### Sex God Saga 6
### Sex Ed Put To Practice
MONDAY:
Waking up in Fulin's arms had been lovely, even if they had slept on the floor.
Having lunch with Ai and her son felt awkward at first, leaving Theo tongue tied, but the 'paramount' was nothing but sweet and Fulin got downright chatty.
After a moment of quiet Chop Suey munching, Ai said, "Theo, I think you have two priorities now. Building power and gaining some control of your inherent ability."
"True," Theo said. "There's a painting group at Ivory Haven. Partly for veneration and to create vessels for muses, but partly to generate V, I think. The Vibrancy kind."
Blinky landed on the tip of his chopstick.
Ai nodded. "I'm all for it, but shamans all greedily absorbing ambient V leaves little for each one. We Primals are tied to Vigor from whatever ancient Ephemerian pacts created us in pre-history. I think we should be able to help you."
"I'll do it," Fulin said. "Liang's going to take over some of the babysitting."
"Is that okay?" Theo looked between mother and son. "He's... you're the Broodguard, should you go do other things?"
"Yes," Ai said. "Tank is a Broodguard but he's also the alpha. A potential successor to the Wild Mother one day."
Fulin groped Theo's thigh. "I'm a protector first of all. And you're in more danger than little Gracelynn. If anything, I'm in danger from *her* - that menace."
"And if Tank chooses to work with you," Ai said, "you have the most reliable Primal at your side you can find. Enjoy it."
Theo smiled to himself. "Can I just say I find it cute how you call him Tank?"
Ai gave a half-shrug, looking at her almost empty glass. "His request. I also find it cute how you apparently get to call him by his birth name. It's been a while since someone in this house whispered 'Fulin'."
"I... w-when did I..."
She looked the blond shaman in the eyes. "A paramount tends to have good ears."
Blinky took off like he wanted to escape.
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There was quick chatter among Agrippa's Convent -- relayed by Keith -- about moving Theo to some sanctuary long term, but for now he was considered safe enough above the Smiling Panda.
For the next few days of his vacation from Ground Up, the name of the game was amassing power.
Monday was booked with painting and sculpting at Ivory Haven, where he met a few more members of the female shaman order -- the Conjunction of Cassia. He also got to pet the uni-deer Ascelin again.
Ivory Haven's second floor was dedicated to workshops, the third floor being a library -- mostly internal documents rather than books -- and topped off with a floor of overnight quarters. It was meant for the strike force but there'd be a bed for him in an emergency.
TUESDAY:
Theo found time to take care of his personal tasks. He finished unpacking, although he continued to mostly live out of boxes, and stocked his place as best his budget let him. Then he had a beginner karate lesson with Leo.
His nights were spent jerking off multiple times, thinking about Paris, Fulin and fantasizing about Keith. He remained in contact with Paris - just generic "how was your day" texts.
The shaman felt the need to mention the sexcapade with Fulin before the Stygians learned of it elsewhere. Paris' mere perfunctory acknowledgement made obvious how desperately he wanted more, which made Theo want more in turn.
Or maybe the prince was curt because he didn't actually want to waste time on Theo and just felt a bit guilty.
WEDNESDAY:
His first gym day in nearly two weeks.
The Body Changer's was a three story gym mere steps from the Smiling Panda with a few smaller locations across Harpersfield. Mako Yoshida brought Theo along.
The Primal Forgedancer wore a tight yellow shirt and black shorts. His hair was in a little ponytail again. Headphones in toxic green hung around his neck.
Theo's gym shirt had been torn by Horrorbunny so he went in a normal, blue tee and the usual sweatpants.
The place wasn't totally packed but there were enough men and women to let Theo start filling his V supply with ambient Vigor immediately.
Most people were Asian as the place was right across Chinatown.
"There's Primals here," Mako whispered over the generic music, leaning in. "I'll introduce you to any I see. Probably all Dusk Howlers. The Green Dawn guys have something closer to their HQ and the Lunar Tempest doesn't often come this far into town."
"Gotcha. No more Knowing-talk from here, I assume?"
"Unless you want to burn V to keep a glamour going."
Theo instinctively patted his pocket where Blinky rested after being coaxed into a little drawing of a firefly surround by inviting Atlas Glyph squiggles.
Mako first introduced him to the gym owner and Dusk Howler paramount, Joshua Khan. The somewhat taller guy around 30 was hunky, filling out his staff shirt. He had Mongolian script tattooed along the arm.
Joshua was friendly enough but had to manage the gym so after getting Theo's ID, the shaman and his guide moved on.
The Dusk Howler alpha was at the gym and easy to spot. Mako didn't even have to point him out.
Jun Ho was a bodybuilder, bigger than anyone else at the place, a bit taller than Theo. Headphones sat on his shaved head, above the ears. His crazy wide frame was covered with a loose, black shirt. He wore shorts so short his lower body looked naked, titanic thighs bared.
Theo had a hard time not constantly staring at the legs. They weren't as beautifully proportioned as Fulin's beefy, bulging legs had been but they were stunning in their sheer size. A few rings were tattooed around the right calve, and a dumbbell was visible on the bicep when he raised his arm.
Jun introduced himself as 'bodybuilder, rapper and trainer' with a loud voice and a slight mumble.
The pants-less looking meathead was incredibly friendly, his voice constantly a bit louder than appropriate. He took over from Mako as Theo's personal trainer as if he'd been born for it.
The blond shaman had planned to return to training slowly, doing a gentle whole-body day once a week. Within five minutes of assessing him, Jun had sketched out a three-day split and who was Theo to say no?
Absolutely everybody seemed to know Jun -- and like him -- so it took a while for Theo to figure out that the unassuming, quite, slightly Asiatic woman was hanging around their little group on purpose. She had faint red streaks in her cropped hair, tight yoga pants over a firm butt and mostly looked at her phone.
"Uh, Mako, who is that?" Theo said during a break while Jun was tearing up the squat machine. It remained hard not to look at the legs. Had it not been for the quick flashes of black shorts, it would have been easy to believe the hunk's dick was hanging free under the shirt.
"The girl? Vienna. Honorary D.H. from out of town." --D.H. meaning Dusk Howler- "I haven't talked to her much. She's on and off dating Jun and Joshua."
"At the same time?"
"No, kinda going back and forth."
"Drama?"
"Not really. Very casual. Oh, there's the bros. I should introduce you before Jun makes you expand the last drop of energy."
Theo walked after Mako's handsome frame. He felt drained and he'd be aching all over his torso tomorrow, but he could sense the gentle, welcome heft of a V storage within him, wherever he focused the sensation.
Maybe it would be enough to seal a demonic sprite away. V storage had no gauge, so it was hard to say.
The 'bros' were Aaron and Duke Kim. Two years apart, in their early twenties.
