one another's bodies."

"Indeed Jackie should consider that her game most likely won't ever come." Aria took a sip from the drink, noting that thankfully it wasn't as sweet. "And I've been busy as you know. There's too much to do, plan, coordinate, program … I guess at least it keeps me entertained."

"The usage of so much mana is tiring you, dear. I'm sure there is no harm in slowing down and allowing your body to properly heal between usage. After all, you don't want to overexert yourself." White suggested, worried about her general health.

"I can't help that. " She shrugged. "You know how it is for a foreigner and in my case no feelings means less energy to produce but more energy always being taken from me. Being the damn star of the game is hard."

"If there is anything I, Joker, can do to help, simply say the word." White sweetly smiled. "There is no need to shoulder all this yourself; we can be of assistance."

"You already help me enough to relax, White." Aria smiled tiredly. "I can't really think on anything. Well, not anything that would not place you into a position that may contraposs your own role."

"Well, I certainly do know how to micromanage quite well." White smiled. "If I do think of a way for me to help you, would you do me the honor of hearing me out? I do wish to help you shoulder the weight of everything you're doing; within legal reason," White chuckled, being careful about how he tread. As Jackie suggested earlier, he could place his connector on this beautiful and capable woman. The idea and notion seemed like such a fairy tale to him but the more he considered it, the more he began to realize how much Aria having his connector would help her. He would have to be very cautious about his approach, of course, to avoid a potentially Wonderland-ending murder spree by the woman who had the power to reshape or destroy reality.

"I doubt there's anything legal you could help me with. I already infiltrated whatever legal system was needed for my plans but thank you for the support." She took another slow sip. "I may not be able to express it in a way you understand but I do appreciate whatever support you, Joker, are giving me. Having a best friend is still somewhat weird, but I think this has been nice for us."

"Thank you, love." White sweetly smiled. "Are you free sometime in the next week? I do not want to be presumptuous, but I believe Black and I have a wonderful idea of how to help you stabilize your territory while keeping you from going insane of all the managerial things you must keep track of at all times." White laughed.

"I'm not exactly sane anyways, White." Aria chuckled. "I don't think my schedule is free given that I need to create the entire government and social support systems for the territory, including the clock tower's area." She sighed. "But do tell me what you have in mind."

"I'm afraid we are not finished with the pros and cons just yet, dear. We are still trying to work out the kinks and explain the possibility in a way you would positively react to." He teased, somewhat serious in his speech.

"So it's probably something dangerous that may harm me, huh?" She crossed her arms. "I'd need to hear it so I can calculate all the appropriate factors."

"We will explain to you fully once we have the idea written down in lists, charts and other such things. We do want it to be a surprise." He smiled. "And if you turn the idea down, then we may make vigorously love for however long your schedule allows. It's a win-win, I think."

"You are willing to make lists and charts?" She blinked, blushing a bit.

"Well, I do hope that will intrigue your curiosity enough to come and at least hear your lovers out." White spoke.

"Lovers? Well, not that part, ughhh, finding a suitable way to express that I don't love but I do appreciate a lot is still hard." She sighed.

"You do not consider us your lovers? I'm wounded." White sadly smiled, placing a hand on his clock, "I apologize for being presumptuous, my dear." He spoke as he held out a hand and snapped his fingers, making a bouquet of gardenias and roses appear. "But I must say, I think of us quite competent lovers and besties. After all, we know quite a bit about each other, don't you think?"

"You certainly love me, the star of the game." Aria shrugged. "And I have no problem with that because we already got along before my game truly started."

"You forget Joker is not part of the same mindless crowd simply trying to capture a prized foreigner." White smiled, "we are not affected as the others are - to the degree they are, anyway. So when I say I want you, Aria, it is not the game speaking."

"Not until you choose to participate and it still beats me why you did that." She sighed. "But at least I'm quite thankful you aren't affected as badly as the other holders." Aria then offered a smile that may have been a bit condescending. "Nice that you want me, after all I'm a really good and powerful friend and ally. "

"Because I cared for you before you were the star of the game; and I do wish to help you achieve your goals in the most legal way I can." Joker spoke, "and even without all that you have achieved, I would still prefer you over anyone else. Your personality is quite charming and invigorating. You are much more competent and critical thinking than the other bugs. I do love you, Aria." White smiled.

"But that does not amount to anything concrete, White." Aria grabbed his hand, tilting her head into trying to find a colloquial way to express stuff without equations involved. "Love may move this world and I know it is in some way and measure important to you although I can not understand it personally, I can just equate it to the usefulness of life and purpose in this world. I know that much, and you know I don't love per se, but I can assure you you have my utmost appreciation and deepest trust and considerations. It's more than a de-facto alliance for me and I may have developed some possessiveness and even wants regarding you." She then dropped her head. "I guess I can't even explain it either."

"It seems I need to prepare a great number of charts and statistics to help explain what I am trying to say." White softly sighed. "Once I have those together I hope you will be able to better understand how I am trying to help you. But I do ask you keep an open mind. I do have your best interest in mind because I don't want you succumbing from energy drain. In the meantime, shall we play a card game?" He asked, waving his hand around as a full deck smoothly flipped into his hand.

"Of course." Her lips curved up. "Normal or strategy this time?"

"Whichever you prefer," White smiled, shuffling the cards in a slightly more quirky way than usual, making the cards float around as he shuffled half of them. "Shall we place bets?"

"Lets go a normal sweep for now. Last time we went for the strategy set we ended up in a 3 hr stuck up move. And sure, why not? What do you want to bet this time?" She took out a little notebook to keep the life counting for their game.

"Oh … that's a lovely suggestion. Let us bet each other's time." Joker suggested with a smile, "I would love for you to give us more time to spend with you," he spoke as he made the flower bouquet rise up. He twisted his finger around, gently braiding the flowers into her hair so the scent of gardenias and roses would follow her around for however long she chose to keep them in for, which knowing her, it would be for quite a while until she actually remembered they were there.

Aria grabbed her cards and began checking her hand to plan her strategy. White was a more dangerous competitor than Black due to his perfect poker face. "Time? Mmhh … let's bet a few hours then or a whole afternoon maybe?" She didn't really mind. After placing her first card down, she looked at him. "And how are you fairing with this change in Wonderland's topography? I'm sure you have more work with the new territory and the entire lands rearranging so dramatically."

"We do but since it is for you, we will happily accommodate. The only problem is that since the land is unstable, it's making our work a little difficult. There needs to be a Role Holder tied to each territory and since your territory does not have a Role Holder tied to it, the lands are taking far longer to stabilize. You'll be happy to know, though, that I believe I have a way around that. That will be part of the charts and statistics I will present to you at your next earliest convenience." White winked at her.

"Mmhhh… I guess there's that but I'm also plotting how to arrange that aspect of reality. After land stabilizes anyways, but for now at least all those assholes can't come in yet. That gives me time and I'll deal with the holder issue later when it's unavoidably needed." Her hand moved to place another card down and she captured his first defense.

"A lovely plan for a lovely lady." White smiled, countering her play rather well; and making a counter attack as well. "And of course if you need help dealing with the Role Holders, we would be pleased to help you."

"And yet you seem to try and prevent me from just killing them." She groaned as he took one of her cards under his control. "For now I have the advantage but if they get in my way or remember or cause me trouble I'll just kill them." She growled, her eyes flickering with static as she almost trembled with rage. "I'll erase their fucking existences from reality, or I'll trap their after images in their clocks and then use them for pavement in the men's bathroom of the concert hall."

White softly sighed at her outward aggression and was even a little nervous. Her madness seemed to becoming stronger lately - which means he needed to speed up his plans to try and help her. "Killing them and doing so would be breaking the rules, love, and that would hurt us, Joker." White frowned before leaning forward and smiling, "do you need a round, Aria? I'm sure there is a free service area somewhere near here; it's been a while since I've filled you up." White offered with a genuine smile, genuinely worried for her. "In fact, maybe you should make some emergency time for me to help your curb your madness. It's showing more." He said with a worried frown.

"I'm a foreigner. The rules don't apply to me and at this point in my existence I can change them if I want too, it'd just need me to burn some years away from whatever remains of my existence." She chuckled with a deranged expression for a moment before she stopped to take some breaths of well needed air. Aria took a deep breath and calmed down. "It seems I may have to go visit you soon even if you don't win. "She exhaled deeply and slowly. "This new territory thing is really burning up my energy and powering up the madness."

"We will be sure to prepare for your visit." White smiled. "Would you like to sit on my lap to help tide you over?" White offered.

"Actually yes." She said, placing her cards face down on the table and standing up to go towards White's side before she sat down on his lap.

For a moment she looked up at his eye and intently stared. White understood her gaze of needing some affection, although he knew she probably didn't register it as such. White tipped her chin up, kissing her lower lip before before kissing her fully on the lips with a sweet smile. She kissed back as he lightly licked her inner lip and hugged her close to himself.

Aria finally pulled back. "Your turn." she said after making dark tendril accommodate one of her cards to prepare for a frontal attack.

"Of course." White smiled, gently nibbling on her ear as he set down a near perfect counter; but left a fairly obvious opening. "Once your territory is established and stable, what do you plan on doing?" He asked before sucking on her earlobe in a teasing manner.

Aria let out a small moan and leaned on him, looking her cards through a lens in the darkness and holograms in her vision before moving her cards to a defensive position to force him to attack. His counter was too good, but she always, ALWAYS, suspected a counter trap from White. "Well once that place is set up I guess I'll have more time to finish up setting the rest other problems like making some functional governance groups, improving education, saving whatever knowledge I can form my world, restructuring the mana flow of the entire world to prevent its demise."

"Such ambition." White smiled, kissing the side of her head and rethinking his strategy, sacrificing a small attacking card in his turn to set up his defenses. "And then? Once those goals are completed?"

The foreigner chuckled without humor. "Not sure if I'll still be alive by then but if I am then I guess I'll just die at that point." She saw the cards and decided to also sacrifice a small token.

"Your passing will make me quite sad." Joker frowned, giving her a relatively good pair of puppy dog eyes despite an eyepatch covering the one eye. "I would miss you dearly."

"I know you would … at least until there's some season change and you forget about me" She then let him take a strong card.

"Which makes it all the more terrible. I never want to forget you." White sadly smiled, kissing her head and feeling the dread of what that would be.

"On the contrary, you do, and you will want to because then you won't have to deal with any inconvenient memories. Always remembering me would be a terrible curse." She looked into the horizon blurred remembering what she did to the real Jabberwocky when she reformed him. Then pulled back another card to retake the one he had previously gained from her. "I'm not sure you'd live that long either." She twisted her lip.

"I will." Joker smiled. "I am a very smart man." He spoke as he placed down a winning card. "Shall we play another round, my dear? Double the stakes?"

"Sure, but do you want to bet double time?" Aria grabbed the cards and made darkness mix and deal them while she pressed herself on him.

"Hmm~ I was thinking more along the lines of sharing the burden of risks you plan on taking." White smiled.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Aria rose an eyebrow.

"I just thought that it would be more profitable for you and me if we teamed up even more to share burdens and lower risk in general. At least until either of us die." He explained as business-like as he could, not hiding at what he really, desperately, wanted; her safety. "I must admit, Aria, the idea of losing you frightens me badly," he spoke, hes tating as he tried to think of a way to explain it to her in a way she would understand, "not only because we are friends and it may be part of the game, but because I have been receiving an awful lot of mana spending so much time with you."

"I suppose my mana has caused some unintended consequences on you. Perhaps there are some modifications that I wasn't aware off. There are no records of these things, so I wouldn't know, but if that is the case, should you want to kill me instead?" She began sorting her cards. "If it's any consolation, I dread losing you too. Although it confuses me as to why I have such reaction."

White softly smiled, kissing her on the cheek, "I suppose you wouldn't. But that's alright; let us keep on with the game. I really want to win this round." White relented, not wanting to push his luck or make her suspicious.

"I'm not making this round any easy." She kissed him on the lips, stopping the flow of the game for a moment until they both required to separate just to breath. "Now let's play."

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Very slowly, Jackie became aware of a pleasured heat twisting in her gut. She felt Fiore's body moving against her as she stared at his face and began to become more aware of what was happening. The intensity in her gut peaked, making her jolt as she clenched her teeth and looked up at Fiore with clear eyes, remembering what was happening; she began to lose it after eating sweets in the carnival painting and now they were in a utility closet making love. A bright blush crawled over her face as she felt his warmth moving against her in an almost hypnotic motion. Her heart ached, beginning to feel a little frightened. "F-F-Fiore," Jackie's trembling voice spoke as she held his arms, wanting to push him back but she instead held onto his arms to help steady herself. Everything was going so fast that she wanted to slow everything that was happening down; but she also didn't want him to stop.

"Are you feeling alright, sugar bum?" Fiore asked between kisses and caresses, holding her ribs and kissing the bridge of her nose.

"I-I-I don't know," Jackie admitted, biting her lip nervously as she tried to pull away but felt a thick ball preventing her from trying to pull off of him. "W-Why can't I get off?" Jackie asked, feeling her heart pounding harder.

"That's because I'm a canine, licorice." Fiore tilted his head, flicking his ears and wondering how she hadn't noticed it before even if the drug had been strong.

"S-So what does that mean?" Jackie asked with a shaky voice.

"I have a knot." Fiore explained with a bit of a blush. "I … err … the base of my friend expands inside a mate and remains like that for a while, so we can't do much else for sometime. I've been told it's very pleasurable, so would you please let me help you feel good, loved and nice all over?" He asked with a small thrust his hips to encourage her to move against him as well.

Jackie's heart ached as she tightened her grip on his arms. Her body began reacting, heating up and feeling tingly as she deeply blush and tried to control herself but she felt like she was not in control of her own body. There were so many sensations pressed up against her that she didn't know how to react. Not only that, but she didn't want this; she never wanted to just have casual sex with someone. With a sharp inhale she felt her body's heat flare, clenching her teeth together in fright. That was dangerous - it made her feel stupidly vulnerable. The sensations were like nothing she's ever felt before but she didn't want this, she couldn't! She always wanted to do something like this with someone she loved, not just some poor guy she grabbed on the street. Hell, she was trying to wait until her game started and get out of Wonderland. Doing this might just make it all the more difficult for her to leave! Jackie's lip trembled as she felt herself tearing up at the clashing emotions crashing inside of her. This stupid drug was taking any sense of control she had and warping her mind; she couldn't let this continue but what was killing her was the fact that she wanted more. She wanted more of his warmth and more of his affection, things she never had before and never let herself have because the feeling of being vulnerable was scary.

"Licorice?" Fiore asked, gently tilting her head up and seeing her in emotional pain. He nervously frowned, gently holding her cheek, "something deeper is causing you pain," He said as his hand moved to her chest and his lips to her neck, "what's wrong, Jackie?" He asked as his hips grinded against her, making her jolt and choke out a small, crying squeak before quieting herself.

"I-I," Jackie stammered out as tears slipped over her cheeks, feeling her throat tightening up. She felt so conflicted and confused that she couldn't help but want to tell him why she was crying. It was too painful to keep to herself. "I-I'm confused. I'm s-so scared of doing things like this, sharing myself in such an intimate way with someone else b-because it makes me feel so v-v-vulnerable. I hate being so scared … and now, all of this is happening so fast. I-I hardly have any time to process it. Doing this … s-something like this is so easy for other people but this is one of the hardest things for me to do - emotionally, considering the abusive shit I've been through." Jackie cried, unable to stop herself from beginning to sob as she tried to hide her face in embarrassment.

"Is that all?" Fiore asked with a soft smile, gently kissing her jaw while continuing his movements a little harder, "there's no need to be scared, Jackie. Intimacy isn't something to be frightened of; but I understand you are distressed. Take some deep breaths, Jackie. Once we're done we can sit down and calm down. I'm here for you, Sugar bun." He comforted, gently cupping her cheek and making her look up at him.

Jackie stared at his genuine expression, feeling her heart ache as her protective layers began to peel away and expose her for what she was; a lonely, antisocial woman who desperately needed affection whether she would admit to that or not. While knowing this, she knew it was wrong to try and get those things here, in Wonderland; if she did, she may never want to go back home. Jackie let out a choking sob as he handed her a handkerchief, letting her try and clean up her emotional mess.

Fiore gently kissed up her tears while holding her hip steady, "it's alright to be scared, Jackie. If you want, I can help you get past the fears plaguing you." He assured her. "I do really like you, Jackie," he smiled with a small blush, wagging his tail.

Jackie looked up at the man, seeing his genuine intentions as she felt her body melting in physical pleasure from the grinding of his hips. She really did have a lot of problems when it came to opening herself up to others. So many, in fact, that it had hindered her socially for years; way too many years. But would this be a good way to go about helping her resolve those fears? She honestly had no idea. She knew she needed therapy for all the emotional crap and baggage she's been holding onto for years but, resolving it with this? Sex therapy? Would that even work? She looked up at him, hesitating. "H-How can you say that you like me? W-We hardly know each other, this is all going so fast. Is it th-the drug talking?" She asked through her tears while trying to corral her rampant emotions.

"No, I am not under the influence of any food," Fiore assured her with a sweet smile. "And is this fast to you?" He asked, curious.

"Y-Yes. Very f-fast." Jackie stuttered as Fiore kissed her forehead.

"This is going relatively slow for faceless." He lightly laughed, "in Wonderland, couples normally need to hit it fast to reproduce before we're killed; otherwise there won't be much reproduction going on in wonderland at all. Also getting together improves survival when you have someone watching out for you." He explained with a small laugh, hugging her close. "So we're going relatively slow as a couple for Wonderland's standards."

"A-A couple? Are we a couple?" Jackie asked, looking up to him as a small round of tears slipped past her guard. "B-But, wait, I'm not ready to have a baby at all!" Jackie cried harder, "this, this is going so fast, this stupid drug-! I-I-I feel like I'm not even in control anymore a-a-and, and I didn't expect any of this to happen; I never wanted to have sex with anyone here in Wonderland, I-I-I just want to complete the stupid game and go home!" Jackie cried as she tried taking deep breaths to calm herself.

Fiore patted her head. "I'm not ready for babies either. I'm too young and handsome." He chuckled and then kissed her again. "But I'd like to have a nice mature relationship with you. I'm known to be a lady's man but I can focus on you only and get into a stable relationship if you give me the chance. Even if it's only until you go home. So … can I ask the Berceuse for her permission to officially date you?" He then pressed himself deeper, very gently kissing the tip of her nose.

Jackie remained quiet, having no idea what to say. Her insecurities clawed at her heart, making her breathe a little faster. "I-I'm not good at anything like this." She quietly spoke, "sh-sharing my feelings … and acting intimate. I never thought I'd even have to; I figured I'd just die alone someday." She nervously and awkwardly laughed, feeling the situation getting out of her control.

"I'm not leaving you alone, donut." He reassured her. "We have time until you back so you can adjust. And according to foreigner tradition, you can choose later if you dump me or anything and we could remain friends, or if you want to move even more slowly we can say we are friends with benefits before we move to more of a relationship." He managed to say between his teeth as he grinded until he tightly held her and let out a soft, pleasured groan. His tail wagged has he breathed a little faster, blushing as he kissed her forehead.

Jackie deeply blushed, tightening her grip on his jacket. "B-But … I don't even know how to just be 'friends' with someone I've been, I mean, we've been, i-intimate." Jackie said, "I barely have friend-level friends a-and I'm awkward and I don't even know what to do or say most of the time."

"But even so you are friends with Lady A, and she is friend with her lovers. You've probably seen how deep a friendship can come from a deeper understanding and knowing of the other person." He panted. "So, would you allow me to be your boyfriend or would you like to be my girlfriend?" He grinned.

"G-Girlfriend." Jackie repeated with a small blush. "Y-You want me to be your girlfriend? Really? Me?" Jackie asked, seeming stunned at the very notion of someone wanting her as a girlfriend.

"Yes, licorice." He patted her, leaning back to rest a bit. "Don't you want some sexy adorable me as your boyfriend? I promise I'll be good."

Jackie clammed up, having no idea how to respond. She wasn't even sure what she would say. If she said yes, it would be the effects of the drug or even out of guilt somehow; but … she wasn't sure. She's never really had a boyfriend before so she had no idea what to do. They've only known each other for what felt like just a few days! What she did know, however, that now was not the time to give him an answer. "I-I can't say. I don't want to make the decision while we still have the drug in our systems." Jackie explained, trying to calm herself down. "I … I-I want to have a clear mind when I give you an answer. S-So, for now, m-maybe we should just get through the drug first a-and then talk about a potential relationship?" Jackie suggested. "B-But I do still plan on going home after the game is completed. S-So maybe it won't be good if I do start a relationship." She admitted out loud, sounding nervous.

"Sounds good to me. So let's start planning living together. Your apartment blew up and even once it's restored or rebuilt, it will be dangerous. We have not caught whoever blew it this time and I don't have news about the drug either." He kissed her again while moving close against her and nuzzling against her cheek. "So why don't we plan how we share chores or divide them? I don't mind if you leave it all to me either."

Jackie stared at him, actually happy at the change of topic. She wiped off her eyes, slowly breathing to calm herself down, "y-yeah. I would like to stay at your place until my house becomes safe again. I don't have anywhere else to go other than Aria's hideout or Joker's place." Jackie admitted as she very, very hesitantly, tried matching his movements back against him.

Fiore placed his hands on her hips and helped her move in rhythm. "Why don't we up laundry days and cleaning and cooking duties?" He offered, knowing she liked to do things herself to some measure; and letting her do so would help ease her.

"Y-Yeah. I can take care of clean up and laundry for the most part." Jackie said before she returned his hug and held him close. She was so flustered and embarrassed amongst other series of emotions that talking about house care was actually helping her to focus and calm down a bit.

Fiore agreed, letting out a slight groan before he deeply kissed her. She hesitantly returned it, hugging him tighter. "I'd like to make a humping schedule too. Besides the sudden spontaneity, a schedule could help you get over those fears of intimacy and can probably help wean ourselves off the drug's effects. The more we do it, the faster the drug might wear out, probably … maybe?" He suggested with a small tail wag and toothy smile.

Jackie hesitated with a deep blush before she glanced off to the side. "M-Maybe we should. But, would it be alright if I pet your wolf form?" Jackie asked with sparkling eyes.

"Agreed. But I'd like cuddles too." He kissed her, his tail wagging. "I won't complain if you scratch my ears either."

Jackie snickered and laughed at him. She was such an emotional mess; breaking down and crying at one moment and then laughing the next. She couldn't imagine why anyone would want her to be their girlfriend.

"There's your cute smile." He grinned before kissing her tears away and making her laugh a little louder.

"Hey, I know that belly laugh, Jackie!" Boris called as he opened the door. Boris froze, spotting the two of them together as Jackie looked at him in horror at the sudden appearance. W-where, how-?! "W-What the? Jackie?" Boris said as his ears pulled back, looking at the very obvious connection between her and the faceless.

Jackie's open jaw loud out a silent scream as she immediately tried to hide behind a pillar. Since she was still connected to Fiore, however, she ended up tripping and taking both of them down with her as Fiore landed on top with a pained inhale from the twist against his member.

Fiore groaned, standing up and pulling Jackie into a hug. Thankfully canines were somewhat flexible in that aspect but unfortunately he was still stuck; at least for a few more minutes.

"J-Jackie, uh," Boris started, seeming too stunned to really be able to coherently talk. "You uh, so you're into fucking faceless?" He asked, tilting his head slightly as he continued to stare at her hips while taking in the general aroma of sex in the air.

"Ughh ... some privacy, please?" Fiore growled. Unfortunately he was quite trapped at the moment and there was no real way he could fight back if, or perhaps when, the cat decided to attack.

"I wasn't talking to you, faceless. I'm talking to Jackie." Boris snarled at him before noticing he was a dog. Boris connected the dots, finally realizing the reason they weren't trying to hide; it was because they were knotted and unable to get away. Boris snickered before he laughed, holding his stomach. "You're stuck!" Boris laughed, finding the situation as confusing as it was hysterical. "You fucked a dog and now you're stuck! Oh I can't wait to tell the twins about this!" He laughed.

"B-Boris don't you dare!" Jackie shouted with her face a deep blush of horror. "M-Mind your own business!"

"I didn't realize you were open to sex; I thought you were a worse super prude than Alice," Boris laughed. "Could it be that you're a super secret pervert?" He teased with a grin as he walked over to them and leaned down to get a better look at their connection. A toothy grin pulled his lips up with a light blush. "That's hot."

"Boris!" Jackie angrily snapped as she grabbed his ear and pulled on it.

"YEOW! Ow, Jackie!" Boris cried, feeling the pain of her twisting his ear.

"You are being very rude, B-Boris! N-Now get out!" Jackie shouted at him as she tried to shove him back but he grabbed her hand and lightly nipped at her middle finger with a light blush on his face.

Fiore remained silent, quieting his growl and trying to look for an exit. To his luck, he saw shadows moving and immediately recognized it must be Aegis. All he had to do was keep the cat distracted until help arrived.

"Mind if I join in? I'm a playful kitty cat and I'm not about to let this chance pass by." He teased before he grabbed her face and kissed her with his tail playfully flickering around. He pulled back, licking his lips with a distasteful frown. "Ew … you taste like dog." He huffed before glancing over at the faceless, "hey, once you're done you can go." Boris grinned before Jackie punched Boris in the face. "OUCH! Owww Jackie, you need to be nicer to your cat." Boris huffed.

Jackie grabbed his ears again, twisting them as Boris let out a scared shout at Jackie's violent attacks. "Boris, I'm going to rip out your tail!" Jackie shouted at him, wrapping a leg around Fiore's waist to help balance herself as she yanked and pulled on Boris's ears. "I am not open for just anyone's business, you moron!"

"Ow, ow Jackie stop! You'll rip my ears off!" Boris cried before scratching her arm but Jackie's grip remained firm.

"Good! You need to learn some FUCKING manners, you jerk!" Jackie barked at him before slapping him across the face. "Now get the hell out before I give you something to cry about!"

"Wow, you are beating a role holder. That's hot." Fiore said, somewhat recovered from the surprise and unwillingly getting hard again, prolonging their intertwined experience. Fiore's lips nervously sealed shut, knowing just how dire this situation could turn out but he had to admit he was rather entertained by Jackie mercilessly slapping Boris.

"You shut up too!" Jackie scolded Fiore as Boris finally managed to pull away from her grasp and hold his painful ears before turned back to him. "Out! Boris, get the hell out!"

"Why?! I'm a Role Holder, Jackie. He's just a stupid faceless. Why are you being so mean to me?" Boris growled at her with a tear in his eye from the rough treatment he received. "I'm better than any stupid faceless! Why are you even having sex with a faceless at all?"

"You aren't. That's why 3 foreigners ditched you." Darkness twisted and formed a tendril, giving Fiore the confidence to speak out. Knowing Aegis was there, Fiore planned to make the cat keep talking until reinforcements arrived. "And she is having sex with me because she chose to. "

"Only because I wasn't around when she got into heat." Boris snapped at him, "and I wouldn't be talking, faceless."

"You should just accept defeat, holder." Fiore barked back. "A foreigner can choose whatever she wants, that's the rules. So respect the lady's wishes and go away."

"Faceless prick. Where are you getting all that confidence? Just by getting knotted with a foreigner? It's not like a faceless loser could end up with a foreigner. Unlike you, I could take any foreigner I want whenever I want." Boris confidently smirked. "You're just a nobody."

"Boris." Jackie aggressively snapped at the feline as she felt the situation could become dangerous soon. "Leave, Boris."

Boris frowned, pulling his ears back as he glanced between the two of them. "Can I at least watch?"

"HELL NO!" Jackie shouted at him, her body's muscles contracting and making Fiore have to hold in a pained yet aroused groan. "Boris, just get the hell out!"

" … no." Boris stubbornly frowned, stepping in closer.

"Hey, she told you to go away." Fiore growled. "She doesn't want a holder near, isn't that obvious to you?"

"Fuck off. You're just a faceless; you can't pleasure her like a Role Holder can." Boris smirked as Jackie's expression turned fierce. Jackie held Fiore's shoulder, bracing herself before she slammed her heel over his tail. Boris let out a startled shout as Jackie reached to him, planning to rip his ears off before she slipped. Fiore lost his balance as well before Boris caught her from behind. Jackie slammed her foot over his foot, making him yowl in pain before he fell back, ending up on the bottom of the pile with Fiore on top.

"Don't assume; I've been doing so quite well." Fiore then, irked at the pompous Role Holder, began pumping into Jackie right here on top of Boris.

Boris's ears flickered, listening to Jackie's gasping before sneakily grinning at the surprisingly nice position. He reached around to grab Jackie's breasts before he felt spikes stab into his paws. He yanked his hands back, startled as Jackie let out a sharp gasp from peaking before Fiore groaned, leaving behind a pleasurable pump of his hips before kissing Jackie on the mouth and looking back over Boris with a smirk. Even though Fiore had no eyes, his whole persona was smugly grinning while pressing against her.

"This is the only action with a foreigner you'll ever get, runt." Aegis, using Fiore's voice, remarked.

Boris glared at him, pulling out his gun and pressing it against Fiore's head. "Fuck you, faceless." He snarled before the door blasted open. Boris tried to grab Jackie as he stood up but when he tried giving her body a sharp yank to try and detach the both of them, his hands were again impaled on dark spikes. With a sharp yowl he let them both drop and leapt back.

Fiore took the chance to roll away with his hips still firmly attached to Jackie's as Lullaby members came in with their guns fixed on the feline.

"Screw off, faceless. I'm pissed." Boris hissed, keeping a gun aimed at them while the foreigner and faceless rolled towards the other Lullaby members that came in.

"I knew we'd catch you with your dick stuck in a problem one day." One of the faceless laughed as Jackie deeply blushed, thoroughly embarrassed by what was happening; more than clearly visible, there were at least 10 people in the room all seeing their connection.

"I can't deny that. Some help, please? I think I pulled something." Fiore nervously laughed as some of the faceless helped scuttle them out of the room.

Boris angrily snarled as he fired at the notes but watched as his bullets were sucked up into a darkness that suddenly rose from the floor. He blinked, startled before leaping behind some cover as the notes fired at the Role Holder.

"So a holder tried to harm MY notes?" A digitized distorted voice was heard from the entrance as Aria came in, her armor completely formed over her from head to feet. She stepped in front of the faceless and darkness began swirling around her.

Boris blinked, staring at the new appearance. "W-Whoa, that looks so cool!" Boris shouted with his eyes shining. "Where'd you get that?!"

"Did he dare shoot at you?" She asked the faceless that kept their guns pointed at the holder.

"Yes," a faceless spoke, nodding quickly.

"I see. Please evacuate to at least a 50 m perimeter. I'm taking care of his." Aria hissed as more darkness began boiling around her. Some tendrils began hitting the floor, and where they hit nothing remained; not a hole, nor a crack, they cancelled the existence of what they touched, releasing energy that was reabsorbed into the darkness to make the moving black mass grow.

"Yes, my lady." The members spoke before they quickly left the room and set off an alarm inside of the building before closing the door.

Boris stared at her, twisting his ears in confusion. "What are you doing?" Boris asked.

"Making sure you don't get away." White whispered into his ear. Boris whipped around, shooting at White as he snapped his whip and made the bullets flicker off to the side and into the walls. "No need to exert yourself, my dear. I can take care of this naughty feline." White cheerfully smiled as he snapped his whip and forced Boris to dodge yet again.

"Stay away." She hissed, blades coming out of her armor's sidearms. "I'm killing him, I'll destroy him!" She growled and immediately spikes of darkness grew from the floor trying to impale the cat, but Boris jumped away.

"Sweetheart, you aren't well." White spoke, backing away towards her as Boris lithely avoided the deadly spikes, not getting a chance to counter attack or get to the door. "Let me take care of this feline."

Boris struggled to dodge all of the spikes as he glanced at the attacker each time he could; for one thing, he realized this thing was a woman, and Joker had called her sweetheart - he had no idea why though.

Aria roared and then clapped her hands above her head. She then began singing counterpointed notes , words of some unknown language as darkness coiled back towards her before washing towards the edges of the room. And at her feet, existence began eroding, cancelled by the clash of the energy in her hateful notes.

White felt his clock tremble in fright. Aria was descending quickly. With a fast snap of his fingers Boris vanished from thin air while White quickly got away from the dangerous erosion. "Aria, he's gone! He's not here anymore, it's alright." White spoke, trying to speak calmly. "I tossed him to the prison. Black will take care of him."

"Why are you saving that cat?!" She growled, her helm melting back in her armor and showing her eyes had the red shade of combat mode in full operation. Yet, darkness went back to crackle like electricity around her.

"Aria, you're falling deeper into the madness very quickly." White spoke, staying where he was as he worriedly looked her over. "Aria, you need some recovery time before it becomes worse. Please, Aria." White pleaded with her.

She felt a surge of electricity along her spine connections and then looked down and around. The floor under her didn't exist anymore, the ceiling was partly eroded and looked ready to fall on her, and Joker looked not worried, but scared. "I … I think you are right."

"Aria, come here." White pleaded, walking over to her but stopping short, letting her finish the distance into his open arms. "Aria, it's alright. Come with me; we'll take good care of you." White spoke, holding his arms open for her.

"Bitch, come here-," Black's voice started from behind her but stopped short. Aria looked back, seeing him looking at the ceiling with a pissed off expression, " … holy fucking shit, Aria, come on." Black growled before yanking her into a one armed hug. "Come on, we're going back to our place for a bit. White, go tell some shit stain we're taking Aria for a bit." Black demanded and snapped his fingers. The world around her shifted as she found herself in White's room, filled with colors and games of all kinds along with a large wall of dolls. "Ugh. I always hate going into this room." Black huffed before he tightly hugged her. "Now come here, bitch, and tell me what's wrong."

Aria leaned on him, burying her face on his chest and took some moments to calm herself. Black picked her up, carrying her over to the bed before he laid down on top of her and listened to her heartbeat; and heard it was racing.

"Damn you're fucked up. Relax a bit; I'm not about to lose you to the fucking madness." Black growled before he kissed her briefly on the lips but went back to hugging her.

"It wasn't just madness … well, it was, but it was mostly rage. I wasn't controlling it. I think that there's some trauma at the core, but I don't know how it plays with the madness, fucking dammit." She returned a languid hug.

"Don't blow your fucking top and go off on a Role Holder murder spree. Honestly, why can't you ever just go murder some random faceless when you're pissed and not Role Holders?" Black growled in annoyance. "And yeah, no shit there is a shit ton of drama, you bitch." Black frowned, lightly biting her skin.

She grabbed his ear and sufficiently pinched it hard. "Faceless had not damaged me. You want to see what I saw in the nightmare realm again?" She looked at his eyes with a deranged cynical smirk, still influenced by the madness. "Or do you want to see all before that even happened? Perhaps you'd like to witness how nicely the fucking holders of this world treat as second foreigner and then dare think themselves better than a faceless?"

"Bitch calm down and just hop on my dick; your madness is showing again." Black frowned as he sat back and began unbuckling his pants.

"I'm not sure Black, what if I retaliate against you too?" She rolled aside and remained face down on the bed.

"Shut up, dumbass. Now hold your perfect ass still." Black huffed as he began prepping the woman. "We're supposed to share some risk and shit, right? You lost your last round with White because you ran up to try and kill the cat." Black grinned.

She didn't respond but she didn't do anything to stop him either.

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"Everything is fine; Joker is taking care of 'her' and she will be returned in due time." White reassured the worried notes, helping them clean up the Museum, one of Aria's 'offices', a small bit from Aria's meltdown. The Jester was quite worried about the erosion; there was no way Wonderland would be able to recover that kind of permanent damage. Even the air had been thinned. He let out a brief sigh, nervous. Aria was in terrible shape; he needed to work quickly to try and help her, and that meant getting his connector onto her. He just hoped she'd be sane enough to hear him out.

As White walked around surveying any other potential damages on the building in the parts beyond public access, as per his role dictated him to, he spotted a small bit of blood leading to the basement. His eye tightened slightly, silently descending into the basement where there were bloody clocks scattered all over the floor. Dozens if not more were damaged; badly, but not impossible to repair. White kept his whip out as he followed the bloody trail before finding a secret staircase under a statue of Aria herself that let down to a large room filled with paintings and sculptures depicting Aria as the main centerpiece. All art depicted moments of Aria's passing through wonderland, showing the events that had occurred around the second foreigner's history in this world. But more worrying what the fact that in the middle of the room was Ace, who was looking at all the paintings with a rather empty expression on his face.

"It's unlike you to cause unnecessary trouble for Julius, Ace." White smiled as he stepped inside to try and corral the knight out of the museum. "I'm also afraid the museum is closed for some general renovation."

Ace seemed so entranced by the paintings that he didn't answer. However, he held his sword firmly in his hand.

White's smile fell a tad bit, resigned to his fate. It appeared his clock may very well end up on the floor amongst the others of deceased faceless. Which was a shame but unlike the others, he would regenerate. "Ace? Knave of Hearts? Executioner?" White called, not approaching any closer while unraveling his whip.

"I thought I was hallucinating, but it seems all this did happened. Turns out I was just remembering." Ace spoke calmly in a most flat tone. "How convenient that someone made all these nice paintings. Don't you find it alluring that she is wearing nothing at all in many of them?"

"I see your memories have returned to regarding my lovely Aria." White spoke with a smile, "I do hope you also remember all the things you've done as well; including the horrendous and continued abuse of your dear Julius's body after you helped tossing her to Spades." White smiled, wishing to change the topic of Ace's mind from Aria and onto something else. "I wonder how he will react when he remembers what you've done." White sickly smiled.

"I wonder about that too." Ace remained still, giving Joker his back while moving to another painting. "I also wonder what will happen once everyone can enter that juicy piece of new territory."

"Who knows." White spoke, trying to think of how to get Ace out of this room without damaging the lovely paintings of Aria in the room.

"Or perhaps it's more of a wonder if everyone will pursue the prize of the game harder if they all remember, or perhaps when it happens? Her game should have been going for a really long time so it'd be natural for everyone to feel more pressed to win." The knight hummed. "Wasn't part of Joker's duty to take care so games don't go on for too long?"

"Things become complicated when the pieces of the game do not behave as they should. Much less when the foreigner can change the board." Joker smiled, knowing the Warden was making love to her at the moment and helping her to slowly recover from her most recent bout of madness. White tightened his grip on the whip before realizing something was off; his strength was not as it usually was. He glanced down at his fingers, noticing he was slightly trembling and quite pale; perhaps the earlier burst of anti-mana had hurt him as well just by being nearby. His smile fell slightly, now wondering how long his recovery time would be. Perhaps … picking a fight with the knight now was of poor timing. The paintings could be replaced; but the work that needed to be done would not go on well without his help.

"Is that so?" Ace finally turned around, his smile in place as always, but in the blink of an eye he thrust his sword through the Jester's chest before kicking his body off in one swift movement.

White staggered back, gripping the wound; he should have been able to dodge that. He was right; that anti-mana badly affected him.

"That was too easy. Didn't you hurt her too?" He then struck his sword down to cut the clock out of the dissolving body, letting the clock clatter onto the floor. "Or did you snatch her away?" Ace asked before he crushed White's clock beneath his heel and badly damaged it. "Because I do remember sharing some very personal moments with the second foreigner myself." He stomped on the damaged clock again. "And not only me, but at one point, I did have my perfect trio. Wouldn't it be nice to know what ruined it?" He then kicked the clock towards a wall really hard, making it bounce behind some statue. Lastly, he turned around to keep examining the rest of the paintings as some more memories began edging on his mind.

Black flinched, his expression darkening in annoyance as he momentarily messed up the rhythm of his lovemaking. Damn White, fucking up like that; it looks like White was going to be out of commission for a while. Black heavily sighed, lightly biting Aria's skin in annoyance. Now Black was on his own for a bit trying to capture Aria's heart before she fell to the madness.

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"A-AH! Careful, sunflower seed!" Fiore whined as he twitched and tried to keep very still.

"How are you still locked in?" The woman, a medic, huffed. "Can't you just, I mean, retract it?"

"No, I can't." Fiore laughed. "It just deflates after some time."

"Well, then I suppose you need to simply wait then." She heavily sighed. "You may remain in here until you separate; and then we will give medical examinations to the both of you to make sure nothing was twisted or injured in the earlier struggle."

Jackie remained silent, thoroughly humiliated. Not only did Boris see her, but a lot of Lullaby members did as well. And now there she was, legs spread and feeling extremely sore from how much they struggled earlier with Boris - or rather, how much she was struggling to smack the hell out of the stupid cat while connected. And now she may have damaged Fiore's genitals in her attempt to rip the cat's tail out.

"Ok, but can we have some privacy? Jackie here is dying of embarrassment." Fiore hummed while pulling Jackie into a hug. Jackie hid her face against his shoulder, refusing to look up at all.

"Sure thing, just call once you are separated." The woman chuckled and left hem, closing the door behind her.

"I'm going to die of embarrassment." Jackie immediately state as soon as the door shut.

"Embarrassment is not a cause of death." Fiore hummed, trying to accommodate to be more comfortable.

"So many people saw." Jackie said with a groan of horror.

"More people witnessing our love is the more people that know I'm yours; if my lady allows it." Fiore wagged his tail a bit, seemingly not as bothered by this situation

"UGHHHHHHH," Jackie groaned louder, hiding her face against the nearby pillow.

"I agree in that it is a good thing your knotting was witnessed by so many." Aegis appearing, shoving a needle into Jackie's arm. "I'm giving you a contraceptive shot. You may feel slightly more hungry but you'll be protected for a month, so feel free to keep fornicating for as much as you desire." The AI gave her a couple encouraging pats on her butt, making her jolt. "Or would you like me to give you a counter and allow impregnation? I've been considering the possibility of making you lay eggs like a monotreme mammal. The plan can even shorten it by allowing a pseudo marsupial modification too but instead of a less developed product an egg could be produced. So … should I make that modification or would you prefer to remain a traditional incubator?" Aegis asked with almost hopeful eyes.

"Aegis, please, just stop talking." Jackie softly spoke in horror as she tried to keep herself calm and from freaking out. A contraceptive shot? Eggs? That hell was he saying? Did Aria order something insane like that? Trying to take her mind off of that, she turned to Fiore. "W-Why haven't you, I mean, deflated yet?"

"Because I'm still excited." Fiore answered with a wagging tail. "You are extremely hot and it really was a real turn on when you opposed the cat and even more so showing our love on top of him."

"S-Seriously?" Jackie asked with an annoyed frown. "I've never been so embarrassed!"

"Ah~ just thinking about it is keeping me hard and thinking about you makes me just want to give my all to you." He chuckled. "It really was a great occurrence."

"Th-then stop thinking about it!" Jackie snapped at him.

"Maybe I can try dislodging you two?" Aegis said, many tendrils of darkness appearing around them.

"Absolutely not." Jackie immediately rejected in annoyance. "Aegis, please leave." Jackie huffed.

"I can't do that." Aegis answered, not even bothering with reasons.

Jackie glared at Aegis before she suddenly thought of an idea. "Wait, Fiore! You'd be able to slip out as a dog, right? Won't you be smaller?" Jackie asked before she immediately regretted the suggestion. Her face paled, now realizing if he did change into his dog form, she'd never be able to think of his animal form without remembering this horrendous incident.

"That's a great idea!" Fiore gasped before a small burst of smoke encircled him, revealing him in his wolfish form. Her jaw dropped, mortified.

"W-Wait, I changed my mind, I changed my mind! Let's just wait it out." Jackie shakily said as she looked back to Fiore's fluffy self in horror, the image of the horror now forever burned into her memories.

Fiore adjusted his hips, trying to pull out but was unsuccessful; he was very stuck and was just making a mess. "Hmm … not working." Fiore frowned as he remained still with his tail wagging.

"It seems you are quite stuck but I can slide in and try to dislodge you from the inside." Aegis began to get thin tendril get inside and explore the situation while trying to be helpful.

"N-No! No dislodging, no changing, n-nothing like that! Fiore, change back into a human and Aegis, please leave us alone!" Jackie said, covering her eyes and hiding her face so she didn't have to look back at the horror that was happening. This wasn't happening, this wasn't happening! Jackie struggled to try not to think about his wolf form, mortified that he was still stuck in her. She really was going to die of humiliation and embarrassment at this point. She didn't even want to begin to name the many social taboos she had committed in a single day. This was horrible!

"Well, since we're stuck here," Fiore trailed off. Jackie nervously looked back before he lightly licked her lips before snuggling against her back and thrumming in pleasure. "Let's cuddle, Sugar bun."

"This is not the time or place, Fiore!" Jackie snapped back at him, seeing his adorable wolfish face. She tried to ignore the aching sensations as he licked her cheek and wagged his tail excitedly. The soft fur on his belly laid against her back, feeling quite nice and warm.

"I agree on that plan since it seems you are still going to be stuck for some more time. I could force him out but it could damage both of you, so I'll refrain." The AI moved around. "Perhaps you can confirm sensation as during certain movements to help clarify the mana output Fiore is receiving. Or I can play the recording and then can clarify the sensation during certain points as the video goes along."

"R-Recording?" Jackie asked, sounding rather nervous.

"Can you show me when Sugar bun beat up Boris again?" Fiore asked, perking up and wagging his tail harder at the thought.

"Of course." Aegis then created a screen floating over an impossibly thin tendril right in front of them. A moment later, a recording of the aforementioned event began playing out for the couple to see in high definition.

"You recorded it?!" Jackie nearly screeched in horror. "Aegis, delete that!"

"Negative. It would be a waste of research material." Aegis said as Fiore letting out a small barking howl.

Jackie jolted, startled as his leg thrummed against the ground, excitedly panting before he slumped against her, all tuckered out. "You're amazing, Sugar bun, to fight a Role Holder like that … so hot." He murmured while licking the back of her neck. Fiore thrummed and hugged her waist with his forelegs before he tipped to the side. Jackie fell back with him, startled as he gently spooned her and stretched out his long leg with a very happy smile on his face before snuggling closer to her. "You're so warm, Sugar bun." He grinned, gently licking her cheek before making his head snuggle in against her neck. "I'm so tired … I can't remember the last time I've been so happily empty." Fiore chuckled and closed his eyes while his tail kept wagging.

Jackie's blush deepened as she tried to think of what to say but nothing came to mind. She stared at his adorable looking face, not wanting to push him away before she pet his snout and remained on her side as well. The date turned out to be one of the most embarrassing outings she's ever had in her life. She'd never be able to go back to the museum after what had happened. With a heavy sigh she tried to distract herself with Fiore's soft fur, hearing him thrum in pleasure while taking a quick power nap in the arms of an adorable foreigner.

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Peeko: We checked the Fiore story on a whim and saw the entire chapter 5 already written out and ready to go … so whoops XD hope you enjoyed! 5 REVIEWS for the next chapter!

Chaos: This was a cute, adorable, deep, dark and smexy chap… somehow this story, which was very whimsical, is turning out to be quite nice. Enjoy