He gets three whole luxurious days to spend with his Sasha and his Lev before he meets the prince.
He taps the dungeon ad, the very cryptic personal ad, and he's sort of curious about what an extra special anime appreciation club might be.
These produce, respectively:
Quest available: Dungeon MasterIt has occurred to the keepers of Boston's finest dungeon that half of all people are dominant, and yet for some reason they've never hired anyone to cater to this audience. Good for a few bucks, and maybe something more.
Quest available: Man of Wealth and Taste
Stanley Silverman likes them young and eager. That last part can be a problem for him, considering his particular... interests.Min PRV: 30.
Quest available: Mysteries of the Anime Club
The regular anime club watches anime. The special anime club watches hentai. The extra special anime club... is special.
Success: ?????, Eternal Bliss status effect
Failure: ?????
He'll keep an eye on dungeon master, he'd like to stop getting quests to go undercover, but turns down the anime club and the personal assistant quest and waits for Bandile to be done.
The TV blares "-- scientists baffled-- several of the world's most deadly infectious diseases, disproportionately affecting the developing world, have mysteriously disappeared--"
The receptionist says to Marlo, "would you be interested in a free session?"
......on the one hand: he has work. On the other hand: taking the more ero option will not hurt you. On the first hand: does he actually want to try a prodomme. On the second hand: he's curious, the point of the erogame is to try things you're curious about —
"Sure," he says.
Well, then, instead of waiting in a bored fashion in the room, he can be taken to a room where a very attractive man ties him up and beats the shit out of him.
Meanwhile —
"I'm pretty sure there weren't this many shirtless men around a week ago."
"I'm definitely not complaining —" he's staring too — "but it's definitely weird."
"Thanks, Erogame," Lev says, looking at a black man with a dancer's body who appears to have forgotten the location of his shirt, his pants, and (for that matter) all non-Speedo clothing.
"Thanks, Erogame," Sasha agrees; he isn't particularly subtle about how he looks at the man.
Possibly there will be fewer shirtless men in stores than outside of them. He's not sure whether he thinks it's likely versus how much he hopes it isn't true, but possibly.
There are fewer shirtless men in the bookstore but there are far more than usual.
There are also two sections of the bookstore labeled "SEXUALITY-- NEW" and "PORNOGRAPHY-- NEW."
About half of the porn features gay men, although some of them are actually in menage a trois relationships with women. But he can look at titles such as Daddy Me or Shameless Submission: A Dark BDSM Romance or The Virgin And The Beast: An Erotic Gay Beauty And The Beast Retelling.
"Are you going to tell me getting off on calling people 'daddy' is totally normal and hot and I am so innocent for being confused by it."
"It's pretty common and I do think it's cute that you've never encountered it before but I don't personally find it hot."
He checks the back cover of The Virgin And The Beast, then puts it on the pile.
"Oh, huh, there's an erotic photography section now."
Lev goes to look at Gorgeous Redheads: The Hottest Redheaded Women On The Planet.
There sure is.
There are a slightly bizarre number of books with photos of beautiful men artfully tied up, even considering the weirdness of having an erotic photography section in the first place.
Lev puts down Gorgeous Redheads and picks up a copy of Wholesome Beauties, which appears to consist solely of chubby large-breasted women smiling hugely while doing jumping jacks or swimming or feeding cows.
Feminist, huh.
Yeah, he'll take a copy of that. Is there anything in this bookstore with Hilda, Sasha thinks Lev would like Hilda.
The kind designed for a gay man who might or might not enjoy Hilda! But thank you Erogame.
"She looks so happy," Lev says. "I like it when people in porn look happy."