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(This post was last modified: 06/03/2012 03:07 PM by Bamesy.)
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Development Acceleration Threads WARNING : Wall of text with very little to no TL;DR and Not Proof-Read Yet I figured I'd take some time to do something for the forum community. I'm not sure how helpful it will be, but if even 1 person gets something out of these threads, I'm satisfied and it was worth it. If this helps a lot of people a bit, then that's just extra awesomeness. So if you think there's anything I've missed that might help someone, or if there's something I cover that isn't needed, let me know. I simply want these threads to be the most helpful they can be. Given my leet writing skills, my leet smash skills, and my leet coaching and teaching skills at all levels in the game, I have an interesting set of successful credentials and unique insights. So I feel like it's my duty to give something like this to the Project M community. Purpose and Intro Spoiler: Development Acceleration Thread : Mario Mario is a very solid and well rounded character, but only within certain boundaries. He has the tools needed for everything and they almost all work universally, meaning all of his tools are useful all of the time. This can be looked at several ways, but finding a balance in play around in this is tricky. With these types of balances, I like to revert back to the basics and tend to discuss and teach them from the route. Here, I'll relate to the development of Mario to the elements, Earth, Water, Fire and Air. The route of everything, in a way. These will be the building blocks on how to make him most effective. Earth With Mario, you have what you need to cover every angle at any time. The tricky part comes with the way he doesn't cover anything excessive amounts for very long, so it takes constant awareness and proper activity to be as solid as Mario can be. Since you have the potential to have access to what you need at any given moment, the only time you don't have access to those tools is when you're being hit. When you're not in the process of being hit, you can handle anything. Naturally, this means one thing. Safety first. 1 - Staying Grounded Spoiler: Spoiler: Given that Mario has so many options for everything but doesn't excel in too many areas, it's necessary to be able to meld all of his tools together fluently while in full motion. A comfort with all the nuances and intricate variations of how he can move and what he can do during those movements are what will keep you threatening the opponent, as this is what defines his offense. This is the natural state of Mario, but is only possible when he's safe to use it, so the foundation is needed before his potential offense can always be maxed. To be at maximum potential once he has the option, all transitional tools are needed to go from the neutral game onward. 1 - Mobility Spoiler: Spoiler: When the foundation is solid and all his options are function with fluidity, his offensive out put comes into play. Mario has even diversity in moves to combo any character off of many different initial connections. Being safe from the hits you want to avoid and being mobile enough to get where you want to be, this allows for Mario to take the safe and accurate offensive actions that he will be guaranteed decent damage output from. 1 - Combos Spoiler: Spoiler: Mario has a lot to offer in the space between these target goals and unique tools that can be applied in all those areas. He might be a well rounded character but he has quite a few quirks about him as well. 1 - Cape Spoiler: 2 - Edge Game Spoiler: Spoiler: Kind of TLDR/Recap Spoiler: Continuity Is The Secret Of Success Spoiler: Bamesy |
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OH I GET IT NOW DAT stands for Development Acceleration Thread Pretty nifty |
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very nice that did help me. now we need to get a match up thread in this forum. i've been wanting to have a place so i can get advice on the link match up
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This is pretty solid. However, one or two of the terms confused me. Is there a video or forum that says all the terms and how to perform them? :o
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It's all pretty simple stuff so you can probably find most of these terms elsewhere on the forums and guess what they are based on the context they're used in (that's a lot of words for nothing...)... Since there are only a couple, what are the confusing terms? Sometime this summer I'm sure I'll get something on video, likely just matches to demonstrate what direction the metagame is going, but only if I feel it's still going slower than I want it to and I get anxious enough to try getting people caught up or push people ahead. Though I do some amazing on-the-spot in-person coaching sessions that would make great tutorials for all levels of play. If I feel necessary, I'll record during one of them, but probably not any time soon. Everything I can put on a tutorial can be done through writing, if you know the terms, and I won't make a tutorial for the words written. lol That Doc texture is solid. Love it, looks good in all ways really. |
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what's pivoting and ledge canceling...? Also here's a better Doc. http://www.mediafire.com/?07dsdb1r6cfs65u I request for recolors of him all the time. xD |
(This post was last modified: 06/21/2012 10:32 PM by Bamesy.)
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Oh hey, that's actually the Doc I'm using! I downloaded like every option to test them all, and yeah that's the one I kept too. Have all the re-colours downloaded too, but white is nice. I can't handle playing him after Melee though, get confused and forget my Fsmash has range and a sour-spot on the inside... Using the Nintendo-All-Stars* Shadow colour from the Vault for myself, along with my own version of a rhastafario. Pivoting This is basically a copy-paste from the DAT Falcon, since I described it decently there I think... "Pivoting is simply using an action out of the standing animated frames between dashes during a Dash Dance. Meaning you can perform any action, anywhere at any time, if it's within the Dash Dance. When doing an actionless Pivot, as in doing a pivot without any other inputs aside from the directions themselves, you'll do a neutral Pivot. (this means Dashing 1 way and turning the other but NOT 'Dashing' the other) The animation will be you standing up facing the direction you were going, then turning towards the direction you were pivoting. The same actions can be performed during each set of direction facing positions, but the second instance of standing is easier to act out of as it has more leeway for timing." There's more on it in there, but that's the basic mechanics of it. It's essentially, during a Dash Dance (DD), there's a Standing animation EVERY time to change the direction you're dashing. During this time, you can do ANY action you would normally be able to do when you're normally Standing. That's a pivot... DD>TILT WTF? DD>JAB WTF? Edit: Right, ledge cancelling. It's simply when you use an aerial while landing on edge of a platform/stage. If your momentum is moving OFF the platform/stage, you'll slide off and your aerial will be cancelled. Just go on a platform and jump with Mario, then Fair while you're landing on the edge of the platform and sliding off. Ledge cancelling happens! This means you have NO lag on the aerial (it's all cancelled when you go airborne again) And you'll get your jump back (you touched the ground when sliding off) |
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The green recolor, (the one with the purple pants) and the black recolors are so far the best of the doctors. In fact, I'm the main requester of the recolors. xD Personally, I use 2 doctors, ice mario, blaze the cat, and gohan. Oh, that's very helpful. Hopefully they make the advanced tips video like they did for melee. When can we expect more DAT threads? I'd love a Lucario or Link one. |
(This post was last modified: 06/22/2012 12:45 AM by Bamesy.)
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I didn't even look at the alt-colours, I just stuck with white. Might change them around to see what looks good. Got a Red Engi from TF2 along with my Rhasta and Shadow, all for me really. Papa Smurf, Tanooki and Doc are all used by other players and requested. All the local PM copies are pretty much the same (mine is the hive they're updated off, so it's a little different usually) so they all have all these textures. I'm not sure if a tech video is needed. If Melee had a video, then it should be pretty directly transferred over. Some stuff is a lot different, but I don't expect it anytime soon. There's a lot of little details like how Wavelanding on the ledge Melee-style (dropping from the ledge and DJ on) and basic Jump-Up Wavelanding from the ledge are both different options for the same thing, so both are different, but don't really 'need' to be explained or shown since Melee-style is still gernerally better unless it's character specific (Peach/Ness/maybe others can't Melee-style it) For tech practice, go read something I just posted in the General Ness thread. There's a 'practice' technique I briefed on that has helped many new players get good, and even more good players get better. It's more like just an idea on how you can go about something, just a building block to finding your own practice methods. Work with that to start and see where it takes you. Any tech things that come up in there will make sense if you look into it/try enough things and work that brain-smash-knowledge. The game is just too complex for vids. Gotta figure it out yourself... and maybe DAT threads lol. I've been traveling a lot lately, and gonna be gone for a couple weeks through July (leaving tomorrow at 8am) and my garden is getting uber hazardous in the meantime. So I haven't been playing much, and won't for a while. The next batch will come pretty soon but might not show up for a while. (as in I could write it really soon but probably won't get a couple days free to do it for a while) After some stuff, I'll get to work on this metagame shiz and threads and vids will come quick and plenty I'm sure. In the meantime I can only do so much. Link won't come too quickly, though I could probably do it right away if I needed to. Lucario, I don't really think everyone is 'doing it wrong' but I don't like what I see so far. It'll be a while before I get around to him, and it'll take some time when I do, but I'll get around to it sooner than Link probably since it'll be a lot more useful to the community. I gotta put my work in first, so who knows really. Too much work to do... |
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Bamsey, I support the hell out of these threads, but you've got to choose a Red, Blue and Purple color that are easier on the eyes because fffffffffffffffffff
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@bamsey Ledge canceling is actually caused by the teetering animation, not by going airborne. Which means that you can ledge cancel an aerial without going off the platform, since teetering is interruptable at any point; it's harder to do, but has a wider variety of uses than you going off the ledge- any attack or movement is at your disposal, rather than just another aerial, jumping, or waiting to land. |
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Oh nuuu my technical articulation details! I was trying to describe it in more practical and simple use, but Defood is indeed correct and accurate. You can do things like Ledge Cancel a Bair and instantly Ftilt the other direction, as it will cancel the aerial before you actually leave the platform and stay grounded. This application will rarely come up in matches, but every once in a while it'll show up. I was shielding by the edge of the stage and a Lucas ledge cancelled a SH Nair through me, followed with Dtilt that shield-poked me from behind, into an Fsmash, I was upset. This happened a couple days ago, still upset. haha BW Sounds good, I'll re-read these things and simplify them sometime soon. When I re-post them, I'll fix the visual agony parts of them. |
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How do I get that Doctor skin? Its so cool! Also, your DAT was a fantastic read. I think that's what fighting games are all about and its nice to see. |
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(09/27/2012 12:29 PM)acdebega Wrote: How do I get that Doctor skin? Its so cool! brawlvault. Is there any good way to practice pivoting? |
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Dash left, Dash right, turn left and Ftilt that direction. Dash right, Dash left, turn right and Ftilt that direction. Be light on the controller. SH Fair left, Dash right, Ftilt left at the end of the dash. Fsmash might come out a lot, but that's ok, be lighter on the controller. Try it with Down on the C-Stick instead of A for tilts. This will help with the timing of when a Pivot actually occurs, as the Dsmash will only come out on that proper motion. Start slow, Dash>Dash>turn around with a light motion without dashing, just so you face the other way. Do that with an attack (like Utilt) after you turn around. Keep doing that Dash>Dash>turn and try Utilting as soon as you turn around, quicker and quicker following the turn. Eventually, you'll have the lightness needed to not dash that way and the speed to turn and transition to Up for the tilt. Go slow, keep speeding it up. NOT the Dashes, just the time between the Turn (Pivot) and the Tilt. Do SH aerials between attempts quite often, or Wavedash Out Of Shield and things like that. This way you'll get accustomed to doing it in motion. Best of luck. Pivots open lots of doors. The most reliable way I get kills as Mario (in Melee and PM) is Pivot Fsmash. Lands off Uthrow on spacies at all the juicy %, but you can't catch their DI without being able to Pivot properly. (I've only ever had 1 singles match against Mango in Melee, and Uthrow Pivot Fsmash is how I won the match against his Fox... so you know it's good) |
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The Kings lead the series 2-1, and were close to taking a commanding 3-0 lead in game 3. That being said you would think that their underlying numbers for this series have been solid. Unfortunately for L.A., that hasn't been the case.
L.A. finished the regular season with the best possession numbers of any team since the Cup winning 2009-10 Chicago Blackhawks. There is a pretty strong correlation between hefty puck possession numbers and winning championships. In the first 3 games against the Sharks, the Kings haven't played like the team that posted those gaudy regular season numbers and have been out-played by the Sharks for long stretches. They've only owned 46.5% of all shot attempts at 5v5 in this series which is paltry when compared to their regular season pace of 56%. Some of this can be attributed to score effects. The Kings have had a slight edge in possession numbers in a small sample of minutes when the score has been tied. Yet, the rate at which they're getting out-shot when ahead is alarming and bucks their regular season trend of being strong on the puck no matter the score.
There is reason to be optimistic. The Kings lead the series in spite of playing far from their best hockey. They are capable of playing at a higher gear and if they can find it they should be able to earn the two victories they need to advance. Let's catch-up on the individual numbers and see if we can figure out what's been going right and what's been going wrong for L.A.
- Anze Kopitar has spent 75% of his minutes in this series matched against the Sharks top 6. He and his linemates have pretty evenly split those minutes between the Logan Couture and Joe Thornton lines. In our series preview, we noted that the Kopitar line had been dominant over the past two seasons against the Sharks. And that, coming off a mediocre series against the Blues, they'd need to regain their form against the Sharks. As the numbers above show, they haven't. They've been out-shot and heavily out-chanced.
- A similar story for the second unit. They've gotten peppered by shots at even strength. Against Joe Thornton, they've only managed 2 shots on goal while allowing 18. Their numbers against Couture are much better (+9/-7). It might be a good idea for the Kings to keep Richards away from Thornton as much as they possibly can. For their part, the second line has been able to suppress scoring chances relative to the amount of zone time they've allowed. They've also recorded a lot of chances. So far they've been good at counter-punching and have been buoyed by the stellar work of Jonathan Quick between the pipes. Yet, this is not a sustainable strategy. They need to start moving the dial forward.
- Given the difficult matchups among the top 6, we suspected the battle between third lines was going to be crucial. Jarret Stoll was lost to injury in Game 1 and so that seemed to put this matchup in peril. Trevor Lewis has mainly been accorded the third line center role in lieu of Stoll and he has thrived. In game 1, while winging Stoll, Lewis was a -8 in shot attempts. In the two games since, he has been a +8. A lot of credit for that has to go to rookie Tyler Toffoli. When Lewis and Toffoli have been on ice together the Kings have owned 65% of all shot attempts. Dustin Penner shouldn't go unnoticed either. He has the best underlying numbers among any Kings forward.
- Drew Doughty has managed to stay above water in possession in spite of some very tough minutes. His main matchup has been Thornton and, just like against everyone else on the Kings, Thornton has won that matchup (+9 attempts vs. Doughty). Against the rest of the Sharks, Doughty's possession numbers are well in the black. The problem is that the Kings have had a hard time registering scoring chances with him on the ice. The same has been true of his partner, Robyn Regehr who has been out-chanced 15-3.
- The main drags on the Kings possession numbers have been Slava Voynov and Rob Scuderi. In 17:30 of ice time, the Kings have only attempted 9 shots while the Sharks have attempted 44 when Thornton has been on ice against Scuderi-Voynov. That's pretty much as bad as it gets in terms of possession numbers. Yet, they've only allowed 1 goal and have limited scoring chances relative to all of those attempts. Still, this is the biggest area of concern in this series right now for the Kings. The 2nd pair can't keep getting pounded like this and relying on Quick to bail them out.
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Yeah but they won't start a business with you or buy a house with you or leave you notes or make you soup when you're sick and you sure as hell won't be doing any of those things in return with an escort.
I don't know if it is for these guys or not. Maybe you're right, as far as they go.
I give up on this thread at the point where I have to go from defending jackasses who may be developmentally disabled to having to read tea leaves to determine the contents of their souls.
"How am I still single? My female friends ask me that all the time. I answer: You tell me. You're the bitch that doesn't let me touch your boobies." – NICE GUY (who also thinks that NO is occasionally a Yes in disguise).
"I'm that really nice guy that most girls have as a friend but wouldn't date because It just wouldn't work out, or You're too nice, or whatever else excuse girls can spew out to not date a guy." – NICE GUY (who also thinks men are smarter than women and whose opinion of you will be lowered if he finds out that you call yourself a feminist).
I do think some of these guys need to take a long, hard look at their scale before blaming their niceness.
J.R. I say not much of a difference while my anger was turned mostly inward, I was still doing what Cassandra and Treacle describe and seeing women in terms of alleviating my own pain rather than how to form a healthy friendship or relationship.
Again, gotta stress past tense....although before i was married there were a couple of times being rejected has acted like a trigger I usually get over it by next morning.
These are just bros calling themselves "nice guys" and wondering why it's not working.
The "nice guy" meme is one of the most overused and misunderstood on the internet, I think.
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Yeah, it's not impossible to get girls at that size. It's not even that hard. But I think a lot of these guys have such poor body image that their self-esteen comes solely from how great they think their personality is, and when that's not enough they fall even further into despair.
Basically, they need something else to feel good about.
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Speaking as a guy who was and is socially awkward and has struggled to express said desires - only sometimes true, mainly people just get annoyed because it's frustrating to deal with an awkward stranger. And seeing stuff like the Nice Guy bashing helped me go "...oh, right".
In the case of that site, some of these people are saying "no means yes" and generally are acting entitled, if they're "nice" they must get something for it. That's not awkward. They're also being very upfront about what they're looking for on a dating website.


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Military Wide Review Of Behavioral And Mental Health Diagnoses
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta revealed the Departments mental health care review during a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Wednesday.
Washington Senator Patty Murray chairs the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. Murray grilled Panetta about the Department's efforts to improve mental health care for both active duty service members and veterans.
One active duty service member a day commits suicide according to the Pentagon.
Murray: "The Pentagon and the VA are losing the battle on mental and behavioral health conditions that are confronting a lot of our service members loved ones and as we just talked about resulting in such extreme things as suicide."
Panetta: "…I'm not satisfied either. What I've asked is the other service chiefs to implement the same approach that the Army's taken. We're doing everything we can to try to build a better system between the Pentagon, the Department of Defense and VA. But there are still huge gaps in terms of the differences in terms of how they approach these cases and how they diagnose the cases and how they deal with them, and frankly, that's a whole area we have to do much better on."
The expanded review follows an Army wide investigation announced in May. It all stems from revelations that a forensic psychiatry unit at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma reversed some soldiers PTSD diagnoses.
The adjustments prevented the soldiers from receiving disability benefits for behavioral health issues stemming from their combat experiences. Some of those diagnoses have been changed back since the review.
Panetta told the Committee that the DOD spends almost $50 billion a year on healthcare.
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11:02am Tuesday 14th January 2014 in National Sport News © Press Association 2014
Rafael Nadal needed just one set to book his place in the second round of the Australian Open as opponent Bernard Tomic retired with injury.
The top seed took the first set 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena before his Australian opponent withdrew, with the decision appearing not to go down well with some sections of the crowd.
Nadal took the only break point in the set to move into a 5-4 lead and then closed out the set in 39 minutes.
The Spaniard missed last year's tournament with a stomach virus and admitted and admitted his return to Melbourne had been "really emotional".
He said in an on-court interview: "The final against Novak (Djokovic) two years ago, even if I lost (Djokovic won in five sets), is one of the top moments of my career.
"I really enjoy playing here so much in Australia. I am sure I missed you more than you missed me last year."
Nadal will next face another home player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, the 17-year-old world number 570.
And he said he was pleased with his fitness at the start of the year.
"My first goal of last year when I came back was to finish the year, and that's what happened," he added. "I finished the year and I finished the year playing one of the best seasons of my career.
"I am able to start again this year and that's the best news possible."
Tomic went into the clash in great form having reached the final in Sydney at the weekend, and Nadal appeared rattled by the draw.
But Tomic felt the problem in training on Monday, and he said: "This opportunity I had to play against Rafa was huge for me. Unfortunately I couldn't compete.
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After spending almost 10 years in the high end corporate retail world selling, buying, creating and fashion directing, I gave birth to my daughter and embraced the "mommy hood" fork in the road. While figuring out the ins and outs of her diaper rashes and tantrums, I started my blog a few short months ago sharing my Manhattan trials and tribulations of balancing motherhood and maintaining my sense of self and independence. My love for fashion and retail is peppered throughout my entries as fashion is simply part of my genetic make-up. Women can have it all in life but should be able to embrace their mistakes made along the way. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right Kelly Clarkson? So, come on, start reading and enjoy the view with me at viewfromthe30ishfloor.
Q: How many children do you have?
A: I have a vivacious 2.5 year old girl named Rylan who leaves me exhausted and exhilarated each and every day. If I could live life the way she runs and rules the playground I would be living life to the absolute fullest!
Q: Where do you live?
A: I reside in Union Square area in NYC. I'm very much a "No nonsense, I don't care what people think of me with a no dressing up rule on the weekends" kind of downtown mommy. Dressing up on the weekends is so uptown…
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A: "Whoever said that money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping." Thank you, Bo Derek.
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Q: If your life was made into a Lifetime Movie, what would it be called?
A: "The Never Ending Crazy Seinfeld Episode (You Can't Make This Stuff Up)." Lots of tissues required.


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It had been a bad idea to choose the cheapest ticket.
Jonell Jones knew it had been a bad idea to choose the cheapest ticket. Now the pirates were about to board and she knew she was going to die in some unspeakable way. The rag-tag bands of pirates in this contested corridor of space traded in bodies as well as stolen goods. Jonell knew the ticket on the space liner had been cheap for a reason. It cut through the no-mans land between several conflict ridden empires. She thought the risk had been minimal, but once again her bad luck followed her. The humans who actually frequented this area of space were either naive travelers or pirates. The competing empires of different races ignored the humans for the most part, as the pirates were of little threat to them. Physically the races in this part of space were much larger and stronger than humans. The level of civilization was also much lower.
She was brought out of her panicked thoughts by the sound of a ship breaching the hull. She had no place to hide as the lock down had happened when she was in the entertainment lounge along with a great many people. The large view panel showed the multiple ragtag band of pirate ships as they advanced, it also showed the crew pods escaping from the liner in a haphazard panic, only to be scooped up by the largest pirate vessel.
All Jonell could do was wait. The large entertainment area had no escape pods or places to hide. Its large viewing panel was triple shielded, but it still made it the most vulnerable part of the ship. Any damage to the screen would cause them all to be expelled into the vacuum of space. Jonell huddled with the others wondering if that was the best result she could hope for today. She knew her life was going to get a lot worse. She had no money to buy her way out of this. No family to pay a ransom. No great skill with which to barter. The only asset that could save her life was a fate worse than death, as a sex slave.
The frightened group's attention was taken by a forced docking collar cutting through the hull at the far end of the large room. With a loud noise and smoke billowing around them, a swarm of armed pirates charged into the entertainment area. Jonell watched with barely restrained panic as a group of men ran towards the group she was with. They all flinched back into the corner as the men grabbed one of the very young girls from her mother's arms.
It was then that Jonell noticed a large Simian towering over the other pirates. The Simian reached over and plucked the crying young girl out of the hands of the dirty, smelly pirate and handed the child back to the mother.
"Don't handle the merchandise." The accented, growled words brought the pirate up short. He backed off quickly as he ducked his head in acknowledgement of the much larger Simian's authority.
"Okay, okay, no harm done." His whiny voice irritated Jonell and she was glad to see that one being pushed back into line by the Simian. The Simian roared his orders to the subordinate pirates, who were of multiple races, but several were human. There was no point in looking to them for help as the human pirates were scum of the earth, which is why they were out here in the wilderness of space.
The sharp gaze of the Simian pirate caught Jonell's eyes and she felt an internal urge that was strange. Almost a yearning heat that was similar to arousal, but Jonell couldn't possibly be attracted to a Simian, certainly not to a pirate that was going to end her life as she knew it.
Jonell ducked her head to break the gaze but the memory of his intense brown eyes brought a heat to her body.
The Simian was a juvenile of his race. The fact that he was 8 foot tall and 4 foot wide was nothing compared with fully developed males who often topped 12 foot in height. Simians were of humanoid development, but the males had evolved into huge creatures of incredible proportions. The evolutionary gorilla features were still just barely visible under the humanoid genes. The ancients who transplanted the Simians many millions of years ago had altered their development, creating a huge creature with superior intelligence and massive power. But males outnumbered females 10 to 1. So Simians mated with humans as they were often compatible. Jonell had watched the Simian/human bonding x-vids as a secret guilty pleasure, but now faced with a real Simian she realized that what she had seen was nowhere near reality.
The Simian who was in charge of the raiding party was dressed in new battle armor, his helmet had a strange crest on it. He directed the raiders as the passengers were herded into the pirate ship, being sorted as they went, she had not stepped forward when asked if anyone would pay a ransom, she knew there was no-one who would pay a dime for her. Jonell tried to stay behind a large female whose shadow kept her partially hidden in the line up going into the holding area. Her ident chip was scanned and the Simian smiled as the screen showed her life history and credit balance. He pressed a few places on the screen and she was processed.
She was taken into a large hold along with all the other females who were attractive in their own species' way. She was the smallest body there, of about a dozen females, she barely reached 5 foot 6 inches. There were two other human women, they were both taller than her, one a bit older and one just a bit younger, they were both very pretty, long-legged blonde goddesses. There were no male captives.
As she passed the Simian on the way to the holding pens she once again caught his eye and his tongue licked his lips as she was prodded forward into her cage.
She was shoved into a separate holding pen next to the others and she realized she was the only one separated. It was either a bad thing or a good thing, she didn't know which.
Jonell spent the night dozing when she could. The holding pens echoed with sobs and the occasional ranting in anger as the captive's situation hit them emotionally. At least there was a basic toilet and bathing facilities. She was hungry but a few ration bars had been thrown into the pens by the guards, so she wasn't starving.
Jonell dwelt on her bad luck that had brought her to this point. Her now ex-boyfriend had left her stranded and broke on a remote world after his surprise trip had included him stranding her light years from home, while he emptied her credit account. Leaving her a handful of credits she had on her person which would only be enough to get home with.
Her parents were not wealthy and had many years ago refused to contribute to her education. She had worked since her basic education had finished, no higher learning for her. Her older brothers got all the attention, they were handsome, athletic and popular, all the things Jonell wasn't. She was 26 years old, chunky to the point of being overweight and a face that was plain. Her only real asset in the beauty stakes was her long brown hair that reached her waist. Her previous relationships had been disastrous, she had only slept with 3 men, her first lover had taken her virginity at the age of 18 and then dumped her after a week. The second had lasted only 2 months when she found out he was already married and the last had stolen from her. She counted up her sexual experience and came to a total of 4 months and 3 days of sex for all of her life. She had rarely achieved orgasm with her lovers, relying on her own hand to finish off after they had rolled over and gone to sleep. She knew she wasn't a beautiful woman so the chances of her being treated well were low.
The morning arrived with a bowl of food which was a form of nutrient, but wasn't particularly appetizing, but Jonell ate her ration, hoping that the fact they were being fed was a good sign. The dozen females were herded into a large public room. The pirates that had captured them were at the back of the room where they entered, the front of the room had a throne surrounded by well dressed Simians.
The throne was occupied by a huge Simian, he must have been more than 12 foot tall and nearly 4 foot at the shoulder. His crown on his lush black hair was simple, but clearly Jonell was looking at the King of the Simians. The strip of hair that ran from his neck to his back was silver with maturity, but he didn't look old or frail, he looked extremely strong and virile.
She was pulled into the front of the group of women and the King spoke clearly. "Come forward Jonell Jones." She hesitated and stepped a couple of paces forward.
"I am King Gor. Bow to your new owner!" The giant Simian announced to the crowd.
Jonell looked behind her to see the other females already on their knees, having been pushed down by the guards behind them.
Jonell turned back to the King on the throne and stepped forward and straightened up. She gave a formal half bow to the Simian King. She might be going to her death, but she would not be timid.
Gor nodded at her quick acceptance of the situation. "You are in a position that few have been in before. You have the ability to save your fellow unfortunate captives. If you sacrifice yourself willingly to my son, Prince Marr, I will allow them to go home unharmed. If you don't submit, you join them and go to the pirates for their pleasure." The startled gasps from the captives were drowned out by the pirate's foul cheers and whistles.
Jonell was confused, she looked around. She couldn't tell who the Prince was. When the noise died down she asked for clarification. "Just me?"
King Gor nodded.
"What do you mean by 'submit willingly'?" Jonell couldn't understand why he was willing to give up the captives just for her, there must be a catch.
King Gor settled back into his throne. "For some reason my son has become attached to you and as you might know Simians need sexual energy from their mate to mature completely. Sexual maturity is achieved during this one single year, which seems to have started early thanks to you." Jonell saw Prince Marr step forward and their eyes locked. It was the Simian who had been on the raiding mission. His bare, hairless chest glinted with sweat, his black hair stood up in bonding arousal before it formed into a narrow line of hair on his back, still deep black as an immature Simian was. His loin cloth barely covered his erection and Jonell had to tear away her eyes before she embarrassed herself. She was aroused and frightened at the same time. The cock was huge, how could her body accommodate that?
The Prince stood at attention, obviously under orders of his King and father. He did not move a muscle, even though his eyes burned across Jonell's body.
Jonell knew that Simian development was determined by what happened during this important bridging year, a bad year and the adult was stunted for life. A good year and the adult developed into the large and powerful adult evidenced by King Gor.
"I will pay you 1 million credits for 1 year of service. If a child is conceived you will stay till the birth, but the child will remain with us if you leave. The larger my son grows the better, so the payment is an incentive for you to provide him with as much sexual energy as possible." King Gor waited for Jonell's agreement.
She thought long and hard for several minutes.
"5 million for the year, 1 million if I conceive and deliver a male child. I will stay past the year if pregnant. If your son grows larger than you I get an additional million credits." Jonell's chin rose in pride. If she was going to be traded she might has well get the best deal possible. She was still taking a risk as she had no idea what that big cock would do to her body.
The King laughed. "Why would I pay that much for your services? You are not the most desirable of your race. I am reliably informed that your hair is worth more than your value as a sex slave. Mind you, the extra fat you carry is an advantage here, you might not be fucked to death."
The crude language made Jonell flush with embarrassment but she stood her ground.
"Ask your son what he'd pay for me." She left the statement hanging.
King Gor tapped his lips with a finger as he thought and stared at Jonell.
"1 million for the years service, 1 million for a male child, 2 million if my son develops larger than me." King Gor offered.
Jonell looked back on the gathered hopeful faces of the captured. "Let them go now and I will agree."
Gor shook his head. "No, first you fuck, then they go. My word of honor, witnessed by my people." He indicated to the other Simians in the room who nodded.
Jonell nodded. "Okay, I trust your word."
King Gor smiled, "Take her to be prepared." She was escorted out by two female servants.
Jonell was bathed in a large room, the deep water was hot and fresh, surprising in a space ship. Her hair was washed and dried to fall softly over her naked breasts which unfortunately had given up their fight with gravity a long time ago. Her pubic bush was lightly trimmed and then she was shaved everywhere else. She was oiled and lightly perfumed, the attendants gave her advice on how to ease the first stretch of insertion.
A soft robe was placed on her and she was escorted back to the main room.
The crowd hummed with anticipation as she was led into the room. The pirates had been dismissed, so all that was left were the captives and a much larger group of Simians, there seemed to be a lot more of them, including juveniles.
Jonell was led to stand in front of the throne again. King Gor gazed at her and indicated to his attendants who placed a large chair in front of the crowd. Prince Marr walked out from behind a curtain, naked and aroused. He bowed to the king and settled into the chair. His hands gripping the chair arms tightly as the control he exerted over his natural response to Jonell showed. Clearly he was on the edge and Jonell was excited just looking at his barely controlled arousal. The Prince's cock stood to attention, hard and leaking. Jonell saw the ridged pole sway with each heartbeat. The head of the cock was big, shaped like an arrow head. The 10 inch shaft was wide and shiny with natural secretions. It was huge, but Jonell's body was answering a call that she couldn't deny. It might not be so hard to do this at all. Her body heated as the thoughts of what she was going to do ran through her mind.
King Gor held up his hand and the crowd silenced. "Strip and approach your mate. You must show your willingness and submission by initiating the first mating. You will achieve your first climax without Prince Marr touching you at all."
Jonell realized she would have to fuck herself on that huge pole in front of spectators. A shiver of arousal ran through her.
Gor continued his explanation. "Once this process begins it will not stop. You will be required to service his needs all day, everyday, for the full year. Are you prepared?"
Jonell nodded. "Yes, your majesty." King Gor smiled at her pride and obedience.
Jonell shrugged off the robe and stepped forward. Her hair fell to cover her breasts but she still felt exposed as she tried to calmly walk up to Prince Marr. Her eyes met his and an instant heat ran through her body. She stepped up to where he was sitting and gazed at the rampant cock in front of her. Jonell climbed up onto the Prince, straddling his thighs, his knees were opened to accommodate the huge lightly haired ball sack below the massive cock. Jonell stood upright, her pubic bush brushed the head of his cock and Jonell lent forward and kissed the Prince.
The meeting of tongues aroused her body and all thoughts of the watching crowd fell away as her hips undulated to rub the head of that fantastic cock on her clit. As Jonell held Prince Marr's head in her arms their kiss deepened and her juices flowed. She ploughed her slippery cleft with his cock by rocking her hips faster and faster.
She had to break the kiss to breathe as she was coming close to climax. She hung onto Marr's neck as her legs trembled, her hips jerked and lost rhythm as her climax crested. Just at the last moment of pleasure she forced the head of the huge cock into her vagina as she spasmed. The head breached the entrance and as she relaxed in completion the head was forced into her narrow vagina as she deliberately lifted her legs. There was an instant of pain, but then the fullness brought pleasure as the full head slipped into her tunnel, filling it and pushing up against her cervix.
Jonell rested for a moment and looked up at the Prince. He was tight with tension, his bare chest flecked with rivulets of sweat. His eyes burned into Jonell's with lust and need. She instinctively opened a part of herself she didn't know she had, to release something inside her. The Prince seemed to inhale and at that moment his cock erupted as he climaxed into her cervix. The wet heat and pressure surprised her, but instantly relaxed her as her body absorbed the liquid that contained hormones and genetic material, changing her body forever. Her body would now be flexible and mold-able for the Simian Prince's cock.
With a growl Prince Marr released his hold on the arms of the chair and pushed them between Jonell's thighs to grab hold of her buttocks. With a flick Marr had lifted her legs onto his forearms, so she was now being cradled by his huge hands. Their eyes met and Jonell tightened her hold on his neck and called to her Prince.
"Fuck me, take me, force your cock in deeper. Make me cum, don't ever stop fucking me." Jonell's word inflamed the Prince and she was lifted and slammed down onto his cock again and again.
Her eyes rolled back as the waves of pleasure grew. Her body shivered with pleasure as she concentrated on releasing the sexual energy to the Prince. As she climaxed he stood up and she fell forward into the curve of his neck. His hips thrust faster and harder as he impaled her again and again. Her climax cresting again and again. All else was forgotten, all she knew was pleasure, over and over. The only thing she could focus on was the special connection that was feeding her pleasure to the Prince.
Jonell's body hung loose and relaxed as the Prince roared his sexual prowess to the room. Her head lay in the crook of his neck, her arms hung loose at her sides. The long brown hair was flowing down her back as her knees were drawn higher by Prince Marr. He cradled her body tight to his chest as his hips thrust forward faster and faster, his cock stretching and forcing her vagina longer and wider. Jonell could feel every ripple of ribbing as his cock pushed in deeper, every inch of her vagina felt like her clit was being stroked. Her cervix felt like it was connected straight to her pleasure center of her brain. She could tell she was being stretched and reshaped but all she felt was pleasure, wave after wave making her vagina contract and spasm increasing the pleasure for both.
A long drawn out moan of pleasure was the only thing either of them could now utter as the Prince in one final thrust pushed her down as hard as he could and emptied his ball sack into her womb. Pulse after pulse of semen spurted into her womb under huge pressure. Filling and coating it in thick mucus containing the seed of the Prince. Jonell felt the warmth and pressure fill her as she lost consciousness.
As the Prince collapsed back into his chair the witnesses were pleased and surprised to see the Prince's body thicken and lengthen by a couple of inches. His cock lengthened and thickened as well, stretching Jonell's vagina.
As she lay unconscious on the chest of her owner her body absorbed the mucus and continued the changes in her body. She would no longer have periods. Her hip bones were reshaped. Her breasts firmed up to hard perky mounds and all her stretch marks faded. Her skin glowed with perfection and health, her hair grew more lustrous and full.
Jonell awoke tired and feeling strange. Then memory flooded in. Her body tightened and felt the after-effects of the huge cock that had been there. She rolled over and realized she was in a bed and the Prince was there too.
He was looking down at her. "I don't believe we have been introduced. I am Prince Marr. You may call me Marr, Sir or Master." He said it with a growl, but a smile as well.
Jonell smiled slightly, she didn't know him and was unsure if outside of sex whether she would like him. She felt stirring in her loins for him as his brown eyes devoured her naked form.
"Marr. The other captives, have they been released?" A small smug grin from the Prince answered Jonell's worried question. "I'm not a pirate. I was undercover running a sting operation when I found you. Once we had secured the captives we handed the pirates over to the local authorities, which in this case is my father King Gor. They are serving very long sentences in a far-off mining asteroid for their crimes."
Jonell sighed in relief, it had worried her.
Marr smiled. "The victims have been transported to a safe transport hub and given tickets home. I can show you the vid, you have been asleep for many hours. We are now on our home planet." He pressed a button on a screen above the bed and a wall flashed to life with a recorded image.
Jonell watched as the pirates were arrested in the hall after she had been led away to be prepared to mate. The captives were then told of their situation and that transport would be arranged once all the pirate fleet was safely accounted for.
Jonell watched her first sexual encounter with a flush of arousal. It was very erotic watching herself get fucked. She wanted to keep that recording to watch again. The recording went on to show the captives being taken by the Simian guards to a ship, the camera following in split screen as the two other humans were left behind. Jonell was about to protest when she realized that they were staying of their own accord.
The recording documented the two women stripping and approaching two young juvenile Simians. The older human female confidently removed the loin cloth of the Simian and climbed up his body. She used her legs to wrap around his waist as she lowered herself onto his large cock. With a growl of lust he plunged her down onto his cock, pushing her up against a wall, he pounded into her. Her shouts of joy rang through the room as she climaxed again and again. She was very vocal until she passed out.
The other young human female was much more nervous and tentative. She approached the smallest juvenile in the room and gave him a kiss. He led her to a worktable and with a sweep of his hand cleared a space. He laid her down and opened her legs, he brought her to orgasm with tongue and fingers and only after multiple orgasms did he slowly enter her with his cock. The Simian's halted thrust and then her shout of pain when he did press forward showed she was a virgin, but after patient attention to her clit, she got back into pleasure mode. For a young virgin she lasted a long time, having multiple orgasms as the Simian thrust into her small body again and again. The 5th one was the final one for her as she relaxed into unconsciousness.
Jonell watched intently as she saw the Simian with the virgin grow before her eyes as he gathered up his prize to take home. She rolled over and suddenly noticed the changes in Prince Marr. He was definitely bigger. She looked down at herself and found she had been changed as well. Her previously sagging boobs were now nice and perky and now the nipples were super sensitive.
Jonell crawled on top of Marr who was lying spread-eagled on his big bed. His cock was always at attention as all Simians were. Jonell straddled his hips and leaned forward to almost lie on his stomach. She then positioned the head of his cock to her vagina and slowly pushed backwards, impaling herself on his cock.
She sighed as the stretch filled a space she hadn't realized she needed filling. She found she could take a good 8 inches of his cock now, but she knew that what was still remaining would take a while to fit in as his cock grew bigger with him, but she was happy about that.
As she rocked back and forward she felt the connection between them open and the energy being transferred. "Talk to me, tell me what you are doing, force me to come again and again. I want you to hold me down and fuck me. Describe what you are going to do to me. Fuck me as hard as you can, don't stop." Jonell panted as she bucked above the Prince. Her hair tangled and swung, falling around them both until Jonell shuddered in climax and her legs gave out.
She was suddenly flipped over and the Prince was above her, she was still impaled on his cock and he leaned over spreading her legs further.
He thrust deeply into her as he pulled her hands above her head. "I am going to make you cum until you pass out, and when you wake I will make you cum again and again until you pass out again. I will shove my cock deep into your body over and over again." Each stroke got faster and faster as his words hammered into her brain in time to his strokes. Jonell arched with pleasure as each wave of climax crashed into her brain. Her legs were pushed up onto Marr's shoulders as he thrust faster and faster, his cock hammering her cervix again and again driving it deeper and deeper into her body. All she could do was moan, no words would form.
As her consciousness faded she felt his seed slam into her body again.
When she awoke she was face down, ass up as Marr thrust into her body from behind and in no time was crashing again through an orgasm. He lifted her up and forced her down onto his cock as he knelt on the bed. He grabbed her by the breasts and tweaked her nipples as he pressed her down unrelentingly onto his cock.
"Come for me now." He demanded.
Jonell's body obeyed and she felt him grow larger and harder inside her body.
Marr pressed her back down onto the bed and pounded into her vagina from behind. Jonell lost count of how many orgasms she had, they all started to run together.
"Don't stop, please Marr, don't ever stop. Fuck me Marr, fuck me master." Jonell cried as she was taken over the edge again and again.
Time had no meaning for Jonell, she was either asleep, passed out or being fucked. Month after month passed. She ate when presented with food, but it no longer held the meaning it once did. The servants changed the bedding and she bathed each day. The Prince and sex was her only constant. Words were no longer necessary between them. She worked hard to keep the energy connection with her Prince open and flowing. She thought she was doing a good job as she had noticed that he was still growing in size. Her thoughts traveled to the well used path of arousal as she climbed back on board her fuck machine.
Jonell sat on his cock as he leaned back against the headboard. He had grown so much her head now rested on his stomach. He was so broad that her knees were resting on his hip bones instead of the bed. She now could feel his cock all the way up to her diaphragm. Her uterus had flipped over and was now upside down in front of her vagina. She had lost a lot of weight but had gained a lot of muscle tone. Her hair had grown a lot faster and was now down to her bottom. She was more supple and limber than before.
The Prince looked down at Jonell and stroked her nipples gently. The burn of arousal sang through their connection. "Come for me, now." Jonell climaxed around his cock as her body responded as it had now been trained to do. He lifted her feet up onto his stomach, effectively folding her in half as he pulled her towards his chest. The only thing supporting her at all was the cock buried deep in her body. She languidly tilted her head back to allow her hair to fall back where it could brush over his lower cock and balls. With a shake her hair stimulated his arousal and he pulled her up and thrust her back down again and again. Time stood still as she was held trapped and she climaxed again and again.
After another period of unconsciousness Jonell woke to find Marr asleep on top of her. She was lying underneath him spread-eagled, his cock pressing hard up into her cervix. As she lay half awake she felt another growth spurt, he gained a bit more muscle and she was pushed even further into the mattress. His cock shifted inside her, growing width ways and pushing deeper into her body. The pressure on her cervix went straight to her pleasure center and she climaxed again. In his sleep Prince Marr gave another hard thrust and released another load of cum into Jonell's cervix. The wash of pleasure took her back to unconsciousness or sleep, as again the Prince thrust deeper into her body in his sleep.
One day she noticed a bump at the top of her stomach but thought she was just a bit of weight gain, a few weeks later as they finished bathing Marr put his hand on the bump and smiled softly at her.
"You are with child." He leaned in and kissed the bump as he prepared to enter her again.
"Won't it hurt the child to have sex?" Jonell asked.
"No, my seed will help it grow bigger and it will feed off your sexual energy too, so now you will have to feed both of us." He grinned at her as he thrust in deeply and fast. Jonell climaxed quickly as he intended and from that point on she was never off his cock.
Prince Marr now carried her around on his cock to the bathing room and when the servants made up the bedding. He fed her and bathed her like a child, but she did not mind. She caressed the lump that was growing larger each day, it had started sitting high, but was slowly growing down as her uterus stretched. Jonell's breasts grew even larger and more sensitive.
Weeks went by as she was cosseted and fucked into unconsciousness. She would awake often to find herself in the middle of an orgasm, on her back, on the edge of the bed, with her knees splayed out as Prince Marr thrust into her body while he stood beside the bed. She now slept on her side with Marr's cock buried deep in her body, curled up behind her. He was so big she was dwarfed by his size, even with her baby bump.
Eventually the day came when the year was up and she would have to attend the King.
After bathing, Prince Marr covered himself with a robe that partially covered Jonell and he carried her into the great hall with his cock still deeply imbedded in her body.
He let her legs swing free as he walked, holding her just under her boobs above the baby bump. The never-ending pleasure rushed through her time and again as they walked. She arched in climax as they entered the hall and silence greeted them as she groaned in pleasure. Her noise attracted very eye that could plainly see she was with child. The King left his throne and stood beside his son and heir.
The delighted murmurs from the crowd made Jonell lift her head to stare at the two men. Prince Marr overshadowed his father by a good 8 inches in height and much broader around the chest. Jonell had earned her bonus.
The King looked down at her and the baby with a smile. "Is it a boy?"
Prince Marr grinned. "Yes, father a boy." Jonell was surprised, he hadn't told her.
The King nodded. "It looks due soon."
Marr again surprised Jonell. "Very soon, anytime now."
The Prince walked over to the work table and gently turned Jonell onto her back near the edge of the table. He placed her feet on his chest and thrust in and out as the Simian council members gathered around to watch. Jonell no longer worried about nudity or exposing herself. Her moans of pleasure echoed off the walls as Marr pounded into her body again and again. Awareness came and went several times as she lay on the table being pounded by his cock enjoying wave after wave of orgasms. She lost ability to speak, but the connection was still working and Marr continued to grow even before the eyes of the council.
Climax after climax rolled through her as daylight changed to darkness and still the Prince thrust into her incredibly sensitive vagina. Finally a shout and the Prince emptied one final load of semen into her as dawn approached.
It was at that moment the baby moved and started to force its way out of her body. The Prince's mucus eased the passage as the baby eased out of Jonell's cervix and into her vagina. One final wave of pleasure and the baby popped out. Surprising Jonell but it obviously was the normal course of events for Simian as the council cheered. There was no mess, no afterbirth and no flabby tummy, Jonell's body shrank back to normal almost immediately.
The King blessed the baby, who had a downy stripe of hair on its back and a huge cock and ball set already.
The Prince placed the baby, after the King had blessed it, on Jonell's stomach and the newborn baby latched onto her breast with hunger. The wave of pleasure from her nipples shuddered through her and the Prince grinned as only a proud parent could.
Jonell sat up and Prince Marr carried her to his smaller throne as he sat down turned Jonell and once again impaled her on his cock as she faced forward. She held tight to the feeding baby as another orgasm rolled through her.
Marr detached the baby from one breast and placed it on the other, again Jonell spasmed in pleasure. One final growth spurt by the Prince left Jonell panting with desire as the last and final increase was the biggest so far. As the orgasms faded and Jonell was securely wrapped in Marr's arms she noticed the base of his cock was now wider than her thigh and every breath moved her cervix across the head of his cock. Sitting in his lap she looked like a small child. Sparkles of pleasure sang through her as she breathed and the Prince felt all the sexual energy constantly. He was now officially 13 foot 2 inches tall, the largest Simian currently in the council.
Weeks later Jonell thought about leaving, her credit account had been increased by the 4 million credits agreed to by King Gor, she was now a rich woman.
But the thought of leaving Marr was unbearable. She could do it, but she knew she would never be happy. No man would ever be able to satisfy her. Her body had changed so much that a human cock would never give her pleasure.
The desire for Marr had not died down after the birth of the baby, it was still as demanding as before.
Jonell stepped out of the bath. Her little son was now a toddler after 5 weeks and had been weaned. The fast development a benefit from their genetic alteration. He was now being fostered by a full Simian blood relative to learn how to be a Simian, her human culture would be a determent to the child. Jonell might not agree, but she did understand.
Jonell came into the bedroom, to her lover, she did not think of him as her master or owner now. He stood in front of her and used her now floor length hair to bind her hands behind her back. He then crouched down and forced his cock into her while standing. The fast burn sent shivers down her spine as she was left dangling on his cock in mid-air, all that was holding her up was the cock inside her. Marr leaned back slightly on the bedpost. She loved just hanging like this. The slow burn of arousal would build to a long night of fucking. Finally the pleasure crested and Marr slammed her onto the bed and thrust in and out with huge forceful thrusts, lifting Jonell off the bed with each one. Wave after wave of pleasure crashed over her as he thrust again and again into her. With a loud shout Marr emptied his seed into her cervix under huge pressure.
Just as Jonell was about to fade into sleep she heard Marr ask, "Do you want another child?"
With a sleepy yawn she said, "Yes, make it twins if you can." She drifted off to sleep while he pounded his cock deep and hard into her body with renewed vigor. He was trying for triplets.
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2013-11-20 17:09:18
Very good science fiction writing. Great sex descriptions.
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2013-11-10 05:23:29
come do a rape role play kik sayainprincess;)
anonymous reader
2013-06-30 20:09:32
No the oldest would probly take the throne
anonymous reader
2013-06-14 21:34:34
Tripelets? Oh boy a battle for the throne is gonna happen.
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2013-05-07 19:50:29
Wtf I that dude ranting about down there I would get it if this was an abuse or incest story but this is where there r adults having sex in a story...learn to read and not judge first and go post that shit somewhere else …better yet if u don't like it so much y r u on this site u hypocrite…ohh I hate it so much but I'm a jack of to it then criticize that page and out wrong information on here ...fucking retard ...don't like it go jerk off some where else them...cunt face ass wipe ...but let the writer express himself and read it before commenting because. The chick in this story is an adult and she was having consensual sex fucking you cross eyed moron
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CEDAR CITY — Proof positive that nothing lasts forever and that time flies when you're having a good time is sitting in front of me at The Depot Grill on Main.
Gerald R. Sherratt turned 81 this week — on Election Day, to be exact. He's no longer president of Southern Utah University. He's no longer mayor of Cedar City. He isn't even a full-time resident anymore. He splits his time these days between his home here and another one in Las Vegas, especially during winter snowstorms.
But his presence, that never takes a break. Go ahead. Just try and find a corner of Cedar City that doesn't have his mark on it. The airport terminal? His. The city aquatic center? His. The Helen Foster Snow statue at City Park? His. The Utah Summer Games, the Livestock and Heritage Festival, SkyFest, the Christmas Parade? His, his, his and his.
At the college, there are the 16 buildings that went up under his tenure. There are the trees he planted and the statues he ordered. There's the university status he secured and the NCAA Division I athletic program he got started. The Gerald R. Sherratt Library isn't his, but it's named after him.
That's not all, or even close to all, but you get the point. Some people leave their fingerprints on their city; Gerald Sherratt has left fingerprints, handprints, footprints and toeholds.
Trying to explain why he's given so much to Cedar City, and Cedar City has given so much to him, he sizes up their relationship in five words:
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And when the roots go as deep as Sherratt's, they really grab hold. One side of his genealogy traces back to the Bullocks, who were on the first wagon train of homesteaders sent south by Brigham Young in 1851 to settle what became known as Cedar City.
The other side of his genealogy, the Sherratts, came three years later.
In the winter of 1897-98, his great-grandfather Sherratt was one of the men who kept the road open between the town and the sawmill located some 20 snow-drifted miles distant in the tops of the mountains.
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