When I walked in, the entire place seemed deserted. It was such a stark contrast from last time that it would be impossible to know if I was even in the monster world or not. The only thing cluing me in was the smaller details like a lack of proper upkeep in the corners of the walls, or that sweet scent that accompanied all the succubi. That meant that everyone was in their rooms. But why?
"Guess it's time to put in some work." A voice behind me made me turn back.
It was someone I hadn't seen before, but that should not have come as a surprise. I didn't know most of the women here, and I probably never would. How many did they even have in total? I'd never questioned it. The one standing there right now seemed like she'd been rudely awakened from her sleep, with frizzy, unkept hair and creased pajamas. Behind her were more of the succubi; all ready to step in and get their food. I gestured towards the door waiting for them to move and go in.
"How many?" She asked.
"Uhh, eight." I replied, "Five guys, three girls."
Someone in the back enthusiastically shouted, "I call dibs on one of the three."
"Yeah, you can have her, slut. Damn, imagine being this horny at two in the night."
"Oh, boohoo. Someone just can't accept people trying to have fun in their life. Miss Chastity strikes again. Try to live for once, bitch."
Before I knew it, the two of them had gotten into an argument. For a second, I wondered if it was my fault for having arranged this so late, but no. People usually only slept at night. It was their inherent disadvantage that they had to lose their sleep. And anyways, they were supposed to be creatures of the night, so you couldn't possibly blame us humans for thinking like we did. How would I possibly guess that they just preferred to sleep at home instead?
"So, are you guys going in?" I asked.
The one in the front, who seemed uninterested in their little fight, nodded her head and yawned, "We need Caracella to confirm. She knows you're here already so she'll probably revert soon. You can leave, don't worry. Thanks!"
She smiled and I smiled back. Why did they need Cara to tell them yes or no? Is what I asked myself for just a second before I remembered what had happened with Yumi a while back. They were probably operating on a strict schedule now to make sure they balanced all their energy consumption and power effectively. It wouldn't do for just one or two particularly driven individuals like Yumi to get stronger and stronger while the others remained underpowered. They would never get out of the building like that.
But what was taking her so long anyways? Last time, even if I disregarded the fact that Yumi had rushed in, it has still taken less time. And this was including the time I had taken to go to the laundry room, despair for a while and start doing work. By then, Cara had already told the actual assigned succubus to go in and given Yumi a verbal thrashing. Right now, she refused to even give permission. Something had to have been holding her back in some manner. And why was she doing all of this on her own anyways? If she was the leader, she could assign someone else to do all the menial labour. That was how efficiency was maintained.
"Would anyone else be awake right now? I can't really sleep, so I'll just take a walk around. That's alright?" I asked the same one.
She shrugged, "I don't think anyone would be awake, but I also don't think anyone would wake up just cause you walk around. Feel free. Not much to look at anyways. Just passage after passage of nothing."
True. And there weren't even beautiful women populating it.
"Well, thanks! Have fun, I guess."
She smiled, "I'll try. Not in the mood right now, but I'll try."
"Eh, you could always ask someone else who hasn't done it in a while to replace you, no? Why go through all that when you don't feel like it? You'll just end up getting tired."
She shook her head, "Cara's got all our power levels down, and made the schedule according to that. Those who go early are trained to use as little as possible day to day. Those who will go towards the end will usually end up wasting their energy due to mismanagement. It would throw the entire plan off the rails if I didn't do it right now. Nice of you to think for me, but nothing we can do."
"You all are dedicated as hell. I could never." I said with as much sincerity as possible, "Like, there are times when my drive is uncontrollable and times where I just want to get every thought of sex out of my mind. I wouldn't be able to do it if I was thinking like that, you know?"
She laughed. The others had stopped fighting by now and seemed to chatting in hushed voices. She looked back at all of them and then at herself, "It's not like I hate it. I mean, all of us here have probably fucked at least thrice as much as than any human will in their entire lives. Yet, I can still get into it most of the time. That pleasure doesn't stop being addictive. Even if I don't want to do it, I know it'll be fun when I shut up and start. Who knows? Maybe that random human's got a big dick."
"Amen." A succubus in the back said to her words.
"Did she just invoke a human God in here?" I asked.
"Hey, a good expression is a good expression. I'm sure he wouldn't mind us using it. Bet even the demon lord says stuff like that out loud one in a while." The one who had said it, justified it.
The one in front of me continued, as if she had never intended to stop where she did, "We don't get to decide when we feel good, Alex. Oh, don't freak out about your name. Everyone knows it by now, so expect more mentions. But yeah, if we can't decide, we learn. You keep throwing away an opportunity to enjoy yourself and you'll stay miserable. Fun times don't come around frequently, so you need to learn to take advantage of them when they do."
"Mm. Maybe you're right." I thought about it.
"Of course I'm right, kid. You really think you're older than me? We're all much wiser than you here, so take the advice when you get it."
"Selly doesn't like all that ego you humans have, that's it." The other one from before butted in, "Just take her words as the truth and go with it. She loves to prove how much better she is than you all."
"You all too, bitches." Selly, as I now knew her to be, looked back with a smile, "It isn't narcissism if I'm actually better than everyone, ok? So take it or leave it, Alex. I don't keep my divine knowledge to myself."
I laughed, "Can't say you're wrong, I guess. Thanks again!"
She blinked her eyes and gestured for me to go and chill. I waved her goodbye and turned towards the corridors. I wished she ended up getting Liam. The two of them had that same annoyingly positive energy leaking from them. And the same subtle, righteous entitlement that came from knowing that you were objectively a better person than most people. Couldn't say I'd ever felt it, but it was probably a great feeling to have. I took her words to heart and starting walking to check what the place looked like at night.
Turns out that even if you're living in a world where (I assume) electricity has no bearing on how appliances works, the succubi seemed to care quite a bit about lighting. The only place which seemed to have light was where I had entered, and that was probably because I had caused the ones in line to wake up. The rest of the place was covered in darkness. Only the few windows which looked out let moonlight in, causing the entire hotel to have a heavenly, silver shine to it. It probably wouldn't fly as an idea in front of Edward and Lucas, but I personally loved the aesthetics it created. It was definitely a valid way to make a hotel stand out.
And the windows reminded me. Or rather, made me consider.
I went to the nearest one and looked out to see what exactly was outside. And all I saw was a barren, rocky wasteland. I couldn't make out what color it was since it was night, but it was probably a shade of brown or dark red. As generic of a monster world as it could get. I pushed my hand out and felt a cool breeze blow through. As I did, something popped up in my mind. For a succubus, was this even possible? If they were magically locked inside, I was assuming they couldn't even put their hand out like this, much less have their entire head feel the calming wind like me right now. All they could do was stare at these windows and wish for it. The frustration was palpable. And so was the determination.
A situation this bad could give even the biggest of cowards a little bit of courage. Anything to get out of a place that denied you the right to even feel the wind on your face. It was a testament to their resolution that they hadn't gone mad out of suffocating in here already. I pulled my head back out of respect and decided to look at it from afar instead. Hopefully, they'd be able go out some day too. If I did my job right, it couldn't be that far.
Then, I heard voices of the same two girls at the door fighting again. They were still here, somehow. Cara hadn't responded and they hadn't done anything to check what was going on. What was she even doing?
For a second, I worried. There was a chance something bad had happened. But then, as I considered the time, and what Yumi had told me the last time I met her, my brain went somewhere else. What if Cara was just busy with something completely else? She'd be in her room. Or her office. I could always go and ask her what was up. Make sure the girls got to go in on time so that they could come back and sleep. It was a matter of simple worry for them. They had been standing there forever. I'd have to find Cara immediately!
I stepped back and checked where I was. It seemed like I appeared on the fourth floor, out of Room 407, no matter which door I used in the hotel. And judging by the last time I had walked here with Van and Yumi, Cara's office was on the same floor. Of course, the place wasn't as small as the human version, so it would still take time to find it. The actual place had only twenty rooms on every floor. In here, I could already see Room 431. I'd have to look around for a while.
I would have remembered exactly where I was supposed to be going, but I had been way too preoccupied with something else my first time around. I guess this was one punishment that came from it.
And so, I walked, and walked, and walked. I considered what Caracella could be doing to be so busy. Of course, there was all the good stuff, but she could also actually be in danger. Maybe something had gone wrong and we were all in big trouble now. However, as the potential for something good outweighed the bad, I increased my pace. As I walked, I tried to remember moments from the time I had fucked Yumi while walking through here. There were a couple of small locations I could still vaguely make out because of how vividly I could remember that walk.
It wasn't long before I finally made it to a certain I wall I knew for sure. It was where we had finished. It was probably a very degenerate thing to remember, but blame me if you can. It was my first time with a succubus. A feeling you don't forget very easily. It made me wonder how the people who felt like they had 'dreamed' the entire incident coped with it. Did they forever believe that one dream had been the best sex they ever had?
I looked at the wall and walked forward just a little before finally reaching that distinct door with its red engravings. Right between Rooms 4187 and 4189, I guess it was a rebranded 4188. I knocked, but got no response. As I had guessed earlier, there was a huge chance she was in her room and not in her office. She surely had a different place for sleeping. I couldn't imagine her squeezing into her chair to get some rest. It was possible, but just felt wrong for someone in her position. I knocked to be sure once more, and got no reply again. At this point, I had no option left.
I braced myself. For a potential doomsday situation, for a potential embarrassment, even a potential Cara-gets-angry-at-me-for-not-knocking-and-throws-me-out. Whatever the case, I needed to get there. I pulled the handle down and pushed the door open.
And just as expected, the first thing I caught were the sounds. Lewd moans filled the entire room. Cara's raspy, seductive voice letting out the most out-of-character sounds as she yelped and groaned every second. Her breaths, echoing in the walls due to how quiet everything was. Then, I finally laid eyes on the two of them.
Caracella was on sitting on her table; legs pulled apart and the slit in her silver gown thrown to the side to reveal her pussy. The top, pulled down just a bit to let her boobs out, which she was playing with using one of her hands. The other, guided the head that was pleasuring her. That head belonged to a succubus I didn't know. Her blonde hair shined in the moonlight, but that was all I could see. Her tongue running up and down, in and out of Cara's vagina. She kneeled on the floor with her hands held behind her back like a dutiful servant. Her tits seemed to be out, but her ass was barely covered with a thong and net stockings. On her legs, she still wore high heels that just slightly dug into her butt, which was laid right on them.
Hard already, all I could do was stare. But knowing where I had gotten with that last time, I cleared my throat instead, trying to attract her attention.
"Um, Miss Caracella? They're waiting at the door for you."
Cara stopped touching her boobs and looked up. The one below her continued licking, as if nothing could faze her.
"Oh, Al!" She happily cheered, "Right. I almost forgot about them. I felt you coming in, but I was...preoccupied."
"Yeah. I can see that. Just, can you do that now? They didn't look like they wanted to be there in the first place, and the faster they can get done, the more they can rest."
"Oh, who cares. They can sleep the entire day tomorrow if they wish. They're basically free to fuck around all they want after they get all their energy today. Their reserves are pretty efficient."
I knew that. Selly had told me. But more than that, why was she acting like nothing was wrong? Was this what Yumi meant? Maybe she was like this most of the time. People walking in on her being sucked on by some random succubus so many time that neither party cared about what was going on anymore?
She chuckled, "Flustered? You're blushing really hard. Come closer!"
I slowly walked forward, "I mean, it's hard not to be. Considering..."
"Of course. I get--ahhhhh. That's it, Gel. Good job, girl."
I waited for her to continue. Was this was Van felt like that day I was busy fucking Yumi? Just waiting and waiting until she could end the conversation she had started. Unlike her, though, I was really horny right now too, and hoping for them to say something. Surely, she wouldn't let me go without something being offered. Whether I'd take it was a different thing. As soon as I considered joining them, Nao's face popped up in my mind. How much more corrupted by these things could I become?
"Say. Your face isn't doing you any favors. You want to do me some?"
"Uh, favors?"
"Well, something like Gel over here." She patted the girl's head and ruffled her hair before her hips swirled on the table, reacting to the tongue once more.
"I..."
Selly's words came to mind. I had already wasted most of the day with the others. I hadn't participated as much as I should have. If they were to ever meet again ten years from now, today would become something they would recollect. And once more, I wouldn't be able to join in and contribute anything. This wasn't their fault. Or my fault. It wasn't a fault at all. She had probably put it best. Sometimes fun things came along, sometimes bad. If I couldn't enjoy the fun things when they did, I would remain miserable.
I could think about Nao later. She didn't have anything to do with this situation. In front of me, right now, were too horned up women asking for me to take my cock and help them out with their session. And there was no way in hell anyone in their right mind would say no to that. A chance to fuck the de-facto Queen of the Succubi? My fucking pleasure.
"...would love that." I ended up answering.
"Well, what're you waiting for. Drop those pants."