Following their bath and most recent round of experimentation, Jason, feeling a profound sense of completion, lay nestled between Ellaine and Korrina atop the former's bed. His usually contemplative expression was one of supreme contentment. And, even as Ellaine replayed their earlier intimacy on a handheld recorder with mischievous pride, Jason didn't feel even a little embarrassed. Instead, he felt at peace—as though the world of Pokémon and the experiences he had accumulated had reshaped him into the person he was always meant to be.
"Look at how serious you are...I don't think I've ever seen anyone more impassioned and determined..." hummed Ellaine, cuddling up to Jason on his right in a dark grey tank top, off-white panties, and socks. On his other side, Korrina, sporting one of Jason's white tees and a pair of white, form-fitting, red-trimmed shorts, commented, "I thought the same while it was happening, but you really do look intense. If it feels that good for you, we can do it more often. I'm thinking first thing in the morning, before or after lunch, and one or twice at night."
"We'll need to start carrying around bottles of Hempa Seed extract in our bags..." mused Ellaine, her yellow eyes focused on the playback, gleaming with interest. Not long before that, she, Jason, and Korrina had completed all ten Optional Objectives of his [Curiosity Killed the Cat, but Satisfaction Brought it Back] Quest—rewarding him 159,000 AP from both the Quest's completion and six Achievements. Immediately after, a new, Linked Quest had appeared, similar in nature to his [Foundation Building] Quest line but requiring them to perform daily acts of intimacy for seven days. And once the second was completed, it was reasonable to presume the third would task them with continuing the trend for thirty days.
"And I'll need to start eating more and improving my stamina..." remarked Jason, his expression a relaxed smile, but his temples tingling madly and his heart racing at the realization that his days from then on were going to be interspaced with frequent acts of intimacy. Ellaine and Korrina seemed determined to assist him with the mutually beneficial Quest line, and after what he had experienced over the past hour, he now fully understood why so many people were obsessed with sex—it was the single greatest rush he had ever experienced. And with an extraordinary woman like Ellaine as his first partner, followed soon after by Korrina, he couldn't help feeling as though he had accomplished something incredible.
"Oh, that reminds me...!" chimed Korrina, seguing into the topic of having a veritable skate park, obstacle course, and Pokémon arena constructed along the beach or someplace relatively close by. Ellaine was against the structures being built along the beach itself, but as she owned the forest behind that ran along it, she agreed to speak with a group of contractors who worked with the Aether Foundation to have all of what Korrina asked for constructed within...
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Though he woke up feeling sore all over, Jason was all smiles by the time he, Korrina, and Ellaine departed the latter's room with noticeably flushed faces and sweaty bodies, ready to greet the rising sun and complete their morning meditation and training regimens.
"Auwadinn~!"
"Munchaa...!"
Noticing the trio's emergence, Audino and Munchlax greeted them loudly, the former rushing over to hug Jason while the latter, as usual, leaped into Ellaine's awaiting embrace.
While hugging her Munchlax and habitually rubbing her cheek against its notably squishier one, Ellaine stated, "Once we're finished mediating, I'll need to hurry back inside, feed Munchlax, and prepare for work. The two of you will have to prepare breakfast for yourselves."
"That won't be an issue," said Korrina, smiling confidently as she asserted, "I might not have the Cooking Skill like you do, but I at least know how to prepare ingredients and operate a stove."
"Oh, I'm sure you would surpass me in no time if you actively made an effort to improve~" hummed Ellaine, her playful expression and tone compelling Korrina to cross her arms and exhale from her nose. After all, while E-Rank Cooking might not seem all that impressive on a scale that presumably went up to SSS-Rank, context insinuated that it represented the pinnacle of what a 1-Star Entity could achieve...
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[Status]
Name: [Ellaine Burnet]
Title: [Professor: Increases the rate at which new knowledge and Skills are acquired.]
Age: 47
Height: 170cm Weight: 53.8kg B/W/H: 85/57/88
Rank: 1-Star
[Physique: 143]
Strength: 47[+]
Vitality: 58[+]
Dexterity: 28[+]
[Cognition: 118]
Intelligence: 53[+]
Perception: 25[+]
Guts: 40[+]
[Spirituality: 121]
Spirit: 48[+]
Mind: 34[+]
Faith: 39[+]
[Skills]
[Cooking(E)], [Healthy Body(E)], [Curiosity(F)], [Diving(F)], [Lung Capacity(F)], [Hiking(F)], [Navigation(F)], [Grooming(F)], [Pokémon Knowledge(F)], [Pokémon Breeding(F)], [Studying(F)], [Technician(F)], [Computer Literacy(F)], [Silver Tongue(F)], [Networking(F)], [Public Speaking(F)], [Meditation(F)], [Surfing(F)], [Dimensional Research(F)], [Maternal Instincts(F)], +23...
[Special Abilities]
[Crunch Time(F)], [Dolphin Dive(F)]
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Looking at her stats and Skills, it was easy to understand how Ellaine had managed to become a world-renowned Professor at the relatively young age of twenty-five. Korrina's Skills, by comparison, were fewer in number. But she more than made up for the difference in quantity with significantly higher stats and Skills that were, on average, higher ranked...
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[Status]
Name: [Korrina Masters]
Title: [Shalour City Gym Leader: Strengthens affinity with Fighting-type Pokémon and makes training them easier.]
Age: 36
Height: 165cm Weight: 49.8kg B/W/H: 78/53/84
Rank: 1-Star
[Physique: 200]
Strength: 53[+]
Vitality: 88[+]
Dexterity: 64[+]
[Cognition: 124]
Intelligence: 24[+]
Perception: 43[+]
Guts: 57[+]
[Spirituality: 168]
Spirit: 69[+]
Mind: 64[+]
Faith: 35[+]
[Skills]
[Healthy Body(D)], [Martial Arts(E)], [Acrobatics(E)], [Roller Skating(E)], [Pokémon Battling(E)], [Flexible Joints(F)], [Hiking(F)], [Spelunking(F)], [Navigation(F)], [Grooming(F)], [Pokémon Knowledge(F)], [Pokémon Breeding(F)], [Dancing(F)], [Crowd Pleasing(F)], [Marketing(F)], [Shock Absorption(F)], +4...
[Special Abilities]
[Axe Kick(F)], [Aura Sense(F)], [Axel Turn(F)], [Hip Check(F)], [Thigh Lock(F)], [Wheel Slice(F)]
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Though he would usually observe Ellaine's and Korrina's playful banter quietly, Jason was feeling a lot more confident after the previous night and that morning's events, compelling him to suggest, "We should hurry and head out. I don't want Ellaine to be late to work, and the sooner we can finish training, the sooner I can eat. I could eat a Mudsdale after last night and this morning..."
"A Mudsdale...?" repeated Ellaine, raising her right brow and exhaling a faint, scoffing chuckle. She quickly intuited that Jason was attempting to adapt a phrase from his old world to theirs, but as his de facto mentor and teacher, she felt compelled to explain, "Mudsdale and their pre-evolution, Mudsbray, almost exclusively eat nutrient-rich mud. As a result, their meat is tough and has a distinctive, earthy taste. You can eat it, but it's typically dried out, ground, and used as a spice."
"I've learned something new..." hummed Jason, surprising Ellaine quite a bit as he took the initiative to approach, snake his hands around her, and give her butt a firm, somewhat possessive squeeze as he leaned in to kiss her. Before that, virtually all of their kisses had been initiated by her. Now that their relationship had taken several significant steps forward, with his status being upgraded to her [First Sexual Partner], she no longer felt out of his reach but well within it.
"Mmnn...I like this more confident version of you..." remarked Ellaine, her yellow eyes narrowing with her smile as she licked Jason's saliva from her lips.
"And I love everything about you...both of you..." asserted Jason, shifting his gaze to Korrina as she habitually approached to join him and Ellaine in a three-way embrace. She opened her mouth to say something, but Jason preempted it with a kiss. Then, with his hands grasping both women's soft but toned bottoms, he smiled and repeated, "Now, let's head out..." before shepherding them toward the door by their butts...
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After finishing their morning routine, which included meditating and at least one round of [Laying the Foundation] exercises, Jason and Korrina returned to the interior of Ellaine's home with Audino. Their post-training bath was longer and markedly more stimulating than previous days, but it felt short—particularly compared to what followed.
"It's okay, Jason. Very few people have the stomach for this kind of thing. You don't need to force yourself to do things you're uncomfortable with..." reiterated Korrina, her voice low as she stood behind Jason with her arms wrapped around him and her hands hugging his belly supportively. At the same time, Jason's brow beaded with sweat, his breathing audibly shaky, and the butcher's knife in his hand trembling as he carefully sliced off the large, bay-like leaf of a deceased Chikorita.
"I'll be fine..." Jason repeated for the fourth time in five minutes. By that point, he had already lost his appetite. But to fully acclimate to life within the Pokémon world, he needed to learn how to process and prepare those that were commonly consumed. Chikorita evidently hatched underground and spent the first eight months of their life growing like radishes, making them much more common than the anime and games implied. So, despite his reservations, Jason followed the instruction manual on how to process it to the letter while Korrina continued to hold and comfortingly caress his belly from behind with her chin resting on his right shoulder.
'At least it's not full of blood...' noted Jason, taking solace in the fact that the Chikorita's insides were pale green rather than dark or bright red. The aroma rising from it was also similar to cucumbers, rather than stinking of sediment like the many fish he had butchered in his previous world. Thus, as he slowly but surely got used to the feeling of his knife slicing through the Chikorita's flesh, his movements became smoother and progressively confident.
"So this is the power of F-Rank Cooking..." hummed Korrina, trying to ease Jsaon's tension with a soft, playful tone. He had insisted on taking care of the cooking since he possessed the associated Skill, and as she observed his increasingly skillful knifework, Korrina couldn't refute that Jason had a talent that she lacked.
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[Status]
Name: [Jason Springfield]
Title: [The Man Who Traded His Life for a Fish's]
Age: 19
Height: 178cm Weight: 72.3kg B/W/H: 92/78/83
Rank: 0-Star
[Physique: 46]
Strength: 16[+]
Vitality: 20[+]
Dexterity: 10[+]
[Cognition: 3]
Intelligence: 1[+]
Perception: 1[+]
Guts: 1[+]
[Spirituality: 3]
Spirit: 1[+]
Mind: 1[+]
Faith: 1[+]
Free Attributes: 0[+]
AP: 159,000
[Skills]
[Empathy:(E)], [Studying(E)], [Media Manipulation:(E)], [Artistry:(E)], [Landscaping:(F)], [Gardening:(F)], [Cooking:(F)], [Training(F)], [Grooming(F)]
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"Technically speaking, this is just prep work..." contended Jason, exhaling a sigh of relief as Korrina's playful utterance coincided with the final step of the Chikorita's processing. It felt wrong seeing a once whole Pokémon reduced to carefully portioned ingredients, but since processing animals for food was just as pervasive in his previous world, he did his best not to let it bother him as he got to work meticulously preparing his and Korrina's breakfast.
Believing that Jason could take care of the rest without her continued presence and emotional support, Korrina nodded approvingly, kissed the right side of his neck, and separated from him to begin preparing food for the patiently waiting Audino. The latter initially refused to eat, as she had lost her appetite from experiencing Jason's anxiety as her own, but once he sat down and had Korrina sit on his lap so they could eat together, she regained her usual vigor and ate happily alongside them...
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Since she had a rather long backlog to work through due to her two-week break from work, Ellaine ended up returning much later than the 5 PM she had told Jason and Korrina. The Pikipek-themed clock on the wall showed that it was 8:43 PM, so she fully expected the duo to have already retired to their or her bedroom. Instead, as she stepped through the door feeling more than a little worn out, she discovered Jason and Korrina cuddling on the living room sofa, ostensibly waiting for her as they immediately got up to greet her with smiles.
"Well, if it isn't my favorite Professor..." hummed Jason, following Ellaine's past example by stepping up and over the back of the sofa and hurrying over to pick her up by her slender but firm waist. Ellaine was more than a little surprised by this, but instead of showing it, a broad smile blossomed across her face as she remarked, "This is a novel way to greet someone..."
"Then allow me to welcome you another way..." responded Jason, setting Ellaine down, sliding his hands to her notably warm bottom, and drawing her flush against him for a kiss. She unhesitantly reciprocated, but as she was exhausted from work and her commute, she disengaged quickly and expressed as much. Fortunately for her, Jason had anticipated this, so as they invariably relocated to the bath and settled in her room for the night, he focused exclusively on helping to alleviate her fatigue using his mouth, tongue, and amateur massage skills...
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