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While it's not the most lucrative or prestigious of jobs, it provides him with a golden opportunity to talk about evolution with someone who's once been an eevee like him.\n\nChapter seven of \"The Garnet Paws\" accompanies Ryan as he discovers more about himself and the new world he's in, featuring plenty of new sights, impressions, and experiences for the little eevee. On top, it contains plenty of lewd fun in perhaps one of the raunchiest taverns on Gaia with hot, messy sex, domination and submission, musk, big bits, excessive amounts of cum, cum inflation, and size difference. I wish you a fun read, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments on this story! ", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Previous Chapter | Next Chapter

Ryan's second mission with Team Wildwoods has them carrying herbs for the leafeon Gwen. While it's not the most lucrative or prestigious of jobs, it provides him with a golden opportunity to talk about evolution with someone who's once been an eevee like him.

Chapter seven of "The Garnet Paws" accompanies Ryan as he discovers more about himself and the new world he's in, featuring plenty of new sights, impressions, and experiences for the little eevee. On top, it contains plenty of lewd fun in perhaps one of the raunchiest taverns on Gaia with hot, messy sex, domination and submission, musk, big bits, excessive amounts of cum, cum inflation, and size difference. I wish you a fun read, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments on this story! ", "writing": "\"Lily, Lumi, what perfect timing! We were just on our way to you,\" Chester greeted the zorua and the Alolan vulpix who had just emerged from Garnet Paw Guild's front gate. Both of them were wearing hemp rope harnesses with loops around their legs and chest and a pair of small saddlebags each. 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He flinched and squeaked when she unceremoniously cast it over his back like a fishing net. \"Ack, what's that for?\"\n\n\"It's for carrying Gwen's herbs. I hope this fits you well enough because it's my spare one,\" the zorua replied as she reached for the eevee's paws, helping him thread them through the leg loops one by one.\n\nIn the meantime, Lumi assisted Chester with putting on his own harness. Ryan only caught a glimpse of the process, though, before Lily's cold nose distracted him. Apparently, the last strap had to be attached to his tail, and she took it as an opportunity to prod his snug pink pucker for a teasing sniff. \"There you go, handsome,\" she giggled as she pulled away again. \"How does it feel?\"\n\nRyan carefully twisted his body and stretched his legs. \"A little weird and stiff.\"\n\n\"That's normal. Does it feel too tight or is it pinching you anywhere?\"\n\n\"No,\" Ryan replied. \"At least not yet.\"\n\n\"Good. That should do,\" Lily chirped and helped him put on his guild scarf as well. Then she walked past him, casually gliding her tail against his as she ambled toward the others. \"Are you ready too, Chester?\"\n\n\"One second,\" the Galarian ponyta said and shook himself vigorously for a moment, making his voluminous, glittering mane and tail bounce. \"Yep. I'm all set.\"\n\n\"Perfect! Let's go then,\" Lily said, leading the way with bouncing steps and her tail hiked high. \"I'm sure Gwen is already waiting.\"\n\nChester padded right by the zorua's side, and while he didn't flag his tail as much as her, Ryan received as striking a view of his huge, hanging nuts as he did of her plump, juicy black spade. Licking the drool off his lips, the eevee still wasn't sure whether they were teasing him on purpose or not. Either way, he wouldn't complain. At least, their exposure helped him grow accustomed to his own nudity… and his far-too-regular erections. Already, his sheath was stirring with the same kind of arousal as when he had spotted Chester's erection during their training.\n\n\"Enjoying the view?\" Lumi asked from beside Ryan, a saucy grin on his petite muzzle.\n\nThe eevee only just managed to stifle a stunned squeal, hastily averting his eyes with a red-hot blush.\n\n\"Don't worry. It's fine. I'm enjoying the view as much as you,\" the vulpix giggled, playfully bumping his hip into Ryan's side. \"Anyway, how did your training go?\"\n\n\"Uhhhhh, the training… ummmmmmm,\" the eevee muttered, his blush deepening a few shades.\n\n\"Come on, it can't have been so bad if it's left Chester in such a jolly mood,\" Lumi cooed and nuzzled Ryan. His pert grin widened. \"Besides, I can smell that training on you.\"\n\nNow, the eevee's cheeks burned hot as lava. Apparently, the extended bath in the river hadn't managed to erase all traces of their post-training fun. \"O-oh, it didn't go the way you think it did. We also trained normally. First, we did some sparring where Chester asked me to attack him.\"\n\n\"How'd that go?\"\n\nThe eevee bit his lip. \"…let's just say that I'm no born fighter,\" he muttered. \"But we also practiced evasion and I'm apparently pretty good at it.\"\n\n\"That sounds great!\"\n\n\"Do you think so? Because I'm still awful at fighting, and Chester… doesn't think that I'll get much better at it.\"\n\n\"Yes. Don't worry. Not every pokemon is born a physical fighter, but nothing is more valuable than finding out where your strengths and weaknesses lie.\"\n\n\"Oh, speaking of finding things out. Do you know what else I found out? Apparently, we're invulnerable while we're awake!\"\n\n\"We're invulnerable? Since when?\" Lumi asked, his head tilted in confusion.\n\n\"Chester told me all about it. It's something called aura…\"\n\nWhile Ryan explained to Lumi what Chester had explained to him earlier — mostly to repeat it for his own understanding, as the Alolan vulpix undoubtedly already knew everything about aura — they reached the bridge at the foot of the guild's hill. Built of roughly hewn gray granite, it spanned Emerald Creek and ended up at a three-way intersection. A signpost indicated the path to the guild, a path into the woods where the eevee had first seen the light of Gaia, and a well-developed cobblestone road that led across another bridge to the shingled roofs and colorful timber-framed houses of Twinwater Town downstream.\n\nAlthough Team Wildwoods followed the cobblestone road to the town, the eevee didn't get to see it from the inside quite yet because halfway to the gate, they took a right and instead pursued a narrow, winding dirt track into the surrounding woods. Much about the new trail reminded Ryan of his trip to Whitewater Grove. The blue sky was blotted out by a vast canopy of lush green leaves, the ground was studded with roots and rocks, and the thorny undergrowth came uncomfortably close on the regular. Yet, there luckily were no traps in their path, and instead of a raging, splashing creek, only a thin rivulet accompanied their trek with a shallow gurgle.\n\nEventually, the eevee picked up a faint sweet, leafy smell in the air. Sniffing the air with a fluttering nose, he wondered, \"What's this smell? It smells so good. Like tea.\"\n\n\"That's the smell of our destination,\" Lumi giggled, patting Ryan on the rump with two of his tails. \"Come, it's just a few more steps now.\"\n\nThe Alolan vulpix was right. After walking around two more bends, they were greeted by a small, crooked wooden hut with a round front door, narrow open windows, and a leafy roof. Countless bundles of herbs and plants dangled from two dozen drying racks in front of it and a shack with hoes, watering cans, and scoops was right beside it, while fences of varying heights, styles, and states of decay enclosed the herbaries that surrounded the building.\n\nAs the little entourage approached the cottage, the door opened and a leafeon in a straw hat and a sturdy harness stepped out. \"Heya, Lily and team! You're here to accompany me to Minty Meadows?\" she welcomed them with a wave of her paw.\n\n\"Hey, Gwen! Yes, that's us,\" Lily replied.\n\n\"Terrific! I must say I didn't expect Team Wildwoods to stop by for the hauling job, but I ain't complaining,\" Gwen chuckled, her eyes flicking across everyone until they locked on to Ryan. She tilted her head, a curious sparkle lighting up in her big brown eyes. \"And you've brought company? Who's that cute fella?\"\n\nRyan abashedly folded back his ears while the zorua introduced him, \"That's Ryan. He's an apprentice Garnet Paw and the newest member of our team.\"\n\n\"Oh, terrific. Nice to meet you, Ryan. Gwen's the name,\" the leafeon said and stepped forward to give the eevee a friendly nuzzle.\n\nRyan was stunned as much by the leafeon's physical greeting as by the thick cloud of sweet, flowery scents that enveloped her, and it took him a moment before he stammered, \"N-nice to meet you too, Gwen.\"\n\n\"Gwen, did you prepare everything for transport yet?\" Chester chimed in, inspecting the drying racks with Lumi.\n\nThe leafeon gave Ryan another quick nuzzle. Then she turned around and ambled toward the Alolan vulpix and Galarian ponyta. \"Yes, I've stacked them into small piles over there. Come, I'll help you load them into your bags.\" She pointed them toward one corner of her home.\n\nAbout two dozen neatly stacked bundles awaited them at the said spot, each of which was about half as big as the eevee. Nevertheless, with combined efforts and a lot of pushing and squeezing, they managed to stuff almost half of the herbs into Chester's saddlebags. The rest was evenly distributed among Ryan and the others of the team, and while he waited for his share, he had a closer look at the herbalist's compact hut. With growing eyes and awe, he realized that the walls were formed by the stems of several tightly intertwined trees, their leaves forming the roof.\n\n\"First time seeing a living house?\" Gwen asked with a smirk as she approached the eevee with one of the last two bundles of dried herbs.\n\nRyan nodded, his muzzle ajar. \"How do you even get trees to do this?\"\n\n\"It requires a lot of patience and persuasion,\" the leafeon chuckled, affectionately placing a paw against the twisted wood. \"And you need to know how to speak and listen to them. Can't guide a tree if it doesn't understand you.\"\n\nRyan nodded again, trying but failing to wrap his head around whatever magic was necessary to communicate with trees. At least Lumi's ice magic seemed somewhat comprehensible. He just had to make air and things cold. \"How difficult was it for you to learn to talk to trees?\"\n\n\"It took me a few years after I evolved, but once you can do it, it's something you'll never forget, like walking. I'll show it to you if you ever evolve into a leafeon,\" Gwen explained with a wink while she opened one of Ryan's saddlebags and filled it with herbs. Lily took care of the other side. Once the last bushel of aromatic plant matter was tucked away in his now-bulging pouches, they stepped back and the leafeon announced, \"Alright, we're all loaded up and done here, so let's head to Twinwater Town. The next boat for Minty Meadows should be departing from the piers shortly.\"\n\n\"Lead the way, Gwen,\" Lily chirped, and before Ryan knew it, the two females turned around and were on their way, chatting casually with each other. He dashed after them just a moment later, and soon they were back on the same path they had followed to the herbalist's hut. Luckily, the herbs inside the pouches of his harness, albeit voluminous, were lighter than he had feared, so he had no trouble keeping pace. Nevertheless, the root-ridden path once again kept him and his paws well-occupied.\n\nThe eevee was only able to look up again without fear of tripping when they finally reached the intersection in front of Twinwater Town's gate, which towered over them with walls of granite and bright red crenelations. The settlement's entrance was currently wide open and guarded by a single dewott with a steel helmet, a checkered green-blue scarf, and a spear. He greeted them with a lazy nod as they passed through. \"G'day, Gwen, Garnet Paws. Headed for the market?\"\n\n\"Hey, Calyx. Yes, the market in Minty Meadows,\" the leafeon chirped. \"Anything important to watch out for?\"\n\n\"Nah. Gemstone River's quiet today, according to the peeps down at the harbor,\" the guard responded. \"Should be a smooth passage.\"\n\n\"Terrific! Thanks, Calyx. You're a dear,\" Gwen cooed before she turned back to Lily, continuing their chat where they had left off.\n\n\"Welcome.\" Calyx mumbled before he leaned back against the wall and pulled down his steel helmet, seemingly dozing off by the time the group went through the portal.\n\nFinally, Ryan got to pay Twinwater Town his first visit. Although he was only passing through, that didn't diminish his excitement in the slightest. The first thing that struck him was how close and bunched together the buildings were, and how everything sat at an incline. Apart from the main cobblestone road, which cut a wide, straight line across the timber-framed houses, all the alleyways and side streets were tightly rimmed by the buildings with sometimes barely enough space for two large pokemon to squeeze past each other. And if he had dropped a ball down any of the alleys, it would've rolled all the way down to the riverbank.\n\nThe edifices around the eevee weren't all wood and plaster, though. All of their foundations and ground floors were constructed of brick and mossy stone with varying levels of sophistication and age, the wear and tear on some betraying the town's long history. Meanwhile, the plastered walls above shone brightly in every color of the rainbow, from muted cream, white, and blue to lush greens, hot reds, and gentle yellows. Flower boxes decorated every second windowsill, and threads with motley, fluttering pennants hung above them, matching the diversity of the pokemon that crowded the noisy alleyways around them as the quiet of the woods made way for chatter, yelling, and lots of laughter.\n\nLetting his gaze wander, Ryan spotted at least two dozen different kinds of pokemon of all sizes and ages, some old, but very few young ones. A group of six kids almost ran him over in a rambunctious game of tag while a flygon with dulled scales and frayed wings watched them attentively from a folding chair, but they would be the only kids he encountered on his whole trip.\n\nThe eevee and his team weren't the only ones loaded with cargo either. Many of the town's inhabitants that passed them were hauling boxes and barrels, bags and bundles of food, drink, and countless other commodities to supply the shops, stores, and inns that studded the town like flowers in the meadow. Ryan couldn't walk two steps without stumbling across another sign for a carpenter, a grocer, or a tavern, and the omnipresent scent of cooked, grilled, and baked goods made his muzzle water.\n\nWhile the awed eevee soaked in the sights, scents, and sounds, Gwen led the group through the mace of homes and houses and ever down until they reached the town's harbor, where the smell of lunchtime was drowned out by the less savory, mossy odors of the river. Emerging from the cramped alleys, they ended up on a sizable quay with massive granite bollards for ships to attach to. A few pokemon lined the edge, fishing in the gently flowing, glittering waters of Gemstone River, and three ships were currently moored to wooden piers that protruded into the stream, two small fishing boats and a large barge with three reefed triangle sails. A gangway led onto the latter, which an espurr overlooked from atop a stack of crates.\n\nThe espurr's head swiveled toward the group as they approached, and she raised a paw in greeting, a pencil between two fingers and a notepad in the other. \"Gwen! You're just in time. We were about to depart.\"\n\n\"Hey, Halley!\" the leafeon replied with a smile and wave. \"I'm glad that you haven't left yet. Were you waiting for me?\"\n\n\"Maybe,\" Halley chuckled, scribbling something onto her notepad. \"Same as always?\"\n\n\"Same as always,\" Gwen said with a nod, tugging open a satchel on her neck. Carefully, she tilted it until a couple of glittering coins tumbled out. \"Here's the three pieces of silver for the passage to Minty Meadows.\"\n\nThe espurr hopped off her spot on the crates and collected the payment. \"Yes, that'll do,\" she assessed, making another note before she waved at the herbalist's entourage. \"Please, come all aboard and head down to the stern deck.\" As she spoke, a buff machoke and a hulking swampert lumbered down the shaking gangway to pick up the last few crates and carry them aboard.\n\nOnce the two workers had cleared the path, Ryan climbed onto the ship with the others and passed even more crates of cargo with teetering steps, trying not to fall as the barge swayed slightly on the water. In the back, a small, secluded section awaited them under a snow-white pavilion roof with padded burgundy benches, a good view of the upstream river, and the helms in between, elevated above everything else. A pawful of other passengers had claimed one half already, so Team Wildwoods took the other side.\n\nLumi and Chester made themselves comfortable on a bench by the wall, away from the water, and Gwen and Lily settled on the other side, on a bench beside the railings, where they continued to talk while gazing out at the splashing, sloshing waters. Ryan sat down next to the two other males of the team, but his attention was focused on the leafeon. He managed to catch scraps of their conversation — they seemed to be gossiping about the most recent drama in Garnet Paw Guild and Twinwater Town — all while he wondered when he would get a turn to talk with Gwen about questions only she could answer.\n\nAs the two females kept conversing, the eevee rested his head on his forepaws and let his gaze roam, checking out the other group of travelers. Their green scarves and their colorful, loose clothing identified the furret, luxio, and infernape as a team from another guild from somewhere else on Gaia, and although he picked up bits of their conversation as well, it was only incomprehensible gibberish to him. Then he was distracted by heavy footsteps as the bulky swampert emerged from the cargo hold and headed up onto the helms. The sheer size and muscle of the behemoth were especially impressive when he grabbed the steering rudder and yanked it around with seemingly no effort, initiating the vessel's departure from the quay.\n\nFinally, Ryan's eyes returned to the zorua and leafeon at the railings. Lily's bushy tail was hiked high, as usual, teasing him with her fluffy backside, while Gwen's flat, leaf-like tail was halfway draped across her butt, concealing all but a sliver of her glittering, plump dark-brown spade. Of course, the moment he checked the two females out, movement came into them and they turned around to him as if they had somehow sensed his naughty attention. \n\nThe eevee hastily stared down at his paws, tucking his tail between his hindlegs as a burning blush shot onto his cheeks. He hoped he hadn't been too conspicuous when the leafeon got up and ambled toward him. Only once she stood beside him, he cautiously dared to raise his head, peering at her with big, coy eyes. \"H-hey.\"\n\n\"Hey, honey. Lily told me that there's a thing or two you wanted to ask me?\" Gwen spoke with a gentle voice.\n\nRyan abashedly looked away, rubbing one forepaw against the back of the other for a moment's hesitation. \"Y-yes. I have a few questions about evolution that I haven't gotten an answer for yet but I'm not sure where to even begin.\"\n\n\"Wherever you like,\" the leafeon replied, settling beside the eevee with an encouraging smile. \"After all, I know how you're feeling. I've once been in the same position.\"\n\nRyan nodded, his tail untucking itself as it started to wag with growing excitement. \"How's that been? How did you find out that you're going to evolve?\"\n\n\"It's different for every pokemon, but for me, it started with vague dreams about evolving into a leafeon a few months before it happened,\" Gwen replied. \"And the closer I got to evolving, the more detailed and colorful my dreams became.\"\n\n\"Oh, so you already knew that you'd become a leafeon?\" Ryan gasped. \"How?\"\n\n\"I knew because I always wanted to be one. Ever since I took my first step into my mom's garden, I was fascinated by the bushes and flowers in it, and that fascination soon turned into a desire to become a leafeon.\"\n\n\"So you evolve into the type that fits you the best?\"\n\n\"Yes, because your evolution is essentially a reflection of your inner self. If you have a clear goal for your life, your evolution will reflect that.\"\n\n\"A-and what if I don't?\" the eevee whispered. \"Because I don't know what type I want to evolve into.\"\n\n\"Don't worry. It only means that you've yet to figure it out. My big brother was undecided about his future for a long time, and he simply remained an eevee until he discovered his enthusiasm for metalworking. Once he took up an apprenticeship with a blacksmith, it only took another few weeks before he felt his first urge to evolve,\" Gwen explained, tapping her paw on the upholstery of the bench. \"My little sister, on the other paw, had a knack for water so strong that she evolved before she even joined school.\"\n\n\"So, you're sure that I'll figure it out eventually?\" Ryan asked with cautious hope.\n\n\"Yes,\" the leafeon replied. \"But be patient. Sometimes, it may take a few years or more to figure it out, only for you to realize that you're the most comfortable as an eevee. My mom went through this whole rigmarole. She traveled the world, went on missions and adventures for various guilds and as a freelancer to figure out her evolution, but nothing ever came of it. She's still an eevee, unlike her own mother and all of her children.\"\n\nRyan wasn't sure whether that story was meant to encourage him, because he wasn't looking forward to spending half his life chasing an evolution that would never come. Then again, it might not matter if he left Gaia before that. However, his desire to turn back into a human was surprisingly small at the moment. He found himself far too eager to explore this strange, but exciting new world and his new pokemon self with his new friends. Besides, he first had to figure out what brought him here anyway, which probably wouldn't happen tomorrow or sometime next week…\n\n\"Everything alright, honey?\" Gwen asked, gently nuzzling the eevee's cheek.\n\n\"H-huh? Y-yeah, everything alright. I was just… thinking,\" Ryan stammered with a slight shudder. Was she having any suspicions about his… situation? Could she tell that he wasn't from here from his questions? \"A-anyway, how does she feel about being the only eevee in her family?\"\n\n\"Oh, she's embraced the fact and she's been enjoying life ever since because she no longer has to worry about evolving.\"\n\n\"But isn't being an eevee worse? Like, I'm smaller and weaker than you and I don't have any powers either.\"\n\n\"It's honestly a matter of perspective. Some prefer being smaller as it makes some aspects of life easier and some experiences more fun and intense,\" Gwen stated with a giggle and a flick of her tail. \"And you won't have to deal with any regrets about your evolution, which is another reason why some eevees never evolve. Plus, we fortunately live in a place where it doesn't matter if you're small or big to live a fulfilling life. There's a spot for everyone here.\" With a smile, she leaned toward Ryan and placed a paw on top of his. \"So don't worry too much about it. The right evolution will find you when the time is ripe. Until then, enjoy life and enjoy who you're with.\" She nodded at the others of Team Wildwoods, all three now gathered in a sleepy pile on the bench behind them.\n\nRyan looked at the herbalist for a wordless moment. Then he placed his other forepaw onto hers. \"Thank you so much, Gwen. You've answered most of my questions,\" he spoke. \"Just, one more thing.\"\n\n\"Yes?\"\n\n\"Is it always dreams?\"\n\n\"No, not at all,\" the leafeon responded with a laugh. \"The urge of evolution manifests in as many different ways as there are stars in the sky.\" From dreams and daydreams to physical hunger, compulsive obsession, and even painful longing, Gwen had a story at paw for each, telling Ryan of the experiences of her evolved friends and siblings. However, no matter how diverse, all of her tales had one thing in common: the urge rarely lasted longer than a few weeks before it resolved itself in evolution, and in most cases, the joyful anticipation outweighed any discomfort.\n\nBut the thought of evolving due to a series of increasingly haunting nightmares was something that the eevee hoped he would never have to experience.\n\nWhile the herbalist shared her stories with Ryan and the barge continued to float down the river, the afternoon sun edged ever closer to the horizon and the landscape shifted. By the time the espurr appeared on the stern deck to announce their imminent arrival, the steep, densely-wooded hills that had surrounded Garnet Paws Guild had given way for vast sweeping plains and fields of golden grain, colorful vegetables, and other crops swaying in the orange glow, with small villages and hamlets dotted in between. The only trees Ryan could see from the deck were compact, knobbly fruit trees and narrow patches of oaks among the meadows. Gemstone River itself had swelled into a formidable stream, and countless irrigation trenches littered the coastline to feed the fields.\n\nThe picture changed even further as the barge neared Minty Meadows. Unlike Twinwater Town, where all of the town's houses were crammed within its walls, this city was a sprawling settlement surrounded by small industrial districts with brick-built sawmills for planks, barrels, and building materials, toolmakers for tools and nails, or food factories and weaving mills for processing the products of the immense fields. The transition to the city itself was so smooth that Ryan barely noticed, as there were no walls to speak of.\n\nEverything in Minty Meadows was larger and taller than in Twinwater Town too, from the towering buildings to the wide streets and the extensive harbor with at least half a dozen piers and two dozen boats and ships anchored there. Their barge was about to join the resting fleet, and while the Swampert steered them to the appropriate anchoring site, Halley appeared once more. \"Please prepare to disembark,\" the espurr requested. \"And remember to take along your belongings. Everything that's left behind after disembarking will be sold on the market tomorrow.\"\n\n\"Sounds like it's time to get moving,\" Gwen said, nudging Ryan with her snout as she got up.\n\nWith a nod, the eevee followed her example. As he turned around, he found the rest of his team waking from lazy slumber.\n\n\"Boat rides always make me so sleepy,\" Lumi yawned, stretching his legs and fanning out his tails.\n\n\"Yeah, there's just so little to do,\" Chester remarked.\n\n\"At least one of us got some important stuff done. Right, Ryan?\" Lily asked, winking at the eevee. \"Was Gwen able to enlighten you?\"\n\n\"Enlighten me?\" Ryan asked, cocking his head. \"Oh! You mean about evolution? Yes, absolutely! She couldn't tell me what I'll become, but at least I now know that I won't evolve into any random eeveelution.\"\n\n\"Perfect!\" the zorua chirped, only to be nearly knocked off her feet when a jolt went through the barge. \n\nThey had arrived.\n\nNow they just had to wait another minute for the crew to lower the gangway. Then, Gwen and Team Wildwoods were on their way. The group didn't have to walk far, though, as the herbalist had rented an empty slot in one of the harbor's tall, dark-red warehouses. It was guarded by a lone totodile on the outside and stuffed to the ceiling with bags and boxes on the inside. In the corner the leafeon had booked, two empty crates awaited them, ready to be filled with the dried herbs and plants they carried, and they immediately went to work, unloading their cargo, bundle after bundle.\n\nOnce both crates were full and all saddlebags empty, the herbalist took a step back and let out a contented sigh. \"That's it! Thank you so very much for the assistance and company, you four. You've earned your reward,\" she chirped, pulling open the satchel on her harness. Counting out five five-pieces of silver, she shifted them over to Chester. \"This should also compensate you for the return trip.\"\n\n\"Thanks, Gwen,\" the Galarian ponyta replied, his helical horn blinking pink as he transferred the payment into his purse. \"Much appreciated.\"\n\n\"Also, it's been a pleasure to meet and talk to you, Ryan,\" the leafeon said, beaming at the eevee. \"It's not often that I meet another one of my kind. I hope I was able to explain how our evolution works.\"\n\n\"Yes, talking to you definitely helped a lot,\" Ryan responded with a coy smile.\n\nFinally, Gwen turned to Lily and Lumi. \"Anyway, what's your plan for the evening? Will you head back to the guild?\"\n\n\"That's a good question,\" the zorua remarked, rubbing her chin with one paw. \"I managed to catch Halley for a quick chat, and she told me that they probably won't head back upstream to Twinwater Town today, so I've considered staying in Minty Meadows for the night. What do you say?\"\n\n\"What's the alternative?\" Ryan wondered.\n\n\"Walking!\" Lumi chirped. \"It's just about twenty miles.\"\n\n\"Yeah, and the road between Minty Meadows and Twinwater Town is… a tad hilly,\" Chester added.\n\nRyan cringed at the idea. His whole trip across Whitewater Grove and back hadn't even been half that distance, yet it had left him with four aching, throbbing stumps for feet. He didn't even want to imagine what he would feel like after twenty miles. \"Okay, I'm with Lily. Let's stay.\"\n\n\"Do you already know where to stay?\" Gwen asked.\n\n\"No, not yet,\" Lily replied. \"You know Minty Meadows better than us, Gwen. Can you recommend anything good?\"\n\n\"Yes, I have something in mind,\" the leafeon said with a twinkle in her brown eyes. \"May I suggest we share a room? I'd pay half, you four pay the other half?\"\n\nAll heads turned toward her, and Lily responded with a nod, \"Sharing a room sounds good to me. You stay at Sunken Treasures, you mentioned?\"\n\n\"Indeed. As always when I'm here,\" Gwen said.\n\n\"The Sunken Treasures? Really?\" Lumi chimed in.\n\n\"Why? What's so special about it?\" Ryan asked.\n\n\"You'll see,\" Lily replied with a teasing wink. \"Anyway, let's go because I could really use something to eat.\"\n\nRyan didn't need to hear anything more. The sparring and trip had left him starving, and soon, he was following the others out of the dusky, quiet storage hall and back onto the lightly crowded pier, where the city dwellers gathered to fish and watch the setting sun. They didn't have to walk far to reach their destination, as the Sunken Treasures tavern lay nestled snugly between two warehouses, featuring the same brick-red facade and a large painted sign above the entrance that displayed a clam filled with sparkling gemstones.\n\nAs the eevee stepped through the door, he was greeted by a deafening soundscape of folksy music, off-tune singing, heated chatter, and a lot of suspicious groaning. Lit by a pawful of dim, rusty steel lanterns, the dining space was filled with a ragtag arrangement of tables, couches, and benches of all heights and sizes, and the air swirled with a disorienting smell of greasy food and sweaty bodies. A meowscarada with a fiddle and a chatot with a drum performed on a narrow stage in the back corner, but not even half of the patrons paid attention to their performance as the rest was preoccupied eating, playing cards and dice, and openly shagging on the tables and underneath, some of them even doing all three at once.\n\nA cluttered counter beside the entrance served as the tavern's bar and reception. Behind it sat a massive feraligatr with several heavy gold chains around his neck and rings around his claws, precariously leaning back against a wall of mugs while he instructed an overwhelmed braixen while she poured drinks for the customers. The hulking water-type stopped what he was doing and sat up straight with a resounding thud as the herbalist approached him, spreading out his arms as if to greet an old friend. \"Gwen! Is that you? I'm so glad to see you again!\"\n\n\"Hello, Tyrel. It's been a few weeks, hasn't it?\" the leafeon responded, walking right around the counter to nuzzle the giant's scaled side. \"I'm happy to see you too.\"\n\n\"And I see you've brought a bunch of friends?\" the feraligatr asked, scrutinizing the four members of Team Wildwoods with an inquisitive grin. \"Garnet Paws, huh? Welcome to the Sunken Treasures.\"\n\n\"Thanks,\" Lily chuckled. \"Its reputation precedes it, and it's very much as I expected.\"\n\n\"Yeah. Best place to have fun in the whole city,\" the water type replied with roaring laughter. \"Anyway, how can I be of service, y'all?\"\n\n\"We want to book a room for the five of us and a hearty dinner,\" Gwen elaborated. \"How much will that be?\"\n\nWhile the tavern's owner and the two girls sorted out the payment, Ryan was distracted by the sight and sounds of the unbridled debauchery around him. This was unlike anything he had witnessed in the guild, as it wasn't just some random horny couple mating in a corner, but more than a dozen pokemon engaged in messy, mindless sex with each other.\n\nIn fact, a female blitzle was draped across the table right next to the eevee with a minccino hammering her plump, dripping folds as if he hadn't gotten off in months, while the other three patrons at the table, a skitty, roselia, and ampharos, played a game of dice and shared a plate of steamed fish as if nothing was amiss. The goopy white blend of juices gushing from the electric equine's pussy betrayed a whole history of partners, and when her current mate finished inside her with a crude grunt and a slap across her sweaty striped rear, another few spurts of seed joined the mess.\n\n\"Enjoy your bellyful of foals, ye slut,\" the minccino growled, wiping his swollen, cum-soaked cock on her thigh after he pulled out. Then his eyes flicked toward the eevee and a toothy grin grew on his petite muzzle. \"Oi, like what ye see? This girl 'ere 's ready for more, aren't ye, Shelly?\" With a splat, he placed a paw on her plump pussy and spread it open, showing off her wet, soaked pinks and desperately winking clit.\n\n\"Fuck, I'll take anything that helps me with this damn heat,\" the mare whinnied, glancing at Ryan and then at his sheath with glassy eyes. \"So how about it? Gonna fuck me already, stud?\"\n\n\"N-no, sorry. I'll have to pass,\" the eevee muttered, tucking his tail with a burning blush.\n\n\"Awww, okay,\" Shelly sighed, but luckily, another male had just arrived who was more than willing to relieve her of her plight.\n\n\"Is she available?\" a gruff voice asked. It was the swampert from the barge, a slimy, tapered erection half the size of Ryan's body peeking from his slit as he stepped behind the mare.\n\n\"Yeah, and she's all yours, big guy,\" the minccino snickered, giving the blitzle another swat with his paw. \"Looks like you're in luck, Shelly.\"\n\nThe mare's only response was a boisterous squeal when the pent-up helmsman bent over her, grabbed her neck with his huge hands, and unceremoniously trenched his fuck meat all the way inside her, effortlessly bulging her abdomen with a hungry growl while the table bent and creaked beneath his hulking frame.\n\n\"Ryan, are you coming?\"\n\nLumi's voice snapped the eevee out of his daze, and he hastily turned around. \"Y-yes, of course. Where are we going?\"\n\n\"We got a spot in the back. Come!\" the Alolan vulpix chirped, wrapping three of his six tails around Ryan's back as he led him across the bustling tavern to an empty table by the wall with a couch and two stools. There was just enough space to accommodate the five of them, and the eevee eventually found himself sandwiched between Lumi and Lily on the couch. At least no one else could see his half-chub like this, as the spectacle with the mare had teased more than just the tip of his cock out of his sheath.\n\n\"What's on the menu?\" Ryan eventually managed to ask, glancing at the empty table with a growling belly.\n\n\"Broth, bread, and berries,\" Lily replied.\n\n\"Plus water for everyone,\" Chester added.\n\nFortunately, the starving eevee didn't have to wait long. A scrafty in a gray, speckled apron approached with their dinner, a massive wooden jug of water in one hand and two stacked trays of food in the other. \"Here's your dinner, fellas,\" he announced as he set the jug on the table and dispersed the pair of trays on each side. \"Lemme know if you need anything else.\"\n\n\"Thanks, Gek,\" Gwen warbled, blowing a kiss at the server. Then she waved at the others. \"Time to dig in! You've earned it.\"\n\n\"Thanks for inviting us for dinner, Gwen. You're awesome,\" Lumi replied.\n\n\"O-oh? Oh, thanks, Gwen!\" Ryan quickly added before he indulged her invitation and plucked a berry from the tray in front of him, devouring it with two big, messy bites. Then the next, and one by one, he greedily filled the pit in his stomach with sweet mush. In between, he sneaked in a piece of bread and a lick of broth, even if he still struggled to enjoy the latter properly. Unlike Lily's and Lumi's tongues, his just didn't seem to be made for drinking. At least Chester helped him with the water, pouring the refreshing wet into a smaller cup that he could, albeit awkwardly, clasp with both paws.\n\nThe feast distracted the eevee so much that he momentarily forgot about his own embarrassed arousal and the noisy, raunchy tavern around him. While he gorged himself, the others started chatting about Minty Meadows, about the most interesting sights and places, food and drink, and the small city guild. The leafeon dropped so many names that his head started spinning, and he had the feeling that it would take someone several days to fully appreciate the ins and outs of this city.\n\nThe conversation was eventually interrupted by the tavern's owner as he stepped up to their table. \"Happy with everything, y'all?\" Tyrel asked, the heavy gold chains around his neck clattering as he cast a questioning look across the seated pokemon.\n\n\"Yes, everything's good. The broth is great,\" Lily summarized everyone's nodding. \"Compliments to the chef.\"\n\n\"I'll let her know,\" the feraligatr remarked. Then he turned to the leafeon and gave her rump a resounding smack that almost threw her off her chair. \"Gwen, I got a moment to take care of the discount now. Care to lift that tail for me?\"\n\nA hint of surprise spread across the herbalist's face. \"Already?\" It swiftly yielded to electrified excitement as she hopped off her seat and prostrated beside the table, rear high and her flat green tail curled out of the way. \"Sure. Go ahead, stud. I'm all yours!\"\n\nRyan dropped the berry he was holding as the tall, bulky male bent over the presenting female, grabbed a rope of her harness to lift her up, and greeted her backside with a wide, wet lick of his dripping tongue. The powerful muscle transformed Gwen's initial gasp into a guttural moan as he circled it around her snug pink pucker and then drove it all the way inside, stretching and lubricating her tight channel with his slippery saliva. \"Fuck, your tongue is a blessing, Tyrel.\"\n\nThe eevee couldn't help but remember the blitzle at the other table. His arousal returned with an embarrassing vengeance as his tip jumped out of his sheath with a wet smack, and he winced every time the hulking feraligatr treated Gwen's derrière to a resounding slap, roughing her up for what promised a hard, thorough fuck with a pink cock that grew bigger and nastier with every passing moment. Ridged and studded with thick, fleshy barbs, it was as thick as both of Ryan's forelegs combined and already longer than Chester's impressive shaft, and it was utterly drenched and dripping with slit slime. While the water type had no external balls, it still felt like this would become a messy affair.\n\nLike Ryan, Lily and Lumi watched the unfolding scene with open, drooling muzzles and lewd curiosity. Only Chester continued his dinner mostly unfazed, slurping the soup with all the world's patience while Tyrel slurped Gwen's asshole with a thirsty, forceful greed that made her sing and squeal. \"Ah, it's so deep!\"\n\n\"You think that's deep? That's nothing, hun,\" the feraligatr cackled as he extracted his long pink tongue from the leafeon's butthole. He wiped his toothy muzzle. Then he got up and moved behind her, aligning the tapered, spine-ridden tip of his cock with her spit-lubed sphincter. \"Ready to earn your discount, Gwen?\"\n\n\"Less talking, more fucking, Tyrel. You promised me your huge bitch breaker, so give it to me,\" the herbalist ordered with horny insistence.\n\n\"Woah, no need to be so feisty,\" the feraligatr laughed and swatted the leafeon's backside for another needy whine. \"Now scream for me. Let the whole tavern know what a desperate slut for my cock you are~\" Then he grabbed the harness around her neck and shoved his massive tip into her snug asshole, stretching that tight ring wide open as he drove the rest of his fat, ridged rod inside her with bulging muscles.\n\nGwen squealed with joy as the hulking male straightened her guts and bulged her belly with his immense girth. Ryan only managed to see the latter after he shakily sat up and leaned over the table. Stuck somewhere between curiosity, arousal, and embarrassment with his tail tucked between his legs and his cheeks glowing, he clutched the table's edge and breathlessly watched the tavern's owner plunge his giant schlong in and out of the howling leafeon, his gold chains swinging and clattering at every thrust.\n\nChoking Gwen with one hand and whacking her reddening butt cheek with the other, the feraligatr wasn't holding back in the slightest, and his partner's twisted, tear-soaked grimace of ecstasy betrayed how much she enjoyed the thorough ruination by the huffing, growling brute.\n\nHonestly, the eevee wasn't sure if he would've wanted to swap with Gwen right now, but it was still one of the hottest things he had ever seen. No longer was he peeking or at half-mast, but his whole taper had slipped out of his sheath. With every throb, it tapped against the underside of the table, oozing his aroused scent and pre to join the thick odors of musk, sex, food, and cum that permeated this tavern.\n\nEven Chester now watched the spectacle with undeniable curiosity, a sizable portion of his fat, sweaty schlong dangling out of his sheath. Meanwhile, Lumi had sprawled himself on his back beside Ryan, one paw on his fully-erect penis and the other tucked between his hindlegs as he stroked himself with wet, needy whimpers to the fantasy of getting ravaged next.\n\n\"Wanna have some fun of our own?\" Lily whispered into Ryan's ear. With her body nestled snugly against him, she casually rubbed her plump black spade against his hip.\n\nA hot shiver raced through the eevee, his claws digging into the wood of the table as the zorua's suggestion echoed in his mind. \"I- I don't know. I don't think I can do it,\" he stammered, swallowing nervously as he looked at the other patrons. Sure, they wouldn't be the only ones having sex, but the mere thought of being watched by complete strangers made his stomach twist. \"N-no. Too many pokemon.\"\n\n\"Awww…\" Lily sighed. Then she turned to Chester. \"How about you, stud?\"\n\n\"Later, Lily. When we're not squeezed in between chairs and tables,\" the Galarian ponyta replied with a smirk and wink.\n\nA resounding squeal recaptured Ryan's attention as the relentless rutting pushed the leafeon over the edge. He couldn't see her pulsing, flexing spade from behind the table, but he could sense the raw intensity of her climax from how far she squirted her juices across the tavern's slatted floor and from Tyrel's reaction to it.\n\n\"Holy fuck, you're clenching like a vice, bitch. Not gonna last much longer like that,\" the hulking male growled, only to double down on the pounding. Faster, harder, and all the way to the slit, again and again, choking her, slapping her, making her scream in orgasmic bliss for almost another minute of merciless reaming before he followed up his promise with a thundering roar. \"Hold on tight, Gwen, I'm about to blow!\"\n\nThe feraligatr's floodgates opened with a bang. His first squirt alone was big and forceful enough to distend her guts, and the rest of his load followed in a gurgling torrent that inflated her middle so quickly and thoroughly that the eevee could watch in real time as her belly expanded to twice its original size and beyond, pushing apart the ropes of her harness. The leafeon's stretchiness was nothing short of astonishing as her partner ballooned her with so much cum that her sagging middle pressed against the ground. All the while, her eyes were rolled back into her head and her muzzle hung wide open, squeals and spit sputtering out as no thought was left in her lust-broken mind.\n\nWhen the flood eventually ebbed, the tavern's owner pulled out and licked his lips with a contented grunt. \"Pleasure doing business with you, Gwen,\" he chuckled and granted the herbalist's plump butt one last playful swat.\n\n\"Ah. Fuck. So full,\" the leafeon gasped. Awkwardly balancing her bloated body on shaking limbs, she turned her head to the water type and nodded, \"Always a pleasure. Thanks for the discount, Tyrel.\"\n\nAfter the feraligatr took his leave with a wave, it was Chester who first suggested, \"Alright, I don't know about you, but I can't eat another bite. How about we call it a day and head up to our room?\"\n\n\"Sounds great!\" Lily responded without missing a beat.\n\nRyan joined her with an avid nod. Full or not, the eevee was more than eager to trade the loud, hectic taproom for a private bedroom, and when the Galarian ponyta and the zorua led the way, he followed with no hesitation. Lumi joined them as well once he had disentangled himself from his self-love, and Gwen stumbled after them, dragging along her massively swollen middle with wet, noisy sloshing.\n\nThe eevee tried his best to ignore everything and everyone, including his own swinging erection and the whistles it received, as he made his way across the busy tables and toward the wide, winding staircase next to the reception counter. Two floors up, they had been given a bedroom with a sweeping view across the harbor and Gemstone River. It was small, much smaller than their bedroom at the guild, and the bed was clearly meant for a single, albeit large guest, but he was sure it would work somehow even if they had to share a pillow and blanket among the five of them.\n\nJust a moment after Ryan had entered the bedroom, the leafeon's voice called out, \"Ryan?\"\n\nTurning around, the eevee shot the herbalist a coyly curious glance. \"Yes, Gwen?\"\n\n\"I don't offer this often, but since you're an eevee, and a cute one at that, do you want to knot my spade?\" the leafeon asked. Tottering past him with her heavy cum belly sloshing and swaying at every step, she flaunted her backside at him. Below her raised tail, the feraligatr's colossal cock had gaped her once-snug pink pucker into a huge, drooling abyss, but her dark brown cookie was as tantalizingly tight as ever, clenching and dripping with her arousal.\n\nIt took Ryan a moment to process the leafeon's offer and all it entailed. Lumi's naughty side-eye didn't help his confidence either, but he eventually gave her a nod. \"If it's not too much for you.\"\n\nGwen dragged herself up onto the creaking bed and made herself as comfortable on the sheets as her harness and her bloated middle allowed, all while keeping her butt and dripping bits in prime view of the eevee. \"Oh, it's fine. Don't worry, I can take much more than that. Now come! Let's have some fun~\"\n\n\"Okay,\" Ryan squeaked, his heart pounding in his chest as he caught a glimpse of what Lily and Chester were up to. Apparently, the zorua hadn't been able to resist her lust any longer because she was bent over beside the window and presenting her backside to the very ready, fully erect Galarian ponyta. She hadn't even bothered to remove her harness.\n\n\"You've heard her, Ryan! Let's end the day with some fun,\" the stallion nickered. He playfully stuck his tongue out at the eevee as he mounted the zorua and drove his rod inside her snug, wet spade with an open-muzzled moan.\n\n\"Yes! Finally!\" Lily's throaty squeal gave the eevee the kick he needed to approach the presenting herbalist.\n\nTheir body sizes were flipped compared to the zorua and psychic ponyta. Gwen was larger than Ryan and almost as tall as Chester, but lazily splayed across the mattress so he could mount her without much trouble, and her harness would make things even easier. Lumi's smug smile reminded him not to take things too hastily, though. So as he moved up behind the inflated leafeon, he didn't jump onto her right away but instead placed his paws on her buttocks to inspect the goods.\n\n\"Pick whichever you like! I'm all yours,\" the herbalist purred. \"But I think we both know what you want~\"\n\nRyan nodded, sneaking in a curious sniff. Gwen smelled of nature and flowers, so far nothing new, but her scent was muddied by the pungent odor of Tyrel's cum as it oozed out of her ravaged asshole in goopy globs. At the same time, her plump, pulsing cookie exuded the most exhilarating cocktail of pheromones. Her nectar smelled like the sweetest, most fertile herbal tea, and before he knew it, he mashed his nose against her fat folds, drinking in her scent with deep huffs and a sloppy lick.\n\n\"You're enjoying yourself back there, honey?\" the leafeon giggled, shaking her butt just enough to snap Ryan out of his spontaneous huffing frenzy. \"Didn't you want to bury that fat, delicious cock inside me?\"\n\n\"O-oh, yeah, right,\" the eevee stammered and pulled his snout away from Gwen's folds. Jumping up onto her lower back, he hooked his paws around the ropes of her harness and mounted her properly. Thanks to her size, he swiftly aligned his swollen cock with her big, plump entrance, even if everything was so wet and slippery that he almost glided it into her loose, gaping ass instead, and he tucked the tip inside the tight, warm crevice of her spade. Then, with an eager thrust, he parted her squishy folds and claimed her with the first few inches.\n\n\"Damn, you're so big for such a small guy,\" the leafeon blurted out, digging her claws into the sheets as Ryan's penis stretched her pussy wide open.\n\nInstead of with words, the eevee reciprocated Gwen's compliment with a throaty whine as her tight, warm channel enveloped his sensitive taper and melted his brain with pleasure, and he continued to push deeper and deeper. Only once he had sunk his whole swollen rod inside her accommodating depths, he paused for a moment to bask in her powerful contractions. Then he tightened his paws around her harness and went to work with eager hip thrusts, pouring all of his pent-up arousal into the pounding as if to match the force and speed of Chester's thrusts as he stretched and bulged Lily with heavy snorts and a billowing mane.\n\n\"Oh, and so eager,\" Gwen whined, her eyes rolling back as the eevee fucked her hard. \"Harder! Faster! Breed me, Ryan! Knot me and give me your pups!\"\n\nThe herbalist's boisterous cries and the wet, noisy sloshing of her bloated belly spurred Ryan on even further, and Lumi finally joined the fun as well. \"Let me lend you a paw, big boy~\" the snowy vulpix purred, stroking the underside of Ryan's huge, swollen nuts with one paw. Then he tucked his muzzle underneath the eevee's tail and plastered his swinging breeding orbs with licks and kisses before, as if by chance, one of his smooches landed right on Ryan's pucker.\n\nThe rush of pleasure and affection carried the eevee into a whole new world of delight. The only thoughts left in his mind revolved around knotting the moaning leafeon while his hips essentially moved on their own, every thrust carrying him closer to the edge of relief. Drooling and groaning from his open muzzle, he pressed his snout against Gwen's sweaty fur to huff her herbal musk while he lost himself deeper and deeper in his bliss.\n\nRyan could've spent the rest of the night like that, savoring the heavenly stimulation, the invigorating heat, the exhilarating sloshing, and the growing mess that spilled from his partner's flexing, gaped asshole onto his belly and all over the sheets. However, the wild rutting wouldn't last forever. After a few minutes of relentless mating, the tingling pressure inside his sheath manifested in a huge, swollen knot with a wet, audible pop.\n\nThe eevee instinctively bashed his fat, engorged bulb against Gwen's squishy spade with all his might, splattering the sheets beneath her with her sticky juices. Once, twice, three times, he stretched her plump, warm folds wider and wider until they finally admitted him to her tight, welcoming depths with a resounding pop.\n\n\"Oh fuck, you got a knot like an arcanine!\" Gwen squealed, drool spluttering from her muzzle as Ryan tied her. \"Yes! YES! I'm cumming!\" The extra depth and stretching carried her over the edge just a lick before Ryan, and her channel burst into violent contractions. Squeezing and firmly gripping his knot from all sides, she made sure that he wasn't going anywhere else anytime soon.\n\n\"Ah, g-gonna cum too!\" the eevee joined his partner's cry, giving their tie one more firm tug and push before his brain and body exploded with a powerful orgasm.\n\nLike an avalanche, an overpowering rush of relief washed through the small male and buried him with pure bliss, leaving him gasping for air and whining with delight. His swollen taper and bloated balls jumped to action not a heartbeat later, churning up a hot, sticky flood for the leafeon. Sure, he couldn't match the feraligatr's profuse output that left her so swollen and heavy that she could barely get up the stairs, but his breeding orbs were still packed with enough cum to thoroughly flood her pussy and swell womb.\n\nWhile Ryan spilled the first ropes of seed deep inside Gwen's quaking, convulsing depths, Lumi's slippery attention shifted completely to the eevee's sphincter. With greedy licks and slurps, the Alolan vulpix invaded his clenching pucker and squeezed even more of his baby batter out of his prostate, boosting his orgasm to even more blissful heights. Then, once the first rush of Ryan's orgasm ebbed, he pulled away with a smack and asked with a grin. \"Want me to milk you even harder, big guy?\"\n\nDazed by bliss and busy cumming, the eevee struggled to process the ice type's suggestion, but the moment he realized Lumi's intentions, an excited shiver raced through him. \"Yes!\" he moaned, widening his stance and lifting his tail to present his twitching, spit-soaked hole to the other male.\n\n\"Ah, what are you two doing back there?\" Gwen gasped.\n\nRyan responded with a guttural squeal as Lumi mounted him, grabbed the straps of his harness, and unceremoniously shoved his stiff, swollen taper deep into his wet, clenching asshole. He loved every second of it and came even harder as his snowy partner pinned him against the leafeon's butt and shoved his cock against his pleasure button. Yet, that was only the beginning of the fun.\n\n\"Now it's my turn to breed you, Ryan,\" Lumi purred, licking the eevee's neck as he pulled back. \"Fuck, you're so nice and tight. I'm so glad that you're letting me do this.\"\n\n\"A-and you're so big. Fuck, so good. Keep going!\" Ryan whined as the Alolan vulpix rammed his rod inside him again, and again, massaging his prostate with thrust after thrust to catapult his climax into another rush of mindless bliss.\n\n\"Oh, that's hot,\" Gwen groaned, pushing back into the two males mating on top of her. \"You're making him squirt like a geyser again, Lumi.\"\n\nThe eevee's heart pounded in his chest as he was sandwiched between the Alolan vulpix and the leafeon. It was only his second time taking it up the ass, but it was going so much faster and smoother than the first time, coming almost naturally to him now that he knew what to expect. Not to mention how much it enhanced every moment of his tie with Gwen. In a way, Lumi was helping him mate with her by massaging every drop of his cum from his balls with a deep, thorough fuck, and it felt so good. So perfect. So right getting stretched, plowed, and mated by the snowy male while he was tightly knotted to the leafeon's fat, clenching cunt.\n\n\"Hah, Ryan, your ass is milking my cock so hard. I hope you're ready to get filled because I'm not going to last much longer like that,\" the vulpix moaned, snapping Ryan out of his horny thoughts with a promise that got his heart pounding even harder.\n\n\"Yes! Fill me! Knot me, Lumi!\" Ryan burst out, too horny to think about anything else than his partner's knot as it slipped out of his sheath with a wet pop. A few more resounding plaps followed as the snowy male tried to give him what he had begged for, thrusting in a horny frenzy until he succeeded. For just a heartbeat, he stretched the eevee's ring to twice its size. Then his bulb slipped fully inside, tying Ryan as tightly to the vulpix as to the leafeon.\n\nTime halted for Ryan as Lumi knotted him, that fat, throbbing bulb overloading his orgasmic mind with a whole new surge of stimulation. It was so intense that he briefly forgot his own name, only for his climax to undergo his third resurgence, blessing Gwen with another powerful volley of spurts. \"Fuck you're big, Lumi.\"\n\n\"A-and you're still clenching like crazy,\" Lumi groaned, absently lapping at the eevee's ear while he succumbed to his own high. Twitching deep inside Ryan's ass, he unleashed his load in big, wet spurts, giving him an impression of what he was doing to the herbalist's womb while he kept him pressed against her in a tight hug.\n\n\"Damn, you're amazing, guys,\" Gwen remarked with a breathy giggle. \"That's gotta be one of the best fucks I've ever had.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the fun between Lily and Chester at the window was still going as the psychic ponyta treated the visibly inflated zorua to a second deep pounding. Their snorts, huffs, and moans resounded throughout the darkening chamber as the twinkling stars became visible in the night sky outside.\n\nLike that, another day neared its end, and it ended the same way as every day Ryan had experienced so far: with hot, messy sex. It was something he could get used to, and with a sigh, he made himself comfortable against the leafeon's soft, furry backside. \"Yes, this was fantastic. Thanks for the nice mission, the fun evening, and everything else, Gwen.\"\n\n\"You're more than welcome, honey,\" the herbalist purred. \"And likewise. You're a lovely bunch, Team Wildwoods.\"\n\n\"Thanks! You too!\" Lumi chirped and shifted down from Ryan's back, settling into a more comfortable butt-to-butt position to enjoy the rest of their mutual orgasm. Would it last another five minutes? Ten? Even longer? Probably as long as the leafeon's spade kept clenching around his knot. He honestly wasn't sure if he would still be awake by the end of their tie as the exhaustion from a day of training, walking, and new information caught up with him.\n\nHowever, no amount of fatigue could wipe the smile off Ryan's muzzle as he reflected on all that had happened today. If this was any indication of things to come, he couldn't wait to see what other missions and adventures awaited him.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": ""Lily, Lumi, what perfect timing! We were just on our way to you," Chester greeted the zorua and the Alolan vulpix who had just emerged from Garnet Paw Guild's front gate. Both of them were wearing hemp rope harnesses with loops around their legs and chest and a pair of small saddlebags each. Lumi also carried another larger harness on his back, and Lily a smaller one plus a pair of red scarves.

"Ditto!" the zorua replied with a giggle. "I presume you just got done with your training?"

"Pretty much, yes," Chester responded and gave Ryan a teasing wink that brought a hot blush to the eevee's cheeks. "And I assume you've found a mission?"

"Yes. We've arranged something nice for us four," Lily stated, stopping before the two males to drop off the extra harness. "We signed up for a hauling job down near Twinwater Town."

"A hauling job?" the Galarian ponyta wondered, one brow raised and the back of his snout furrowed in surprise. "Isn't that a task more appropriate for, you know, larger and stronger pokemon than us? Not to mention the lousy pay…"

"Don't worry. We're just carrying some medical and alchemical herbs down to Minty Meadows for Gwen," Lily explained. "And it's more about the client than the reward anyway."

"I see. That makes sense," Chester nodded.

Looking at the harness and at the zorua in turns, the eevee asked, "Why? What's so special about our client?"

"She's a leafeon," Lumi chimed in with a big grin. "Who will gladly tell you a thing or two more about your special evolution if you ask her nicely."

"Oh!" The eevee's eyes widened, a tingle of excitement washing through his body. "But will we even have enough time to talk?"

"Yes, you will have plenty of time because we're going to take the boat downstream to Minty Meadows, and she'll be accompanying us for the whole trip as she's headed for the farmers' market there," the zorua explained. "Now, would you be so kind and stay still for a second?"

"Sure," Ryan said with a hasty nod, watching curiously as Lily grabbed the small hemp harness with her muzzle and lifted it up. He flinched and squeaked when she unceremoniously cast it over his back like a fishing net. "Ack, what's that for?"

"It's for carrying Gwen's herbs. I hope this fits you well enough because it's my spare one," the zorua replied as she reached for the eevee's paws, helping him thread them through the leg loops one by one.

In the meantime, Lumi assisted Chester with putting on his own harness. Ryan only caught a glimpse of the process, though, before Lily's cold nose distracted him. Apparently, the last strap had to be attached to his tail, and she took it as an opportunity to prod his snug pink pucker for a teasing sniff. "There you go, handsome," she giggled as she pulled away again. "How does it feel?"

Ryan carefully twisted his body and stretched his legs. "A little weird and stiff."

"That's normal. Does it feel too tight or is it pinching you anywhere?"

"No," Ryan replied. "At least not yet."

"Good. That should do," Lily chirped and helped him put on his guild scarf as well. Then she walked past him, casually gliding her tail against his as she ambled toward the others. "Are you ready too, Chester?"

"One second," the Galarian ponyta said and shook himself vigorously for a moment, making his voluminous, glittering mane and tail bounce. "Yep. I'm all set."

"Perfect! Let's go then," Lily said, leading the way with bouncing steps and her tail hiked high. "I'm sure Gwen is already waiting."

Chester padded right by the zorua's side, and while he didn't flag his tail as much as her, Ryan received as striking a view of his huge, hanging nuts as he did of her plump, juicy black spade. Licking the drool off his lips, the eevee still wasn't sure whether they were teasing him on purpose or not. Either way, he wouldn't complain. At least, their exposure helped him grow accustomed to his own nudity… and his far-too-regular erections. Already, his sheath was stirring with the same kind of arousal as when he had spotted Chester's erection during their training.

"Enjoying the view?" Lumi asked from beside Ryan, a saucy grin on his petite muzzle.

The eevee only just managed to stifle a stunned squeal, hastily averting his eyes with a red-hot blush.

"Don't worry. It's fine. I'm enjoying the view as much as you," the vulpix giggled, playfully bumping his hip into Ryan's side. "Anyway, how did your training go?"

"Uhhhhh, the training… ummmmmmm," the eevee muttered, his blush deepening a few shades.

"Come on, it can't have been so bad if it's left Chester in such a jolly mood," Lumi cooed and nuzzled Ryan. His pert grin widened. "Besides, I can smell that training on you."

Now, the eevee's cheeks burned hot as lava. Apparently, the extended bath in the river hadn't managed to erase all traces of their post-training fun. "O-oh, it didn't go the way you think it did. We also trained normally. First, we did some sparring where Chester asked me to attack him."

"How'd that go?"

The eevee bit his lip. "…let's just say that I'm no born fighter," he muttered. "But we also practiced evasion and I'm apparently pretty good at it."

"That sounds great!"

"Do you think so? Because I'm still awful at fighting, and Chester… doesn't think that I'll get much better at it."

"Yes. Don't worry. Not every pokemon is born a physical fighter, but nothing is more valuable than finding out where your strengths and weaknesses lie."

"Oh, speaking of finding things out. Do you know what else I found out? Apparently, we're invulnerable while we're awake!"

"We're invulnerable? Since when?" Lumi asked, his head tilted in confusion.

"Chester told me all about it. It's something called aura…"

While Ryan explained to Lumi what Chester had explained to him earlier — mostly to repeat it for his own understanding, as the Alolan vulpix undoubtedly already knew everything about aura — they reached the bridge at the foot of the guild's hill. Built of roughly hewn gray granite, it spanned Emerald Creek and ended up at a three-way intersection. A signpost indicated the path to the guild, a path into the woods where the eevee had first seen the light of Gaia, and a well-developed cobblestone road that led across another bridge to the shingled roofs and colorful timber-framed houses of Twinwater Town downstream.

Although Team Wildwoods followed the cobblestone road to the town, the eevee didn't get to see it from the inside quite yet because halfway to the gate, they took a right and instead pursued a narrow, winding dirt track into the surrounding woods. Much about the new trail reminded Ryan of his trip to Whitewater Grove. The blue sky was blotted out by a vast canopy of lush green leaves, the ground was studded with roots and rocks, and the thorny undergrowth came uncomfortably close on the regular. Yet, there luckily were no traps in their path, and instead of a raging, splashing creek, only a thin rivulet accompanied their trek with a shallow gurgle.

Eventually, the eevee picked up a faint sweet, leafy smell in the air. Sniffing the air with a fluttering nose, he wondered, "What's this smell? It smells so good. Like tea."

"That's the smell of our destination," Lumi giggled, patting Ryan on the rump with two of his tails. "Come, it's just a few more steps now."

The Alolan vulpix was right. After walking around two more bends, they were greeted by a small, crooked wooden hut with a round front door, narrow open windows, and a leafy roof. Countless bundles of herbs and plants dangled from two dozen drying racks in front of it and a shack with hoes, watering cans, and scoops was right beside it, while fences of varying heights, styles, and states of decay enclosed the herbaries that surrounded the building.

As the little entourage approached the cottage, the door opened and a leafeon in a straw hat and a sturdy harness stepped out. "Heya, Lily and team! You're here to accompany me to Minty Meadows?" she welcomed them with a wave of her paw.

"Hey, Gwen! Yes, that's us," Lily replied.

"Terrific! I must say I didn't expect Team Wildwoods to stop by for the hauling job, but I ain't complaining," Gwen chuckled, her eyes flicking across everyone until they locked on to Ryan. She tilted her head, a curious sparkle lighting up in her big brown eyes. "And you've brought company? Who's that cute fella?"

Ryan abashedly folded back his ears while the zorua introduced him, "That's Ryan. He's an apprentice Garnet Paw and the newest member of our team."

"Oh, terrific. Nice to meet you, Ryan. Gwen's the name," the leafeon said and stepped forward to give the eevee a friendly nuzzle.

Ryan was stunned as much by the leafeon's physical greeting as by the thick cloud of sweet, flowery scents that enveloped her, and it took him a moment before he stammered, "N-nice to meet you too, Gwen."

"Gwen, did you prepare everything for transport yet?" Chester chimed in, inspecting the drying racks with Lumi.

The leafeon gave Ryan another quick nuzzle. Then she turned around and ambled toward the Alolan vulpix and Galarian ponyta. "Yes, I've stacked them into small piles over there. Come, I'll help you load them into your bags." She pointed them toward one corner of her home.

About two dozen neatly stacked bundles awaited them at the said spot, each of which was about half as big as the eevee. Nevertheless, with combined efforts and a lot of pushing and squeezing, they managed to stuff almost half of the herbs into Chester's saddlebags. The rest was evenly distributed among Ryan and the others of the team, and while he waited for his share, he had a closer look at the herbalist's compact hut. With growing eyes and awe, he realized that the walls were formed by the stems of several tightly intertwined trees, their leaves forming the roof.

"First time seeing a living house?" Gwen asked with a smirk as she approached the eevee with one of the last two bundles of dried herbs.

Ryan nodded, his muzzle ajar. "How do you even get trees to do this?"

"It requires a lot of patience and persuasion," the leafeon chuckled, affectionately placing a paw against the twisted wood. "And you need to know how to speak and listen to them. Can't guide a tree if it doesn't understand you."

Ryan nodded again, trying but failing to wrap his head around whatever magic was necessary to communicate with trees. At least Lumi's ice magic seemed somewhat comprehensible. He just had to make air and things cold. "How difficult was it for you to learn to talk to trees?"

"It took me a few years after I evolved, but once you can do it, it's something you'll never forget, like walking. I'll show it to you if you ever evolve into a leafeon," Gwen explained with a wink while she opened one of Ryan's saddlebags and filled it with herbs. Lily took care of the other side. Once the last bushel of aromatic plant matter was tucked away in his now-bulging pouches, they stepped back and the leafeon announced, "Alright, we're all loaded up and done here, so let's head to Twinwater Town. The next boat for Minty Meadows should be departing from the piers shortly."

"Lead the way, Gwen," Lily chirped, and before Ryan knew it, the two females turned around and were on their way, chatting casually with each other. He dashed after them just a moment later, and soon they were back on the same path they had followed to the herbalist's hut. Luckily, the herbs inside the pouches of his harness, albeit voluminous, were lighter than he had feared, so he had no trouble keeping pace. Nevertheless, the root-ridden path once again kept him and his paws well-occupied.

The eevee was only able to look up again without fear of tripping when they finally reached the intersection in front of Twinwater Town's gate, which towered over them with walls of granite and bright red crenelations. The settlement's entrance was currently wide open and guarded by a single dewott with a steel helmet, a checkered green-blue scarf, and a spear. He greeted them with a lazy nod as they passed through. "G'day, Gwen, Garnet Paws. Headed for the market?"

"Hey, Calyx. Yes, the market in Minty Meadows," the leafeon chirped. "Anything important to watch out for?"

"Nah. Gemstone River's quiet today, according to the peeps down at the harbor," the guard responded. "Should be a smooth passage."

"Terrific! Thanks, Calyx. You're a dear," Gwen cooed before she turned back to Lily, continuing their chat where they had left off.

"Welcome." Calyx mumbled before he leaned back against the wall and pulled down his steel helmet, seemingly dozing off by the time the group went through the portal.

Finally, Ryan got to pay Twinwater Town his first visit. Although he was only passing through, that didn't diminish his excitement in the slightest. The first thing that struck him was how close and bunched together the buildings were, and how everything sat at an incline. Apart from the main cobblestone road, which cut a wide, straight line across the timber-framed houses, all the alleyways and side streets were tightly rimmed by the buildings with sometimes barely enough space for two large pokemon to squeeze past each other. And if he had dropped a ball down any of the alleys, it would've rolled all the way down to the riverbank.

The edifices around the eevee weren't all wood and plaster, though. All of their foundations and ground floors were constructed of brick and mossy stone with varying levels of sophistication and age,  the wear and tear on some betraying the town's long history. Meanwhile, the plastered walls above shone brightly in every color of the rainbow, from muted cream, white, and blue to lush greens, hot reds, and gentle yellows. Flower boxes decorated every second windowsill, and threads with motley, fluttering pennants hung above them, matching the diversity of the pokemon that crowded the noisy alleyways around them as the quiet of the woods made way for chatter, yelling, and lots of laughter.

Letting his gaze wander, Ryan spotted at least two dozen different kinds of pokemon of all sizes and ages, some old, but very few young ones. A group of six kids almost ran him over in a rambunctious game of tag while a flygon with dulled scales and frayed wings watched them attentively from a folding chair, but they would be the only kids he encountered on his whole trip.

The eevee and his team weren't the only ones loaded with cargo either. Many of the town's inhabitants that passed them were hauling boxes and barrels, bags and bundles of food, drink, and countless other commodities to supply the shops, stores, and inns that studded the town like flowers in the meadow. Ryan couldn't walk two steps without stumbling across another sign for a carpenter, a grocer, or a tavern, and the omnipresent scent of cooked, grilled, and baked goods made his muzzle water.

While the awed eevee soaked in the sights, scents, and sounds, Gwen led the group through the mace of homes and houses and ever down until they reached the town's harbor, where the smell of lunchtime was drowned out by the less savory, mossy odors of the river. Emerging from the cramped alleys, they ended up on a sizable quay with massive granite bollards for ships to attach to. A few pokemon lined the edge, fishing in the gently flowing, glittering waters of Gemstone River, and three ships were currently moored to wooden piers that protruded into the stream, two small fishing boats and a large barge with three reefed triangle sails. A gangway led onto the latter, which an espurr overlooked from atop a stack of crates.

The espurr's head swiveled toward the group as they approached, and she raised a paw in greeting, a pencil between two fingers and a notepad in the other. "Gwen! You're just in time. We were about to depart."

"Hey, Halley!" the leafeon replied with a smile and wave. "I'm glad that you haven't left yet. Were you waiting for me?"

"Maybe," Halley chuckled, scribbling something onto her notepad. "Same as always?"

"Same as always," Gwen said with a nod, tugging open a satchel on her neck. Carefully, she tilted it until a couple of glittering coins tumbled out. "Here's the three pieces of silver for the passage to Minty Meadows."

The espurr hopped off her spot on the crates and collected the payment. "Yes, that'll do," she assessed, making another note before she waved at the herbalist's entourage. "Please, come all aboard and head down to the stern deck." As she spoke, a buff machoke and a hulking swampert lumbered down the shaking gangway to pick up the last few crates and carry them aboard.

Once the two workers had cleared the path, Ryan climbed onto the ship with the others and passed even more crates of cargo with teetering steps, trying not to fall as the barge swayed slightly on the water. In the back, a small, secluded section awaited them under a snow-white pavilion roof with padded burgundy benches, a good view of the upstream river, and the helms in between, elevated above everything else. A pawful of other passengers had claimed one half already, so Team Wildwoods took the other side.

Lumi and Chester made themselves comfortable on a bench by the wall, away from the water, and Gwen and Lily settled on the other side, on a bench beside the railings, where they continued to talk while gazing out at the splashing, sloshing waters. Ryan sat down next to the two other males of the team, but his attention was focused on the leafeon. He managed to catch scraps of their conversation — they seemed to be gossiping about the most recent drama in Garnet Paw Guild and Twinwater Town — all while he wondered when he would get a turn to talk with Gwen about questions only she could answer.

As the two females kept conversing, the eevee rested his head on his forepaws and let his gaze roam, checking out the other group of travelers. Their green scarves and their colorful, loose clothing identified the furret, luxio, and infernape as a team from another guild from somewhere else on Gaia, and although he picked up bits of their conversation as well, it was only incomprehensible gibberish to him. Then he was distracted by heavy footsteps as the bulky swampert emerged from the cargo hold and headed up onto the helms. The sheer size and muscle of the behemoth were especially impressive when he grabbed the steering rudder and yanked it around with seemingly no effort, initiating the vessel's departure from the quay.

Finally, Ryan's eyes returned to the zorua and leafeon at the railings. Lily's bushy tail was hiked high, as usual, teasing him with her fluffy backside, while Gwen's flat, leaf-like tail was halfway draped across her butt, concealing all but a sliver of her glittering, plump dark-brown spade. Of course, the moment he checked the two females out, movement came into them and they turned around to him as if they had somehow sensed his naughty attention.

The eevee hastily stared down at his paws, tucking his tail between his hindlegs as a burning blush shot onto his cheeks. He hoped he hadn't been too conspicuous when the leafeon got up and ambled toward him. Only once she stood beside him, he cautiously dared to raise his head, peering at her with big, coy eyes. "H-hey."

"Hey, honey. Lily told me that there's a thing or two you wanted to ask me?" Gwen spoke with a gentle voice.

Ryan abashedly looked away, rubbing one forepaw against the back of the other for a moment's hesitation. "Y-yes. I have a few questions about evolution that I haven't gotten an answer for yet but I'm not sure where to even begin."

"Wherever you like," the leafeon replied, settling beside the eevee with an encouraging smile. "After all, I know how you're feeling. I've once been in the same position."

Ryan nodded, his tail untucking itself as it started to wag with growing excitement. "How's that been? How did you find out that you're going to evolve?"

"It's different for every pokemon, but for me, it started with vague dreams about evolving into a leafeon a few months before it happened," Gwen replied. "And the closer I got to evolving, the more detailed and colorful my dreams became."

"Oh, so you already knew that you'd become a leafeon?" Ryan gasped. "How?"

"I knew because I always wanted to be one. Ever since I took my first step into my mom's garden, I was fascinated by the bushes and flowers in it, and that fascination soon turned into a desire to become a leafeon."

"So you evolve into the type that fits you the best?"

"Yes, because your evolution is essentially a reflection of your inner self. If you have a clear goal for your life, your evolution will reflect that."

"A-and what if I don't?" the eevee whispered. "Because I don't know what type I want to evolve into."

"Don't worry. It only means that you've yet to figure it out. My big brother was undecided about his future for a long time, and he simply remained an eevee until he discovered his enthusiasm for metalworking. Once he took up an apprenticeship with a blacksmith, it only took another few weeks before he felt his first urge to evolve," Gwen explained, tapping her paw on the upholstery of the bench. "My little sister, on the other paw, had a knack for water so strong that she evolved before she even joined school."

"So, you're sure that I'll figure it out eventually?" Ryan asked with cautious hope.

"Yes," the leafeon replied. "But be patient. Sometimes, it may take a few years or more to figure it out, only for you to realize that you're the most comfortable as an eevee. My mom went through this whole rigmarole. She traveled the world, went on missions and adventures for various guilds and as a freelancer to figure out her evolution, but nothing ever came of it. She's still an eevee, unlike her own mother and all of her children."

Ryan wasn't sure whether that story was meant to encourage him, because he wasn't looking forward to spending half his life chasing an evolution that would never come. Then again, it might not matter if he left Gaia before that. However, his desire to turn back into a human was surprisingly small at the moment. He found himself far too eager to explore this strange, but exciting new world and his new pokemon self with his new friends. Besides, he first had to figure out what brought him here anyway, which probably wouldn't happen tomorrow or sometime next week…

"Everything alright, honey?" Gwen asked, gently nuzzling the eevee's cheek.

"H-huh? Y-yeah, everything alright. I was just… thinking," Ryan stammered with a slight shudder. Was she having any suspicions about his… situation? Could she tell that he wasn't from here from his questions? "A-anyway, how does she feel about being the only eevee in her family?"

"Oh, she's embraced the fact and she's been enjoying life ever since because she no longer has to worry about evolving."

"But isn't being an eevee worse? Like, I'm smaller and weaker than you and I don't have any powers either."

"It's honestly a matter of perspective. Some prefer being smaller as it makes some aspects of life easier and some experiences more fun and intense," Gwen stated with a giggle and a flick of her tail. "And you won't have to deal with any regrets about your evolution, which is another reason why some eevees never evolve. Plus, we fortunately live in a place where it doesn't matter if you're small or big to live a fulfilling life. There's a spot for everyone here." With a smile, she leaned toward Ryan and placed a paw on top of his. "So don't worry too much about it. The right evolution will find you when the time is ripe. Until then, enjoy life and enjoy who you're with." She nodded at the others of Team Wildwoods, all three now gathered in a sleepy pile on the bench behind them.

Ryan looked at the herbalist for a wordless moment. Then he placed his other forepaw onto hers. "Thank you so much, Gwen. You've answered most of my questions," he spoke. "Just, one more thing."

"Yes?"

"Is it always dreams?"

"No, not at all," the leafeon responded with a laugh. "The urge of evolution manifests in as many different ways as there are stars in the sky." From dreams and daydreams to physical hunger, compulsive obsession, and even painful longing, Gwen had a story at paw for each, telling Ryan of the experiences of her evolved friends and siblings. However, no matter how diverse, all of her tales had one thing in common: the urge rarely lasted longer than a few weeks before it resolved itself in evolution, and in most cases, the joyful anticipation outweighed any discomfort.

But the thought of evolving due to a series of increasingly haunting nightmares was something that the eevee hoped he would never have to experience.

While the herbalist shared her stories with Ryan and the barge continued to float down the river, the afternoon sun edged ever closer to the horizon and the landscape shifted. By the time the espurr appeared on the stern deck to announce their imminent arrival, the steep, densely-wooded hills that had surrounded Garnet Paws Guild had given way for vast sweeping plains and fields of golden grain, colorful vegetables, and other crops swaying in the orange glow, with small villages and hamlets dotted in between. The only trees Ryan could see from the deck were compact, knobbly fruit trees and narrow patches of oaks among the meadows. Gemstone River itself had swelled into a formidable stream, and countless irrigation trenches littered the coastline to feed the fields.

The picture changed even further as the barge neared Minty Meadows. Unlike Twinwater Town, where all of the town's houses were crammed within its walls, this city was a sprawling settlement surrounded by small industrial districts with brick-built sawmills for planks, barrels, and building materials, toolmakers for tools and nails, or food factories and weaving mills for processing the products of the immense fields. The transition to the city itself was so smooth that Ryan barely noticed, as there were no walls to speak of.

Everything in Minty Meadows was larger and taller than in Twinwater Town too, from the towering buildings to the wide streets and the extensive harbor with at least half a dozen piers and two dozen boats and ships anchored there. Their barge was about to join the resting fleet, and while the Swampert steered them to the appropriate anchoring site, Halley appeared once more. "Please prepare to disembark," the espurr requested. "And remember to take along your belongings. Everything that's left behind after disembarking will be sold on the market tomorrow."

"Sounds like it's time to get moving," Gwen said, nudging Ryan with her snout as she got up.

With a nod, the eevee followed her example. As he turned around, he found the rest of his team waking from lazy slumber.

"Boat rides always make me so sleepy," Lumi yawned, stretching his legs and fanning out his tails.

"Yeah, there's just so little to do," Chester remarked.

"At least one of us got some important stuff done. Right, Ryan?" Lily asked, winking at the eevee. "Was Gwen able to enlighten you?"

"Enlighten me?" Ryan asked, cocking his head. "Oh! You mean about evolution? Yes, absolutely! She couldn't tell me what I'll become, but at least I now know that I won't evolve into any random eeveelution."

"Perfect!" the zorua chirped, only to be nearly knocked off her feet when a jolt went through the barge.

They had arrived.

Now they just had to wait another minute for the crew to lower the gangway. Then, Gwen and Team Wildwoods were on their way. The group didn't have to walk far, though, as the herbalist had rented an empty slot in one of the harbor's tall, dark-red warehouses. It was guarded by a lone totodile on the outside and stuffed to the ceiling with bags and boxes on the inside. In the corner the leafeon had booked, two empty crates awaited them, ready to be filled with the dried herbs and plants they carried, and they immediately went to work, unloading their cargo, bundle after bundle.

Once both crates were full and all saddlebags empty, the herbalist took a step back and let out a contented sigh. "That's it! Thank you so very much for the assistance and company, you four. You've earned your reward," she chirped, pulling open the satchel on her harness. Counting out five five-pieces of silver, she shifted them over to Chester. "This should also compensate you for the return trip."

"Thanks, Gwen," the Galarian ponyta replied, his helical horn blinking pink as he transferred the payment into his purse. "Much appreciated."

"Also, it's been a pleasure to meet and talk to you, Ryan," the leafeon said, beaming at the eevee. "It's not often that I meet another one of my kind. I hope I was able to explain how our evolution works."

"Yes, talking to you definitely helped a lot," Ryan responded with a coy smile.

Finally, Gwen turned to Lily and Lumi. "Anyway, what's your plan for the evening? Will you head back to the guild?"

"That's a good question," the zorua remarked, rubbing her chin with one paw. "I managed to catch Halley for a quick chat, and she told me that they probably won't head back upstream to Twinwater Town today, so I've considered staying in Minty Meadows for the night. What do you say?"

"What's the alternative?" Ryan wondered.

"Walking!" Lumi chirped. "It's just about twenty miles."

"Yeah, and the road between Minty Meadows and Twinwater Town is… a tad hilly," Chester added.

Ryan cringed at the idea. His whole trip across Whitewater Grove and back hadn't even been half that distance, yet it had left him with four aching, throbbing stumps for feet. He didn't even want to imagine what he would feel like after twenty miles. "Okay, I'm with Lily. Let's stay."

"Do you already know where to stay?" Gwen asked.

"No, not yet," Lily replied. "You know Minty Meadows better than us, Gwen. Can you recommend anything good?"

"Yes, I have something in mind," the leafeon said with a twinkle in her brown eyes. "May I suggest we share a room? I'd pay half, you four pay the other half?"

All heads turned toward her, and Lily responded with a nod, "Sharing a room sounds good to me. You stay at Sunken Treasures, you mentioned?"

"Indeed. As always when I'm here," Gwen said.

"The Sunken Treasures? Really?" Lumi chimed in.

"Why? What's so special about it?" Ryan asked.

"You'll see," Lily replied with a teasing wink. "Anyway, let's go because I could really use something to eat."

Ryan didn't need to hear anything more. The sparring and trip had left him starving, and soon, he was following the others out of the dusky, quiet storage hall and back onto the lightly crowded pier, where the city dwellers gathered to fish and watch the setting sun. They didn't have to walk far to reach their destination, as the Sunken Treasures tavern lay nestled snugly between two warehouses, featuring the same brick-red facade and a large painted sign above the entrance that displayed a clam filled with sparkling gemstones.

As the eevee stepped through the door, he was greeted by a deafening soundscape of folksy music, off-tune singing, heated chatter, and a lot of suspicious groaning. Lit by a pawful of dim, rusty steel lanterns, the dining space was filled with a ragtag arrangement of tables, couches, and benches of all heights and sizes, and the air swirled with a disorienting smell of greasy food and sweaty bodies. A meowscarada with a fiddle and a chatot with a drum performed on a narrow stage in the back corner, but not even half of the patrons paid attention to their performance as the rest was preoccupied eating, playing cards and dice, and openly shagging on the tables and underneath, some of them even doing all three at once.

A cluttered counter beside the entrance served as the tavern's bar and reception. Behind it sat a massive feraligatr with several heavy gold chains around his neck and rings around his claws, precariously leaning back against a wall of mugs while he instructed an overwhelmed braixen while she poured drinks for the customers. The hulking water-type stopped what he was doing and sat up straight with a resounding thud as the herbalist approached him, spreading out his arms as if to greet an old friend. "Gwen! Is that you? I'm so glad to see you again!"

"Hello, Tyrel. It's been a few weeks, hasn't it?" the leafeon responded, walking right around the counter to nuzzle the giant's scaled side. "I'm happy to see you too."

"And I see you've brought a bunch of friends?" the feraligatr asked, scrutinizing the four members of Team Wildwoods with an inquisitive grin. "Garnet Paws, huh? Welcome to the Sunken Treasures."

"Thanks," Lily chuckled. "Its reputation precedes it, and it's very much as I expected."

"Yeah. Best place to have fun in the whole city," the water type replied with roaring laughter. "Anyway, how can I be of service, y'all?"

"We want to book a room for the five of us and a hearty dinner," Gwen elaborated. "How much will that be?"

While the tavern's owner and the two girls sorted out the payment, Ryan was distracted by the sight and sounds of the unbridled debauchery around him. This was unlike anything he had witnessed in the guild, as it wasn't just some random horny couple mating in a corner, but more than a dozen pokemon engaged in messy, mindless sex with each other.

In fact, a female blitzle was draped across the table right next to the eevee with a minccino hammering her plump, dripping folds as if he hadn't gotten off in months, while the other three patrons at the table, a skitty, roselia, and ampharos, played a game of dice and shared a plate of steamed fish as if nothing was amiss. The goopy white blend of juices gushing from the electric equine's pussy betrayed a whole history of partners, and when her current mate finished inside her with a crude grunt and a slap across her sweaty striped rear, another few spurts of seed joined the mess.

"Enjoy your bellyful of foals, ye slut," the minccino growled, wiping his swollen, cum-soaked cock on her thigh after he pulled out. Then his eyes flicked toward the eevee and a toothy grin grew on his petite muzzle. "Oi, like what ye see? This girl 'ere 's ready for more, aren't ye, Shelly?" With a splat, he placed a paw on her plump pussy and spread it open, showing off her wet, soaked pinks and desperately winking clit.

"Fuck, I'll take anything that helps me with this damn heat," the mare whinnied, glancing at Ryan and then at his sheath with glassy eyes. "So how about it? Gonna fuck me already, stud?"

"N-no, sorry. I'll have to pass," the eevee muttered, tucking his tail with a burning blush.

"Awww, okay," Shelly sighed, but luckily, another male had just arrived who was more than willing to relieve her of her plight.

"Is she available?" a gruff voice asked. It was the swampert from the barge, a slimy, tapered erection half the size of Ryan's body peeking from his slit as he stepped behind the mare.

"Yeah, and she's all yours, big guy," the minccino snickered, giving the blitzle another swat with his paw. "Looks like you're in luck, Shelly."

The mare's only response was a boisterous squeal when the pent-up helmsman bent over her, grabbed her neck with his huge hands, and unceremoniously trenched his fuck meat all the way inside her, effortlessly bulging her abdomen with a hungry growl while the table bent and creaked beneath his hulking frame.

"Ryan, are you coming?"

Lumi's voice snapped the eevee out of his daze, and he hastily turned around. "Y-yes, of course. Where are we going?"

"We got a spot in the back. Come!" the Alolan vulpix chirped, wrapping three of his six tails around Ryan's back as he led him across the bustling tavern to an empty table by the wall with a couch and two stools. There was just enough space to accommodate the five of them, and the eevee eventually found himself sandwiched between Lumi and Lily on the couch. At least no one else could see his half-chub like this, as the spectacle with the mare had teased more than just the tip of his cock out of his sheath.

"What's on the menu?" Ryan eventually managed to ask, glancing at the empty table with a growling belly.

"Broth, bread, and berries," Lily replied.

"Plus water for everyone," Chester added.

Fortunately, the starving eevee didn't have to wait long. A scrafty in a gray, speckled apron approached with their dinner, a massive wooden jug of water in one hand and two stacked trays of food in the other. "Here's your dinner, fellas," he announced as he set the jug on the table and dispersed the pair of trays on each side. "Lemme know if you need anything else."

"Thanks, Gek," Gwen warbled, blowing a kiss at the server. Then she waved at the others. "Time to dig in! You've earned it."

"Thanks for inviting us for dinner, Gwen. You're awesome," Lumi replied.

"O-oh? Oh, thanks, Gwen!" Ryan quickly added before he indulged her invitation and plucked a berry from the tray in front of him, devouring it with two big, messy bites. Then the next, and one by one, he greedily filled the pit in his stomach with sweet mush. In between, he sneaked in a piece of bread and a lick of broth, even if he still struggled to enjoy the latter properly. Unlike Lily's and Lumi's tongues, his just didn't seem to be made for drinking. At least Chester helped him with the water, pouring the refreshing wet into a smaller cup that he could, albeit awkwardly, clasp with both paws.

The feast distracted the eevee so much that he momentarily forgot about his own embarrassed arousal and the noisy, raunchy tavern around him. While he gorged himself, the others started chatting about Minty Meadows, about the most interesting sights and places, food and drink, and the small city guild. The leafeon dropped so many names that his head started spinning, and he had the feeling that it would take someone several days to fully appreciate the ins and outs of this city.

The conversation was eventually interrupted by the tavern's owner as he stepped up to their table. "Happy with everything, y'all?" Tyrel asked, the heavy gold chains around his neck clattering as he cast a questioning look across the seated pokemon.

"Yes, everything's good. The broth is great," Lily summarized everyone's nodding. "Compliments to the chef."

"I'll let her know," the feraligatr remarked. Then he turned to the leafeon and gave her rump a resounding smack that almost threw her off her chair. "Gwen, I got a moment to take care of the discount now. Care to lift that tail for me?"

A hint of surprise spread across the herbalist's face. "Already?" It swiftly yielded to electrified excitement as she hopped off her seat and prostrated beside the table, rear high and her flat green tail curled out of the way. "Sure. Go ahead, stud. I'm all yours!"

Ryan dropped the berry he was holding as the tall, bulky male bent over the presenting female, grabbed a rope of her harness to lift her up, and greeted her backside with a wide, wet lick of his dripping tongue. The powerful muscle transformed Gwen's initial gasp into a guttural moan as he circled it around her snug pink pucker and then drove it all the way inside, stretching and lubricating her tight channel with his slippery saliva. "Fuck, your tongue is a blessing, Tyrel."

The eevee couldn't help but remember the blitzle at the other table. His arousal returned with an embarrassing vengeance as his tip jumped out of his sheath with a wet smack, and he winced every time the hulking feraligatr treated Gwen's derrière to a resounding slap, roughing her up for what promised a hard, thorough fuck with a pink cock that grew bigger and nastier with every passing moment. Ridged and studded with thick, fleshy barbs, it was as thick as both of Ryan's forelegs combined and already longer than Chester's impressive shaft, and it was utterly drenched and dripping with slit slime. While the water type had no external balls, it still felt like this would become a messy affair.

Like Ryan, Lily and Lumi watched the unfolding scene with open, drooling muzzles and lewd curiosity. Only Chester continued his dinner mostly unfazed, slurping the soup with all the world's patience while Tyrel slurped Gwen's asshole with a thirsty, forceful greed that made her sing and squeal. "Ah, it's so deep!"

"You think that's deep? That's nothing, hun," the feraligatr cackled as he extracted his long pink tongue from the leafeon's butthole. He wiped his toothy muzzle. Then he got up and moved behind her, aligning the tapered, spine-ridden tip of his cock with her spit-lubed sphincter. "Ready to earn your discount, Gwen?"

"Less talking, more fucking, Tyrel. You promised me your huge bitch breaker, so give it to me," the herbalist ordered with horny insistence.

"Woah, no need to be so feisty," the feraligatr laughed and swatted the leafeon's backside for another needy whine. "Now scream for me. Let the whole tavern know what a desperate slut for my cock you are~" Then he grabbed the harness around her neck and shoved his massive tip into her snug asshole, stretching that tight ring wide open as he drove the rest of his fat, ridged rod inside her with bulging muscles.

Gwen squealed with joy as the hulking male straightened her guts and bulged her belly with his immense girth. Ryan only managed to see the latter after he shakily sat up and leaned over the table. Stuck somewhere between curiosity, arousal, and embarrassment with his tail tucked between his legs and his cheeks glowing, he clutched the table's edge and breathlessly watched the tavern's owner plunge his giant schlong in and out of the howling leafeon, his gold chains swinging and clattering at every thrust.

Choking Gwen with one hand and whacking her reddening butt cheek with the other, the feraligatr wasn't holding back in the slightest, and his partner's twisted, tear-soaked grimace of ecstasy betrayed how much she enjoyed the thorough ruination by the huffing, growling brute.

Honestly, the eevee wasn't sure if he would've wanted to swap with Gwen right now, but it was still one of the hottest things he had ever seen. No longer was he peeking or at half-mast, but his whole taper had slipped out of his sheath. With every throb, it tapped against the underside of the table, oozing his aroused scent and pre to join the thick odors of musk, sex, food, and cum that permeated this tavern.

Even Chester now watched the spectacle with undeniable curiosity, a sizable portion of his fat, sweaty schlong dangling out of his sheath. Meanwhile, Lumi had sprawled himself on his back beside Ryan, one paw on his fully-erect penis and the other tucked between his hindlegs as he stroked himself with wet, needy whimpers to the fantasy of getting ravaged next.

"Wanna have some fun of our own?" Lily whispered into Ryan's ear. With her body nestled snugly against him, she casually rubbed her plump black spade against his hip.

A hot shiver raced through the eevee, his claws digging into the wood of the table as the zorua's suggestion echoed in his mind. "I- I don't know. I don't think I can do it," he stammered, swallowing nervously as he looked at the other patrons. Sure, they wouldn't be the only ones having sex, but the mere thought of being watched by complete strangers made his stomach twist. "N-no. Too many pokemon."

"Awww…" Lily sighed. Then she turned to Chester. "How about you, stud?"

"Later, Lily. When we're not squeezed in between chairs and tables," the Galarian ponyta replied with a smirk and wink.

A resounding squeal recaptured Ryan's attention as the relentless rutting pushed the leafeon over the edge. He couldn't see her pulsing, flexing spade from behind the table, but he could sense the raw intensity of her climax from how far she squirted her juices across the tavern's slatted floor and from Tyrel's reaction to it.

"Holy fuck, you're clenching like a vice, bitch. Not gonna last much longer like that," the hulking male growled, only to double down on the pounding. Faster, harder, and all the way to the slit, again and again, choking her, slapping her, making her scream in orgasmic bliss for almost another minute of merciless reaming before he followed up his promise with a thundering roar. "Hold on tight, Gwen, I'm about to blow!"

The feraligatr's floodgates opened with a bang. His first squirt alone was big and forceful enough to distend her guts, and the rest of his load followed in a gurgling torrent that inflated her middle so quickly and thoroughly that the eevee could watch in real time as her belly expanded to twice its original size and beyond, pushing apart the ropes of her harness. The leafeon's stretchiness was nothing short of astonishing as her partner ballooned her with so much cum that her sagging middle pressed against the ground. All the while, her eyes were rolled back into her head and her muzzle hung wide open, squeals and spit sputtering out as no thought was left in her lust-broken mind.

When the flood eventually ebbed, the tavern's owner pulled out and licked his lips with a contented grunt. "Pleasure doing business with you, Gwen," he chuckled and granted the herbalist's plump butt one last playful swat.

"Ah. Fuck. So full," the leafeon gasped. Awkwardly balancing her bloated body on shaking limbs, she turned her head to the water type and nodded, "Always a pleasure. Thanks for the discount, Tyrel."

After the feraligatr took his leave with a wave, it was Chester who first suggested, "Alright, I don't know about you, but I can't eat another bite. How about we call it a day and head up to our room?"

"Sounds great!" Lily responded without missing a beat.

Ryan joined her with an avid nod. Full or not, the eevee was more than eager to trade the loud, hectic taproom for a private bedroom, and when the Galarian ponyta and the zorua led the way, he followed with no hesitation. Lumi joined them as well once he had disentangled himself from his self-love, and Gwen stumbled after them, dragging along her massively swollen middle with wet, noisy sloshing.

The eevee tried his best to ignore everything and everyone, including his own swinging erection and the whistles it received, as he made his way across the busy tables and toward the wide, winding staircase next to the reception counter. Two floors up, they had been given a bedroom with a sweeping view across the harbor and Gemstone River. It was small, much smaller than their bedroom at the guild, and the bed was clearly meant for a single, albeit large guest, but he was sure it would work somehow even if they had to share a pillow and blanket among the five of them.

Just a moment after Ryan had entered the bedroom, the leafeon's voice called out, "Ryan?"

Turning around, the eevee shot the herbalist a coyly curious glance. "Yes, Gwen?"

"I don't offer this often, but since you're an eevee, and a cute one at that, do you want to knot my spade?" the leafeon asked. Tottering past him with her heavy cum belly sloshing and swaying at every step, she flaunted her backside at him. Below her raised tail, the feraligatr's colossal cock had gaped her once-snug pink pucker into a huge, drooling abyss, but her dark brown cookie was as tantalizingly tight as ever, clenching and dripping with her arousal.

It took Ryan a moment to process the leafeon's offer and all it entailed. Lumi's naughty side-eye didn't help his confidence either, but he eventually gave her a nod. "If it's not too much for you."

Gwen dragged herself up onto the creaking bed and made herself as comfortable on the sheets as her harness and her bloated middle allowed, all while keeping her butt and dripping bits in prime view of the eevee. "Oh, it's fine. Don't worry, I can take much more than that. Now come! Let's have some fun~"

"Okay," Ryan squeaked, his heart pounding in his chest as he caught a glimpse of what Lily and Chester were up to. Apparently, the zorua hadn't been able to resist her lust any longer because she was bent over beside the window and presenting her backside to the very ready, fully erect Galarian ponyta. She hadn't even bothered to remove her harness.

"You've heard her, Ryan! Let's end the day with some fun," the stallion nickered. He playfully stuck his tongue out at the eevee as he mounted the zorua and drove his rod inside her snug, wet spade with an open-muzzled moan.

"Yes! Finally!" Lily's throaty squeal gave the eevee the kick he needed to approach the presenting herbalist.

Their body sizes were flipped compared to the zorua and psychic ponyta. Gwen was larger than Ryan and almost as tall as Chester, but lazily splayed across the mattress so he could mount her without much trouble, and her harness would make things even easier. Lumi's smug smile reminded him not to take things too hastily, though. So as he moved up behind the inflated leafeon, he didn't jump onto her right away but instead placed his paws on her buttocks to inspect the goods.

"Pick whichever you like! I'm all yours," the herbalist purred. "But I think we both know what you want~"

Ryan nodded, sneaking in a curious sniff. Gwen smelled of nature and flowers, so far nothing new, but her scent was muddied by the pungent odor of Tyrel's cum as it oozed out of her ravaged asshole in goopy globs. At the same time, her plump, pulsing cookie exuded the most exhilarating cocktail of pheromones. Her nectar smelled like the sweetest, most fertile herbal tea, and before he knew it, he mashed his nose against her fat folds, drinking in her scent with deep huffs and a sloppy lick.

"You're enjoying yourself back there, honey?" the leafeon giggled, shaking her butt just enough to snap Ryan out of his spontaneous huffing frenzy. "Didn't you want to bury that fat, delicious cock inside me?"

"O-oh, yeah, right," the eevee stammered and pulled his snout away from Gwen's folds. Jumping up onto her lower back, he hooked his paws around the ropes of her harness and mounted her properly. Thanks to her size, he swiftly aligned his swollen cock with her big, plump entrance, even if everything was so wet and slippery that he almost glided it into her loose, gaping ass instead, and he tucked the tip inside the tight, warm crevice of her spade. Then, with an eager thrust, he parted her squishy folds and claimed her with the first few inches.

"Damn, you're so big for such a small guy," the leafeon blurted out, digging her claws into the sheets as Ryan's penis stretched her pussy wide open.

Instead of with words, the eevee reciprocated Gwen's compliment with a throaty whine as her tight, warm channel enveloped his sensitive taper and melted his brain with pleasure, and he continued to push deeper and deeper. Only once he had sunk his whole swollen rod inside her accommodating depths, he paused for a moment to bask in her powerful contractions. Then he tightened his paws around her harness and went to work with eager hip thrusts, pouring all of his pent-up arousal into the pounding as if to match the force and speed of Chester's thrusts as he stretched and bulged Lily with heavy snorts and a billowing mane.

"Oh, and so eager," Gwen whined, her eyes rolling back as the eevee fucked her hard. "Harder! Faster! Breed me, Ryan! Knot me and give me your pups!"

The herbalist's boisterous cries and the wet, noisy sloshing of her bloated belly spurred Ryan on even further, and Lumi finally joined the fun as well. "Let me lend you a paw, big boy~" the snowy vulpix purred, stroking the underside of Ryan's huge, swollen nuts with one paw. Then he tucked his muzzle underneath the eevee's tail and plastered his swinging breeding orbs with licks and kisses before, as if by chance, one of his smooches landed right on Ryan's pucker.

The rush of pleasure and affection carried the eevee into a whole new world of delight. The only thoughts left in his mind revolved around knotting the moaning leafeon while his hips essentially moved on their own, every thrust carrying him closer to the edge of relief. Drooling and groaning from his open muzzle, he pressed his snout against Gwen's sweaty fur to huff her herbal musk while he lost himself deeper and deeper in his bliss.

Ryan could've spent the rest of the night like that, savoring the heavenly stimulation, the invigorating heat, the exhilarating sloshing, and the growing mess that spilled from his partner's flexing, gaped asshole onto his belly and all over the sheets. However, the wild rutting wouldn't last forever. After a few minutes of relentless mating, the tingling pressure inside his sheath manifested in a huge, swollen knot with a wet, audible pop.

The eevee instinctively bashed his fat, engorged bulb against Gwen's squishy spade with all his might, splattering the sheets beneath her with her sticky juices. Once, twice, three times, he stretched her plump, warm folds wider and wider until they finally admitted him to her tight, welcoming depths with a resounding pop.

"Oh fuck, you got a knot like an arcanine!" Gwen squealed, drool spluttering from her muzzle as Ryan tied her. "Yes! YES! I'm cumming!" The extra depth and stretching carried her over the edge just a lick before Ryan, and her channel burst into violent contractions. Squeezing and firmly gripping his knot from all sides, she made sure that he wasn't going anywhere else anytime soon.

"Ah, g-gonna cum too!" the eevee joined his partner's cry, giving their tie one more firm tug and push before his brain and body exploded with a powerful orgasm.

Like an avalanche, an overpowering rush of relief washed through the small male and buried him with pure bliss, leaving him gasping for air and whining with delight. His swollen taper and bloated balls jumped to action not a heartbeat later, churning up a hot, sticky flood for the leafeon. Sure, he couldn't match the feraligatr's profuse output that left her so swollen and heavy that she could barely get up the stairs, but his breeding orbs were still packed with enough cum to thoroughly flood her pussy and swell womb.

While Ryan spilled the first ropes of seed deep inside Gwen's quaking, convulsing depths, Lumi's slippery attention shifted completely to the eevee's sphincter. With greedy licks and slurps, the Alolan vulpix invaded his clenching pucker and squeezed even more of his baby batter out of his prostate, boosting his orgasm to even more blissful heights. Then, once the first rush of Ryan's orgasm ebbed, he pulled away with a smack and asked with a grin. "Want me to milk you even harder, big guy?"

Dazed by bliss and busy cumming, the eevee struggled to process the ice type's suggestion, but the moment he realized Lumi's intentions, an excited shiver raced through him. "Yes!" he moaned, widening his stance and lifting his tail to present his twitching, spit-soaked hole to the other male.

"Ah, what are you two doing back there?" Gwen gasped.

Ryan responded with a guttural squeal as Lumi mounted him, grabbed the straps of his harness, and unceremoniously shoved his stiff, swollen taper deep into his wet, clenching asshole. He loved every second of it and came even harder as his snowy partner pinned him against the leafeon's butt and shoved his cock against his pleasure button. Yet, that was only the beginning of the fun.

"Now it's my turn to breed you, Ryan," Lumi purred, licking the eevee's neck as he pulled back. "Fuck, you're so nice and tight. I'm so glad that you're letting me do this."

"A-and you're so big. Fuck, so good. Keep going!" Ryan whined as the Alolan vulpix rammed his rod inside him again, and again, massaging his prostate with thrust after thrust to catapult his climax into another rush of mindless bliss.

"Oh, that's hot," Gwen groaned, pushing back into the two males mating on top of her. "You're making him squirt like a geyser again, Lumi."

The eevee's heart pounded in his chest as he was sandwiched between the Alolan vulpix and the leafeon. It was only his second time taking it up the ass, but it was going so much faster and smoother than the first time, coming almost naturally to him now that he knew what to expect. Not to mention how much it enhanced every moment of his tie with Gwen. In a way, Lumi was helping him mate with her by massaging every drop of his cum from his balls with a deep, thorough fuck, and it felt so good. So perfect. So right getting stretched, plowed, and mated by the snowy male while he was tightly knotted to the leafeon's fat, clenching cunt.

"Hah, Ryan, your ass is milking my cock so hard. I hope you're ready to get filled because I'm not going to last much longer like that," the vulpix moaned, snapping Ryan out of his horny thoughts with a promise that got his heart pounding even harder.

"Yes! Fill me! Knot me, Lumi!" Ryan burst out, too horny to think about anything else than his partner's knot as it slipped out of his sheath with a wet pop. A few more resounding plaps followed as the snowy male tried to give him what he had begged for, thrusting in a horny frenzy until he succeeded. For just a heartbeat, he stretched the eevee's ring to twice its size. Then his bulb slipped fully inside, tying Ryan as tightly to the vulpix as to the leafeon.

Time halted for Ryan as Lumi knotted him, that fat, throbbing bulb overloading his orgasmic mind with a whole new surge of stimulation. It was so intense that he briefly forgot his own name, only for his climax to undergo his third resurgence, blessing Gwen with another powerful volley of spurts. "Fuck you're big, Lumi."

"A-and you're still clenching like crazy," Lumi groaned, absently lapping at the eevee's ear while he succumbed to his own high. Twitching deep inside Ryan's ass, he unleashed his load in big, wet spurts, giving him an impression of what he was doing to the herbalist's womb while he kept him pressed against her in a tight hug.

"Damn, you're amazing, guys," Gwen remarked with a breathy giggle. "That's gotta be one of the best fucks I've ever had."

Meanwhile, the fun between Lily and Chester at the window was still going as the psychic ponyta treated the visibly inflated zorua to a second deep pounding. Their snorts, huffs, and moans resounded throughout the darkening chamber as the twinkling stars became visible in the night sky outside.

Like that, another day neared its end, and it ended the same way as every day Ryan had experienced so far: with hot, messy sex. It was something he could get used to, and with a sigh, he made himself comfortable against the leafeon's soft, furry backside. "Yes, this was fantastic. Thanks for the nice mission, the fun evening, and everything else, Gwen."

"You're more than welcome, honey," the herbalist purred. "And likewise. You're a lovely bunch, Team Wildwoods."

"Thanks! You too!" Lumi chirped and shifted down from Ryan's back, settling into a more comfortable butt-to-butt position to enjoy the rest of their mutual orgasm. Would it last another five minutes? Ten? Even longer? Probably as long as the leafeon's spade kept clenching around his knot. He honestly wasn't sure if he would still be awake by the end of their tie as the exhaustion from a day of training, walking, and new information caught up with him.

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