Mythran's Master Of All

Ren opened the door to his apartment and immediately felt relief, love, reassurance, and a bit of disbelief that he was really there, despite the fact they could already feel him and his Auras because they shared them with him.

“I'd like to say that the rumors of my demise were slightly exaggerated, but they weren't.” Ren said and smiled.

“It's not a joking matter.” Frikara said. “Please don't make light of it.”

Ren felt a strong desire spike in the shared Aura. He couldn't tell who it was from, though. “I'm sorry.” He said and flooded the shared Auras with remorse, and nearly everyone gasped. He walked over to the group of women that were sitting in chairs in a circle, and they were all holding hands. He hadn't even looked at their faces or counted them, since he could feel their feelings. He stopped behind Frikara and put a hand on her shoulder, and she turned her head to look at him.

“I'm sorry I was taken away so quickly and couldn't warn you.” Ren said and gave her a kiss. Her pleasure at being kissed first flooded through the shared Aura, and Ren took it and pushed it back out to make sure everyone knew it wasn't preferential treatment. The light of connection they had started to glow slightly, and he went along the outside of the circle to each woman in turn. He put a hand on their shoulder so they would look at him, and he gave them the same kiss as he gave Frikara.

Ren kissed all 5 maids, almost like it was a ritual, and each of them felt that it was the same as the first kiss and that they deserved it. When he touched the shoulder of the next woman in the circle of chairs, she turned and looked at him just like the others did.

“I can feel it.” Officer Holly said. “You really do treat them all the sa-Mmm!” Her words were cut off as Ren gave her a kiss and he pushed the same feelings into her as he did with the others through the shared Aura. He broke the kiss and moved on, and touched Xuunah's shoulder next.

“Ren, you really shouldn't do-Mmm!” Xuunah's words were also cut off as Ren kissed her and poured his feelings into her. Her light of connection glowed the brightest, and Ren added a very strong thankful feeling to the shared Aura. He broke the kiss and moved on to the next woman, then touched Artemis on the shoulder.

“R-Ren, d-don't.” Artemis said, and Ren kissed her cheek. He knew he couldn't kiss her on the lips, mainly because he could feel that she wouldn't be able to hold her own emotions back if he did. He felt her relief that he hadn't taken her first kiss, and that surprised him. He leaned back and she looked at him with wide eyes.

“It's harder to concentrate when you're touching me.” Artemis said, and Ren caressed her cheek where he had kissed it.

“I'm sorry this is hard for you.” Ren said.

“That's why I'm shielding so much.” Artemis said, and he smiled. He went to the last woman in the circle, and Symmetra smiled at him.

“Yeah, I know.” Symmetra said. “I can't expect you to kiss me on the lips if you don't kiss Artemis first.”

Ren chuckled. “Fair play is a good rule to live by.” He said and kissed Symmetra's cheek, then he turned and looked at Princess.

“Hello, My Lord.” Princess said.

“Princess.” Ren bowed his head slightly, then stepped close and kissed the tip of her nose, then walked over to the start of the circle. “Thank you all for being here and helping each other.” He said. “You didn't have to do that; but, I'm very happy that you did.” He looked at Officer Holly and Xuunah, and both had very surprised expressions on their faces. “I really appreciate it.”

Frikara chuckled. “We can all feel how much you appreciate it.” She said and stood up. “We can also feel that you're not telling us something.”

“I was invited by Clint to come to his ranch and relax for a while.” Ren said. “I'm sure he's inviting a few more friends than just the party members, so I wonder if you'd all like to come with me.”

“No, thank you.” Symmetra said and stood up. “I've got some crafting to do.”

“I'll be coming along, but only because I should stay by your side, just in case.” Artemis said.

“There's not much time left in the day.” Frikara said. “How long is this party supposed to last?”

“I think it's going to be a week or so.” Ren said.

“A week!?!” Officer Holly laughed. “I'm lucky to enjoy a few hours of relaxation!”

“I just said that to Elise.” Ren chuckled. “I still have to show up at Clint's tonight, so I'll ask if we can all come tomorrow instead.”

“That's a bit more reasonable.” Xuunah said and stood up. “We can all get a good night's sleep first.”

Ren felt that she wanted to leave, and he walked back over to her. “Xuunah, it's okay.” He said, and she looked at him with wide eyes. “We agreed that we can feel the feelings, remember?”

“Ren, I...”

Ren took two steps up into the air and kissed her again. Xuunah couldn't fight his sincerity and his need to make her happy, and she opened up what she had been holding back inside. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him back with reckless abandon, then let all of her feelings out. Love, passion, regret, recalcitrance, defiance, and a strong feeling of reclusiveness despite spending a lot of her time with people not of her race.

Since Ren was still sharing his Auras with everyone, they all felt what Xuunah had been hiding from everyone. He and Xuunah stayed that way for several minutes as his Emotion Siphon ability absorbed everything she was throwing at him, then reason permeated Xuunah's thoughts again and she broke the kiss.

“I... I'm sorry.” Xuunah said, her face bright red. “I... I didn't mean to...”

“Thank you so much.” Ren said as he let her feel his deep gratitude. “You stayed here with everyone to help them deal with what happened, even though you felt that way.”

Once again Xuunah felt how much Ren appreciated what she had done. Everyone now stood and had their hands on either Xuunah or Ren, so they could add their own thanks. Even Officer Holly offered her thanks through the Reassurance Aura she shared with her and Ren.

“I didn't realize you needed the reassurance, too.” Officer Holly said, and poured as much good feelings into Xuunah as she could. Xuunah looked at all of their faces, and nodded slightly.

“On that note, I better get going.” Ren said and let Xuunah go, then equipped his platinum armor. “Princess, can I get a ride, please?”

“Of course, My Lord.” Princess said. “I also have your looted items in my inventory.”

“My what?” Ren asked.

“When you died, you left things behind.” Teepo and Princess said together.

“Princess and I picked them up.” Teepo said alone.

“Thanks a lot.” Ren said and opened Princess' inventory and saw what was in there. “Oh, crap!” He said and took the items out. “I dropped my storage tower!”

“We were wondering which one it was.” Symmetra said and pointed. “You should loot that, too.”

“What?” Ren looked at the sack beside the door and went over to it. He opened it up and saw Lord Tathalyn's remains inside. “Symmetra, you didn't have to do this.” He said, then smiled. “Thank you.”

“You're welcome.” Symmetra said.

Ren looted the body to make it disappear, and received a popup that he didn't expect.