### Sex God Saga 32
### Marriage Pileup
Still WEDNESDAY:
Theo was once again naked aside from a metal collar (with wisp Flash), bracelet (with sprite Melody) and his cage (with dragon god indestructability) in the brightness of Ivory Haven.
Behind him was the alabaster uni-deer beneath her tree. In front were some of his friends, half a dozen interested shamans and a few Outsiders.
Beside him stood Corentine, a storm dryad whose long black hair and toga fluttered as if she stood in heavy wind. Lightening raged in her eyeballs.
The dryad raised her hands and a breeze rose in the hall. "By the power of god Ascelin I declare a pact between Earth and Ephemera. Who shall participate in this Destined Tie?"
Theo kneeled down on a pillow. "Theo of Earth." He cleared his throat. The Bond to Paris was wide open and his master's anxious cheer helped him go on. "My body shall be a vessel of flesh for one Outsider forevermore, who shall hold dominion over all else who were to possess me. This, uh, shall not interfere with the demiplane tied to me, as far as we know."
"And who would you claim as your sole possessor?"
"Cain Ho, the half of him that is of Ephemera."
Cain detached himself from Paris' hand and kneeled on the pillow next to Theo, putting a hand on the blond's lower back.
"I claim Theo as my destined flesh vessel, whom I may enter and leave as I see fit to the detriment of all other would-be claimants. This shall happen over distance so I may not need to fully abandon my current vessel, we hope."
Corentine nodded and behind the kneeling men, Ascelin bowed her deer head.
"No limitations shall be placed upon Cain's claim over Theo's body, for this tie shall from hereon be destiny."
A lot of little somethings gripped Theo's pieces one by one. Three fingers, left elbow, hip, an ear and so on until every part of him had been lightly tugged once.
"Wow," Cain said. "Freaky."
Theo rose without meaning to, directly facing the camera Cristiano was holding. His hands covered his crotch, the inner hand squeezing his balls.
The prince in gold hummed. "You took him over already? I thought I'd be able to tell. Weird."
Theo's hands reached up and gave his own nipples a mean pinch, his face betraying nothing. Then his hands went back on his crotch, the inner one squeezing harder than before.
Paris smirked. "I can kinda guess now. The poor vessel is totally defenseless, huh?"
"Seems like it," Cain said. "Theo, how are you doing?"
The ball squeezing became *brutal*. Theo's forearm flexing was all that gave it away, the rest of him standing at relaxed attention. His mouth moved on its own, his voice speaking with a middle ground between Cain's flatness and his own affect.
"Cain is the best," Theo's voice said, "I love him more than Master Bellerose and I'll buy him ice cream once we're done here."
Tension in the audience broke with laughter.
"Cain," Paris said, "lay it off on the mischief."
The ball crushing stopped which did nothing to reduce the pain already roiling in the victim's abs.
"Fine," Cain said. "I have the rest of his life to prank him. We'll have loads of fun. Isn't that right, Theo?"
Theo's upper half was freed, his legs still stuck in place. He tried not to give Cain the satisfaction of cringing from pain but couldn't help his breath speeding up and tears shooting into his eyes.
"Yes sir," the real Theo said, "Hilarious. Unparalleled humor. I think we should restrict this to emergency situations."
The crowd slightly dispersed as Ascelin walked off. Theo regained full control of himself and headed for his clothes.
"The time for rules," Cain said, "was before we got tied together. But fine, I'll reserve it for emergencies and pranks. When it's important and when I think it's funny."
"Sounds good to me," Paris said. "Man, I really expected to be able to tell. Are you the real Theo? I guess I'd be sensing panic and horror if you were still possessed. My little Ghoul bro went hard on the nuts, huh?"
"Yes sir," Theo said with some bitterness. "I thought I'd enjoy the kid developing a sense of humor but I'm not so sure now."
Cain stretched. "This is the era of us pranking each other back and forth. Or just me pranking you. We'll see. Pulse?"
Theo scoffed. "Run a truck over your nuts and we'll see."
"Come on, vessel. Pulse."
Cain took control of Theo's arm and had the shaman gently caress the Ghoul's neck.
"Fuck," Cain said. "I can't make you pulse."
Theo fist-pumped the air with his un-possessed arm. "Leverage."
Cain shrugged. "I was planning on still being a *little* nice to you anyway. So, pulse?"
Theo grinned. "Crush your nuts. I'm serious."
They had a ten second staring contest. Cain turned away. "Whatever. Pulses can wait. You promised me ice cream."
"It's November."
"So? They still sell it."
Paris laughed. "Let's go. My treat. We should spend today figuring out how this all works before the rabid gym bunnies add their own protein shake to this mess tomorrow."
### ### ###
"Hey, pay attention," Cain said. "It's not on fire anymore."
Theo dropped the phone and picked the controller back up from his lap. He wore nothing but white gym shorts -- and a collar of course. His ferret lobbed fire bombs at the giant octopus when Cain's minx stunned it for extra damage.
"Was just texting Master a hydration reminder," Theo said.
The Ghoul giggled. "Whipped slut. Is he overworking himself? Can't have my immortal no-rent landlord drop dead."
"Just some things to catch up on, I believe. He's not one to neglect himself but when he's focused on work I can tell what he needs better than him."
They beat the octopus and shared a kiss. No magic powers, just a sweet, ten second make-out session.
Damien dropped his big frame next to Theo. "If my bro feels like shutting the mind-tunnel for a day, I could take over. I *am* the lieutenant in the Bond of Favors after all. You wouldn't do much. Bring me food, drinks and suck my dick."
Theo punched the crown prince in the bare shoulder of his tank top clad torso. "As opposed to what I've been doing so far?"
Damien gently but firmly punched back, making Theo drop across Cain's lap. "But not with mind-reading magic."