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Karen starts exploring two major changes in her life. One is her first serious romantic relationship, which turns out to be with an older woman! Neither Karen nor her new lover, Mia, had ever dated another woman seriously before, but something had just clicked between them. The other is committing herself, for life, to becoming an apprentice to a Kitsune mage - a supernatural creature who, scant weeks ago, Karen would have believed was just mythical folklore. Can she learn to control her curse, not to mention magical powers she never suspected she had? And can she do so without harming the girl she is beginning to love?", "writing": "Die Role, by SpectralWolf, July 2022\n\n``She was an ordinary person... until she die'd.''\n\nChapter 6: Pleasures and Perils\n\nMia Chang was a very pretty, petite, 27 year old Oriental Shorthair Cat girl, with black hair and fur. Just a few weeks ago, if you had told her, ``Before the end of the month, you will be in a new intimate relationship,'' she would have dismissed it as unlikely. If you'd insisted that relationship was to be with another woman, she would have stated that was almost impossible - since only one of her intimate interests in the 9 years that she had been sexually active had been female. \n\nAnd yet, over the past week or so, a definite romantic and quite potentially intimate connection had unexpectedly formed between Mia and a younger woman, an 18 year old timberwolf girl, named Karen Bright. Karen recently started to work at the same store as Mia, and was attractive and intelligent. Like Mia, she was petite, at just under five feet tall. But her coloration was almost the exact opposite to Mia's, with mostly snow white hair and fur, and only faint grey fur markings. The feline girl and lupine girl had become friends easily, and soon had shared personal secrets they wouldn't even share with their parents. And both Mia and Karen had also soon confessed feeling a much deeper romantic connection was developing between them - something more than just a lustful desire to become `sex friends'. An extraordinary turn of events, but neither girl was complaining about the developments.\n\nUnfortunately, after only a week of working at her new job, Karen had unwittingly interacted with a cursed magical necklace, which had bonded itself to her. Real magic was so rare that most people thought it was mere fantasy. Yet this very real curse was now randomly changing the cursed girl's stature, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, every day! She remained a timberwolf, and retained her past memories, but the rapid changes were turning her previously ordinary life upside down. Their employer, Mister Chen, admitted he had once tried, and failed, to become a mage himself. So he had put them in contact with his former mentor, a Kitsune mage named Keiko, who was now helping Karen to try to break or at least control her curse, as well as training Karen to use her own previously unsuspected magical talent.\n\nKaren's most recent form, who called herself Kimberly, was a real amazon - a muscular female, 5' 10'' tall and stronger than most men, yet still quite feminine and attractive, with firm C cup breasts, and a 45-34-42 figure. Mia had to admit, so far, she had found all of Karen's forms attractive - male or female. And throughout most of the transformations, Karen had still felt intimately attracted to Mia. At the very least, even when the cursed necklace had forced her to become a gay male, she had still been fond of her feline friend, even if she was not particularly interested in sex with her. Through it all, Mia had resolutely supported her friend, and this had deepened the bond between them.\n\nThe girls had feared that the strong physical and emotional attraction Karen felt for Mia, and Mia's growing reciprocal emotions, might only be the result of the curse. But earlier today, Keiko had assured them that the cursed necklace could not cause its victim, and certainly not anyone interacting with them, to have romantic feelings. Reassured that the romance which was unfolding between the feline girl and wolf girl was indeed quite genuine, they had just mutually agreed that yes, they wanted to be girlfriends, in the romantic sense of the word, and to move to the next level in their relationship. So now, here they were, in Mia's apartment, both nude, with Mia eagerly leading her new girlfriend to her bedroom, expressly with the intent of getting quite intimate with her. \n\n===\n\nKimberly paused as they approached her friend's bed. ``This is silly, but I feel as nervous as a little puppy right now! I really do want you, Mia. Gawd, I'm so horny I can barely stand it! I intensely want to grab you, throw you on the bed, and ravenously make love to you. But... I don't really know how! Aside from pleasuring myself, I'm still a total virgin, and what little I know about how sex between women works is just what I have seen in the last few days, in a handful of porn films that I found on the Internet.''\n\nMia kissed the younger woman gently on the mouth, not trying, yet, to go for a more intimate French kiss. Then she took a step back, looked her new girlfriend in the eyes, and said, ``Kimberly, it's okay. I'm pretty unfamiliar with this lesbian stuff too, you know. I've only been intimate with two women. Our friend Amber - who I paid to teach me about girl-on-girl sex - and my college friend, Rachel.''\n\n``Yeah, I know,'' Kimberly replied. ``And I know Rachel being so pushy kind of soured you on dating girls, so I really appreciate you taking a chance on me. Ummmm... but if it's not dredging up bad memories, could you... tell me what Rachel was like? You'd only been dating guys, so... how did you end up in bed with her? I think it would help me to relax, to hear about your first real lesbian experiences, with her, and with Amber.''\n\n``I don't mind talking to you about either Amber or Rachel,'' Mia replied. She paused a moment to kiss Kimberly again, while gathering her thoughts, then spoke wistfully.\n\n``It was six years ago, in the Summer of 2009, when I first met Amber, at the Inferno nightclub, where she still usually picks up her customers. She had just moved to town the previous year, immediately after graduating from high school in another state. She told me she had been adopted by a nice couple as a baby, but now that she was 18, she wanted to take control of her own life. Striking off on her own, much like you did, but with a very different career direction in mind. She was three years younger than me, but somehow had decided to go straight to work as a porn actress and professional prostitute! Yet she seemed really happy, and she was surprisingly comfortable with being known around town as a whore. Her adoptive parents still don't know that she's a sex worker. She tells them that she is making TV commercials and singing in a band. Which I am pretty sure she also does, though not very often. Well, she made her `professional offer' to me, and I politely turned her down that time, but I kept in touch with her, because she was nice. And I was kind of intrigued with her career choice, though outright prostitution was something I was pretty sure I could never openly do. When I saw her working in the nightclub after that, she respected my choice, and would greet me in a friendly manner, and then move on, never offering her services to me. I also noticed her in the neighborhood during her `off duty' times after we initially met - sometimes as a customer in my family's restaurant, and at other times as a customer in various shops and restaurants. She always had time then for a friendly greeting and some light conversation, like any other good neighbor. We soon became casual friends. But I didn't talk to Amber very often at length, because I was working full time, and I had just started trying to go to college,'' Mia replied. \n\nKimberly kissed Mia again, and said, ``I wonder why she chose that life? Well, I won't judge her for it. Go on.''\n\n``The answer to that is personal enough that I'll leave it to Amber to disclose, if you ever get to know her on a more intimate basis. She'll tell you freely enough, if you do ask her to get closer.''\n\n``Fair enough. But then you met Rachel, when you went to college?'' Kimberly asked.\n\n``Yes. After my fiancee broke off our engagement and married someone else, back in 2007, it took me a few years before the thought of going to college ceased triggering too much pain and too many sad memories of the ruined plans he and I had made to go to college together. I had a reasonably good job, selling computers. And after early 2008, I had my secret agreement with my brother, Karl, having sex with him once a month, in return for Karl paying half my rent. So I was doing okay financially, even without a roommate. But to keep up appearances with my family, I tried dating other guys. They were mostly dogs or wolves, but because of how Kenny had hurt me, I avoided fox guys. None of them ever worked out, though,'' Mia replied.\n\n``But you still had a dream of going to college, right.'' Kimberly prompted.\n\n ``Yes, I did. I still hoped to become a computer games programmer. Well, in the Fall of 2009, I finally did try to go to college. That would have been six years ago. My first semester, Rachel was a classmate in an archery class, which we both took as a PE elective. Rachel would stand out in any crowd. She... was a wolf, like you. Her fur was dark brown, with only slightly lighter markings on her face, throat, and tummy. She wore her hair in a 2 inch wide, inch high, acid green mohawk, shaved the same length as her body fur everywhere else, and she had several piercings in each ear, and one in her nose. And she was about five foot six, slender and small breasted, and pretty athletic. Honestly, you're a lot more attractive by most people?s standards, in any of your forms. But she certainly was charismatic, and a bit of a sports star. She played on the women's soccer team, as their goalie. The previous year, her team won the state championship. I'd watched that college game on TV, so I immediately knew who she was, and already had a somewhat favorable impression of her. Rachel and I were the same age, but unlike me, she had started college right after high school, so she was in her third year. That meant we rarely would have any classes in common, other than electives. And we only became casual friends at that point, really only interacting with each other at the archery range. You see, I was trying to date a guy on the football team at the time, and all our classmates knew it. So she didn't make a pass at me right off, even though she admitted later that she had her eye on me since the first week of that class. Anyway, halfway through the first semester, I'd broken up with that football player, but I still had enough other jock friends that I was getting invited to the parties the jock crowd threw. Rachel and I ended up both attending one of those parties. She was a very butch lesbian, very much out of the closet, and most of the girls at the party were straight. And she knew I was on the rebound, so she flirted pretty heavily with me. When she did that, I... gave her a chance.''\n\n``Oh wow...'' Kimberly replied. Without even thinking about it, one hand strayed to her mons, and she started rubbing her crotch. ``And, ummm, thank you, for the complements! So... What made you say yes?''\n\n``Well, as I said, I pretty much was `on the rebound', after breaking up a few days earlier with the canine jock boy I had been dating. I'd never considered dating other girls before, but I knew and accepted that my adopted brother and blood brother were bisexual. And I knew Amber pretty well by then. And lots of other customers at our family's restaurant were gay or lesbian couples. So the idea that girls could go on a romantic or sexy date with each other wasn't at all new to me. It was just something I had never thought I would do myself, since I already knew I liked boys, a whole lot. But Rachel was pretty aggressive. Dominant. And as you know, I tend to be submissive, and by that time I was already deeply into my secret, submissive sexual relationship with my brother, Karl. He had me pretty well conditioned to respond to a dominant lover. So I responded to that dominance in her, and she swiftly knew just how to manipulate me. She kept getting me a fresh drink, and really turned on the charm. We kissed, and she felt me up a lot at the party. And before it ended, she all but demanded to go on a date with me the next weekend. She made it pretty clear that while we would enjoy a very fancy restaurant dinner together, as her treat, in return she... expected to enjoy me in bed, afterwards. And I meekly said yes, even though I had no experience with girls in bed, before that night,'' Mia said. \n\n``And then you just went right out and hired Amber, between that party and your first real date with Rachel?'' Kimberly asked. ``What was Amber like in bed? She came on to me when I first met her, too. She even offered to be my girlfriend, rather than screwing around for hire. And she was still polite and friendly when I turned her down. But now? The way my mind and body are running now, I would have said yes to Amber in a heartbeat! I'm kind of regretting that I missed that chance!''\n\nMia noticed that Kimberly was touching herself, but made no comment, since the whole point of relating her story was to get her friend comfortable with continuing to the bed. ``Yes, after Rachel made her intentions clear, I called Amber, and hired her to come to my apartment and discreetly teach me about sex with girls. As for exactly what she taught me, well, I'm about to demonstrate that for you quite personally, aren't I? Suffice it to say that I enjoyed what Amber taught me, much more so than I expected to. But Amber didn't try to be romantic with me, since she was doing it for hire. She just taught me the techniques I needed to know, and let me see how pleasurable it could be to get sexy with another woman. That was all I had asked of her. But as a bonus, when my session with her ended, she told me about her `anything goes' private sex parties, and said that now that we were on intimate terms, I was welcome to come to them, as her friend. I took her up on that eventually, and had a fun time there. Believe me, if you ask her for sex, and she invites you to one of her parties, you won't have missed out on anything. She'll still give you all you can handle.''\n\n``Well, after I get comfortable with you as a sex partner, and probably after we get Karl or someone else to pop my cherry for me, I think I may want to go to one of those parties! They sound fun to me, now!'' Kimberly admitted. ``So, tell me about your date with Rachel? What was good about it? What was bad, other than her wanting to shack up with you after just one date?''\n\n``Well, the date with Rachel started out well enough, and was even pretty romantic,'' Mia replied. ``She'd asked me to wear a formal dress, suitable for the fancy place we were going to for dinner. When she arrived for our date, I decided to meet her in my building's lobby, rather than buzzing her in past the security door, and having her come up to see my apartment before our date. As aggressive as she was, I was a little afraid she probably would have seduced me before we went to dinner! And fortunately, I didn't quite trust her yet. Still, she probably figured I was doing well for myself, to live in such a nice building, even though I gave her no reason to expect my apartment to be as nice as it is. I remember she wore a tailored men's suit to our date, wore a black fedora which mostly hid her brightly colored mohawk, and she even brought me a corsage to pin to my dress. That tailored suit really showed off her feminine figure, even though she was clearly wearing male clothes. Her car was a huge pickup truck, rather suitable to her butch lesbian image. I would have had trouble getting in and out of it if it hadn't had running boards. The restaurant was one of the best in town, and the meal certainly was delicious. We even danced a little, between the meal and dessert. The place had a small dance floor, and a string quartet playing. She ordered a bottle of wine for us, and we finished it, and started on another. So I was pretty well lubricated, when she eventually took me to her apartment.''\n\n``And... what did you do together?'' Kimberly asked breathlessly.\n\n``Her apartment was just a small studio, about the same size as yours, though it was in one of the better areas, on the far edge of downtown from here. Not anywhere near as nice as my place, but nice enough to have a real wood burning fireplace. And honestly, if I hadn't been planning to get married, I never would have leased as big a place as I have now. She already had candles and incense sticks set out, and wood and kindling for a fire laid in the fireplace, ready to light. All set for seducing me. She got me cozy on her couch, lit the fire and candles and incense sticks, and came back with a bucket of ice, two glasses, and a what was left of our bottle of wine from the restaurant. We kissed, talked, and for every sip of wine that we took, we removed an article of clothing. Before I knew it, we were both naked, and she was licking me and making me cum harder than anyone, other than Amber, had ever managed to do. Which is really saying something, because my brother Karl had been pretty good at going down on a girl!''\n\n``That is so damned hot!'' Kimberly admitted.\n\nMia nodded. ``Yeah, it was. I wasn't the first female lover she'd had. She admitted she'd dated several girls, and only girls, ever since she was in high school. I told her I'd never really dated any other girls, but admitted that just once, a `female friend' and I had fooled around in bed. She said not to worry, and that she would teach me exactly how to please her. That should have been my first red flag. `How to please her,' and not `how to give pleasure to each other'. Her focus was all on her, and on what she wanted. Pretty darned narcissistic, in retrospect. She had me lay on my back in front of the fireplace, and squatted over my face. She nearly smothered me a few times, while she taught me just how she liked to be licked. And once she had cum, she got the belt from her pants, and fastened it around my neck as a makeshift collar and leash. Then we did a 69 together, with her on the bottom and the belt going from my throat to under her hip, so she could pull my face into her crotch. And she did keep giving me pleasure too. But she wasn't an ethical dominant Mistress. She never asked for my consent, never talked to me about desires or safewords. Just demanded what she wanted, and expected obedience. But that... worked pretty well on me that night, as an intoxicated, innocent, and submissive-natured newbie. We kept at it all night, and yeah, the sex was pretty amazing. But when the sun came up, she practically ordered me to fix our breakfast, and then wanted to go out together to look for a bigger apartment, to share. She said she wanted us to live together, and be monogamous... with me in a very submissive and subservient role to her. I told her I would need to think about that, but first I had to get ready for an early class. As I started to get dressed, I quietly texted my brother Karl, for a safe ride home. And as soon as I saw he was at the curb outside and waiting for me, I politely declined Rachel's offer, and got out of there as quick as I could. She saw me look out the window, and got mad when she realized I had a guy waiting for me down there. Her last words to me, as I left, were her screaming about me being an ungrateful straight bitch! I dropped out of college after failing most of my important classes the next semester, and soon after that I went to work for Mister Chen. Never saw Rachel again. Never wanted to date a girl again... until I met you.''\n\n``Oh! Oh my, I am so sorry! I would never treat you like that!'' Kimberly insisted. ``I mean... I think I get the Dominant and Submissive roles, and how they can, responsibly, be agreed to, with safewords and consent. I read about that in some of the self help pamphlets in our adult toys room at work. So I could play with you using those roles, the `right' way. I even feel like the more dominant role might come naturally for me, once I know what to do.''\n\n``Yeah, a real Dominant, like my big brother, Karl, knows how to establish trust and consent with their submissives. And I already do feel like I could trust you in a dominant role over me. But that can wait until we have more time. We've already wasted nearly half of the time we can spend here before we have to go to work!'' Mia replied.\n\n``Ummmm, I'm pretty much ready to start, but I wanna know one more thing first. You said a while back that you and your brother both go to Amber's sex parties every month, right? Haven't you had sex again with Amber, or with any other girls there?'' Kimberly asked.\n\n``My brothers and I do fuck at Amber's parties, yes. But no, so far, I haven't fucked any of the girls there. Just the guys at the party who appealed to me. You see, after my bad date with Rachel, I told Karl about me hiring Amber, and about her sex parties. Turned out he had also hired her recently, and received a similar invitation. Not only that, but he had told Amber he'd seen some of the porn films she starred in, and she'd admitted one of her frequent costars was her real life brother! He didn't admit to her right them that he was fucking his own sister, but he accepted her offer the following weekend, and saw Amber fucking her brother, as well as another brother-sister pair happily mating. He fucked all of them, of course! So, now that she had invited both of us, he suggested to me that her parties would certainly be a safe place for our own incest fun. I contacted Amber, and told her about the bad date. She said understood completely why I wasn't ready to try lesbian sex again, at least not right away. Then I asked if It would be okay if my brother Karl and I could go to her parties... as a couple. She was delighted with the idea of another incestuous couple at her parties. Her next party was at the end of that month. When we arrived, she introduced us to her brother, we watched them fuck, and they watched Karl and I as we fucked. There was another brother-sister couple fucking each other that night too - a pair of nearly identical otters. We asked if Jung could come the next time, and she said that was fine, too. Amber and the other ladies at her party have all said I could `play' with them if I ever wanted to, but no one at her parties ever insists on anyone else pairing with them. Consent is required at all times, even if you're doing a `scene' where it seems otherwise. We've been going there once a month since then. She has a dozen or so other friends who show up occasionally, but the core group is Amber and her brother, the otter twins, and my brothers and I.''\n\n``Wow... Okay, now I am definitely interested in going as your date to one of those parties. And... Now I think I'm relaxed and ready now. So, please teach me about lesbian sex, my friend!'' Kimberly stated.\n\n``Sounds good to me,'' Mia replied. ``So... just relax, lay back on the bed, and allow me to give you pleasure. Then we'll trade places, and I'll talk you through what you need to know, so you can try to do the same for me.''\n\n``Okay, Mia,'' the Timberwolf girl replied shyly. She climbed onto her friend's bed, propped her shoulders up against the headboard with one of Mia's pillows, and folded the other pillow in half and placed it under her hips, like she had seen a girl do in a lesbian porn video. ``Like this?'' she asked, as she spread her legs invitingly, and brushed her tail to one side.\n\n``My! What a pretty sight you are!'' Mia replied with a giggle. ``Yes, that pose is certainly a good start, for when someone is serving you from between your legs. And I can definitely start to teach you in that position. Sitting on the edge of the bed can be even better, but we can try that another time. Both ways give your partner less of a stiff neck than merely laying flat on the bed. Then there's the way Rachel preferred, which is to have them lay down first, and you kneel over their face and lower your kitty onto their mouth. That's a lesbian form of the cowgirl position, and pretty dominating. Then there's my favorite, the 69 position, where you're giving and receiving at the same time. Let's see, you do know how to masturbate, right?''\n\n``Mummmm, yes. Both as a girl, and now also as a guy. Geeze, guys do it so weird!'' Kimberly replied, ending with an embarrassed giggle. ``But when I finger myself, I'm careful not to poke my fingers inside! So my cherry is still very much intact.''\n\n``I'll try to be careful about that. But I trust you've definitely found out how to finger your clit? Rubbing the sensitive little knob of flesh at the top of your slit?'' Mia asked. ``That same spot gets the biggest reaction when you lick a girl, too. But licking everything else between her legs feels pretty good, as well! And even if she's a virgin, it's okay to slip the tip of your tongue into her vagina. Most species don't have long enough tongues to go deep enough to pop a girl's cherry. And trust me, her honey hole is where she tastes the best! Some girls get extremely wet when they climax from a good licking. Amber does, but I don't. Oh, I get aroused and slick, but I don't `squirt' so much you'd wonder if I was peeing on your face! That squirting is what Amber does, and I can promise you, even though it comes out of your bladder, it's chemically very different from urine, and it definitely is not piss! It tastes divine! So, let's see how you like this, hummm? And please, if my tongue is too raspy for you, let me know. Kitty tongues are kind of rough. Not as soft or thick as canine tongues.''\n\n``M'kay. Yeah, I know about clits, and I saw one video with a girl who squirted so much that I was sure it was fake!'' Kimberly replied, as her friend got into position. ``I, ummmm, think I am more like you. I get wet, sure. But not so much that I make a big puddle on the bedding! And I... OHHMYGAWD! Wow! Oh geeze, yeah, that feels really great!'' she exclaimed, her thoughts completely side tracked as Mia began licking her clit.\n\n``Not too raspy?'' Mia asked, looking up from between Kimberly's thighs with a mischievous grin.\n\nIn response, Kimberly grabbed Mia's head with both hands and quite firmly shoved her friend's face back into her crotch. ``Ohhhh gawd, don't stop! Please keep licking me!''\n\nThe black furred kitty would have laughed, but any noise she might have tried to make was muffled by her girlfriend's white furred crotch. So she redoubled her efforts, licking the full length of her friend's labia, dipping the tip of her tongue into Kimberly's rapidly moistening vagina, and then slipping upward, to suck on her clitty, while purring like a motorboat! At the same time, she also lowered one of her hands to her own crotch, pleasuring herself as she anticipated both herself trading places with her inexperienced but eager friend, and future liaisons with her new lover in her other forms.\n\nMoments later, Kimberly literally howled, ``Ahhhh! Aughhh! Ahhhhwwooooooo!'', arching her back so forcefully that she had to slap the mattress on either side of herself, to keep from writhing right off the bed. Her purple, nail-polished hand claws dug into the bedding, twisting the fabric as she rose up onto her heels and shoulders and hands. Then she collapsed back onto the bed, panting like she had just run for miles, while at the same time giggling so hard she could hardly catch her breath. ``Oh! Oh wow! That was... so amazing!''\n\nMia was knocked back into a kneeling position, facing her friend and stopping her backwards tumble with both hands behind herself. Her tail twitched madly as she laughed, then replied as calmly as she could, ``So... did you get all that? Ready to give me an orgasm that wild? Damn, girl, you really must have been pent up! When was the last time you jilled off!''\n\n``Whew! N-not for a while. In fact, in this form, never at all!'' Kimberly replied. She stared up at the ceiling for a moment, then added, ``As the guy forms, I played with myself pretty much each time I became a guy. Had to play with my `new toy', right? Besides, those boys were really horny! But as myself? Ummmmm. I think the last time was a week or two before I moved here? But jilling off never felt that good!''\n\n``Yeah, having someone else get you off is usually on a whole different level, compared to self pleasure,'' Mia replied. ``I, ummmm, well, I don't know how it feels for guys, though I can kind of guess, from the way guys have acted when I've seen them get off. But I think girl orgasms work kind of differently. For one thing, if I kept at it, you might easily have had several climaxes in a row! Amber really blew my mind when she did that for me! I mean, the first orgasm was amazing, like yours just was. But the second and third almost made me pass out! The boys I had bedded - even Karl - always wanted to use cunnilingus as foreplay, and we'd both cum when we fucked. Then they needed a little time to recover, so, I hadn't experienced that rolling series of orgasms before. But yeah, most of the time, cunnilingus feels really good, no matter if it is a girl or a guy licking you. Though I guess we girls have a slight advantage, since we have a really good idea what would feel good for ourselves, while guys have to learn what to do from experience, to get good. Most younger guys can't even find our clits!''\n\n``But you said your adopted brother, Karl, knows how to do it right?'' Kimberly asked.\n\n``Definitely! But he's had a lot of experience. He was the first guy to lick me, and while I don't think he was quite as good back when I was 18 as Amber was when I was 21, I can assure you that since then, he's gotten a lot better. In part, because more recently, Amber taught him some of her best tricks, at her sex parties, and she made sure he knew how get a girl off multiple times in quick succession,'' Mia replied. ``So, you want to try doing that for me now? I'll tell you what to do, if you have any difficulty. And I really am horny now, with your juices all over my muzzle. You're quite delicious, by the way!''\n\nKimberly giggled again, rolling aside and trading places with her friend. ``Why thank you, my dear! I've... licked my fingers after they got wet from jilling off. I liked how I tasted, too. I hope you're just as delicious!''\n\n``My brothers both love how I taste, so I doubt you'll be disappointed. Now, less talking, and start licking, lover girl!'' Mia replied gently pushing her friend?s head closer to her damp crotch.\n\nKimberly inhaling her friend's aromas deeply. ``Smells pretty much like my scent, all right,'' she said. Then she tentatively swiped her tongue the length of the kitty girl's slit, and was rewarded both with a strong taste of feminine juices, and with hearing her new lesbian lover purring happily! ``Mummmmm hummmm! Yummy!'' she declared, eagerly continuing to lick her feline lover.\n\n``Oh, yeah! You're a natural, girl! Just like that!'' Mia exclaimed, affectionately stroking Kimberly's hair and ears. ``Poke that big, soft tongue of yours as deep as you can into my honey hole, and you'll get an even better taste of me, sweetie! Ahhh! Oh, yes, like that, my love! Just like that!''\n\nKimberly licked and snuffled her friend?s crotch, wagging her tail happily as Mia's pleasure rapidly increased. She rapidly discovered that she absolutely loved the way her friend's juices tasted! And she could already totally understand how some women could get all the sexual pleasure they could ever want, solely from other women. If they both didn't have to go to work in less than an hour, the Timberwolf girl would happily have kept this up all night, licking each other to one mind blowing orgasm after another! \n\nMia arched her back and yowled as her climax peaked. The claws on both of her hands dug firmly into the bedding, and she purred loudly, losing herself in the moment, then relaxing to lay back down, and stroke her lover's hair. She giggled and commented, ``Wow! If we're that good together on your first try, just imagine how much better this will be with more practice! That was great! Just... whew! Just give me a moment to catch my breath, okay?''\n\n``I'm so glad!'' Kimberly replied. ``And I wanna keep doing this with you so much that I'm almost tempted to break my lease and move in with you! But I think if I was that impulsive, neither of us would get any sleep!''\n\n``You may be right. And I appreciate you taking your time, before we take that step,'' Mia replied. ``Rachel was in way too much of a rush to live together. I guess a lot of lesbians do shack up almost immediately, though. I mean, there are so many jokes about what a lesbian drives to her second date being a moving van! And I was in way too much of a rush to move in with my first boyfriend, and look how that turned out!''\n\n``And I'm still really curious about sex with guys, too,'' Kimberly admitted. ``At least, I know they sound attractive when my necklace makes me bisexual, or interested in men, rather than just hot for women, like I am now. I mean, I still remember that the first time I saw Karl, when I was in a gay male form and didn't know who he was yet, I was definitely fantasizing about sex with him. Even though my virgin mind was pretty vague on what that would entail. Besides, I know you want an open relationship, so you can still fuck your brothers. So, why shouldn't I get a variety of experience too, no matter how devoted we get to each other?''\n\n``Sounds fair to me. And Karl and Jung certainly both flirted pretty seriously with you when I introduced you to them, so either or even both of them would probably be quite happy to satisfy your curiosity,'' Mia replied. ``Since you're canine, you'll probably enjoy Karl more than Jung. Especially his knot! You're built to tie with a canine guy while you fuck. Ummmm, that is what they call it when a canine guy's knot swells up during sex, and he gets stuck inside the girl. For a feline, like me, a barbed feline cock or raspy feline tongue is what nature intended as my best match. Then of course, Amber's brother is a professional porn star, with a canid cock a bit bigger than Karl's! So if you decide to lose your cherry to a porn star, I am sure he would make it a very memorable experience! I'm not sure why I'm so attracted to foxes, dogs, or... wolves. I guess I do enjoy getting knotted, and their sheer enthusiasm.''\n\n``Okay! When I was male, and pleasuring myself, I saw how my cock made that fist-sized lump near its base. Kind of worried me at first, because it looked like something had gone wrong and it was gonna burst! But it felt pretty good, too,'' Kimberly admitted.\n\n``A knot feels even better inside a girl, for both partners,'' Mia said. ``I think one of the reasons I keep fucking Jung, even though he is my real brother, is because he does have those feline sexual traits, and at the same time, he accepts my relationship with Karl. Legally, Karl and I could date, or even marry. We're both adults, and not related by blood. But since we were raised as adoptive siblings, most people, including my family, would find that hard to accept. So... my secret polyamorous trysts with both of my brothers mostly satisfy my cravings for male attention. And now, with you? Oh my! Even if you remained a girl forever, I'd happily be seen by my family, and by the world, as a lesbian, to claim you as my serious girlfriend! And I'll admit, I can hardly wait to experience all your other forms in bed! Girl, you are amazing!''\n\nKimberly laughed, and said, ``Well wasn't that the whole reason the cursed necklace was created? To make someone's concubine into an ever-changing parade of male and female lovers? I guess that horny Chinese prince knew what he was doing.''\n\n``Yeah. But unlike him, I can't keep you hidden in a princely harem forever, so we still need to find a way to control your curse, so you can live normally when we aren't exploring all your sexual possibilities. And I'm sad to say that we're out of time. So I suppose we should clean ourselves up a bit, get dressed, and get on with our work day, and then see what your magic teacher has in store for you?''\n\nKimberly looked at the clock, then sighed, and said, ``I suppose. But teach me about that 69 position next time, okay? I can't wait to see what it is like to do each other at the same time.''\n\nMia laughed, and said, ``I promise that I will, girlfriend!'' \n\n===\n\n``I guess I'll work mostly in the back today,'' Kimberly said, as they walked from Mia's place to The Curiosity Shoppe. ``Not many of our customers know me, yet, but none of them have seen Kimberly working there at all.''\n\n``Sure. You can unbox the new merchandise. But don't play with it this time!'' Mia replied with a laugh.\n\nWhen they got to the shop, they explained their plan to Mister Chen. \n\n``That sounds wise,'' he replied. ``We are expecting a rather large shipment of herbs and other Chinese medicines shortly. You can receive those, but don't add price tags, or set them out for sale. Just sort them and set them aside, for me to deal with. Call me when that task is complete. Then you are to meet me in my magical workroom, and gather this list of items, which Keiko will require for your first magic lesson. She also left instructions on how she wants you to prepare the room.'' He handed her a small parchment scroll, tied with a red silk ribbon, as well as a key, and a slip of paper. ``That key unlocks the blue storage trunk in the workroom. The lock combination for the workroom door is on that paper. If you have any difficulties identifying the items on Keiko's list, call for me. Mistress Keiko said she expects you to make good progress tomorrow, once your magic lessons with her begin.''\n\n``Yes sir, and thank you,'' Kimberly said. Then she impulsively gave Mia a passionate French kiss on the mouth, before speeding off to the basement, saying, ``Check in with me later, for dinner plans, hon!'' over her shoulder as she departed.\n\nThe elderly red panda smiled slightly, then he turned toward Mia, and asked, ``Ah, I see... One presumes it is safe to say the two of you have already made progress in... more personal areas? You need not relate the details of your personal affairs, of course.''\n\nMia lowered her eyes shyly, and said, ``Indeed yes. Suffice it to say that we are officially lovers now. But we haven't told anyone but you and Miss Keiko that we are even dating, yet. Her changing forms certainly do complicate matters, in that regard. Who do I present to my family, as my new intimate partner? Kimberly, as she is now? Karen, as she was when they met her before? One of her male forms? I don't care if our relationship makes me publicly known as a lesbian. But how will we proceed in public, on days where her form differs from the person who I am publicly known to be dating?''\n\n``Have faith that Keiko will find a solution to that, and soon,'' Mister Chen replied. ``I can think of no mage who I would trust more, to aid her. Mistress Keiko is quite impressively capable, and Kimberly has a very strong gift, if I am not mistaken. You and I shall assist where we can, but the outcome is largely up to them.''\n\n``I know,'' Mia replied. ``We shall have to take things one day at a time, and hope for the best. Well, it is time to unlock the front door. I think I see one of our regular customers waiting outside already!''\n\n===\n\nThe night shift workday flew by for Kimberly. The shipment of Chinese medicines was indeed rather large, but not difficult to catalog and sort out. A lot of the order was merely rather generic medical stuff, like bandages and disinfectants. But many items looked much more suitable for use in a hospital, rather than in a family first aid kit. Still, the supplier had everything well labeled in both Chinese and English. She was nearly done dealing with the shipment when Mia called her on the phone, to ask what sort of take out meal Kimberly wanted to order for their dinner. An hour later, when it was time for their dinner break, her feline lover shared the supper she had ordered for the two of them, delivered by a local deli.\n\n``That's... a lot of medicine supplies. A lot more than will fit in his apothecary cabinets upstairs, in the store. And Mister Chen doesn't tend to keep extra medicinals down here,'' Mia commented, looking at the things Kimberly had arranged on the receiving room's work table. ``Remember what I told you earlier? About Mister Chen sometimes giving medical aid to the Tong and Triad members, strictly off the record? I suspect we'll find that a lot of that order will vanish after tonight, to be taken to wherever he treats those criminal clients. Some hidden place, deep inside the shanghai tunnels. I've processed a few similar orders myself, before you got hired here.''\n\n``I was wondering about that, yeah,'' Kimberly replied. ``So much of that stuff looked more like supplies for an emergency room, and not just the usual medicinals. You... you don't think his being a secret doctor for them will get him, or us, into trouble, do you? Either with the police, or getting caught in the middle of some sort of gang war?''\n\nMia laughed at that comment. ``Oh! You do watch too many bad movies, I fear. No, the Chinese criminal syndicates in this town have not engaged in any sort of open fighting between them since my grandparents were our age. They keep a very low profile now, preferring to be perceived as legitimate businessmen. And when they do need his medical aid, we don't have police fugitives walking in the front door. The last time I was certain he aided one of them, a polite older Chinese woman slipped Mister Chen a note while he was filling an herbal prescription. He read it, finished her order, and then vanished into the basement for two hours, leaving me to run the shop. When he returned, his hands smelled like medical disinfectant. He told me later he had removed a bullet from the leg of a `special client'. And as for the police, it is not a crime to render medical aid to a client, when you have no information which proves the client is currently a wanted criminal. Officially, the client shot himself in the leg while getting ready to clean his gun. So the police leave him alone, and it is unlikely they even know he renders aid to them. In truth, your new mentor, Mistress Keiko, frightens me much more. If even a fraction of the myths are true regarding Huli Jing, the fox demons in Chinese legends, and which the Japanese call a Kitsune, then she is indeed a dangerous creature.''\n\nKimberly ate in silence for a few minutes, then said softly, ``I am sorry. All I have to go on is those bad movies, when it comes to my knowledge of any sort of organized crime. The only `criminals' I have ever known were people who didn't pay speeding tickets or child support payments. I suppose my magical training might pose a much greater risk, but I have even less solid information on that count. Yet I am dragging you along with me into that adventure, and possibly placing you at risk from things we can't yet even imagine.''\n\n``No, you did not drag me into anything. I volunteered to help you where I could, even with magical things I do not understand. It was my choice to do so. Who knows? Maybe Mistress Keiko will find it worthwhile to train me as a mage, too? I doubt I have as much potential as you do, but I was able to control your bracelet well enough to at least attempt something fancier than just a solid hair color change. So maybe I have some potential too? Do not apologize for inspiring loyalty in me, my dear,'' Mia replied. ``And Mister Chen does seem to trust her, so hopefully, she will not lead us into too much peril.''\n\n``I hope so,'' Kimberly said, as she got out her phone and dialed it. ``Well, time to get back to work. Mister Chen will want to meet me at his workroom, now that I'm done with that shipment and our dinner break.''\n\n===\n\nMister Chen met her at the door to his magical workroom, but he had her be the one to unlock and open the door, this time.\n\n``So long as you are Keiko's apprentice, you may use this room freely for your magical studies, at any time you wish. But before you begin, I thought it wise to offer some small measure of advice,'' he said. ``My own tenure as Keiko's mage apprentice was comparatively brief. But later, as her research assistant, I was present for centuries, while she trained many others. What I could not master myself, I could still observe and memorize. It often proved useful, when doing magical research for her. So you can certainly ask me questions about magic, but she is a much better person to ask. Now, my first advice to you is this. No task an apprentice is given is without meaning. Even mopping a floor makes you mindful of its presence, and its effect on the work done in a room. So as you gather supplies and prepare the room, take the time to consider each assigned task, and how each item or preparation might affect the tasks to be performed. But do not yet try to anticipate your assigned tasks, to attempt new things on your own. You are not ready for that level of self responsibility, yet. She will let you know when it is safe to explore your own path in seeking to master your gifts. But you may still try to attune yourself to the presence and nature of each item, and the positions they get placed in by her when your lessons begin. I believe she wanted you to handle each of these things yourself prior to your lessons, because that can imprint some small part of your own energies upon those items. But also, remember that the duties of an apprentice are to serve their mentor in whatever ways are requested. How carefully and thoroughly you perform any task, even trivial ones, will affect the outcome of your efforts, as well as her willingness to continue as your mentor.''\n\n``I guess all that makes sense. Like in martial arts movies, where the sensi might have his disciple fetch a lot of water. The water itself is useful for cooking and cleaning. But fetching it also strengthens them, and being aware of water and how water moves through and affects what is around it has value too,'' Kimberly said. ``One of my mom's boyfriends tried to teach me some martial arts stuff, for self defense. We'd watch movies and he would point out the good stuff and the bad stuff that the martial artists did.''\n\n``Approach magic the same way, and you should find success,'' Mister Chen said. \n\n===\n\nGathering the items listed on the scroll and getting the room ready seemed to be a simple enough task for Kimberly. She ran through the list. Thick pillar candles in five specific colors - white, blue, red, green and yellow - each with a small spiked brass candle holder. A large box of plain white taper candles, like one would use for a formal dinner table, and a brass floor-standing candelabra, which could hold up to five of those candles. A small round mirror. A rosewood and pottery incense burner, with a specific type of incense. A blue pottery bowl, to be filled when ready for the training with bottled water. A flat brown pottery tray, to be filled with a thin layer of salt. A small Iron charcoal brazier, to be set up with four charcoal briquettes resting on the sand in its bowl, stacked as a pyramid, with one briquette resting on the other three. Five small, 2' diameter wooden tables, which she found lined up along the wall, near the supplies trunk. Five colors of playground chalk - white, green, blue, red and yellow. A small kitchen fire extinguisher. All these supplies were to be set on or beside a larger table, along with two chairs, to be set up at the South side of the room. The main floor area was to be cleared of everything else, and floor swept and wet mopped. But despite all those candles, the incense, and the briquettes, no matches were requested? Kimberly just shrugged, and did her best to do exactly what had been asked of her. Though she did note where in the trunk the matches were kept, just in case.\n\nAs she mopped and swept the workroom floor, she recalled Mister Chen's comments, and realized she had never really looked at the floor in her previous times in this room. She had not paid any attention to it in detail, certainly. She had simply assumed the floor to be concrete, like the rest of the basement. But it was actually paved with closely-fitted, square stone paving tiles, possibly slate, and measuring about 18 inches on a side. The seams between the blocks were very straight, and everything fit so perfectly that the surface seemed at first glance to be unbroken. And with the room's lights on full, she could see faint markings on the floor around the edges of the room, and she could faintly feel magic there. The center of the floor had faint traces of other symbols, arranged in a large circle and several lesser circles. As if the same, or at least very similar, diagrams had been drawn, many times, on the floor's surface - so often that they left faint traces behind, even when the floor had been carefully cleaned.\n\nBefore she knew it, Mister Chen returned, and informed her that it was past 2 AM, the shop was closed, and it was time to go home. She put away the cleaning supplies, turned out the lights, and securely locked the room, before seeking out Mia, to walk home with her friend.\n\nThe girls left the shop together, but just a few yards down the street, when they got to the door for Kimberly's apartment building, Mia paused, gave her girlfriend a French kiss, and said, ``Much as I am tempted to spend the night with you, either here at your place, or at mine, we both should really get some sleep. And if we're together, I doubt sleep would seem like a priority. I'll meet you back here at 10, and we can get breakfast together, okay?''\n\nKimberly returned her friend's French kiss, and replied, ``Yeah, you're right. With you in my arms, sleep pales in comparison to the pleasure that could be shared with you. And I don't know what my first magic lesson will require of me, tomorrow. The very little Mister Chen told me about his early lessons made it sound like they can be both physically and mentally exhausting. Come up to my door when you return to me here, for breakfast. I have enough food in my kitchen to show you that I can be a good cook too!''\n\n``That sounds wise. And it's probably better, at this point, for me not to be seen a lot in public with you as Kimberly. See you in a few hours then, lover,'' Mia replied.\n\n===\n\nKimberly undressed to go to bed. None of her PJ's or nightgowns fit her current stature, so she got into bed wearing just her panties, and tried to sleep. She turned out the lights, but then just stared at a stripe of light on her ceiling, where light from a streetlight outside shone through a gap in her heavy curtains. Apparently they had not quite been closed all the way, the last time she looked outside. She struggled to fall asleep, trying to focus on pleasant thoughts of being with Mia. But her mind stubbornly insisted on considering what might happen to her next.\n\nShe still had no idea what was going to be required of her during her first magic lesson. Her best guess, considering the large quantity of plain candles, was that she would learn to light a candle from a distance, using magic. Mister Chen had mentioned that once, as a very low level beginner's spell. But he had also said that even that minor feat was tiring for him. Beyond that, she could not guess what might happen.\n\nOn top of that, she knew she would need to roll the cursed die for at least one series of four rolls just before her lesson, and she was quite uncertain how that next cursed die transformation would go. She sincerely hoped that whatever form she took, her sexual inclinations would still be in line with her growing affection for Mia! If she could at least control that much of her curse, it wouldn't matter what she looked like. Mia seemed to like all three of her other forms. As she finally drifted off to a restless sleep, her mind continued to churn out possibilities.\n\n===\n\nThe next thing Kimberly was aware of was Mia pounding on her door, asking urgently if she was all right. \n\nApparently it was already well past sunrise. There was daylight shining around the edges of her curtains and streaming through the gap, and she could very clearly hear the familiar daytime sounds of the restaurant kitchen below her, and of traffic and pedestrians on the street outside. She shook her head to clear her mind, but when she tried to get out of bed, she rolled awkwardly off the side of the futon bed, and fell onto the floor, striking her head so hard against the armrest that she saw stars, and yowled in pain. \n\nKimberly was having trouble thinking clearly. She tried to reply to Mia, but her voice was unintelligible, as if she had a really bad sore throat. She tried to stand, but stumbled in the dark and fell back to all fours. Annoyed, she reached for the lamp beside her couch, but only succeeded in knocking it off the end table, to shatter with a crash. Frustrated, and wanting to let Mia know she was okay, Kimberly crawled across the room in the dark, and fumbled at the deadbolt lever and the lever handle on the doorknob. Her hands didn't want to work properly, but she managed at last to unlock and open the door. It opened rapidly toward Kimberly, striking her painfully on the shoulder and causing her to cry out. Apparently Mia had been pushing against the door from the far side, because when it opened, the feline girl literally fell onto the room, tumbling past Kimberly, into the center of the room. Temporarily blinded by the hallway lights, Kimberly turned to face her girlfriend. \n\nMia screamed in raw fear, inexplicably backing away from her girlfriend as if facing a demon!\n\nHurt and confused, Kimberly moved closer to her friend, but froze in place as she caught her own backlit visage reflected on one of her wardrobe closet's mirrored doors. And she understood at once why Mia was so afraid. The reflection staring back at her from the mirror was a massive, four legged, white furred Dire Wolf, much larger even than her Kimberly or Kraig forms!\n\nKimberly screamed, but saw and heard the Dire Wolf in the mirror making a fierce growl. Then Mia fainted, as the wolf lunged toward her!\n\n... \n\n``NO! Mia, it's just me!'' Kimberly screamed, sitting upright in her bed. The room was still dark, save for a bright shaft of moonlight which illuminated her pillow. She looked at her hands, which were back to normal now, and not big dire wolf paws. Then she checked the time on her phone, and it was only 5 AM. Nowhere near daytime, yet.\n\n``Oh wow! What a nightmare!'' Kimberly sighed. ``Oh, geeze, that seemed so real! Like that shaft of moonlight had somehow transformed me into a feral werewolf, Dire Wolf sized!''\n\nShe turned on the lamp, which was still undamaged and in its usual place on the end table, and not in pieces on the floor as in her dream. Then she crossed the room to look at herself in the mirror on her wardrobe closet. She was almost afraid to look, but no, she certainly was not a dire wolf, or any sort of werewolf. Just Kimberly, a buff amazon version of herself. Then she looked back, at the band of moonlight illuminating her pillow. ``Well, I guess that proves I'm not a werewolf, right? I had moonlight shining on me, and It did nothing. And I'm pretty sure the moon is full tonight. I'm just afraid of whatever unknown perils I might face next. Back to bed, silly girl!''\n\n===\n\nWhen the morning did come, Kimberly hopped out of bed and showered carefully, brushing her hair and fur to make sure she was as pretty as she could be for her new lover. Then she put on a loose t-shirt and a pair of Kraig's blue jeans and sandals, in case she transformed to that larger form today. If she remained Kimberly or became one of her smaller forms, this outfit would not get ruined by a change to any of the forms she had experienced so far. She also tossed three other different sizes and types of clothing and shoes into a gym bag, so she would be able to dress herself appropriately after her next transformation, regardless of which size or gender she ended up as. At least for the four forms she had transformed into so far, she felt well prepared. She just prayed that her nightmare about becoming a huge feral four-legged wolf form would never become her reality!\n\nWhen Mia knocked on her door at 10, Kimberly had a fresh pot of coffee ready, a teakettle of hot water - in case her lover preferred tea - and all the ingredients at the ready for pancakes, bacon, and scrambled eggs with diced ham.\n\n``Good morning! Did you sleep well?'' Mia asked, as she entered the apartment.\n\n``Not really. Had a bad nightmare, but... well, it was silly, just fears about my future, and I don't want to dwell on it, okay?'' Kimberly replied. ``Coffee is ready. Or would you prefer tea? Water's hot for that, too.''\n\n``Coffee will be fine, and it smells wonderful. And looking at what you have ready, pancakes, bacon, and eggs however you want to fix them sounds great too,'' Mia replied, giving Kimberly a kiss as soon as the door was closed. ``Honestly, I had a few bad dreams too. Mostly about Keiko turning out to be malicious. But seriously, Mister Chen knows her quite well, and he trusts her. So like with your dream, just a silly fear of the unknown.''\n\nKimberly started cooking, and as she dished up their breakfasts, she asked, thoughtfully, ``A few times now, you've called Keiko by a Chinese species name, instead of calling her a Kitsune. And you were really scared, especially when she first revealed what she really looks like. I know a little about Kitsune, from Japanese anime. But I'd never heard of a Chinese version. In Japan, they're the messengers of an agricultural semi-deity. Sometimes a trickster, but at least the ones who served Inari were honorable. But you said the Chinese version is some sort of demon?'' Kimberly asked.\n\n``Yes. In Chinese legend, the Huli Jing are fox demons, who lure men to their deaths, eating their life force. They can breathe fire like a dragon, and can suck out your soul. And like the Japanese Kitsune, they are voluntary shapeshifters. They often would change into the form of a beautiful woman of some other species, entice a man to marry them, and then kill them,'' Mia replied. ``I've... tried to look up more information, since we met her. In Chinese myths, we have a lot of dangerous female spirits. Chinese men feared a powerful female, and vilified them. Those frightening aspects of the Chinese fox demons eventually got merged with Japanese fox myths. But listen, she said what we might think we know isn't likely to be accurate. She's proved she can control me with almost no effort on her part. But when she asked me a question I was clearly uncomfortable replying fully to, she swiftly clarified that she did not require details I did not want to divulge. An evil creature wouldn't have done that, would they?''\n\n``I suppose you're right. Well, lets eat, and get this over with, okay?'' Kimberly replied.\n\n===\n\nThey arrived early at The Curiosity Shoppe, at 11:30 am, but Mister Chen was already there, sipping hot tea while seated in a chair in the employee break room, behind the store's cash register. He looked up eagerly to greet them. ``It is favorable that you are early. Mistress Keiko is already in the workroom, arranging things for your lesson. She appreciates a student who is eager enough to arrive early, so we should go down to her at once.''\n\n``Yes sir,'' Kimberly replied. ``I do want to make a good impression, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn?t afraid of how this lesson might go. Is there... anything special a mage's apprentice has to do for their first lesson? I mean, aside from gathering the stuff she asked for, I have no idea how to prepare myself for this lesson.''\n\n``Normally, before the first actual lesson, a mage will assess the raw magical talent of the candidate, to see if it is worth their time to proceed further. She has essentially done this already, by observing how easily you can use the chameleon bracelet's magic. She will require you to swear a simple oath to serve her, in exchange for her lessons. That will be an oath to serve her for the rest of your natural lifetime. You must accept to proceed, and if you refuse... you won't remember you ever met her. She will remove your memories of her completely. If you begin to train, but prove sufficiently incapable to be useless to her, it is possible she could release you from that oath. But neither she, nor I, have any doubt that you have a strong, untamed magical talent. And we both firmly believe you need proper training, for your own safety, and the safety of everyone around you,'' Mister Chen stated. ``While we could approach another mage to help control your curse, their terms for their aid would essentially be the same. No master Mage would allow someone with a potential talent like yours to be exposed to their magic, without proper training. It would be as irresponsible as handing a loaded gun to a toddler. And once you start to learn magic, your energy gets intertwined with your mentor. Truly, your best chance of ridding yourself of the curse will be to enter her service, willingly. I can assure you that she is an ethical creature, and that she will not treat you like a slave who had no life outside of your service to her. She will always fulfil her part of any agreement she enters into. And she is quite unlikely to require you to do anything not in your nature. Her training and tasks may be inconvenient, or at times even perilous, yet it is not in her best interests to send you on a quest she believes you incapable of successfully completing. She was a good and true Mistress while I served her. And though her actions to extend my life did change me in ways which many would refuse to endure, I feel the price I paid was worth what I received. I could have declined the offer made by the demon she summoned to aid me, without any penalty from her or from the demon. She might have found some other way to reward me for my service to her. But in all likelihood, had I declined that offer, I would have died centuries ago, at the end of my natural lifetime, still bound to her service.''\n\n``But the lesson itself? What should I expect?'' Kimberly asked.\n\n``That will depend on your innate talents,'' he replied. ``Since you have already proven you are able to control artifacts, she may have you try to use a few different types of artifacts, such as wands or rings, to see what suits your capabilities. Items like your bracelet, which could, to some degree, be used by anyone, but which will respond more strongly if you have an affinity for the sort of magic they are crafted to control. Or she may guide you entirely with her mind, as she has you attempt some very simple spells.''\n\n``Like lighting a candle with magic?'' Kimberly asked. ``Her list included a lot of pretty normal looking candles.''\n\n``Yes, she is quite skilled at pyromancy, so testing your affinity for fire magic is likely for anyone entering her service. She is also a voluntary shapeshifter, and given the way the cursed necklace affects you, as well as how easily you control your bracelet, it is likely you may have that affinity. Changing your color is often a first test leading to changing your shape. And the shape changing magic of your necklace seems to not tire you to any great degree. The curse can change anyone who it binds itself to. But she believes that if it binds to an innate shapeshifter, far less energy would be required to induce each change,'' Mister Chen said. ``The first few times the curse changed your body and mind, it caused you to lose consciousness. Yet it appears that with each successive change, your recovery time is faster, except when it seems to deliberately be penalizing you for fighting its effects. So if I had to guess, yes, I would certainly expect her to eventually attempt to teach you shapeshifting magic, if you have any potential at all in that area. Being able to shapeshift voluntarily would certainly give you an advantage in controlling your curse.''\n\n``You... don't mean like... her turning me into some sort of werewolf, do you?'' Kimberly asked warily.\n\n``Not at all. Lycanthropy is a disease, and only causes one specific change, with little to no voluntary control. Not very useful at all, in training as a mage,'' Mister Chen replied. ``More like what you saw her do when you first met her, where initially she took the form of a normal fox, to conceal the many tails of her Kitsune form, and again when she revealed her true form to you. She as well as I have a suspicion that if you could use involuntary shapeshifting magic adequately enough to assume any of the four forms the necklace has cycled you through thus far, you might be able to satisfy the curse's imperative to randomly change, by voluntarily making a change on your own, rather than rolling the die. Of course, that still does not address the changes it forces on your gender identity or sexual orientation. But mastering sex magic might help in that regard. These questions, however, would better be asked directly of her. And you need to obey the curse's compulsion soon, so we should join her now, and get that over with, yes?''\n\nKimberly took a deep breath, and replied, ``Yes, let's do this.''\n\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Die Role, by SpectralWolf, July 2022

``She was an ordinary person... until she die'd.''

Chapter 6: Pleasures and Perils

Mia Chang was a very pretty, petite, 27 year old Oriental Shorthair Cat girl, with black hair and fur. Just a few weeks ago, if you had told her, ``Before the end of the month, you will be in a new intimate relationship,'' she would have dismissed it as unlikely. If you'd insisted that relationship was to be with another woman, she would have stated that was almost impossible - since only one of her intimate interests in the 9 years that she had been sexually active had been female.

And yet, over the past week or so, a definite romantic and quite potentially intimate connection had unexpectedly formed between Mia and a younger woman, an 18 year old timberwolf girl, named Karen Bright. Karen recently started to work at the same store as Mia, and was attractive and intelligent. Like Mia, she was petite, at just under five feet tall. But her coloration was almost the exact opposite to Mia's, with mostly snow white hair and fur, and only faint grey fur markings. The feline girl and lupine girl had become friends easily, and soon had shared personal secrets they wouldn't even share with their parents. And both Mia and Karen had also soon confessed feeling a much deeper romantic connection was developing between them - something more than just a lustful desire to become `sex friends'. An extraordinary turn of events, but neither girl was complaining about the developments.

Unfortunately, after only a week of working at her new job, Karen had unwittingly interacted with a cursed magical necklace, which had bonded itself to her. Real magic was so rare that most people thought it was mere fantasy. Yet this very real curse was now randomly changing the cursed girl's stature, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, every day! She remained a timberwolf, and retained her past memories, but the rapid changes were turning her previously ordinary life upside down. Their employer, Mister Chen, admitted he had once tried, and failed, to become a mage himself. So he had put them in contact with his former mentor, a Kitsune mage named Keiko, who was now helping Karen to try to break or at least control her curse, as well as training Karen to use her own previously unsuspected magical talent.

Karen's most recent form, who called herself Kimberly, was a real amazon - a muscular female, 5' 10'' tall and stronger than most men, yet still quite feminine and attractive, with firm C cup breasts, and a 45-34-42 figure. Mia had to admit, so far, she had found all of Karen's forms attractive - male or female. And throughout most of the transformations, Karen had still felt intimately attracted to Mia. At the very least, even when the cursed necklace had forced her to become a gay male, she had still been fond of her feline friend, even if she was not particularly interested in sex with her. Through it all, Mia had resolutely supported her friend, and this had deepened the bond between them.

The girls had feared that the strong physical and emotional attraction Karen felt for Mia, and Mia's growing reciprocal emotions, might only be the result of the curse. But earlier today, Keiko had assured them that the cursed necklace could not cause its victim, and certainly not anyone interacting with them, to have romantic feelings. Reassured that the romance which was unfolding between the feline girl and wolf girl was indeed quite genuine, they had just mutually agreed that yes, they wanted to be girlfriends, in the romantic sense of the word, and to move to the next level in their relationship. So now, here they were, in Mia's apartment, both nude, with Mia eagerly leading her new girlfriend to her bedroom, expressly with the intent of getting quite intimate with her.

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Kimberly paused as they approached her friend's bed. ``This is silly, but I feel as nervous as a little puppy right now! I really do want you, Mia. Gawd, I'm so horny I can barely stand it! I intensely want to grab you, throw you on the bed, and ravenously make love to you. But... I don't really know how! Aside from pleasuring myself, I'm still a total virgin, and what little I know about how sex between women works is just what I have seen in the last few days, in a handful of porn films that I found on the Internet.''

Mia kissed the younger woman gently on the mouth, not trying, yet, to go for a more intimate French kiss. Then she took a step back, looked her new girlfriend in the eyes, and said, ``Kimberly, it's okay. I'm pretty unfamiliar with this lesbian stuff too, you know. I've only been intimate with two women. Our friend Amber - who I paid to teach me about girl-on-girl sex - and my college friend, Rachel.''

``Yeah, I know,'' Kimberly replied. ``And I know Rachel being so pushy kind of soured you on dating girls, so I really appreciate you taking a chance on me. Ummmm... but if it's not dredging up bad memories, could you... tell me what Rachel was like? You'd only been dating guys, so... how did you end up in bed with her? I think it would help me to relax, to hear about your first real lesbian experiences, with her, and with Amber.''

``I don't mind talking to you about either Amber or Rachel,'' Mia replied. She paused a moment to kiss Kimberly again, while gathering her thoughts, then spoke wistfully.

``It was six years ago, in the Summer of 2009, when I first met Amber, at the Inferno nightclub, where she still usually picks up her customers. She had just moved to town the previous year, immediately after graduating from high school in another state. She told me she had been adopted by a nice couple as a baby, but now that she was 18, she wanted to take control of her own life. Striking off on her own, much like you did, but with a very different career direction in mind. She was three years younger than me, but somehow had decided to go straight to work as a porn actress and professional prostitute! Yet she seemed really happy, and she was surprisingly comfortable with being known around town as a whore. Her adoptive parents still don't know that she's a sex worker. She tells them that she is making TV commercials and singing in a band. Which I am pretty sure she also does, though not very often. Well, she made her `professional offer' to me, and I politely turned her down that time, but I kept in touch with her, because she was nice. And I was kind of intrigued with her career choice, though outright prostitution was something I was pretty sure I could never openly do. When I saw her working in the nightclub after that, she respected my choice, and would greet me in a friendly manner, and then move on, never offering her services to me. I also noticed her in the neighborhood during her `off duty' times after we initially met - sometimes as a customer in my family's restaurant, and at other times as a customer in various shops and restaurants. She always had time then for a friendly greeting and some light conversation, like any other good neighbor. We soon became casual friends. But I didn't talk to Amber very often at length, because I was working full time, and I had just started trying to go to college,'' Mia replied.

Kimberly kissed Mia again, and said, ``I wonder why she chose that life? Well, I won't judge her for it. Go on.''

``The answer to that is personal enough that I'll leave it to Amber to disclose, if you ever get to know her on a more intimate basis. She'll tell you freely enough, if you do ask her to get closer.''

``Fair enough. But then you met Rachel, when you went to college?'' Kimberly asked.

``Yes. After my fiancee broke off our engagement and married someone else, back in 2007, it took me a few years before the thought of going to college ceased triggering too much pain and too many sad memories of the ruined plans he and I had made to go to college together. I had a reasonably good job, selling computers. And after early 2008, I had my secret agreement with my brother, Karl, having sex with him once a month, in return for Karl paying half my rent. So I was doing okay financially, even without a roommate. But to keep up appearances with my family, I tried dating other guys. They were mostly dogs or wolves, but because of how Kenny had hurt me, I avoided fox guys. None of them ever worked out, though,'' Mia replied.

``But you still had a dream of going to college, right.'' Kimberly prompted.

 ``Yes, I did. I still hoped to become a computer games programmer. Well, in the Fall of 2009, I finally did try to go to college. That would have been six years ago. My first semester, Rachel was a classmate in an archery class, which we both took as a PE elective. Rachel would stand out in any crowd. She... was a wolf, like you. Her fur was dark brown, with only slightly lighter markings on her face, throat, and tummy. She wore her hair in a 2 inch wide, inch high, acid green mohawk, shaved the same length as her body fur everywhere else, and she had several piercings in each ear, and one in her nose. And she was about five foot six, slender and small breasted, and pretty athletic. Honestly, you're a lot more attractive by most people?s standards, in any of your forms. But she certainly was charismatic, and a bit of a sports star. She played on the women's soccer team, as their goalie. The previous year, her team won the state championship. I'd watched that college game on TV, so I immediately knew who she was, and already had a somewhat favorable impression of her. Rachel and I were the same age, but unlike me, she had started college right after high school, so she was in her third year. That meant we rarely would have any classes in common, other than electives. And we only became casual friends at that point, really only interacting with each other at the archery range. You see, I was trying to date a guy on the football team at the time, and all our classmates knew it. So she didn't make a pass at me right off, even though she admitted later that she had her eye on me since the first week of that class. Anyway, halfway through the first semester, I'd broken up with that football player, but I still had enough other jock friends that I was getting invited to the parties the jock crowd threw. Rachel and I ended up both attending one of those parties. She was a very butch lesbian, very much out of the closet, and most of the girls at the party were straight. And she knew I was on the rebound, so she flirted pretty heavily with me. When she did that, I... gave her a chance.''

``Oh wow...'' Kimberly replied. Without even thinking about it, one hand strayed to her mons, and she started rubbing her crotch. ``And, ummm, thank you, for the complements! So... What made you say yes?''

``Well, as I said, I pretty much was `on the rebound', after breaking up a few days earlier with the canine jock boy I had been dating. I'd never considered dating other girls before, but I knew and accepted that my adopted brother and blood brother were bisexual. And I knew Amber pretty well by then. And lots of other customers at our family's restaurant were gay or lesbian couples. So the idea that girls could go on a romantic or sexy date with each other wasn't at all new to me. It was just something I had never thought I would do myself, since I already knew I liked boys, a whole lot. But Rachel was pretty aggressive. Dominant. And as you know, I tend to be submissive, and by that time I was already deeply into my secret, submissive sexual relationship with my brother, Karl. He had me pretty well conditioned to respond to a dominant lover. So I responded to that dominance in her, and she swiftly knew just how to manipulate me. She kept getting me a fresh drink, and really turned on the charm. We kissed, and she felt me up a lot at the party. And before it ended, she all but demanded to go on a date with me the next weekend. She made it pretty clear that while we would enjoy a very fancy restaurant dinner together, as her treat, in return she... expected to enjoy me in bed, afterwards. And I meekly said yes, even though I had no experience with girls in bed, before that night,'' Mia said.

``And then you just went right out and hired Amber, between that party and your first real date with Rachel?'' Kimberly asked. ``What was Amber like in bed? She came on to me when I first met her, too. She even offered to be my girlfriend, rather than screwing around for hire. And she was still polite and friendly when I turned her down. But now? The way my mind and body are running now, I would have said yes to Amber in a heartbeat! I'm kind of regretting that I missed that chance!''

Mia noticed that Kimberly was touching herself, but made no comment, since the whole point of relating her story was to get her friend comfortable with continuing to the bed. ``Yes, after Rachel made her intentions clear, I called Amber, and hired her to come to my apartment and discreetly teach me about sex with girls. As for exactly what she taught me, well, I'm about to demonstrate that for you quite personally, aren't I? Suffice it to say that I enjoyed what Amber taught me, much more so than I expected to. But Amber didn't try to be romantic with me, since she was doing it for hire. She just taught me the techniques I needed to know, and let me see how pleasurable it could be to get sexy with another woman. That was all I had asked of her. But as a bonus, when my session with her ended, she told me about her `anything goes' private sex parties, and said that now that we were on intimate terms, I was welcome to come to them, as her friend. I took her up on that eventually, and had a fun time there. Believe me, if you ask her for sex, and she invites you to one of her parties, you won't have missed out on anything. She'll still give you all you can handle.''

``Well, after I get comfortable with you as a sex partner, and probably after we get Karl or someone else to pop my cherry for me, I think I may want to go to one of those parties! They sound fun to me, now!'' Kimberly admitted. ``So, tell me about your date with Rachel? What was good about it? What was bad, other than her wanting to shack up with you after just one date?''

``Well, the date with Rachel started out well enough, and was even pretty romantic,'' Mia replied. ``She'd asked me to wear a formal dress, suitable for the fancy place we were going to for dinner. When she arrived for our date, I decided to meet her in my building's lobby, rather than buzzing her in past the security door, and having her come up to see my apartment before our date. As aggressive as she was, I was a little afraid she probably would have seduced me before we went to dinner! And fortunately, I didn't quite trust her yet. Still, she probably figured I was doing well for myself, to live in such a nice building, even though I gave her no reason to expect my apartment to be as nice as it is. I remember she wore a tailored men's suit to our date, wore a black fedora which mostly hid her brightly colored mohawk, and she even brought me a corsage to pin to my dress. That tailored suit really showed off her feminine figure, even though she was clearly wearing male clothes. Her car was a huge pickup truck, rather suitable to her butch lesbian image. I would have had trouble getting in and out of it if it hadn't had running boards. The restaurant was one of the best in town, and the meal certainly was delicious. We even danced a little, between the meal and dessert. The place had a small dance floor, and a string quartet playing. She ordered a bottle of wine for us, and we finished it, and started on another.  So I was pretty well lubricated, when she eventually took me to her apartment.''

``And... what did you do together?'' Kimberly asked breathlessly.

``Her apartment was just a small studio, about the same size as yours, though it was in one of the better areas, on the far edge of downtown from here. Not anywhere near as nice as my place, but nice enough to have a real wood burning fireplace. And honestly, if I hadn't been planning to get married, I never would have leased as big a place as I have now. She already had candles and incense sticks set out, and wood and kindling for a fire laid in the fireplace, ready to light. All set for seducing me. She got me cozy on her couch, lit the fire and candles and incense sticks, and came back with a bucket of ice, two glasses, and a what was left of our bottle of wine from the restaurant. We kissed, talked, and for every sip of wine that we took, we removed an article of clothing. Before I knew it, we were both naked, and she was licking me and making me cum harder than anyone, other than Amber, had ever managed to do. Which is really saying something, because my brother Karl had been pretty good at going down on a girl!''

``That is so damned hot!'' Kimberly admitted.

Mia nodded. ``Yeah, it was. I wasn't the first female lover she'd had. She admitted she'd dated several girls, and only girls, ever since she was in high school. I told her I'd never really dated any other girls, but admitted that just once, a `female friend' and I had fooled around in bed. She said not to worry, and that she would teach me exactly how to please her. That should have been my first red flag. `How to please her,' and not `how to give pleasure to each other'. Her focus was all on her, and on what she wanted. Pretty darned narcissistic, in retrospect. She had me lay on my back in front of the fireplace, and squatted over my face. She nearly smothered me a few times, while she taught me just how she liked to be licked. And once she had cum, she got the belt from her pants, and fastened it around my neck as a makeshift collar and leash. Then we did a 69 together, with her on the bottom and the belt going from my throat to under her hip, so she could pull my face into her crotch. And she did keep giving me pleasure too. But she wasn't an ethical dominant Mistress. She never asked for my consent, never talked to me about desires or safewords. Just demanded what she wanted, and expected obedience. But that... worked pretty well on me that night, as an intoxicated, innocent, and submissive-natured newbie. We kept at it all night, and yeah, the sex was pretty amazing. But when the sun came up, she practically ordered me to fix our breakfast, and then wanted to go out together to look for a bigger apartment, to share. She said she wanted us to live together, and be monogamous... with me in a very submissive and subservient role to her. I told her I would need to think about that, but first I had to get ready for an early class. As I started to get dressed, I quietly texted my brother Karl, for a safe ride home. And as soon as I saw he was at the curb outside and waiting for me, I politely declined Rachel's offer, and got out of there as quick as I could. She saw me look out the window, and got mad when she realized I had a guy waiting for me down there. Her last words to me, as I left, were her screaming about me being an ungrateful straight bitch! I dropped out of college after failing most of my important classes the next semester, and soon after that I went to work for Mister Chen. Never saw Rachel again. Never wanted to date a girl again... until I met you.''

``Oh! Oh my, I am so sorry! I would never treat you like that!'' Kimberly insisted. ``I mean... I think I get the Dominant and Submissive roles, and how they can, responsibly, be agreed to, with safewords and consent. I read about that in some of the self help pamphlets in our adult toys room at work. So I could play with you using those roles, the `right' way. I even feel like the more dominant role might come naturally for me, once I know what to do.''

``Yeah, a real Dominant, like my big brother, Karl, knows how to establish trust and consent with their submissives. And I already do feel like I could trust you in a dominant role over me. But that can wait until we have more time. We've already wasted nearly half of the time we can spend here before we have to go to work!'' Mia replied.

``Ummmm, I'm pretty much ready to start, but I wanna know one more thing first. You said a while back that you and your brother both go to Amber's sex parties every month, right? Haven't you had sex again with Amber, or with any other girls there?'' Kimberly asked.

``My brothers and I do fuck at Amber's parties, yes. But no, so far, I haven't fucked any of the girls there. Just the guys at the party who appealed to me. You see, after my bad date with Rachel, I told Karl about me hiring Amber, and about her sex parties. Turned out he had also hired her recently, and received a similar invitation. Not only that, but he had told Amber he'd seen some of the porn films she starred in, and she'd admitted one of her frequent costars was her real life brother! He didn't admit to her right them that he was fucking his own sister, but he accepted her offer the following weekend, and saw Amber fucking her brother, as well as another brother-sister pair happily mating. He fucked all of them, of course! So, now that she had invited both of us, he suggested to me that her parties would certainly be a safe place for our own incest fun. I contacted Amber, and told her about the bad date. She said understood completely why I wasn't ready to try lesbian sex again, at least not right away. Then I asked if It would be okay if my brother Karl and I could go to her parties... as a couple. She was delighted with the idea of another incestuous couple at her parties. Her next party was at the end of that month. When we arrived, she introduced us to her brother, we watched them fuck, and they watched Karl and I as we fucked. There was another brother-sister couple fucking each other that night too - a pair of nearly identical otters. We asked if Jung could come the next time, and she said that was fine, too. Amber and the other ladies at her party have all said I could `play' with them if I ever wanted to, but no one at her parties ever insists on anyone else pairing with them. Consent is required at all times, even if you're doing a `scene' where it seems otherwise. We've been going there once a month since then. She has a dozen or so other friends who show up occasionally, but the core group is Amber and her brother, the otter twins, and my brothers and I.''

``Wow... Okay, now I am definitely interested in going as your date to one of those parties. And... Now I think I'm relaxed and ready now. So, please teach me about lesbian sex, my friend!'' Kimberly stated.

``Sounds good to me,'' Mia replied. ``So... just relax, lay back on the bed, and allow me to give you pleasure. Then we'll trade places, and I'll talk you through what you need to know, so you can try to do the same for me.''

``Okay, Mia,'' the Timberwolf girl replied shyly. She climbed onto her friend's bed, propped her shoulders up against the headboard with one of Mia's pillows, and folded the other pillow in half and placed it under her hips, like she had seen a girl do in a lesbian porn video. ``Like this?'' she asked, as she spread her legs invitingly, and brushed her tail to one side.

``My! What a pretty sight you are!'' Mia replied with a giggle. ``Yes, that pose is certainly a good start, for when someone is serving you from between your legs. And I can definitely start to teach you in that position. Sitting on the edge of the bed can be even better, but we can try that another time. Both ways give your partner less of a stiff neck than merely laying flat on the bed. Then there's the way Rachel preferred, which is to have them lay down first, and you kneel over their face and lower your kitty onto their mouth. That's a lesbian form of the cowgirl position, and pretty dominating. Then there's my favorite, the 69 position, where you're giving and receiving at the same time. Let's see, you do know how to masturbate, right?''

``Mummmm, yes. Both as a girl, and now also as a guy. Geeze, guys do it so weird!'' Kimberly replied, ending with an embarrassed giggle. ``But when I finger myself, I'm careful not to poke my fingers inside! So my cherry is still very much intact.''

``I'll try to be careful about that. But I trust you've definitely found out how to finger your clit? Rubbing the sensitive little knob of flesh at the top of your slit?'' Mia asked. ``That same spot gets the biggest reaction when you lick a girl, too. But licking everything else between her legs feels pretty good, as well! And even if she's a virgin, it's okay to slip the tip of your tongue into her vagina. Most species don't have long enough tongues to go deep enough to pop a girl's cherry. And trust me, her honey hole is where she tastes the best! Some girls get extremely wet when they climax from a good licking. Amber does, but I don't. Oh, I get aroused and slick, but I don't `squirt' so much you'd wonder if I was peeing on your face! That squirting is what Amber does, and I can promise you, even though it comes out of your bladder, it's chemically very different from urine, and it definitely is not piss! It tastes divine! So, let's see how you like this, hummm? And please, if my tongue is too raspy for you, let me know. Kitty tongues are kind of rough. Not as soft or thick as canine tongues.''

``M'kay. Yeah, I know about clits, and I saw one video with a girl who squirted so much that I was sure it was fake!'' Kimberly replied, as her friend got into position. ``I, ummmm, think I am more like you. I get wet, sure. But not so much that I make a big puddle on the bedding! And I... OHHMYGAWD! Wow! Oh geeze, yeah, that feels really great!'' she exclaimed, her thoughts completely side tracked as Mia began licking her clit.

``Not too raspy?'' Mia asked, looking up from between Kimberly's thighs with a mischievous grin.

In response, Kimberly grabbed Mia's head with both hands and quite firmly shoved her friend's face back into her crotch. ``Ohhhh gawd, don't stop! Please keep licking me!''

The black furred kitty would have laughed, but any noise she might have tried to make was muffled by her girlfriend's white furred crotch. So she redoubled her efforts, licking the full length of her friend's labia, dipping the tip of her tongue into Kimberly's rapidly moistening vagina, and then slipping upward, to suck on her clitty, while purring like a motorboat! At the same time, she also lowered one of her hands to her own crotch, pleasuring herself as she anticipated both herself trading places with her inexperienced but eager friend, and future liaisons with her new lover in her other forms.

Moments later, Kimberly literally howled, ``Ahhhh! Aughhh! Ahhhhwwooooooo!'', arching her back so forcefully that she had to slap the mattress on either side of herself, to keep from writhing right off the bed. Her purple, nail-polished hand claws dug into the bedding, twisting the fabric as she rose up onto her heels and shoulders and hands. Then she collapsed back onto the  bed, panting like she had just run for miles, while at the same time giggling so hard she could hardly catch her breath. ``Oh! Oh wow! That was... so amazing!''

Mia was knocked back into a kneeling position, facing her friend and stopping her backwards tumble with both hands behind herself. Her tail twitched madly as she laughed, then replied as calmly as she could, ``So... did you get all that? Ready to give me an orgasm that wild? Damn, girl, you really must have been pent up! When was the last time you jilled off!''

``Whew! N-not for a while. In fact, in this form, never at all!'' Kimberly replied. She stared up at the ceiling for a moment, then added, ``As the guy forms, I played with myself pretty much each time I became a guy. Had to play with my `new toy', right? Besides, those boys were really horny! But as myself? Ummmmm. I think the last time was a week or two before I moved here? But jilling off never felt that good!''

``Yeah, having someone  else get you off is usually on a whole different level, compared to self pleasure,'' Mia replied. ``I, ummmm, well, I don't know how it feels for guys, though I can kind of guess, from the way guys have acted when I've seen them get off. But I think girl orgasms work kind of differently. For one thing, if I kept at it, you might easily have had several climaxes in a row! Amber really blew my mind when she did that for me! I mean, the first orgasm was amazing, like yours just was. But the second and third almost made me pass out! The boys I had bedded - even Karl - always wanted to use cunnilingus as foreplay, and we'd both cum when we fucked. Then they needed a little time to recover, so, I hadn't experienced that rolling series of orgasms before. But yeah, most of the time, cunnilingus feels really good, no matter if it is a girl or a guy licking you. Though I guess we girls have a slight advantage, since we have a really good idea what would feel good for ourselves, while guys have to learn what to do from experience, to get good. Most younger guys can't even find our clits!''

``But you said your adopted brother, Karl, knows how to do it right?'' Kimberly asked.

``Definitely! But he's had a lot of experience. He was the first guy to lick me, and while I don't think he was quite as good back when I was 18 as Amber was when I was 21, I can assure you that since then, he's gotten a lot better. In part, because more recently, Amber taught him some of her best tricks, at her sex parties, and she made sure he knew how get a girl off multiple times in quick succession,'' Mia replied. ``So, you want to try doing that for me now? I'll tell you what to do, if you have any difficulty. And I really am horny now, with your juices all over my muzzle. You're quite delicious, by the way!''

Kimberly giggled again, rolling aside and trading places with her friend. ``Why thank you, my dear! I've... licked my fingers after they got wet from jilling off. I liked how I tasted, too. I hope you're just as delicious!''

``My brothers both love how I taste, so I doubt you'll be disappointed. Now, less talking, and start licking, lover girl!'' Mia replied gently pushing her friend?s head closer to her damp crotch.

Kimberly inhaling her friend's aromas deeply. ``Smells pretty much like my scent, all right,'' she said. Then she tentatively swiped her tongue the length of the kitty girl's slit, and was rewarded both with a strong taste of feminine juices, and with hearing her new lesbian lover purring happily! ``Mummmmm hummmm! Yummy!'' she declared, eagerly continuing to lick her feline lover.

``Oh, yeah! You're a natural, girl! Just like that!'' Mia exclaimed, affectionately stroking Kimberly's hair and ears. ``Poke that big, soft tongue of yours as deep as you can into my honey hole, and you'll get an even better taste of me, sweetie! Ahhh! Oh, yes, like that, my love! Just like that!''

Kimberly licked and snuffled her friend?s crotch, wagging her tail happily as Mia's pleasure rapidly increased. She rapidly discovered that she absolutely loved the way her friend's juices tasted! And she could already totally understand how some women could get all the sexual pleasure they could ever want, solely from other women. If they both didn't have to go to work in less than an hour, the Timberwolf girl would happily have kept this up all night, licking each other to one mind blowing orgasm after another!

Mia arched her back and yowled as her climax peaked. The claws on both of her hands dug firmly into the bedding, and she purred loudly, losing herself in the moment, then relaxing to lay back down, and stroke her lover's hair. She giggled and commented, ``Wow! If we're that good together on your first try, just imagine how much better this will be with more practice! That was great! Just... whew! Just give me a moment to catch my breath, okay?''

``I'm so glad!'' Kimberly replied. ``And I wanna keep doing this with you so much that I'm almost tempted to break my lease and move in with you! But I think if I was that impulsive, neither of us would get any sleep!''

``You may be right. And I appreciate you taking your time, before we take that step,'' Mia replied. ``Rachel was in way too much of a rush to live together. I guess a lot of lesbians do shack up almost immediately, though. I mean, there are so many jokes about what a lesbian drives to her second date being a moving van! And I was in way too much of a rush to move in with my first boyfriend, and look how that turned out!''

``And I'm still really curious about sex with guys, too,'' Kimberly admitted. ``At least, I know they sound attractive when my necklace makes me bisexual, or interested in men, rather than just hot for women, like I am now. I mean, I still remember that the first time I saw Karl, when I was in a gay male form and didn't know who he was yet, I was definitely fantasizing about sex with him. Even though my virgin mind was pretty vague on what that would entail. Besides, I know you want an open relationship, so you can still fuck your brothers. So, why shouldn't I get a variety of experience too, no matter how devoted we get to each other?''

``Sounds fair to me. And Karl and Jung certainly both flirted pretty seriously with you when I introduced you to them, so either or even both of them would probably be quite happy to satisfy your curiosity,'' Mia replied. ``Since you're canine, you'll probably enjoy Karl more than Jung. Especially his knot! You're built to tie with a canine guy while you fuck. Ummmm, that is what they call it when a canine guy's knot swells up during sex, and he gets stuck inside the girl. For a feline, like me, a barbed feline cock or raspy feline tongue is what nature intended as my best match. Then of course, Amber's brother is a professional porn star, with a canid cock a bit bigger than Karl's! So if you decide to lose your cherry to a porn star, I am sure he would make it a very memorable experience! I'm not sure why I'm so attracted to foxes, dogs, or... wolves. I guess I do enjoy getting knotted, and their sheer enthusiasm.''

``Okay! When I was male, and pleasuring myself, I saw how my cock made that fist-sized lump near its base. Kind of worried me at first, because it looked like something had gone wrong and it was gonna burst! But it felt pretty good, too,'' Kimberly admitted.

``A knot feels even better inside a girl, for both partners,'' Mia said. ``I think one of the reasons I keep fucking Jung, even though he is my real brother, is because he does have those feline sexual traits, and at the same time, he accepts my relationship with Karl. Legally, Karl and I could date, or even marry. We're both adults, and not related by blood. But since we were raised as adoptive siblings, most people, including my family, would find that hard to accept. So... my secret polyamorous trysts with both of my brothers mostly satisfy my cravings for male attention. And now, with you? Oh my! Even if you remained a girl forever, I'd happily be seen by my family, and by the world, as a lesbian, to claim you as my serious girlfriend! And I'll admit, I can hardly wait to experience all your other forms in bed! Girl, you are amazing!''

Kimberly laughed, and said, ``Well wasn't that the whole reason the cursed necklace was created? To make someone's concubine into an ever-changing parade of male and female lovers? I guess that horny Chinese prince knew what he was doing.''

``Yeah. But unlike him, I can't keep you hidden in a princely harem forever, so we still need to find a way to control your curse, so you can live normally when we aren't exploring all your sexual possibilities. And I'm sad to say that we're out of time. So I suppose we should clean ourselves up a bit, get dressed, and get on with our work day, and then see what your magic teacher has in store for you?''

Kimberly looked at the clock, then sighed, and said, ``I suppose. But teach me about that 69 position next time, okay? I can't wait to see what it is like to do each other at the same time.''

Mia laughed, and said, ``I promise that I will, girlfriend!''

===

``I guess I'll work mostly in the back today,'' Kimberly said, as they walked from Mia's place to The Curiosity Shoppe. ``Not many of our customers know me, yet, but none of them have seen Kimberly working there at all.''

``Sure. You can unbox the new merchandise. But don't play with it this time!'' Mia replied with a laugh.

When they got to the shop, they explained their plan to Mister Chen.

``That sounds wise,'' he replied. ``We are expecting a rather large shipment of herbs and other Chinese medicines shortly. You can receive those, but don't add price tags, or set them out for sale. Just sort them and set them aside, for me to deal with. Call me when that task is complete. Then you are to meet me in my magical workroom, and gather this list of items, which Keiko will require for your first magic lesson. She also left instructions on how she wants you to prepare the room.'' He handed her a small parchment scroll, tied with a red silk ribbon, as well as a key, and a slip of paper. ``That key unlocks the blue storage trunk in the workroom. The lock combination for the workroom door is on that paper. If you have any difficulties identifying the items on Keiko's list, call for me. Mistress Keiko said she expects you to make good progress tomorrow, once your magic lessons with her begin.''

``Yes sir, and thank you,'' Kimberly said. Then she impulsively gave Mia a passionate French kiss on the mouth, before speeding off to the basement, saying, ``Check in with me later, for dinner plans, hon!'' over her shoulder as she departed.

The elderly red panda smiled slightly, then he turned toward Mia, and asked, ``Ah, I see... One presumes it is safe to say the two of you have already made progress in... more personal areas? You need not relate the details of your personal affairs, of course.''

Mia lowered her eyes shyly, and said, ``Indeed yes. Suffice it to say that we are officially lovers now. But we haven't told anyone but you and Miss Keiko that we are even dating, yet. Her changing forms certainly do complicate matters, in that regard. Who do I present to my family, as my new intimate partner? Kimberly, as she is now? Karen, as she was when they met her before? One of her male forms? I don't care if our relationship makes me publicly known as a lesbian. But how will we proceed in public, on days where her form differs from the person who I am publicly known to be dating?''

``Have faith that Keiko will find a solution to that, and soon,'' Mister Chen replied. ``I can think of no mage who I would trust more, to aid her. Mistress Keiko is quite impressively capable, and Kimberly has a very strong gift, if I am not mistaken. You and I shall assist where we can, but the outcome is largely up to them.''

``I know,'' Mia replied. ``We shall have to take things one day at a time, and hope for the best. Well, it is time to unlock the front door. I think I see one of our regular customers waiting outside already!''

===

The night shift workday flew by for Kimberly. The shipment of Chinese medicines was indeed rather large, but not difficult to catalog and sort out. A lot of the order was merely rather generic medical stuff, like bandages and disinfectants. But many items looked much more suitable for use in a hospital, rather than in a family first aid kit. Still, the supplier had everything well labeled in both Chinese and English. She was nearly done dealing with the shipment when Mia called her on the phone, to ask what sort of take out meal  Kimberly wanted to order for their dinner. An hour later, when it was time for their dinner break, her feline lover shared the supper she had ordered for the two of them, delivered by a local deli.

``That's... a lot of medicine supplies. A lot more than will fit in his apothecary cabinets upstairs, in the store. And Mister Chen doesn't tend to keep extra medicinals down here,'' Mia commented, looking at the things Kimberly had arranged on the receiving room's work table. ``Remember what I told you earlier? About Mister Chen sometimes giving medical aid to the Tong and Triad members, strictly off the record? I suspect we'll find that a lot of that order will vanish after tonight, to be taken to wherever he treats those criminal clients. Some hidden place, deep inside the shanghai tunnels. I've processed a few similar orders myself, before you got hired here.''

``I was wondering about that, yeah,'' Kimberly replied. ``So much of that stuff looked more like supplies for an emergency room, and not just the usual medicinals. You... you don't think his being a secret doctor for them will get him, or us, into trouble, do you? Either with the police, or getting caught in the middle of some sort of gang war?''

Mia laughed at that comment. ``Oh! You do watch too many bad movies, I fear. No, the Chinese criminal syndicates in this town have not engaged in any sort of open fighting between them since my grandparents were our age. They keep a very low profile now, preferring to be perceived as legitimate businessmen. And when they do need his medical aid, we don't have police fugitives walking in the front door. The last time I was certain he aided one of them, a polite older Chinese woman slipped Mister Chen a note while he was filling an herbal prescription. He read it, finished her order, and then vanished into the basement for two hours, leaving me to run the shop. When he returned, his hands smelled like medical disinfectant. He told me later he had removed a bullet from the leg of a `special client'. And as for the police, it is not a crime to render medical aid to a client, when you have no information which proves the client is currently a wanted criminal. Officially, the client shot himself in the leg while getting ready to clean his gun. So the police leave him alone, and it is unlikely they even know he renders aid to them. In truth, your new mentor, Mistress Keiko, frightens me much more. If even a fraction of the myths are true regarding Huli Jing, the fox demons in Chinese legends, and which the Japanese call a Kitsune, then she is indeed a dangerous creature.''

Kimberly ate in silence for a few minutes, then said softly, ``I am sorry. All I have to go on is those bad movies, when it comes to my knowledge of any sort of organized crime. The only `criminals' I have ever known were people who didn't pay speeding tickets or child support payments. I suppose my magical training might pose a much greater risk, but I have even less solid information on that count. Yet I am dragging you along with me into that adventure, and possibly placing you at risk from things we can't yet even imagine.''

``No, you did not drag me into anything. I volunteered to help you where I could, even with magical things I do not understand. It was my choice to do so. Who knows? Maybe Mistress Keiko will find it worthwhile to train me as a mage, too? I doubt I have as much potential as you do, but I was able to control your bracelet well enough to at least attempt something fancier than just a solid hair color change. So maybe I have some potential too? Do not apologize for inspiring loyalty in me, my dear,'' Mia replied. ``And Mister Chen does seem to trust her, so hopefully, she will not lead us into too much peril.''

``I hope so,'' Kimberly said, as she got out her phone and dialed it. ``Well, time to get back to work. Mister Chen will want to meet me at his workroom, now that I'm done with that shipment and our dinner break.''

===

Mister Chen met her at the door to his magical workroom, but he had her be the one to unlock and open the door, this time.

``So long as you are Keiko's apprentice, you may use this room freely for your magical studies, at any time you wish. But before you begin, I thought it wise to offer some small measure of advice,'' he said. ``My own tenure as Keiko's mage apprentice was comparatively brief. But later, as her research assistant, I was present for centuries, while she trained many others. What I could not master myself, I could still observe and memorize. It often proved useful, when doing magical research for her. So you can certainly ask me questions about magic, but she is a much better person to ask. Now, my first advice to you is this. No task an apprentice is given is without meaning. Even mopping a floor makes you mindful of its presence, and its effect on the work done in a room. So as you gather supplies and prepare the room, take the time to consider each assigned task, and how each item or preparation might affect the tasks to be performed. But do not yet try to anticipate your assigned tasks, to attempt new things on your own. You are not ready for that level of self responsibility, yet. She will let you know when it is safe to explore your own path in seeking to master your gifts. But you may still try to attune yourself to the presence and nature of each item, and the positions they get placed in by her when your lessons begin. I believe she wanted you to handle each of these things yourself prior to your lessons, because that can imprint some small part of your own energies upon those items. But also, remember that the duties of an apprentice are to serve their mentor in whatever ways are requested. How carefully and thoroughly you perform any task, even trivial ones, will affect the outcome of your efforts, as well as her willingness to continue as your mentor.''

``I guess all that makes sense. Like in martial arts movies, where the sensi might have his disciple fetch a lot of water. The water itself is useful for cooking and cleaning. But fetching it also strengthens them, and being aware of water and how water moves through and affects what is around it has value too,'' Kimberly said. ``One of my mom's boyfriends tried to teach me some martial arts stuff, for self defense. We'd watch movies and he would point out the good stuff and the bad stuff that the martial artists did.''

``Approach magic the same way, and you should find success,'' Mister Chen said.

===

Gathering the items listed on the scroll and getting the room ready seemed to be a simple enough task for Kimberly. She ran through the list. Thick pillar candles in five specific colors - white, blue, red, green and yellow - each with a small spiked brass candle holder. A large box of plain white taper candles, like one would use for a formal dinner table, and a brass floor-standing candelabra, which could hold up to five of those candles. A small round mirror. A rosewood and pottery incense burner, with a specific type of incense. A blue pottery bowl, to be filled when ready for the training with bottled water. A flat brown pottery tray, to be filled with a thin layer of salt. A small Iron charcoal brazier, to be set up with four charcoal briquettes resting on the sand in its bowl, stacked as a pyramid, with one briquette resting on the other three. Five small, 2' diameter wooden tables, which she found lined up along the wall, near the supplies trunk. Five colors of playground chalk - white, green, blue, red and yellow. A small kitchen fire extinguisher. All these supplies were to be set on or beside a larger table, along with two chairs, to be set up at the South side of the room. The main floor area was to be cleared of everything else, and floor swept and wet mopped. But despite all those candles, the incense, and the briquettes, no matches were requested? Kimberly just shrugged, and did her best to do exactly what had been asked of her. Though she did note where in the trunk the matches were kept, just in case.

As she mopped and swept the workroom floor, she recalled Mister Chen's comments, and realized she had never really looked at the floor in her previous times in this room. She had not paid any attention to it in detail, certainly. She had simply assumed the floor to be concrete, like the rest of the basement. But it was actually paved with closely-fitted, square stone paving tiles, possibly slate, and measuring about 18 inches on a side. The seams between the blocks were very straight, and everything fit so perfectly that the surface seemed at first glance to be unbroken. And with the room's lights on full, she could see faint markings on the floor around the edges of the room, and she could faintly feel magic there. The center of the floor had faint traces of other symbols, arranged in a large circle and several lesser circles. As if the same, or at least very similar, diagrams had been drawn, many times, on the floor's surface - so often that they left faint traces behind, even when the floor had been carefully cleaned.

Before she knew it, Mister Chen returned, and informed her that it was past 2 AM, the shop was closed, and it was time to go home. She put away the cleaning supplies, turned out the lights, and securely locked the room, before seeking out Mia, to walk home with her friend.

The girls left the shop together, but just a few yards down the street, when they got to the door for Kimberly's apartment building, Mia paused, gave her girlfriend a French kiss, and said, ``Much as I am tempted to spend the night with you, either here at your place, or at mine, we both should really get some sleep. And if we're together, I doubt sleep would seem like a priority. I'll meet you back here at 10, and we can get breakfast together, okay?''

Kimberly returned her friend's French kiss, and replied, ``Yeah, you're right. With you in my arms, sleep pales in comparison to the pleasure that could be shared with you. And I don't know what my first magic lesson will require of me, tomorrow. The very little Mister Chen told me about his early lessons made it sound like they can be both physically and mentally exhausting. Come up to my door when you return to me here, for breakfast. I have enough food in my kitchen to show you that I can be a good cook too!''

``That sounds wise. And it's probably better, at this point, for me not to be seen a lot in public with you as Kimberly. See you in a few hours then, lover,'' Mia replied.

===

Kimberly undressed to go to bed. None of her PJ's or nightgowns fit her current stature, so she got into bed wearing just her panties, and tried to sleep. She turned out the lights, but then just stared at a stripe of light on her ceiling, where light from a streetlight outside shone through a gap in her heavy curtains. Apparently they had not quite been closed all the way, the last time she looked outside. She struggled to fall asleep, trying to focus on pleasant thoughts of being with Mia. But her mind stubbornly insisted on considering what might happen to her next.

She still had no idea what was going to be required of her during her first magic lesson. Her best guess, considering the large quantity of plain candles, was that she would learn to light a candle from a distance, using magic. Mister Chen had mentioned that once, as a very low level beginner's spell. But he had also said that even that minor feat was tiring for him. Beyond that, she could not guess what might happen.

On top of that, she knew she would need to roll the cursed die for at least one series of four rolls just before her lesson, and she was quite uncertain how that next cursed die transformation would go. She sincerely hoped that whatever form she took, her sexual inclinations would still be in line with her growing affection for Mia! If she could at least control that much of her curse, it wouldn't matter what she looked like. Mia seemed to like all three of her other forms. As she finally drifted off to a restless sleep, her mind continued to churn out possibilities.

===

The next thing Kimberly was aware of was Mia pounding on her door, asking urgently if she was all right.

Apparently it was already well past sunrise. There was daylight shining around the edges of her curtains and streaming through the gap, and she could very clearly hear the familiar daytime sounds of the restaurant kitchen below her, and of traffic and pedestrians on the street outside. She shook her head to clear her mind, but when she tried to get out of bed, she rolled awkwardly off the side of the futon bed, and fell onto the floor, striking her head so hard against the armrest that she saw stars, and yowled in pain.

Kimberly was having trouble thinking clearly. She tried to reply to Mia, but her voice was unintelligible, as if she had a really bad sore throat. She tried to stand, but stumbled in the dark and fell back to all fours. Annoyed, she reached for the lamp beside her couch, but only succeeded in knocking it off the end table, to shatter with a crash. Frustrated, and wanting to let Mia know she was okay, Kimberly crawled across the room in the dark, and fumbled at the deadbolt lever and the lever handle on the doorknob. Her hands didn't want to work properly, but she managed at last to unlock and open the door. It opened rapidly toward Kimberly, striking her painfully on the shoulder and causing her to cry out. Apparently Mia had been pushing against the door from the far side, because when it opened, the feline girl literally fell onto the room, tumbling past Kimberly, into the center of the room. Temporarily blinded by the hallway lights, Kimberly turned to face her girlfriend.

Mia screamed in raw fear, inexplicably backing away from her girlfriend as if facing a demon!

Hurt and confused, Kimberly moved closer to her friend, but froze in place as she caught her own backlit visage reflected on one of her wardrobe closet's mirrored doors. And she understood at once why Mia was so afraid. The reflection staring back at her from the mirror was a massive, four legged, white furred Dire Wolf, much larger even than her Kimberly or Kraig forms!

Kimberly screamed, but saw and heard the Dire Wolf in the mirror making a fierce growl. Then Mia fainted, as the wolf lunged toward her!

...

``NO! Mia, it's just me!'' Kimberly screamed, sitting upright in her bed. The room was still dark, save for a bright shaft of moonlight which illuminated her pillow. She looked at her hands, which were back to normal now, and not big dire wolf paws. Then she checked the time on her phone, and it was only 5 AM. Nowhere near daytime, yet.

``Oh wow! What a nightmare!'' Kimberly sighed. ``Oh, geeze, that seemed so real! Like that shaft of moonlight had somehow transformed me into a feral werewolf, Dire Wolf sized!''

She turned on the lamp, which was still undamaged and in its usual place on the end table, and not in pieces on the floor as in her dream. Then she crossed the room to look at herself in the mirror on her wardrobe closet. She was almost afraid to look, but no, she certainly was not a dire wolf, or any sort of werewolf. Just Kimberly, a buff amazon version of herself. Then she looked back, at the band of moonlight illuminating her pillow. ``Well, I guess that proves I'm not a werewolf, right? I had moonlight shining on me, and It did nothing. And I'm pretty sure the moon is full tonight. I'm just afraid of whatever unknown perils I might face next. Back to bed, silly girl!''

===

When the morning did come, Kimberly hopped out of bed and showered carefully, brushing her hair and fur to make sure she was as pretty as she could be for her new lover. Then she put on a loose t-shirt and a pair of Kraig's blue jeans and sandals, in case she transformed to that larger form today. If she remained Kimberly or became one of her smaller forms, this outfit would not get ruined by a change to any of the forms she had experienced so far. She also tossed three other different sizes and types of clothing  and shoes into a gym bag, so she would be able to dress herself appropriately after her next transformation, regardless of which size or gender she ended up as. At least for the four forms she had transformed into so far, she felt well prepared. She just prayed that her nightmare about becoming a huge feral four-legged wolf form would never become her reality!

When Mia knocked on her door at 10, Kimberly had a fresh pot of coffee ready, a teakettle of hot water - in case her lover preferred tea - and all the ingredients at the ready for pancakes, bacon, and scrambled eggs with diced ham.

``Good morning! Did you sleep well?'' Mia asked, as she entered the apartment.

``Not really. Had a bad nightmare, but... well, it was silly, just fears about my future, and I don't want to dwell on it, okay?'' Kimberly replied. ``Coffee is ready. Or would you prefer tea? Water's hot for that, too.''

``Coffee will be fine, and it smells wonderful. And looking at what you have ready, pancakes, bacon, and eggs however you want to fix them sounds great too,'' Mia replied, giving Kimberly a kiss as soon as the door was closed. ``Honestly, I had a few bad dreams too. Mostly about Keiko turning out to be malicious. But seriously, Mister Chen knows her quite well, and he trusts her. So like with your dream, just a silly fear of the unknown.''

Kimberly started cooking, and as she dished up their breakfasts, she asked, thoughtfully, ``A few times now, you've called Keiko by a Chinese species name, instead of calling her a Kitsune. And you were really scared, especially when she first revealed what she really looks like. I know a little about Kitsune, from Japanese anime. But I'd never heard of a Chinese version. In Japan, they're the messengers of an agricultural semi-deity. Sometimes a trickster, but at least the ones who served Inari were honorable. But you said the Chinese version is some sort of demon?'' Kimberly asked.

``Yes. In Chinese legend, the Huli Jing are fox demons, who lure men to their deaths, eating their life force. They can breathe fire like a dragon, and can suck out your soul. And like the Japanese Kitsune, they are voluntary shapeshifters. They often would change into the form of a beautiful woman of some other species, entice a man to marry them, and then kill them,'' Mia replied. ``I've... tried to look up more information, since we met her. In Chinese myths, we have a lot of dangerous female spirits. Chinese men feared a powerful female, and vilified them. Those frightening aspects of the Chinese fox demons eventually got merged with Japanese fox myths. But listen, she said what we might think we know isn't likely to be accurate. She's proved she can control me with almost no effort on her part. But when she asked me a question I was clearly uncomfortable replying fully to, she swiftly clarified that she did not require details I did not want to divulge. An evil creature wouldn't have done that, would they?''

``I suppose you're right. Well, lets eat, and get this over with, okay?'' Kimberly replied.

===

They arrived early at The Curiosity Shoppe, at 11:30 am, but Mister Chen was already there, sipping hot tea while seated in a chair in the employee break room, behind the store's cash register. He looked up eagerly to greet them. ``It is favorable that you are early. Mistress Keiko is already in the workroom, arranging things for your lesson. She appreciates a student who is eager enough to arrive early, so we should go down to her at once.''

``Yes sir,'' Kimberly replied. ``I do want to make a good impression, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn?t afraid of how this lesson might go. Is there... anything special a mage's apprentice has to do for their first lesson? I mean, aside from gathering the stuff she asked for, I have no idea how to prepare myself for this lesson.''

``Normally, before the first actual lesson, a mage will assess the raw magical talent of the candidate, to see if it is worth their time to proceed further. She has essentially done this already, by observing how easily you can use the chameleon bracelet's magic. She will require you to swear a simple oath to serve her, in exchange for her lessons. That will be an oath to serve her for the rest of your natural lifetime. You must accept to proceed, and if you refuse... you won't remember you ever met her. She will remove your memories of her completely. If you begin to train, but prove sufficiently incapable to be useless to her, it is possible she could release you from that oath. But neither she, nor I, have any doubt that you have a strong, untamed magical talent. And we both firmly believe you need proper training, for your own safety, and the safety of everyone around you,'' Mister Chen stated. ``While we could approach another mage to help control your curse, their terms for their aid would essentially be the same. No master Mage would allow someone with a potential talent like yours to be exposed to their magic, without proper training. It would be as irresponsible as handing a loaded gun to a toddler. And once you start to learn magic, your energy gets intertwined with your mentor. Truly, your best chance of ridding yourself of the curse will be to enter her service, willingly. I can assure you that she is an ethical creature, and that she will not treat you like a slave who had no life outside of your service to her. She will always fulfil her part of any agreement she enters into. And she is quite unlikely to require you to do anything not in your nature. Her training and tasks may be inconvenient, or at times even perilous, yet it is not in her best interests to send you on a quest she believes you incapable of successfully completing. She was a good and true Mistress while I served her. And though her actions to extend my life did change me in ways which many would refuse to endure, I feel the price I paid was worth what I received. I could have declined the offer made by the demon she summoned to aid me, without any penalty from her or from the demon. She might have found some other way to reward me for my service to her. But in all likelihood, had I declined that offer, I would have died centuries ago, at the end of my natural lifetime, still bound to her service.''

``But the lesson itself? What should I expect?'' Kimberly asked.

``That will depend on your innate talents,'' he replied. ``Since you have already proven you are able to control artifacts, she may have you try to use a few different types of artifacts, such as wands or rings, to see what suits your capabilities. Items like your bracelet, which could, to some degree, be used by anyone, but which will respond more strongly if you have an affinity for the sort of magic they are crafted to control. Or she may guide you entirely with her mind, as she has you attempt some very simple spells.''

``Like lighting a candle with magic?'' Kimberly asked. ``Her list included a lot of pretty normal looking candles.''

``Yes, she is quite skilled at pyromancy, so testing your affinity for fire magic is likely for anyone entering her service. She is also a voluntary shapeshifter, and given the way the cursed necklace affects you, as well as how easily you control your bracelet, it is likely you may have that affinity. Changing your color is often a first test leading to changing your shape. And the shape changing magic of your necklace seems to not tire you to any great degree. The curse can change anyone who it binds itself to. But she believes that if it binds to an innate shapeshifter, far less energy would be required to induce each change,'' Mister Chen said. ``The first few times the curse changed your body and mind, it caused you to lose consciousness. Yet it appears that with each successive change, your recovery time is faster, except when it seems to deliberately be penalizing you for fighting its effects. So if I had to guess, yes, I would certainly expect her to eventually attempt to teach you shapeshifting magic, if you have any potential at all in that area. Being able to shapeshift voluntarily would certainly give you an advantage in controlling your curse.''

``You... don't mean like... her turning me into some sort of werewolf, do you?'' Kimberly asked warily.

``Not at all. Lycanthropy is a disease, and only causes one specific change, with little to no voluntary control. Not very useful at all, in training as a mage,'' Mister Chen replied. ``More like what you saw her do when you first met her, where initially she took the form of a normal fox, to conceal the many tails of her Kitsune form, and again when she revealed her true form to you. She as well as I have a suspicion that if you could use involuntary shapeshifting magic adequately enough to assume any of the four forms the necklace has cycled you through thus far, you might be able to satisfy the curse's imperative to randomly change, by voluntarily making a change on your own, rather than rolling the die. Of course, that still does not address the changes it forces on your gender identity or sexual orientation. But mastering sex magic might help in that regard. These questions, however, would better be asked directly of her. And you need to obey the curse's compulsion soon, so we should join her now, and get that over with, yes?''

Kimberly took a deep breath, and replied, ``Yes, let's do this.''

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