Initiation-2

After this impassioned statement from the man, Lance felt his head reeling.

In the span of a few hours, he had first been teleported to an unknown location, almost died due to running out of air to breathe and now found himself seemingly in space with a strange man who looked like him talking about mantles and stuff.

This was just too much to take in for Lance, and his body acted in the only way possible to maintain his sanity: by making him faint.

The man, seeing Lance faint, felt that he should have maybe held off on the speech at least until the young man had regained his bearings.

As Lance slowly woke up, he was almost 100% sure that everything that had happened was just one big elaborate dream. He nervously opened his eyes fully expecting to see the roof of his dingy hostel room again, but what he saw was again the shimmering stars in that infinite void of space. He felt warm and fuzzy, and looking around realized that he was in a pod of sorts.

Egg-shaped and open on one side, the white pod was filled with a fluid which submerged Lance's body. Even his head was under the gooey transparent matter, but he could breathe as comfortably as if he were on top of a mountain with crisp air around him.

He was dressed in a body hugging yellow jumpsuit, almost like rubber tights. They fully amplified his ample curves, making Lance feel uncomfortable as he was used to wearing baggy jeans and t-shirts. What was amazing was that the pod perfectly fitted Lance's 5 foot 9 inches tall body, almost as if it were custom made for him.

As if sensing that he was conscious, the jelly drained into unseen crevices. As Lance got up from the pod, he saw that there were many such pods around him. Most were empty, with a few holding people who were still unconscious.

As he was staring at one blond girl with an ample bosom which was magnified due to the rubber suit, he heard the man's voice again from behind him. "Magnificent view, isn't it?"

This time, he was more embarrassed than startled. As he turned around thinking for an explanation to salvage his image, he saw that the man was actually staring at the starry expanse above him. Relieved, he replied, "Yes, magnificent indeed."

"Oh, you mean the sky or that girls assets?". Lance's face blushed as the man let out a booming laugh.

"Young man, it has been barely an hour since you have arrived in one of the most sacred frontiers of mankind and you have already ogled at a fellow initiate. What do you have to say for yourself?"

As Lance stuttered an even to him incoherent answer, the man let out that laugh again which reverberated around the huge room.

"I see my unique character hasn't been lost through the ages. Keep it up, my descendant!"

As the man lay his hand on Lance's shoulder and showed him a thumbs up, for some reason, Lance felt even more embarrassed than if he had been admonished for his behavior. There was just this weird feeling that this would not be the last of such interactions.