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Quaranteam – Book 1: Part 6 Andrew Rook continues to grow his family. Based on a post by CorruptingPower, in 25 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.   Chapter 17 The morning after any good party is generally a challenge to get up and out of bed, but thankfully, they hadn't gone too late into the evening, and so, everyone had gotten to bed at a reasonable hour. And the wonderful smell of a good, late brunch was the clincher to get everyone out of the bed. Jenny had prepared an excellent morning feast for them, but timed it so that it was just before noon when she had it ready, drawing everyone downstairs, although most of the girls were in pajamas still, and Andy stuck to sweats himself. Over a combination of huevos rancheros and breakfast burritos, Niko and Andy explained to the rest of the girls about Andy's upcoming day at poker. Their reactions were much like Andy's initial impressions. Shock at first, followed by concern for the women who were supposed to be showing up on Andy's doorstep tomorrow. "I mean," Andy said, in between bites of his burrito, "it's never come up before, but I technically do have the right to refuse any woman who shows up on my doorstep. Like, for example, if had been too much of a hassle for Lauren, I could've just sent Taylor away." "Which reminds me," Lauren said, bringing a mimosa to her lips, "you need to imprint her today, especially if you're going to be coming home tomorrow night with a whole stable of new women." "I think you girls have a lot more faith in my poker skills than I do," Andy sighed. "And I think you're just being modest to set expectations," Niko said. "I watched you confidently take apart those poor boys last night." "I've known those guys for over a decade, Niko. They've got tells and I've had time to learn them, but you're talking about cold reading a room worth of men, most of whom I've never met." "If Rachel's to be believed, most of them are crap, Andy, so the only person you've really got to worry about is Covington himself." "You mean, I've only got to worry about the one guy I have to beat. Sure, no problem." "Do your best, baby," Niko said to him, squeezing his hand. "That's all I'm asking." That hung in the air for a couple of minutes before Lauren started giggling, and Andy turned to look at her, raising an eyebrow. "What's all that about?" "I was just thinking about you saying you had the right to refuse a woman delivered to you, and was trying to imagine you refusing Niko when she showed up." "You know, I still don't remember showing up at all?" Niko said. "I'm serious. The first thing I remember is waking up in the morning sucking your cock. I mean, I remember picking your picture out, and I sort of remember the start of the drive over to the old condo, but showing up on your doorstep? Me fucking myself on top of him in the goddamn dining room? I know you told me I did all that, but I don't remember any of it." "You were pretty out of it," Aisling said. "But it was kinda hot, watching you just pin him down and fucking use him. He wanted to take you upstairs first, but you were too wound up to let him do that, so he had to carry you naked upstairs after he'd filled you up with your first load." "I feel a little robbed that I don't get to remember that first super intense orgasm, though." "If you really want to get something equivalent," Lauren said, "you just need to fast from his cum for a couple of weeks. Right around the point you're starting to break, you'll get that high again, but the pain of waiting that long isn't worth if you ask me." "I agree," Aisling said, "but it's probably worth trying at least once, just so you can know." Niko shook her head. "I remember you telling me about how it felt waiting that long, Lauren, and I don't think I have any need to inflict that much need on myself." "You wait any longer to imprint Taylor," Aisling said, "and she's going to be there herself. She's already having trouble keeping her head clear enough to follow the rules." Niko nodded over at Lauren. "I get that you want to punish her, but she needs to get imprinted, otherwise she's not even going to remember the punishment." Lauren giggled a little. "I know, I know. Let's sic Andy on her after we finish brunch." "I like how much my opinion is being consulted on this," Andy grumbled. "Oh you know you're itching to have a go at her," Lauren smirked, waggling a fork in his direction. "Just remember, one of the three holes is off limits until she's passed the month, and frankly, I don't want you firing that sex bomb of yours down her throat for her first time either." "You've made it pretty clear what you want out of this, Lauren," Andy said. "I won't forget." After they finished brunch, the foursome headed upstairs. Taylor had been given brunch in a bowl while they'd been eating, and she had finished all of it. When they entered the room, she looked up, but didn't move over, as she was trying to take all of her cues from them and not initiate anything on her own. "Alright Taylor," Lauren said, "it's time. Andy's going to imprint you now, so I hope you've internalized all the lessons you've witnessed over the last several days." "Yes Mistress," Taylor said. "May I go and make a few small preparations? Not for myself, but for the Master." Lauren seemed to consider this for a moment, then nodded. "Five minutes in the bathroom. We'll be out here waiting." Taylor moved to head into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. "Wonder what she's doing in there," Aisling said, as she moved to sit in one of the big plush chairs scattered around the room. Niko grinned impishly, as she moved to recline on the couch against the wall. "Oh, she told me she's been trying to plan as best as she can to make both Andy and Lauren happy." "I'm not sure I even want to know what that means," Andy said, moving to sit down on the edge of the massive bed. "I'm not sure I'd let her tell you, even if she wanted to," Lauren said. "Oh, you want to try and tell me what to do, Lauren," Niko said, a playful smile on her lips, "and we can see which one of us paid more attention in hand to hand combat classes." "That sounds like fighting words," Lauren giggled, miming rolling up her sleeves. Andy narrowed his eyes at them. "Don't make me bend you both over my knee and paddle your asses red." "Promises promises," Lauren said, blowing him a kiss. Just then, Taylor opened the door and walked in from the bathroom before moving to get down on her knees in front of Andy. She had put on dark, heavy mascara and pulled her platinum blonde hair back into a solid ponytail, held with a scrunchy that looked like it could handle a bit of force. She'd also put on thigh high white stockings that looked like extra long sport socks with red rings around her thighs. It made her look sportier, and also a little bit younger. "Your slut is ready for you to use her, Master, if you are ready." Andy slid from the bed and crouched down, brushing a hand along her face. "This is your last chance to back out, Taylor." Taylor leaned in and whispered into his ear. "I want this, Andy. I want to be part of your family. But my safeword is 'yeti,' if you're really worried." She'd said it quietly enough that he was certain none of the other girls had heard any of it. "I like the mascara," Lauren said, reaching to brush a fingertip along Taylor's cheek. "It's going to run nicely when he's skullfucking your face." "Yes Mistress. I thought you might enjoy seeing that, proof that he's making me cry." "Tears of joy, I hope." Taylor nodded. "Joy, yes. But also from being unable to breathe. I want Master to really use his slut, to make her gag and choke and gasp for air." "Good," Lauren said. "I want you to get him so wound up that he can't think straight, Taylor. I want to see him actively fucking use you, until you're a quivering, brainless heap of well used flesh, lying there in a goddamn puddle on the floor. You think you can handle that?" "For you, Mistress? I can handle anything." Her chin was lifted proudly, displaying that leather collar she'd been forced to wear since her arrival. "Please, Master, may your worthless slut finally taste your cock?" Lauren put her hand on Andy's shoulder, leaning in to whisper into her mouth. "Remember, I don't want you cumming in her mouth. Just in her ass, okay?" There was a tiny amount of trepidation to her voice, as if she wanted to be sure she wasn't overstepping her boundaries, so Andy simply nodded. He felt hands on his waist, and it was clear Taylor had taken the nod to be to her and not to Lauren, but Andy didn't feel the need to correct her. Taylor pulled his sweatpants and boxers down to his ankles, lifting one of his feet for him and then the other, to help him step out of them, before she finally looked at his thick cock before her bright blue eyes. "Your little whore has been thinking about this nonstop since she got here, Master. About how she watches your girls when their eyes roll back in their heads, when their legs twitch and spasm when you fill them up. And even though she knows it's unbecoming of her," she said, looking down as one of her hands stroked his thick cock, "she's been getting more and more jealous of them, of those intense feelings you evoke in them. She knows she needs to be patient and wait her turn, but sometimes, even thinking about it gets her cunt all wet, Master. May she at long last have a taste and begin her process of officially becoming yours? Please, Master? This worthless slut aspires to be better, to be more, to be, yours." They'd been particularly careful not to let her taste any precum of his because even so much as a droplet would prime the imprinting process. It wouldn't fully start until she got her first full load of his jism, but the amount in precum was enough to get the process ready to burst. Taylor had gotten particularly close to the girls when they were playing with Andy, usually at Lauren's insistence, but in her eagerness to rub Taylor's face in it, she'd come dangerously near starting the process early. Andy was about to say that she could when Lauren reached her hand along the back of Taylor's head, grabbing the ponytail, shoving Taylor's face down onto his cock until he could feel the head of it pressing against the back of her throat, forcing its way in, even as her eyes looked up at him with adoration in them, her body literally vibrating at it, as the precum oozed from his mushroom tip into her mouth. Her eyes were fluttering, almost like they were threatening to roll back into her skull, and while she was doing her best to maintain control of herself, he could feel a bit of drool dripping down onto his balls. After what felt like an eternity of keeping his cock buried inside of her mouth, Lauren finally pulled Taylor back, and she gasped hungrily for air, slobbering even as her eyes were starting to water, her chest rising and falling quickly. "Are you  " Before Andy could even continue the sentence, Taylor grabbed onto his hips with both hands and pulled her face back onto his cock until her nose was buried in the thatch of brown hairs at the base of his cock. "Don't just leave her on, Andy," Lauren hissed at him. "Give the little whore what she wants. Fuck that little cheating face of hers until she's a sloppy mess." Andy's hands grabbed onto the side of Taylor's head and pulled her face back, but just when the head of his cock was at the ring of her lips and she was inhaling another lungful of air, he shoved his cock back into her face, pushing it back against her throat once more, evoking a gurgling cough from her, as those eyes started to water hard, a single black tear running down her right cheek. He pulled her back back and off his cock, letting her drink in another swallow of air, a wide smile on her messy lips, precum and spit dangling from them, as her tongue lashed out to try and lap it up before Andy shoved her face down once more. Taylor was doing her best to lean into Andy, but Lauren was mostly controlling the depth she could reach, using her ponytail as a leash, although Lauren seemed to be letting Andy do most of the driving for the moment, partially because Andy had been told not to cum in Taylor's mouth, and it was starting to take some effort to keep himself cooled off. She had a talented tongue, and there was something primal and carnal about seeing his precum smeared all over the blonde's chin, drooling on herself when she had half a moment without Andy's cock in her throat. "Whose whore are you?" Lauren said, reaching forward to slap Taylor across the face, making that mascara run even more. "Yours, Mistress." "Wrong answer!" Lauren shouted, slapping Taylor's other cheek, hard enough to make Andy a little nervous. "Try again. Whose whore are you?" Taylor swallowed a breath of air, looking up with those heavily watered icy blue eyes of hers, realizing her mistake immediately. "His whore, Mistress. The Master's whore." "That's right, you cuntrag," Lauren sneered. "I'm your Mistress, but this man fucking owns you, if you want to live under this roof. You will deny him nothing. You will do whatever he asks of you, and you will do it gladly." "Yes Mistress. Sorry Mistress." "Don't apologize to me, you dumb bimbo! Apologize to him." "Your worthless slut is sorry, Master. She belongs to you, and only you, and will never forget that again." "You know what I think?" Lauren said, her face a wicked angry snarl. "I think you ought to spit into that bitch's mouth, so she knows who fucking owns her." Taylor visibly flinched, but leaned her head back, opening her mouth wide. "That's it, Andy," Lauren goaded. "Get a big mouthful of spit and give it to that vapid cunt." Spitting had never much turned Andy on, and if he was honest, he found it excessive and unneeded, but all of this was about giving Lauren some closure, so he pursed his lips together and started to summon a big mouthful of spit. Just as he was about to spit into Taylor's mouth, she turned her head suddenly and said, "Yeti! God, I'm sorry, yeti!" Andy turned his head and spit onto the floor, as his mind raced, trying to figure out a way to disarm the situation he knew he was about to be in. The imprinting process was already primed, so it was too late to pass Taylor off to someone else, or to send her away, but he suspected the explosion of temper that was about to erupt from Lauren was going to make all their lives living hell for a time. He turned to look at her as he started to speak, "Now look Lauren, there's limits, to,” The look on Lauren's face wasn't one of anger. It was one of, amusement? He frowned and she started to giggle, and pretty soon, all the girls in the room were giggling, including Taylor at his feet. "Sorry, Andy," Lauren finally said, through fits of laughter. "I told you he'd stop if she said to," Aisling said. "No matter how wronged you felt, Lauren, he wasn't gonna lose control." "Damn," Lauren said, "and here I figured I could get him worked up enough to push past it. Guess I owe you twenty." "Excuse me, were, were you gambling over whether or not I'd take a woman against her will?" Now Andy felt like he was the one starting to get angry. "It was just a game, love," Lauren said. Andy stepped away from Taylor and over to Lauren and picked her up, no easy feat considering her height compared to his, moving over to the bed, putting her down and bending her over it before yanking down her pajama bottoms. "What are you going to do, spank me?" Andy welled up his rage into his right hand and brought it down onto Lauren's ass with the hardest spank he could muster. "Ow! Jesus, Andy, that rightly stung!" Wham! His hand clapped down again, just as hard, and he heard her groan, a weird blend of pain and excitement, her whole body shaking. "Strewth, that hurts!" Wham! His hand spanked down once more, the cheek of her ass starting to redden quickly under the power of his slaps. "Fuck Andy!" Wham! "I'm sorry!" Wham! "Bugger, Master, I'm fucking sorry, awlright?" At that, Andy held his hand in the air, not slapping again, but brought his hand down softly to slowly press his fingernails against the edge of the reddened flesh, and then dragged them firmly across that handprint he'd left there, making Lauren quiver, lost somewhere between lust and fear. "You're right you're right, okay, it was a shitty thing to do, and I'm sorry, I'm very fucking sorry. I shouldn't have made her do it." Andy looked back at Taylor. "And you. I ought to just leave you like this." Taylor's face reddened as much as Lauren's ass. "I'm sorry, Master. She told me to do it, and I didn't want to upset her. I do have an actual safeword, but it isn't yeti. I told Lauren what it was, though, and how I didn't think she would need to use it." "And if you're punishing Lauren, Daddy, you probably need to punish all of us," Aisling sighed. "I mean, I took her bet." "Speak for yourself, Red," Niko said. "I told you I thought it was a bad idea." "Well, now we know, I guess," Aisling said. "You okay, Lauren?" Lauren lifted her head up, and there was a strange look on her face. After a moment, it registered to Andy that she was more turned on that he'd ever seen her before in his life, and that included the moment when she'd been in a complete fuck daze after her sex fasting. "That was the hottest thing that's ever happened to me," she moaned, struggling to not drool on herself. "I've been trying to get you to lay into me for months, Andy, and I don't think it's much of a punishment." She grinned, all crazy eyed and wild. "I'm a bad girl." "Well then, you know how I'm going to punish you, Lauren?" Andy sighed. "I'm gonna put you away wet. You can go without a dose until the end of the week now that you're all wound up." "Oh god, that's cruel, you delicious bastard," she purred. "I fucking love it. But that's okay, I've earned this. And now that you're all wound up, it's time you take it out on Taylor." Andy looked from Lauren over to Taylor, who nodded enthusiastically. "This is what I want, Andy. I want my first time to be hard, rough, fucking brutal. I don't want to be treated like 'one of the girls,' because I haven't earned that, not yet." She started crawling over on all fours towards him, doing her best to keep her head raised, so she could see her face while she talked. "After the month, we can do the soft stuff. We can cuddle and lay together gently in bed and I can fall asleep in your arms, or in Lauren's. But I need to pay for my misdeeds." Niko and Aisling both sat up a little bit, although Andy could see that Niko had her hand down the front of her pajama bottoms, clearly rubbing her own cunt. "This time, I'm not one of your girls, not a partner or a girlfriend or a wife or whatever you're calling them, because I'm not there yet." Lauren was looking over her shoulder at Taylor, not moving from her spot bend over the edge of the bed. "You're already doing me a favor by imprinting me, when you don't know if you should yet. But I love Lauren. I love her so much it hurts to know how badly I fucked everything up. So until I can make that right, I'm a worthless fuckhole, a filthy bitch you should batter and plow and fuck within an inch of her life. I want you to drill me so hard that I can't sit down for a week." Taylor turned around and waggled her ass in his direction, leaning her shoulders down to make sure it was upturned, so he could get a good look at her asshole, as well as her cunt that was drenched with fuck cream. "It's yours, Master. I'm yours. Your fuckdoll, your bitch, your worthless whore to pump full of spunk and leave, sore and drenched. I know you aren't going to have my cunt until after my month's punishment, but just look at that tight little asshole I have just for you." "Just for you now," Lauren corrected. "That's true, Master. You won't be my first, but you will absolutely be my last. I will be a good slut for you, loyal in every possible way. You own all of me, from my toes to my head, and you may do whatever you want with any of it." "She talks a big game, doesn't she?" Niko said with a smile. "Whatever you want, Master, I will do. If you'd wanted to parade me naked in front of all your guests last night, I would've gladly done it. I'm not ashamed of how I screwed up before; I'm proud you're letting me make it right. You've had every chance this last week to treat me horribly, and you've never done it. So now I'm asking you, no, I'm begging you. Punish me. Fuck me. Claim me. Mark your territory. Make me your property. Own me. Use me, harder than you have any of your girls, because I need to learn to be better, to be worth better. But you have to accept me first." Taylor placed her face and shoulders down on the floor, and reached behind her to grab the well toned cheeks of her ass, pulling them apart. "I'm all yours, sir, but you need to imprint me. Fucking take me already." "You'll do anything I say, Taylor? Anything?" "Speak and it will be done, Master." Andy finally felt like he was actually in control for the first time today. "Stand up." "Sir?" "Don't make me say it twice," he growled, mostly for effect, but he could've sworn he heard Aisling moan wantonly in response to it. "Yes sir," she said, placing her hands on the ground, moving onto all fours before standing up. "Sorry sir." She kept her hands folded together in front of her, her eyes lowered to the floor. "Here's what's going to happen." Andy saw Lauren was starting to try and shift, so he slapped her ass once more, and her hips shoved forward into the bed once more, groaning, making it clear she now understood she wasn't to move without his say so. "Words are great and all, and I'm glad to hear you've learned how I'm turned on by dirty talk, but I'm going to give you a harder challenge. You need to convince me that you belong to me with a kiss, just one kiss." Taylor started to move towards him, but he raised his hand and she immediately stopped in her place. "Is there more, sir?" "There is. After you convince me with a kiss, you're going to convince Lauren as well, in the same way. But you're going to put all of that sadness, all of that embarrassment, all of that shame, all of that is going to go into your kiss with her, to convince her that you understand how badly you hurt her, and how much you want to make it up to her." "Now Andy  " Lauren started to say, but as soon as he turned to look at her, the expression on his face cowed her into silence. "After that, I'm going to fulfill my promise to Lauren, and I am going to fuck your ass so hard, it'll be sore for a week. I am going to sodomize you so hard, you'll think you've gone to prison, and you're going to have to come to terms with the fact that as soon as I cum in your ass, you are going to feel your mind being blown into a billion fragments, and every single fucking one of them will have my name stamped onto it." Taylor was shivering now, but Andy was almost certain it was with pure excitement. "You are going to wake up tomorrow and feel like a completely new woman. Ash?" "Every single sense you have is going to be on overload tomorrow," Aisling said to Taylor. "It'll be like the volume on your life is turned up to 11. Smells, sights, sounds, tastes, and touches, they'll all be in full overdrive, which means your ass is going to hurt like you didn't even believe is possible. I'm talking the kind of pain that feels like it goes down to your very soul." "And you won't be able to take any drugs for it to mute the pain," Niko said. "No aspirin, no ibuprofen, not even a stiff drink. That pain'll linger for a full day, and there's not a goddamn thing anyone can do to make it go away before it's ready." "By Tuesday, it'll be sore, but it won't feel like it's threatening to overwhelm your body. But for all of tomorrow, you are going to fucking hurt in a way that you can't even begin to imagine. And this is your last chance to walk away from it." Andy knew he was actually lying at this point. Sure, he had to imprint Taylor, but he didn't have to listen to Lauren and go at her as roughly as she wanted. If he didn't, though, there would always be a rift between the two women, and that was something he didn't want either of them to suffer through, so he was doing his best to navigate down this narrow street the two women had built for him together. "So what's your decision?" he said to her. Taylor looked up, a steely resolve to her face, one he'd seen mirrored in Lauren's face more than once before. She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him, pulling him down so that she could press her lips against his, and in the kiss that followed, he could feel all of those conflicting emotions battling inside of her. It was the first time they'd kissed, but it was almost like it was a new first kiss for him, like he was a young man again in his parents' basement, kissing some girl in the dark while a scary movie played on the tv. She held the kiss for a long moment, the heat of the kiss turning up in the middle before backing down a little, so at the end he felt like she was trying to convey her shame at having cheated on Lauren. "Was, Is that good enough, sir?" Andy smiled a little. "And now the other half." Taylor mouthed the words "thank you" to him, out of sight of all the others, before she turned to the bed. Lauren was starting to try and turn around again, but Andy took the palm of his hand and pushed it hard on the small of her back, keeping her pinned there, and Taylor immediately understood what he was doing. She crawled up onto the bed, her pose mimicking Lauren's, bent over the edge of the bed, although to get in line with Lauren, she had to be much further up the bed. She looked painfully nervous, but reached and turned Lauren's face to look at her. Lauren's eyes were still pinched in anger at Taylor, up until their lips met, and Taylor kissed Lauren with everything she'd wanted to say to her for months now, holding onto her, even as Lauren tried to remain impassive and stonefaced at first, but melted shortly to the intensity of desperation that Taylor was giving to her. As the kiss continued, Andy started to position the players the way he wanted to, pushing Taylor as he pulled on Lauren, making Lauren roll onto her back on the bed, and bringing Taylor to straddle her, the two a tangled mess of lips and tongues, Lauren's hand against the back of Taylor's head now, keeping her face mashed against her own. Aisling could see he was maneuvering them, and hopped up, grabbing a couple of pillows, sliding them beneath Lauren's head, propping her up a bit, so that when Andy pulled Taylor down some to get her in position, she could still continue making out with her. Once he had her in place, Andy sawed his cock back and forth across Taylor's feverishly dripping snatch, feeling her ooze cream onto his thick shaft, even as she was trying to shift her hips, making it clear she still wanted to follow Lauren's rules, even now, her mind a dizzying chaos of fucknoise and lust. She reached one of her hands behind her to pull on her asscheek, forcing that pink pucker to expose itself even further. Andy lined the head of his cock up against her asshole, but then paused for a moment. That pause made Taylor break from the kiss long enough to plead with him once more. "Please, oh god please do it, Master. I've always been yours, your wanton fucking whore, I just didn't know it. Show me. Teach me. Fuck my ass and claim what's always been yours. Fucking take your bitch. Claim her. Own me!" That was good enough for him. He pushed his hips forward, feeling her asshole give a little more easily than his other girls had on their first time with him, and he suspected it wasn't Taylor's first time taking a man's cock in her ass. He felt no particular need to be exploring virgin territory, so it didn't bother him. As soon as he was most of the way inside of her ass, he could feel Taylor tense up, both of her hands clutching to Lauren's face, moaning into the other woman's mouth in a loud, muffled shriek, as her body clenched up, and suddenly Andy could feel liquid splashing back off Lauren's thighs up against his balls, as Taylor began to squirt all over the Aussie. He was tempted to ease off a bit, but Lauren had made it quite clear that the one thing he absolutely positively wasn't to do was to go easy on her, so he pushed forward until he was as deep as he could get, then pulled back only to punch forward again with a rough slam. Lauren broke from the kiss this time so that Andy could get an earful of Taylor's whorish moans, her body covered in goosebumps. "I think I'm fucking blind!" Taylor whimpered. "I've never cum so fucking hard in my fucking life oh my fucking god what the fuuuuuuck!" The Australain slapped Taylor across the face again, certainly less hard than before. "What do you say, you useless fuckhole?" "Oh god," Taylor said, as Andy drew back. "Thank you, Master! Fuck me! Fuck your needy bitch in her tight young ass until it's fucking carved in the shape of your cock! You're so fucking thick, it hurts, but your bitch loves how it hurts, so fucking rail her! Plow this bitch, your bitch, until she's cumming her brains out her fucking ears!" Lauren kissed her again, as Andy started to really rail her, shoving his cock hilt deep each and every time, making his balls slap against Lauren's sloppy twat that was still dripping girljizz onto his nuts. But Andy decided if they wanted him to get rough, he would oblige them. His hand grabbed onto Taylor's ponytail and yanked her head back hard, making her spine curve back, a strangled howl of pleasure shredding the air. He couldn't see it, but he was certain each time he drilled into Taylor, her tits were making Lauren's jiggle with them. "What are you?" he shouted at Taylor. "Ohgod," she whimpered, "I'm yours, Master. Your bitch, your whore, your slut, your worthless fuckhole to dump cum into and leave a sodden mess on the fucking floor if you want. I'm whatever you fucking tell me I am, because that's what I fucking what to be, sir." Her words were mostly squealed in between brutally hard shoves of his cock into her asshole, which continued to spasm and clench around his shaft. "Please, Daddy, let me be worthy of your cum. Your bad little bitch needs it, more than she's needed anything in her wasted life. Let her ass receive you. Oh god, your bitch wants your cum so bad it's fucking eating her away from inside! Please, Master, please, give your bitch your cum. Claim what's yours. You own this ass, this cunt, this mouth, these tits,” "I require more," Andy said, as he picked up the pace. He wasn't sure how many times Taylor had cum, but he was fairly certain it had been at least three or four. "Name it, Master, and it's yours." "I want to own that mind and that heart. Prove they belong to me. Confess." "Fuck," Taylor whined, her mascara having smeared all across her face, turning her a hideous mess, before she kissed Lauren once more, hard and fierce, before pulling her face back, looking down into the Aussie's eyes. "I love you, Lauren." Lauren's eyes instantly welled up and she kissed Taylor again before pushing her back, a look of satisfaction on her face, as she kept Taylor looking at her, saying only a single word. "And?" "And,” Taylor said, trying to trail off, a wild spike of nervousness running through her veins, before she muscled up the courage to speak again. "And I love you, Andy. Mind, body and soul, you own it all. I fucking love you, you bastard. Now please, let me, for the love of fucking god, have my fucking cum!" On that last word, one which Taylor was nearly shouting, Andy slotted his cock in nice and deep and finally let loose, a monster of an orgasm blasting a hot sticky load of spunk into her ass, and it was as though Taylor had just touched the face of God, a rapturous moan erupting from her until she forcibly locked lips with Lauren, the sound not stopping, only muffling some, as Taylor's sweat stained body quivered like it was having its own personal earthquake before slumping, almost deathly still, atop Lauren's form, the Aussie wrapping her arms around Taylor, stroking her hair, as the pint sized creature began to burble the word "imprinting" over and over again. Andy's cock had softened and slipped from her ass, as he pulled away from them, pushing them up onto the bed, grabbing a sheet, slowly pulling it up and over the two of them. "I don't have to stay here, Andy," Lauren started to say, before he waggled a finger at her. "You're exactly where you need to be right now, Lauren. Keep our newest family member safe, while the process runs its course." Lauren smiled at him, as if she was seeing him in a new light for the first time. "Yes Master." Chapter 18 The next morning, Andy woke up before anyone else. Taylor had been allowed to remain on the bed, in Lauren's arms, all night, and the two were still intertwined when Andy awoke. He suspected Niko would be up shortly, Lauren not long after that, although she might sleep a bit longer what with Taylor pressed up against her. Aisling wouldn't be up for hours. Andy had gotten decent at extracting himself from the bed, but this morning, it didn't take almost any effort at all. He grabbed some sweatpants and a t shirt, pulled them on and then moved out of the bedroom and onto the balcony, looking out onto his driveway, just as the morning sprinklers turned on, down below him. He sighed, leaning against the railing, shaking his head. "You're still worried," Niko said as she moved out onto the balcony with him. "Worrying's not going to change anything." She leaned her head against his shoulder. "Anything I can do to lighten the load?" "Nah," Andy said. "By this time tomorrow, it'll all be done one way or another. So I'm trying not to think about it." They stood together quietly for a moment, before she laughed. "Not working, is it?" "Nah," he said, joining in the laugh with her. "But I'll make it work." Niko decided to take a couple of personal days, and called in to the base, telling them she needed a few days to deal with some private matters. She didn't know when the dropoff was going to be arriving, but she figured that Andy might need some help, and wanted to be around to help him through any chaos. A few hours later, Taylor awoke and was truly in agony, her ass hurting like she'd ripped it open, so Lauren also decided to take the day off and tend to her. She wasn't actually wounded in any serious way, but as predicted, the high sensitivity of her nerves post imprinting process had all the sensations cranked up to a hundred. Andy could even see a little hint of regret in Lauren's expression before she steeled herself back up, to not let Taylor see even a moment of weakness. Aisling offered to help Lauren, but Lauren insisted that Aisling just go about her normal day, so the redhead had gone down into one of the living rooms to work for the day, although she told Andy that she'd come help once the women arrived. All the girls seemed to think Andy was walking on pins and needles, but at this point, Andy was less worried about the women arriving and more worried about the upcoming card game. He spent most of the morning watching poker videos with the hole cards covered, practicing trying to read people's expressions. He hoped it would keep his mind off things, and it mostly worked. It was just after two o'clock in the afternoon when the military truck rolled up his driveway. "Here they come," he said, watching from the balcony as they started to help the two women from the back of the truck. "Oh fuck. Shit. Shit shit shit shitshitshit!" "What's the problem?" Niko asked him. She'd come to join him on the balcony when the truck had been buzzed in at the gate. The first woman to get out of the back was the blonde Nico had described to him earlier, Sheridan, a lithe woman dressed in yoga pants and a sports bra. She stretched as she got out, folding one of her arms behind her blonde mane of hair, bending like he'd never seen before. She looked to be in her mid thirties, and certainly she was a very attractive woman. But she wasn't the problem. No, it was the woman who got out right after her that had sent him into a tizzy. "Shit, I thought you said the other one's name was Teri." "It is," Niko said. "At least that's what she told everyone. Why?" "Back when I dated her, she was going by Erin," he sighed. Sure enough, the second woman looked much like she had when Andy had dated her nearly a decade ago, with a handful of notable changes. She looked older, certainly, but she'd also dyed her hair a dark chestnut brown, hiding those golden locks of hers. She also had a large tattoo on her right shoulder, which he could see through the sleeveless dress she was wearing. It was a stylized bird of paradise, and it appeared that the wings curved back under the dress along her skin. She was a little curvy, but a bit less curvy than she'd been when they'd been together. "You dated her?" Niko blanched visibly. "I'm sorry, Andy, if I'd have known,” "No, I know you didn't know, Niko. But let's just say I won't feel bad at all about passing her on to one of the other men." They walked into the bedroom and headed out into the hallway, starting to head downstairs. "I hadn't been out here long when Erin and I started dating, and we were together for a little over two years, while I was just getting started out here, working in corporate communications for eBay while I was writing the first few Druid Gunslinger novels. She hated them so much, constantly told me I was wasting my time, and that I should just focus on climbing the corporate ladder at eBay." "You're fucking kidding." "I wish," Andy said, as they walked down the stairwell. "After that she started telling me she didn't like the way my friends treated her, which is to say they wouldn't do everything she said without question. I finally got to the point where I was so sick of her bitching at me about how I wasn't living up to her expectations that I broke up with her a week before Valentine's Day. Packed up all her shit for her and threw her out of the apartment." "That's uncharacteristically cold of you, Andy." "Oh yeah?" he said, stopping walking. "She had it coming. The place was entirely in my name, and I'd spent the better part of half a year trying to convince her to put her name down as a co renter on the lease, and she wouldn't do it. I moved out of that apartment at the end of next month and didn't leave a forwarding address, just so the bitch couldn't find me, because she kept harassing me. I didn't just move apartments,  I moved cities. Hell, I moved whole regions of the goddamn Bay. Back when I was dating her, I was living up in El Cerrito, so I moved fifty miles south and hoped I was fucking done with her." "What do you mean by harassing?" The doorbell rang, and it made Andy wince. "She showed up drunk at least a dozen times. Broke into my car a few times. Broke into the old apartment once. Tried threatening my friends to find out from them where I moved to. After that failed, she tried tailing me home from work for a while, until after about a year or so, she finally left me alone." "What a hot mess." "That's an understatement," he said as they headed down the stairs. "Yeah, let me tell you, Erin Teresa Donegal and I are over and done with, and there is no way in hell I am letting that deranged terror into this family." "Ah Andy, love! There you are!" Erin said as they reached the bottom of the stairs. "I see you've moved up in the world since the last time we talked. I'm so excited to be joining this little family you've been given." "Don't unpack, Erin," Andy said. "You aren't staying." "The hell I'm not!" she said, her voice level raising to an uncomfortable volume. "I was given the option of what man I wanted as a partner, and I chose you, so it's a done deal. No more running away from your problems anymore." "I don't have to accept anyone sent to me, Erin, and I'm certainly not going to bring someone into my family who hates my friends and trashed my car." "Oh my god, are you still upset about that? It happened in the past. When are you going to let it go?" "Considering you never paid me back for the car window or the car stereo you destroyed, I wouldn't hold your breath any time soon." "Uh, are you sending me back too?" Sheridan asked, a confused look on her face, as if she realized she was caught in the midst of a deep historical squabble. "We haven't even met." At this point, Andy remembered what he'd been told to do in the instructions from Covington, and went into the rehearsed speech. "Look, there's a meeting in a few hours, and I can go and see what's going on. Maybe there was some kind of mixup about who was sent to who, so you can stay here for the night, but please don't unpack, at least until tomorrow when we get all this figured out. I should be back before midnight with some kind of clarity over all of this." While he was talking to the two women, Aisling had been using his cellphone to photograph the two for the sake of the poker game. Covington had made it clear that all the players needed to know what the "prizes" were, and so each woman was to be photographed in advance. "There's no mistake, Andrew," Erin said. "I'm exactly where I want to be." "Erin, I'm not the same guy you dated a decade ago," he said, as Aisling handed him his phone back. "You would not be happy here, and I certainly don't think the rest of my family would take to you very kindly." "No kidding," Aisling said as she scowled at the woman, shaking her head. "How could you not like his writing?" Erin sniffed in contempt at the Irish redhead. "They're juvenile, childlike stories, and nobody's ever going to want to read them." "Funny how I've sold half a million books across the series, Erin." "Children have disposable income, Andrew, and while I'm sure your little stories are fleeting distractions for them, nobody remembers them after they're done with them. They don't affect anyone. They're not literature. They don't mean anything." "Jesus," Niko growled, "I'm glad he's not letting you in, otherwise I'd probably have to beat your ass until you were begging me to stop." "I would like to see you try, young lady," Erin sneered back. She was about a decade older than Niko, but Andy would've bet on his partner over his ex."I've been taking self defense classes since I was a child." Aisling smirked and shrugged. "Niko's in the Air Force. My money's on her." Erin shook her head. "I have so much work to do here, Andrew, in teaching these girls respect and  " "Shut up! For fuck's sake, will you shut up and listen for one minute in your goddamn life, you vacuous socialite? This is my house! These are my partners, and they belong here, which is more than I can say for you!" "Andrew! How dare you  " "Stop talking! Oh my god, do you ever shut up, or are you so enthralled with the sound of your own voice that the words have lost all fucking meaning? You never wanted me, you wanted what you thought you could make me into, but whatever docile, kowtowing toady that is, that's not me, and it's never going to be me! I'm done getting pushed around by you. So don't get fucking comfortable!" At that, Andy stormed off, leaving Aisling and Niko to apologize to Sheridan and/or deal with Erin. Andy headed downstairs and into his office, closing the door behind him, moving to settle down at his desk, as his two cats, both of whom had been in his office, moved to claim his lap, demonstrating their affection, trying to soothe the temper of their angered master. As it usually did, the cats cleared his head and cooled him off. He wanted to not think about it, so for the next few hours, he just focused on his writing, getting a few chapters into the next Druid Gunslinger novel, that he was currently calling "The Dryad Always Sings Twice," although he wasn't in love with the title. Some time later, there was a knock at his door, and he sighed. "It's unlocked," he said, hoping it wouldn't be Erin. Niko moved to enter the room, closing the door behind her as she moved in. "You weren't kidding about that girl being a piece of work," she said. "How'd you two even hook up in the first place?" "I mean, she's attractive, and she took an interest in me at a time when I didn't have a whole lot of self confidence. And she wasn't entirely like this back then. The longer we were together, the more her intense desire to have complete and total control in our relationship came out." "Yeah, but pretty girls make graves," Niko said to him, moving to wrap her arms around him from behind. "None of you three have killed me yet. Maybe I've just gotten lucky." "Or maybe you've gotten more refined in your taste since your mishap." She kissed him tenderly. "Anyway, I thought I'd let you stew a bit, but it's getting time for you to head over to Covington's for the poker game. Are you ready?" He chuckled a little. "Not really, but there's no time like the present." He saved his file and shut down his computer. "Is she still being a pain in the ass?" "Nah, Ash basically quarantined them in the pool house out back after Erin demanded to see where the master bedroom was, so she could get unpacked." "Like you said, quite a piece of work." He helped the cats off of his lap and moved to stand up before giving Niko another kiss. "Thanks for keeping her away from me. You can imagine the hard memories seeing her brought up." "No kidding. I mean, the fucking gumption on that bitch." She pet Muninn for a second before Andy opened the door, and she moved to walk with him. "Anyway, I'm coming with you." "Are your sure you want to? There's a chance I won't come back with your friend." She nodded, as they headed down the hall, heading towards the garage. "If you don't, I want to be with you so you know that I'm not mad at you." Niko pushed one of the buttons and the garage door in front of the Tesla roadster. "Hop in, I'll drive." The drive over to Covington's mansion was only about ten minutes, and at least a couple of those minutes were spent waiting at the gate for Covington's security team to let them in. There was a full checkpoint, with a couple of women in military fatigues, each of whom had a M16 at the ready. Covington's mansion was far more decadent than Andy's, and as they drove up the driveway, Andy suspected that Covington might even be the founder of the enclave that preceded New Eden, when it was just a bunch of rich fat cats living in a gated community of their own devising. The house itself was some weird hybrid of European colonial tradition and hyper post modern industrialism, with a statue of Covington himself in the center of the circular driveway in front of the home. The statue portrayed him as a pioneer, with a child on one shoulder, and a dozen women laying around him, each reaching up to him like he was their savior. "Oh. My. God." Niko muttered. "This is extra extra." "Even if I have to cheat," Andy mumbled, "I am going to run this asshole into the ground." Niko immediately turned and shook her head at him. "Don't cheat. Don't. He's caught cheaters before, and they get thrown out and lose everything." "Relax," Andy said, "I don't even know how I could cheat here, even if I wanted to, which I don't. We'll play a nice, fair game of poker. Any tips from your friend?" "The only thing she could tell me is that he has a hard time getting untilted if things start going against him." Andy nodded. "That's good to know. Let's go meet the competition." The two exited the car and headed up the stairs, where a blonde in a French maid's outfit opened the door for them. It was similar to the outfit Nicolette chose to wear, except here the blonde's tits were completely exposed, and the skirt was significantly shorter. Andy was certain the girl wasn't allowed to wear panties either. "You are here for the game?" the woman asked him, her voice accented in heavy French tones. "I am. Andrew Rook." The woman nodded. "Staff and colleagues need to remain away from the card room, so I will escort your woman to join the rest of the chauffeurs." She snapped her finger and another woman, this one in a butler's outfit, except that she wore no shirt beneath the black overcoat, which left most of her tits exposed. "Amber will take you to meet up with the other players." Andy could feel Niko tense up next to him, and took her hand in his. "I'll see you in a bit, okay?" Niko sighed, exhaling the breath, then nodded. "I'm just sad I won't get a chance to see your face when you see all the other stakes in play tonight," a sly smile on her face. "That's a shame, but let me tell ya, I think you're gonna play your absolute best when you see what's up for grabs." She winked as she started to stroll away with the butler. "This way, sir?" the butler said to him and led him down a series of stairs. It felt a little like walking into a lair. The hallways were lined with expensive art, but there was no rhyme or reason to it, no sense of what was important or what had personal meaning. It all felt, well, dumped. Like someone was showing off what they'd acquired, but didn't really care for. In fact, the whole home felt like that. Like the owner didn't enjoy any of what he'd acquired if he wasn't rubbing it in everybody's faces. It made Andy hate him even more. Eventually, the butler brought him to a lounge room with a massive LCD wall filling one entire side of the lounge. But Andy didn't look at it for more than a second, because it was time to size up the competition. "Ah, Andrew!" Covington said. "There you are. I was starting to wonder when you were going to show up. I was afraid that you had chickened out." Andy scrunched his eyes. "You don't know me very well, Mr. Covington  " "Please, Andrew, call me Artie!" he laughed. "Arthur then," Andy started. "You don't know me very well, Arthur, but one thing you should learn early on about me is that I don't spook easily, and I certainly don't back away from a challenge if there's a reason to try and win." "Well, there's definitely prizes worth winning in tonight's pool. Here, Airdrop me the pictures of your stakes and we'll look over all the possible winnings together." Andy paused for a moment, then pulled up his phone, sending the images over to Covington's phone. A few seconds later, the images of Sheridan and Erin joined the others on the wall, like trophies on a wall. The very presentation of it all made him sick, but he needed to look at the faces, to establish some sort of foundation to the stakes in play. He immediately saw why Niko had been teasing him. The wall of faces was full of beautiful women, twelve in total, and both Doctor Charlotte Varma and her daughter Asha Varma were up there, although they didn't look at all how he'd imagined them. Charlotte looked European, and Asha's features were an interesting blend of European and Indian. Asha thankfully looked a little older than the 18 Andy knew she was. Both women were stunning. But they weren't the ones who caught his attention at the onset. There were two faces on the board that he recognized immediately. One of them was Emily Stevens, a British actress who'd co starred in a series of films as a teenager before becoming an L A celebrity in a bunch of well received indie

Quaranteam – Book 1: Part 4 A pandemic survivor's harem continues to thrive amidst chaos.. Based on a post by CorruptingPower, in 25 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels. Chapter 11 For the next hour or so, Andy explored the house on his own while the girls moved things from the car into the house, as well as letting the cats loose into their new environment. He wasn't sure who was more overwhelmed, himself or the cats. The building was immense, feeling both warm and alien all at the same time. Mostly, though, the space felt incomplete. It was a home that had been decorated by a real estate agent, not by someone looking to live in it. Everything was arranged for show not for actual use. He wandered into the gym first and found it stocked with free weights, resistance machines and a small aerobics area, all the machines in pristine condition, never used. Looking at himself in the mirror, he wasn't even sure he recognized himself in this new home. Andy strolled out of the gym and found himself in one of the three living rooms, with a wet bar off to one side. There were several couches arranged around the middle, as well as a handful of lounge chairs. Without warning, Muninn, his Russian blue cat, hopped up from behind one of the couches onto the back of it, which startled the hell out of Andy. As soon as the cat saw him, however, he sauntered over Andy's direction. Andy moved closer and pet the cat, who gave a healthy purr in response. "Yeah, I know, Mun, it's weird for me too. But we live here now, so explore away." "Are ya freaked out?" Aisling said to him as she moved into the room. "It's just a home." "That's just it, Ash," he sighed. "It's a home, but it's not my home, not our home. Not yet. I'm sure I'll get there at some point, but for right now, it's just reinforcing how weird all of this is. I mean, yesterday, there were seven of us crammed into that little tiny condo, and now Eric lives down the street, and we live, here. In the kind of place I never even dreamed about." Aisling moved over, a soft sympathetic smile on her face, as she wrapped her arms around him and held him in an inviting hug for a long moment. "The world's changing, and we have to change with it, Andy. That means we're all going to be a bit out of our comfort zones now and then, but think of it this way,  you can make one of these bedrooms into a full on study, and line the walls with bookshelves, like you said you'd always wanted to do. We'll put your desk in there, and you can turn it into a writer's cozy, a space where you can go and work on your next book and nobody'll bother you. What's wrong with that?" "There's nothing wrong with that, Ash. There's nothing wrong with any of this, except for the fact that I didn't really earn any of it." "Luv," she said to him, "most of the people who get lucky in life, it was right place right time, and all they did was have the good sense not to muck it up. That's what you're doing here. You were in the right place at the right time, and you had the good sense to let me into your bed. And I've been good to you, haven't I?" "Oh god, Ash, you and Lauren and Niko have all been amazing, far better than I deserve,” "There'll be none of that, mister," she scolded, slapping his shoulder. "You've been grand to all of us, and you've helped Eric and Lily get their shit sorted out. I know Jenny doesn't have her head sorted out yet, but when she does, I'm sure she'll thank you. You could've been a right shite about alla this, but instead you've been a stand-up guy. So take a deep breath." Andy stopped and took a deep breath. "It didn't help much." "It helped a little." "Okay, it helped a little." "Are you more bothered by the house, the staff or the fact that there's going to be a lot more women moving into our lives?" "It's a lot of women, Ash." "It will be a lot of women, Andy. Yes, that's absolutely true, but we'll manage it. Besides, the house is nice isn't it?" "Understating things a bit, aren't you Ash?" "Fine," she said with a wry grin, rolling her eyes in his direction. "It's a bloody magnificent place. Just in the tour alone, I wanted to strip down to my knickers and socks and play 'Risky Business' so if you hear 'Old Time Rock'n'Roll' blaring from the hi fi, look both ways when walking through the hallways." "You're changing the subject." "It'll be fine, Andy. Just stop worrying and enjoy this." She moved to sit down in the couch, and picked up a remote control from the coffee table in front of it. She looked around the room for a moment before she finally just pressed the power button on it, to see what happened. From a small overhang across the room, a giant television dropped down and turned on, as concealed speakers all around the room hummed to life. "That is hell of a television." Andy moved to slump down onto the couch next to her, throwing an arm around her shoulders. "And just think, this isn't even the theater room. Let's just relax for a little bit and watch some TV." Apparently whoever had set up their house had given them a deluxe cable package, with every optional channel Andy could think of, and loads he'd never even heard of. They settled on SpikeTV, which was in the middle of a James Bond marathon. They were showing "Goldeneye" and they'd had the luck to turn on right at the beginning. "I've always loved Brosnan as Bond," Aisling said to him a few hours later, as the movie was over. "I don't know that he's the best Bond, but he's my Bond. You?" "He was great, but I've always been a Connery man myself." "You Americans, you all have your own Bond, much like those of us across the pond have our own Doctor. You a fan of Doctor Who, luv?" Andy smirked wryly. "Tom Baker, but if I'm honest, I could watch David Tennant in anything. I watched "Good Omens" last year at least three times. I'm guessing you're a Capaldi girl." "Chris Eccleston's my Doctor," Aisling said. "But I'm glad you didn't say I should be a Matt Smith girl, just because he had a ginger companion." Andy shook his head. "So did Tennant, but neither of them were Irish. Catherine Tate's British and Karen Gillan's Scottish. I'm not an idiot, love." "Bless, Andy," she whispered, as she kissed his cheek. "It's so strange. I feel like I'm missing time, what with all the holidays we've basically skipped over. I was getting my first injections on July 4th, but I didn't even hear any crackers in the sky. Were there any?" "None that I could see, Ash. Halloween's just around the corner. Maybe now that we're in a gated community we'll get trick or treaters." "You think there's children in the estates?" "No idea. I'm not really sure what to expect here. We've barely seen the house, much less the small town that's formed up around it." "That's going to be just as strange, people we can sit and talk with, restaurants we can go and have dinner in, a movie theater filled with people, guaranteed not sick people. It all sounds so wonderful." "I'll talk to Eric, maybe we can get a Halloween costume party together." Aisling cooed at him. "That sounds wonderful." She glanced over his shoulder. "Looks like your maid in here." Andy looked back over his shoulder and saw Yvette standing there, nervously shifting back and forth, before he chuckled and curled a finger in her direction. "C'mon, Yvette. You look like you've got something you want to say." "Simply a request Master. I and the rest of your staff, well, we are having trouble keeping our heads clear. We do not wish to pressure you, naturally, but the longer you wait before imprinting us, the more difficulty we will have executing our responsibilities around the home. It is getting hard to focus." He removed his arm from around Aisling and rose to his feet, a wry smile on his face. "I'll say. I can't help but think about something Groucho Marx once said to his brother Chico." "I'm sorry, I don't know who those people are, Master." "Comedians. Groucho is the one with the bushy eyebrows and greasepaint mustache. Chico used to pretend to be Italian. Groucho would occasionally say to him, 'Chico, I think your accent is slipping.'" Andy grinned as he approached her. "Is your name really Yvette?" The maid visibly blanched. "Am I trouble?" "Answer the question," Aisling said, getting off the couch, heading to join them. "No, ma'am. It's Nicolette." "Are you actually French?" Andy asked. "Second generation, but I was putting on a show. Mr. Marcos seemed to think you might enjoy it." Andy shook his head and laughed. "Fucking Phil." "So you're not angry, sir?" "You don't have to lie to me, Nicolette." He gestured to the maid's outfit. "Do you really enjoy this kind of thing?" She smiled, almost coquettishly, and nodded. "I do, Master. I'm naturally submissive, and this is what I wanted to do in the new world." "Are you bisexual, Nicolette?" Aisling said. "I am, madam, if that's alright." Aisling leaned over and grabbed the girl by her mane of hair and pulled her into a firm, intense kiss that made Andy's breath catch a little. Nicolette seemed caught off guard only for a moment, before she leaned into the kiss, and pressed her busty body against the Irish girl. After they made out for a minute or so, Aisling pulled back and grinned at Andy. "Well, we should make sure the girl gets what she needs, but mama has needs too." Aisling pulled Nicolette with her over towards one of couches. She reached up beneath her skirt and pulled down her panties before stepping out of them. Then she laid back onto the couch and spread her legs, exposing that ginger cunt to Nicolette. "Tell you what. You lick my cunt, and I'll make sure he fucks you good." "Yes madam," Nicolette said as she moved down onto her knees, before Aisling pulled over a footstool. "Thank you madam." The maid moved up to kneel down on the footstool, her hands pressed on the couch, as she moved her lips down to press against Aisling's exposed snatch. Andy walked over towards them as he watched Aisling's fingertips move to get lost in the girl's thick blonde curls, rocking her hips up against the maid's mouth. "Shit, Andy, she's fucking good at this." "Umm, it certainly looks that way, but what if I wanted to see if those titanic tits of hers were real, hmm?" He unbuttoned his jeans, slowly unzipping them. "Oh, I can fix that," Aisling said with a laugh. She pushed Nicolette's face back. "Lay down and turn over. Are those enhanced or natural?" Nicolette rolled over, laying on her back on the footstool before she pulled the top off one shoulder then the other, tugging it down to her waist so her massive tits spilled free, thick and curvy. "All natural, madam. Any excess weight I put on seems to go straight to my tits or my ass and nowhere else." She curved her fingertips around her left tit and pulled it upward, bringing it up so she could lick her large pink nipple while Andy watched. Then she reached down and dragged her skirt upwards, as she moved to push her head onto the couch while Aisling moved up onto her knees, straddling the girl's face. "Come on, Andy, don't keep the poor slut waiting." Andy tugged his jeans and boxers down enough for him to fish his cock out, moving to step out, rubbing the tip of his cock across the maid's twat, finding it was still soaked. "Remember when I told you I never showed my cock to anyone I hadn't kissed, Ash?" "She doesn't want you to show her a good time, love. She's only got one thing on her mind, don't you whore?" "Yes madam," the maid said between licks at Aisling's cunt. "And what is that?" Aisling's question caught the maid off guard. "Ma'am?" "What is the one thing you've got on your mind?" "Being imprinted, ma'am." Aisling reached down and pinched one of Nicolette's nipples hard enough to make the maid yip audibly. "The master likes a dirty mouth on his girls, Nicolette. Maybe Phil didn't tell you that, but as Andy's first girl, it's my job to make sure everyone in the house knows exactly what he likes. So let me ask you again,  what's the one thing you've got on your mind?" "Getting the Master to fuck me, ma'am." "Why?" "So I can be imprinted, to be owned, to belong to him, and be part of his house." "Then tell him." "Yes ma'am." Nicolette pulled her head back for a moment to look up at Andy, and the look on her face was one he was starting to get quite familiar with, a heady mix of need and lust. "Sir, let me offer you my body, my drenched holes for your use. I need to be fucked to belong to you, to feel your jizz blasting inside of my cunt or asshole, marking me as yours, imprinting me, claiming me. Take me, sir. Own me. Fuck my tight young snatch and brand me as your slut, your maid, your little French fucktoy. It hurts, sir, aches. I can't think straight. I'm a rutting bitch in heat, needy for a cock to clear her head. Can I serve you, Master? Will you grant me that privilege? Fuck me, sir. Do it." "Put your mouth back to work, Nicolette, and I will," Andy said, as he pushed his cock along her cunt, feeling her shiver, her body instinctively trying to line it up so his wood would penetrate her. "Yes, Master. Of course, Master." Nicolette slid her head back between Aisling's thighs, pressing her face up against the redhead's cunt, her tongue pushing into the girl. Aisling leaned forward a little bit, reaching a hand forward to grab Andy's face, pulling him closer, kissing him as Andy pushed his cock inside of Nicolette's cunt. Beneath her, Aisling could feel the girl already lost in the throes of her first orgasm, muffling the scream by pressing her hips down against the maid's face. "How is she?" "I think I might have killed the poor girl." One of Nicolette's hands lifted and offered a thumb up gesture to them, which made Andy and Aisling both laugh until Aisling kissed Andy hard again. She reached down and grabbed Andy's hip to pull him hard into Nicolette, slamming his cock hilt deep into the French maid with enough force to make those heavy tits of hers jiggle and bounce. "That's it, Andy. Just rail the girl." "You're trying to make me cum inside of her, aren't you?" "It's working, isn't it?" Aisling giggled a little bit. "I'm giving up my load for the day to her. I want you to fill her cunt so full of cum that there's enough for me to lick a little bit out of her gash when you're done. You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Andy groaned a little bit. "You're wicked, Ash." " Umm, just like you want me to be. I have to admit, I'm a little addicted to it, seeing a new slut fuckdrunk on your spunk for the first time, her eyes rolled back in her head, the orgasm so intense that she's trembling like she's been struck by lightning. It make you seem so powerful." "I don't think I can last long," he mumbled. "She's fucking tight." "Then why wait? She wants your jizz. I want you to jizz inside of her. You want to jizz inside of her." She kissed his cheek and then moved nibble on his earlobe. "Go on. Give your newest slut her nut. Fill her up with that hot spunk and claim her. Your girlfriend is telling you to do it. Cream her up. In your house. Make her your slut, your maid, your personal fuckhole. Give to us. Please Master, she fucking needs it. I need it. Cum for us. Flood the little bitch with your cum. Show her who the lord of the house is." Aisling licked her tongue along the shell of his ear, then breathed hot onto his flesh, before whispering, "Own her. Cum!" Nicolette's heels pressed into the small of his back as he pushed his cock hilt deep inside of her cunt and began to erupt inside of her. As soon as the first blast of his jism hit the back of her cunt, Nicolette began to thrash, her heels lifting off his skin as her legs pointed straight up into the air and began to practically vibrate, quaking like she had her own personal earthquake. Eventually Andy's release ebbed back, and Aisling leaned to kiss him once more, her hand reaching up to brush sweat from his face. "Another one bites the dust," she giggled against his mouth before he pulled his hips back, letting his cock slide out from Nicolette's snatch as the girl's legs moved to slump down on the footstool, her whole body lying ragdoll limp, her lips very quietly mumbling that familiar word over and over again. Aisling lifted her hips up and moved back to her feet, shifting Nicolette to move the maid's entire body up onto the couch, cradling the girl's head against the pillow on the armrest. Andy was starting to adjust to tuck his cock away before he felt Aisling's hand stop him. "Just wait there, mister." The Irish girl grabbed a blanket and moved to lay it over Nicolette's unconscious form, covering her up, making sure the maid looked cozy. After Nicolette was properly tucked in, she turned around and kneeled down to lick his cock clean. It had still been glistening with a bit of his cum, as well as juices from Nicolette's cunt, but Aisling gave it a spit shine. Andy could feel himself struggling to get hard again, but as soon as Aisling had his cock clean, she tucked it away. "Tomorrow you can take care of the gardener and the cook." "Fucking this many people is exhausting, Ash." "Awww. Poor baby. Do you know how much sympathy I have for you, half a dozen women craving your cum so much they'll fling themselves at you?" "Very little?" "Not even that much." Andy chuckled, helping Aisling to her feet. "Yeah, I guess that's fair." Chapter 12 Andy awoke the next morning much earlier than he normally did. It was the fact that the bed beneath him was new to him. New bed, new house, but the house itself didn't change as much of his perspective as the bed did. Sure, the four of them had fit in his old bed back at the condo, but the new bed had plenty of room for them to sprawl out if they wanted, and yet, he still awoke with all the girls basically pressing up against him, Aisling and Niko on either side of him, and Lauren mostly draped over Aisling. The cats were nowhere to be seen, although he wouldn't be surprised if they wandered across the bed several times during the night. He did his best to extricate one arm free so he could look at his watch, only to find it was actually nearly nine a.m., far later than he'd expected. The girls remained zonked, and he had to admit, they'd all been up a bit late into the wee hours of the morning just wandering around and exploring the house. He still felt like he didn't have a great handle on the layout of the place, but he figured that would come in time. Determined not to wake anyone, he wriggled his way downward, disentangling the gilded cage of arms and legs he found himself wrapped in. Once free, he was pleased to see that he hadn't woken any of the trio, so he headed into the closet to grab a change of clothes. Immediately, he feared he might have made a terrible mistake, as the walk in closet was larger than the old condo's living room, but thankfully, most of his t shirts were hanging on clothes hangers directly in front of him, and a dresser there seemed to have his pants, boxers and socks. In fact, as he glanced at the walk in closet, he was a little amused to see how little of what he saw was actually his own clothes. Sure, all of his clothes were there, but they took up a fraction of the amount of space the walk in closet had on offer. Each of the girls had carved up their own section of the closet space, although if the Major was to be believed, this wouldn't be enough room eventually. The Major had even suggested each partner consider taking one of the bedrooms of the manor as their own, simply to have their own space, and their own place to keep their clothes. "Personal space is going to be important," she had told them yesterday. Andy had immediately decided it was advice worth heeding. He grabbed a change of clothes and headed towards the bathroom. After stepping foot inside of the bathroom, he closed the door behind him, doing his best to keep the noise volume down, so as to not wake anyone. He imagined the girls would be up any minute now, but saw no reason to get anyone up before they awoke naturally. Some nights they all wore pajamas, but last night, they'd all just piled in one naked mess into the new bed, so the only thing Andy had to take off before he got into the shower was his watch and glasses, setting both on the counter next to his clothes. The shower space was just about the same size as the bathroom in the old condo, but it was a thing Andy had decided he was just going to have to come to terms with. Everything in the new home was going to be bigger, because it had more people to accommodate. It did, however, give him plenty of room to maneuver as he attempted to get the water's temperature to a level he was comfortable with. He hadn't even thought to ask how the utilities of the new home were going to be paid for. He made a mental note to ask someone about it as he stepped under the soothing warm water. Ten minutes later, he'd finished the shower, dried himself off and gotten dressed. As he passed through the bedroom, he could see that while none of the girls were awake yet, they had shifted to make up for his absence, now lined up like three little spoons, with Niko's ass pressed against Aisling's hips, and Aisling's ass against Lauren's hips. The cats had also joined them on the bed, sitting at either corner of it, almost like they were on guard duty. Andy reached down to pet Huginn, and the black cat leaned his head up to lean into Andy's touch. He smirked as the cat slowly pulled away from Andy's hand, but it was only to roll onto his back, exposing his belly, hoping Andy would give it a rub. He patted the plump cat's tummy briefly, but not long enough so that Huginn would think it was a game of Attack The Hand. He didn't want to remain long enough to wake the girls, so he grabbed his phone from the charger on the nightstand, moved to the door of the bedroom and slipped out, closing it shut behind him as he moved into the hallway. The layout of the house was still fuzzy in his head, but he knew for certain that if he wanted to grab some breakfast, he needed to head downstairs. As he wandered downstairs, the cook, Jennifer, he thought her name was, awaited him. She still had on the same apron from the day before, but the clothes she had on beneath it had changed to warmer colors. The t shirt was a light green and the slacks a cream color. "Good morning, sir. Would you like some breakfast?" she asked, a smile beaming at him. She was fidgeting, he noticed, and he was certain that the effects of the vaccine were starting to claw at her. He would have to make sure to take care of both her and the gardener today. "Sure, Jennifer, that'd be nice. Is it Jennifer, or do you prefer Jen or Jenny?" he asked her, as she started to lead him towards the dining room. "Whatever you'd like, sir," she said, demurely. "No," he chuckled, "I'm asking you what you prefer to be called. I don't mind being in charge of the house and all that, but I'm not about to go around deciding what people are called. What do you prefer to be called?" "Jenny, sir," she giggled. "Sorry, sir. What would you like for breakfast today?" "Just, like, a croissant or a bagel with egg, cheese and ham on it? I don't need anything special." "Give me five minutes and I'll whip something up for you." Andy moved to sit down at the dining room table. The chairs were aimed at a much more formal environment, something he was going to have to make sure got corrected. He felt a little bit like Michael Keaton as Batman, sitting at a massively empty table all by himself. He opened his friend group's Discord chat channel and typed in a message to Eric “ you okay in your new place, man? “ but he saw that Eric was off line and didn't respond, so he figured he'd hear back from him later in the day. Phil was up, though, and the two chatted for a little bit while Andy waited for breakfast to arrive. Jenny poked her head in. "Did you want juice or milk, or should I make coffee?" "God, the girls made drink coffee, but I can't fucking stand it. So it wouldn't hurt to put a pot on, but none for me, thanks. I'll just have some orange juice or pineapple juice or whatever." "Got it," she said, dipping back into the kitchen, the swinging door closed behind her. Phil was in good spirits, and let Andy know that he would be behind the wall in the gated community before the end of the week, which meant they could all hang out again. Phil insisted that on Saturday, they should all get together and play poker while the new families intermingled, something Andy agreed to immediately, and suspected Eric wouldn't have any problem with. "Sir, can I talk to you for a minute?" Jenny said, as she brought out a tray with a bagel filled exactly as he'd asked and a glass of orange juice on it. "I don't mean to be rude or impatient, but,” "No no, Jenny, I know. You're having trouble thinking clearly, and would like to get imprinted as soon as possible. Let me eat my breakfast, and then we can go take care of it if you like." "I would like, sir, but that's not it." The girl looked at her hands as she wrung them together nervously before she looked up at him. "May I speak freely, sir?" "Jenny, you're now and forever under orders to always speak freely in the house, okay? What is it?" "It's my partner, sir, Katie." "What about her?" "Well, she, ah, she lied on her forms. Sir." "About, what exactly, Jenny?" Andy wanted to know what was going on, but he was also famished, so he took a bite from his breakfast sandwich, as if encouraging the girl to continue speaking. "It's, well, it's a bit embarrassing, sir, but, you know that Katie and I are partners, right?" Andy swallowed his mouthful and took a sip from his orange juice before he spoke again. "You did mention it yesterday when you introduced yourselves." He gestured to a chair across the table from him. "Sit, sit. Now tell me what's up?" Jenny looked at the chair like it might bite her, but then nervously moved to sit down, her hands still folded together on top of the table. "So, uh, while I'm bisexual, Katie isn't. Sir. She's strictly a lesbian." Andy tried to keep his face blank. "Alright." "So while she's going to need to intake your jism regularly, she's, uh,” "She's going to be a pain in the ass about it," Katie said, moving into the room, clearly sounding cross. "Is that what you were going to say, Jen?" Katie was dressed in work clothes, having been outside working in the gardens, and had dirt on her knees, although she'd been careful not to drag any loose dirt into the house. "We're so fucked." "Baby, no! I just wanted to explain,” "You just wanted to explain that I wasn't going to do my job to our new boss. That's just great, Jenny! Now we're going to get hauled out of here and thrown in jail!" "Katie, please!" "We're fucked. We're so fucked, just because you had to grow a fucking conscience! I could've faked it! I could've pretended and just gotten through it, but no, you had to,” "Ah Hem!" Andy said, loudly clearing his throat to get both of them to settle down. "Can I interject into this, or do you two want to go on arguing about what I'm going to do without actually knowing anything?" Katie moved to nervously sit down in a chair next to Jenny, looking a little taken aback. "Sorry, sir." "Sorry, sir," Jenny echoed. "Thank you." Andy took another bite from his sandwich, which was delicious, while he let the two women sit in silence a moment, as if almost daring them to start arguing again. They made it past him finishing the sandwich without speaking again, but he was on his last sip of orange juice when Katie, the Hispanic girl, couldn't help herself and spoke again. "I love my wife, sir, and I want to remain faithful to her. And you seem like a nice enough man, but I'm just not attracted to you in any way. Sorry, sir." Andy smiled and shook his head a little bit. "Good lord, they barely told me anything, and somehow I still know more about all of this than you two do. Jenny, are you bisexual, or are you also lesbian?" "Bisexual, sir, but I'm married. To Katie." He nodded. "Look, I get that. So here's your options. If you want, I can tell the army you've changed your mind, and you can go back there, but if you've already been given the vaccination, you're unfortunately going to have to get paired up with some man." "That part's actually true?" Andy nodded. "I'm sure you're already feeling it, that unfamiliar blaze in your body. It'll get worse, a lot worse, until it's harder and harder to think, and you're just a raw, rutting creature, yearning for male sperm of some kind." "How horrible," Jenny whispered. "Better than the disease, Jenny," Katie said, patting her arm. "So what are our other options?" "The obvious one is, naturally, that you both continue to be here, do your jobs, and I simply provide sperm for you to consume. I mean, I could just bring you in towards the end of a session with me and one of my partners, or with Nicolette,” "Who?" Katie asked. "He knows," Nicolette said, standing in the door, leaning against the doorframe. She was wearing another maid's outfit, but it was subtly different than the one she'd worn yesterday. "And he wasn't mad. He even thought the whole Yvette thing was funny." "Or I could just agree to always use the two of you together, but the only person I touch would be Jenny, and Katie could touch Jenny. It's not strictly what you had in mind, but,” "But it would satisfy Katie's insistence that she remain faithful," Jenny said. "Would you be okay with that, baby?" "Okay?" Katie said, rolling her eyes. "Well, I might be able to get to okay eventually, if that's okay with you. Sir." "Come on," Andy said, rising to his feet. "Take me to your room and we'll get you both imprinted." "I'd, I'd rather you not come into our room, sir," Katie said. "If that's okay, sir. I'd like that to be just our special place, mine and Jenny's." "That's fine, but we'll need to have some place to lay you both down once you're done." "I did just fine on one of the couches, Master," Nicolette giggled. "Maybe we should use one of the living room spaces again." "Alright, but let's use one more off to the side." "There's always the lounge out in the pool house," Katie suggested. "I have a pool house? Y'know what, forget I asked. Of course I have a pool house. Fine, let's go out to the pool house. Nicolette, if the girls wake up, let them know I'll be back in a little bit, okay?" "Of course Master," she said with a curtsey, as Katie put her arm around Jenny's waist, and the two started to lead him to the back yard. "I don't mean to sound ungrateful, sir," Katie said, as they walked past the pool. Sure enough, on the other side, there was a small house, which Andy could see had showers, a sauna, bathrooms, a small bedroom, and a little lounge. Hell, by itself, it was bigger than the old condo, and clearly this was a little guest house. "But I don't think your sperm is going to do anything for me." "Mentally, sure, probably not, Katie. But on a biological level, you'll find this whole thing is a little surreal. When you meet Niko, you'll get to know what sort of state she was in when she came into my life. She'll tell you the story herself, I'm sure, but from my point of view, she practically assaulted me before I even got her name." Jenny grinned impishly, as she closed the door behind Andy. The lounge had three couches in a U shape pointing towards a massive television, with a picture window on the side wall facing the pool. "I have to admit, that sounds kinda hot." "It was," Andy said, as the two girls pushed him to sit down in the middle of the couch. "A little terrifying, but kinda hot. So how do you want to do this?" Katie leaned up and pressed her lips against Jenny's, as Jenny's hand smoothed down her wife's hip. The kiss intensified and Andy could see the tongues dancing together, as Katie's hand moved to cup one of Jenny's plump tits through the apron before reaching behind her to untie it, pulling it up and over her head, tossing it aside. "I'm thinking Jenny here'll blow you, and I'll just share it at the end, so you have to tell us when you're close. If that's okay. Sir." "That's fine, Katie. If you always want to do it this way, that's fine, or if you want to switch it up now and again, we can do that too." Katie nodded, and reached down to pull Jenny's t shirt up and over her head, exposing the brunette's overabundance of titflesh that had actually been quite concealed by the apron. "We, uh,” She blushed a little bit before continuing, pushing Jenny down to her knees. "We've had threesomes before. I don't mind if Jenny gets a little cock now and then, as long as I'm always there, but it's hard to get men to understand I don't want any. They usually try to pressure me to join in." "Well I won't ever do that, Katie," Andy said. "You don't have to do anything you don't want to do, although,” Jenny had unbuttoned his jeans, and unzipped them, as the other two continued to talk. Katie smirked, rolling her eyes a little. "As long as you don't care if I say no, you can always ask, sir." "I was just wondering if you wouldn't mind taking your top off as well, so we're all at least a little exposed here." "No, I can do that," she said, unzipping the top of the worksuit. "My tits aren't anywhere near as nice as Jenny's, though." She peeled the top down to her waist, exposing a perky caramel colored pair of tits, capped with darker tan nipples. "You've got excellent tits, Katie," Andy said to her, as she tied the arms of the top around her waist to tie it in place. "And don't you ever take shit from anyone who says otherwise." "Aw, you're sweet, Andy," she said before looking down at her wife. "How's it look, hon? Something you can work with?" Jenny nodded, having fished out Andy's cock, her fingertips stroking up and down it slowly. "It's a good size. I may want to have a ride on it now and again, if that's okay, baby." "Let's take it all one step at a time, okay?" Katie said. She moved to sit down on the couch next to Andy, laughing softly. "She's always been over eager. But I'll probably let you fuck her now and again. And I know she's a very good cocksucker. Her old boyfriend used to brag about it all the time." "Pig," Jenny said, before she wrapped her lips around the head of his cock, letting her tongue brush over it slowly, evoking a shiver from Andy. "Oh! Not you, sir, him." "I figured that one out, Jenny." Andy glanced over at Katie. "So are you both really submissive? Did you really want to do this, be a gardener and a cook?" "Jenny's mostly submissive, and I'm a switch," the Hispanic woman said. "And these were the jobs we had in the before times, just at different places. I was the gardener for some tech millionaire, and Jenny worked in the kitchen at the S F O airport Marriott, so we'll do our jobs well, and the other thing reasonably well." "I just want to make sure I'm not forcing anyone to do anything they don't want to." "We will be sure to tell if you're pushing it. Sir." She laughed slightly at herself, as if chiding herself not to forget to call him that. "Remember, you're going to have to tell us when you're close, sir," Katie said. "I'm a man of my word, Katie." "I hope so." Jenny pushed her head down onto his cock, sliding her lips down a few inches before pulling her head back up. "Oh, if you're going to do it, just fucking do it, Jen." Katie took her hand and pushed on the back of Jenny's head, forcing her face down hard into Andy's lap, until he could feel the girl's lips around the base of his cock, her throat twitching as she was struggling not to gag. Katie leaned in to whisper into Andy's ear. "She fucking loves shit like this." After a few seconds, Katie pulled Jenny's head back, and the girl coughed, laughing throatily, spit dripping from her mouth onto his cock, tears running down her eyes, a crazy smile on her face. "Oh god, I think I fucking came when you did that, Kat." "Well, not to take credit for it, but that was my precum. You're starting the imprinting process now." "I call bullshit," Katie said. "Prove it." Andy decided the best way to do this was to mostly remain out of it, so he took Jenny's arm by the wrist, rubbing her palm over the tip of his cock, which oozed out a little bit of precum, then lifted it up towards Katie, palm facing her face. "Lick. Prove me wrong." Katie cocked an eyebrow at him, then leaned forward to run her tongue along Jenny's palm. As soon as her tongue slurped in that precum, she leaned back suddenly against the back of the couch, pulling up her knees to her chest, her face scrunched tightly as she spasmed violently. Andy was fairly certain that Katie's panties were drenched, but didn't want to embarrass the girl by looking. After a few seconds, Katie's eyes opened again, and she groaned, a sultry wanton sound. "Oh you utter bastard," she moaned. "I know that's all physiological, but fuck was that good,” "You're going to get that same sensation each time you get any of my cum. Both of you. Ash's been with me the longest, about two months now, and she says it's never gotten any less intense, and from time to time, it's even way more intense than that." Katie pushed Jenny's head back down into Andy's lap, forcing her mouth back onto his shaft, as she wriggled in her seat. "How often do we have to have it?" "We've experimented around a little bit with trying to wean a girl off of it, but after about a week or so, it starts impairing logic. Not a lot, at first, but a little bit. It's harder to think clearly, you find sex popping into your head unwarranted more than usual. And by ten days, it's like a painful gnawing hunger. Lauren wanted to try and go two full weeks without, but on day eleven, ah,” Katie laughed softly. "Go on. You said we have no secrets here." Andy nodded with a slight shrug. "She, uh, when I went to take my shower in the morning, she followed me in and forced me to fuck her by trapping me between the wall and the sink. She bent over the sink and braced her hands against it and pinned me. I mostly just stood there, my ass pressed against the wallpaper while she thrust back against me hard and fast. She's, ah, she's a lot stronger than I am." Both girls laughed, although Jenny's laugh was a bit muffled, as she still had most of his cock in her mouth. "I think once a week or so is something we can make work," Katie said, brushing her hand along the back of Jenny's neck. "See? I told you she was good." "Fuck, her tongue keeps teasing against the bottom of my balls. I'm not going to last long like this. You may want to,” "Sure," Katie said, sliding off the couch and onto her knees, off to the side of Andy's right leg. "I know how we can do this." She pulled Jenny's head up and free of his cock before pushing her over to the other side of Andy's legs, his legs pressed together. "C'mere, babe." Katie pulled Jenny close, and then the two women kissed with the length of his cock between them, blocking their lips from reaching each other until they both slid up and kissed with the head of his cock between them. Jenny reached down to fondle his balls, and he felt a second hand join, a little surprised that it was Katie's, as the two tongues danced against each other, and over the head of his cock, and he couldn't resist any longer, his body tensing up as he had a hand resting on either of their shoulders. When that release hit him, he could see Katie's other hand on the back of Jenny's neck, as if holding her in place, as he saw Jenny suddenly reach up and do the same, helping each other to stay locked in place around the tip of his cock, as he blasted a hot load of spunk into their mouths. He felt like he gave at least a few pumps of jizz into each of their mouths, and certainly they were both affected, as each of them began to tremble, the clasp of hands and necks keeping them all in place, as both of them swallowed mouthfuls until finally they could resist no longer and both girls slumped their heads back and to the side, the full weight of their unconscious bodies pressed into the couch. Each of them trembled and vibrated a little, the aftershocks of the process clearly still coursing through their veins. Both girls were quietly murmuring that familiar word, imprinting, over and over again. It took Andy a few seconds to regain his composure, but once he finally did, he tucked his cock away beneath his boxers and jeans, zipping them up and rebuttoning them before he stood up and extracted himself from between them. He moved to lift Katie up onto the couch first, laying the girl out on it, before picking up Jenny, pushing her onto the couch with Katie, draping one arm over the Hispanic girl. Then he picked up an afghan laying in the room and covered them both up, for warmth as much as modesty. It wasn't freezing cold, but Halloween was next week, and California in October could get cold. He assumed the guest house had heating, but didn't even have the slightest idea how to turn it on. He was about to leave, then decided to scout the pool house out a little more. Sure enough, he found a thermostat, and noticed it was set to off, so he set the temperature to 70F and turned it from Off to Auto, hearing a heater kick on along the far side of the building. His work done, he decided to head back inside. He stopped to look at the pool, marveling the fact that he had his very own swimming pool, something southern Californians might have in spades, but certainly came at a premium in the northern California area, where real estate was a scarcity. He'd had dreams of his works being optioned, turned into movies or some such, and hoped that they would make him oodles of money, but the books hadn't developed a big enough audience where Andy would've felt comfortable enough letting someone adapt his works while remaining faithful to what he'd written. A producer had once offered him ten grand for the rights in perpetuity for everything, offering Andy no creative influence, no backend profits and no altering of the deal if things performed well. Andy had, in response, made a Berry Gordy joke that he was sure went over the producer's head, then politely declined. He'd jokingly referred to it to his friends as the "you'll take our money, shut your mouth and like it" deal. But he didn't, he wouldn't and so he didn't have to. In the end, he'd still ended up with a pool. He continued heading towards the house, seeing Niko, wearing just one of his over sized t shirts, although he suspected she probably had panties on underneath. Her arms were crossed over her chest, so he couldn't be sure, but he thought that it was one of his Catherine Wheel t shirts. It looked like the orange corners of the "Ferment" album cover peeking around her arms. "Morning, sleepyhead," he said, as he walked up towards her. "Everyone else up?" "Ash was toweling off when I came downstairs and Lauren was just heading into the shower, so she should be down in a little bit," Niko said to him. If Aisling had fallen into the role of his girlfriend, Niko had worked herself into becoming his right hand woman. Aisling took care of him emotionally, and Niko seemed to enjoy making sure everything was humming along. She'd been the one to structure their packing, and made sure Andy didn't forget anything he would regret leaving behind. Sure, all of that stuff was being brought over, but Niko had made certain that Andy hadn't left anything truly important to other people. "Also, your newest girl is here. She's waiting in the living room. Well, the front living room. One of the front living rooms. The one closest to the door. I signed for her, figured you wouldn't mind. That's her car parked out front, and the Uhaul attached to it has the rest of the stuff from the condo." "Nice." Andy was surprised another girl had arrived so soon, but the Major had made it clear that they would be coming at a steady rate until he was at capacity, which meant at least another nine or so, maybe even as many as thirteen more, although Andy had stressed to the Major that stopping early was absolutely fine. The Major had seemed to think that was funny. They'd walked inside of the house and headed towards the front living room. "What's her name?" "Her name is,” "Taylor!" Lauren's voice shouted as Andy and Niko walked into the room. Sitting on the couch was a young blonde, barely five feet tall, in a white muscle t shirt that didn't cover all of her toned stomach, and a pair of jeans that looked like they were practically painted on. A denim jacket was draped over the back of the couch. The girl's hair was platinum blonde, bordering on white, clearly dyed or bleached, but had dark eyebrows, and Andy could see dark hair down at the roots. She had a gold belly ring and heavy Doc Martin shoes. Small diamond earrings adorned her ears, and around her right wrist was a gold bangle bracelet. Her lipstick was a bright pink. In fact, it was clear that the girl, who looked like she was in her early twenties, had spent a decent amount of time on both her outfit and her makeup, like she wanted to make a good first impression. It was also worth noting that she was more than a little buxom for her small height, the top strained over her large tits enough that Andy could make out a white bra on underneath it. If not for the dark roots, she almost reminded him a little of a smaller version of Lauren. Both girls had a bit of that 'I'm showing off for Instagram' vibe to them, although Andy would never have said it that way to Lauren. "Andy, no fucking way! I do not want that bitch in this house!" The girl on the couch looked like she was about ready to break down crying, as Lauren loomed over her. His Aussie partner had put on a bit more than Niko, in that she was wearing yoga pants and a sports bra. "I'm sorry, Lauren," the girl, Taylor, said. "I'm so, so sorry, baby." "Don't fucking 'baby' me, you whore!" Lauren shouted, turning to walk towards Andy. "This is intolerable! Figure it out!" Lauren kept walking right past him and headed towards the stairs, each step heavy, almost like she was trying to stomp her anger out. "Figure It Out!" she shouted from upstairs, just before he heard the bedroom door slam loud enough to rattle the house. "I take it you know her?" Niko said to Taylor. "Yeah," Taylor mumbled. "I'm her ex girlfriend." Chapter 13 Andy looked at Niko, then at Taylor, then back to Niko, unsure of what to say to anyone. "Look, Niko, can you figure out her side of the story?" he said, gesturing to Taylor. "I'm going to go talk to Lauren and find out what the hell is going on." "Good luck, babe," Niko said, kissing his cheek. "Tell her," Taylor said before stopping, biting her bottom lip in a pout, then starting again. "Tell her if she'll let me, I'll spend the rest of my life apologizing to her." Andy didn't know what to say to that, so he walked out of the room and started heading to the stairs, trying to follow the sound he'd heard a minute or so ago of Lauren stomping off. Clearly there was bad blood here, but talking to Taylor first would only hurt Lauren's feelings, so he needed to check on his partner. Once he got to the top of the stairs, he saw Aisling leaning against the outside of the master bedroom door, which was closed. "What's all this then?" she said, jerking her finger to the door. "Lauren stormed in here crying a minute ago and told me to go away." "We just had a new girl show up, and apparently she used to be Lauren's girlfriend. I'm going to go talk to Lauren about it right now." Ash raised her hand. "Are you sure about this, Andy?" He shook his head with a sigh. "No, but I'm not going to sit around and do nothing, so I'm going in there." "You want me to go in with you?" Andy shook his head again. "No, better let me go in on my own." "Don't have to tell me twice. Who's keeping an eye on the ex?" "Niko's down talking to her. You're welcome to join her." "I'll do that," she said, moving to kiss his cheek, much as Niko had done. "You're a good man, Andy Rook. I'm sure you'll figure it out." "I think my spaceship knows which way to go. Tell,” "She knows," Aisling giggled, as she strolled past him and headed to the stairs. Andy moved to the bedroom door and considered knocking, but decided that it would only encourage Lauren to tell him to go away, so he simply opened the door and stepped in, closing the door behind him. He saw his Aussie partner sitting on the bed, her knees drawn up to her chest, her arms folded atop of them, her face buried against her arms. "Okay, Laur, tell me the whole story," he said, moving over to sit down on the bed. "Taylor and I dated for about a year. She was even living with me for a few months, until one day I came home from work early and found her banging some guy in our,” She paused, wiping her eyes. "She was fucking some fella in my bed. I threw her out that night, and told her to pick her shit up the next day. I packed it up and left it in the hallway for her so I didn't even have to look at her. I haven't even seen her since." "Okay. What do you want me to do here?" "Do?" She curled her fingers together into fists before forcing herself to relax them. "What I want you to do is throw the bitch out on her ass and leave her to rot in the sun." "I somehow think the Air Force will come pick her up and take her back, if that's what you want." "She deserves a lot worse." "Well, she's already been injected with the vaccine, so the urge for male cum is probably eating away at her pretty badly right now, and you know what that's like." Lauren's face scrunched up. "It's a need, but it's not punishment." "And if I send her away, I'm pretty sure the Air Force is just going to give her to someone else in New Eden, so it's not like I can make her just disappear," he said, sighing softly. "But you're the one with the history here. So you tell me what you want. Should I throw her out? Is that what you want?" "What I want? What I want is for her to be punished and learn some fucking loyalty." "Do you want to be the one to do that?" Lauren rubbed her eyes again, then reached to take one of Andy's hands that had been resting atop of her knee. "What do you mean?" "Phil told me that if a woman partakes of the cum of a man other than the one she's imprinted to, it can have, consequences. Dire consequences. Which means she's going to have to be loyal to our family, if you want her to be a part of it." "She can't just come in without some retribution, Andy," Lauren said, shaking her head. "I won't let her just walk all over me like that." "Lauren. Love. At this point, you have the upper hand. You hold all the power right now. Your ex is here, and more than anything she wants to stay here, it looks like. Right before I came up here, she said she'd do everything she could to spend the rest of her life apologizing to you, to try and make it up to you. Have you talked to her at all since you threw her out?" "I didn't even talk to her when I threw her out, Andy!" Lauren said, tossing her

Quaranteam – Book 1: Part 3 A New family. Based on a post by CorruptingPower, in 25 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels. Chapter 7 That evening, Andy and the girls decided to curl up in bed and watch some television with Niko asleep next to them. At first, Andy was worried that the volume would be high enough to wake up their newest addition, but Aisling assured him nothing was going to stir her from her slumber. Sure enough, despite the volume of the show “ a Spanish Netflix crime drama called La Casa De Papel “ Niko didn't budge an inch. Andy fell asleep with Aisling pressed up against his right side and Lauren pressed up against his left, both of their heads resting against his chest. When he'd first started sleeping with Aisling in his bed, he'd had trouble falling asleep easily. It wasn't something his body had any regular experience with, so it had to be trained. He'd had similar trepidation when Lauren joined them. But now, having had both of the girls for nearly three weeks, he'd grown comfortable with their bodies nestled against his. In the middle of the night, he was in the middle of a strange sex dream only to be woken to find Niko bobbing her head up and down on his cock, her lips latched around it firmly. Neither Lauren or Aisling had woken. Andy couldn't see Niko well in the low light of the wee hours, but her head was feverish, her mouth suctioning on his member until he popped a load against the back of her throat, a thankful, almost vulgar moan coming from the woman, as her tongue lathered over his cock to make sure no droplet remained. She was still spasming in orgasm long after he was done. Once she'd finished licking his cock clean, she crawled back up into the bed, and moved to lay against Lauren's side, folding one arm over the Aussie. Andy fell back asleep almost immediately. When dawn broke, Andy awoke to find Niko straddling his hips, his cock lodged up inside of her snatch. He often woke up with a hard on, but Ash and Lauren had agreed to let him at least wake up in the morning before having a go at him. Clearly no one had informed Niko. He didn't feel bad taking a better look at her now, her tits pressed together between her arms as her hands rest against his chest, while her hips snapped back and forth. Her skin was a deep tan, her nipples a chocolate brown, her hair a jet black. She wasn't tall, about the same height as Aisling so half a foot shorter than Andy, and a full foot shorter than Lauren. She was muscular, toned, a life of military training having kept her very in shape. His orgasm wasn't strong, but it came on quick. By this point, Andy was a little surprised he wasn't cumming dust. As soon as his orgasm hit, she fell forward against his chest, burying her face in the crook of his neck. Aisling and Lauren were both already awake, each with a hand on one of Niko's thighs affectionately. "God damn, sorry about that, sir," Niko laughed, breathy and still shaking. "2nd Lieutenant Niko RedWolf, reporting for her new life, sir. I think my head's finally clear again." "Wasn't it before?" Andy asked. She shook her head, lifting her head up enough so she could look down and smile at him, her hair threatening to spill out of her ponytail at a moment's notice. "Would you believe this is the first time it's actually registered to me what you look like, sir?" She had a mischievous smile and kind brown eyes. "They may have told me your name, but I don't think it cut through the fog. Who are you?" Andy blanched. "My name's Andy Rook. What do you mean, you don't think it cut through the fog?" Niko looked over at Lauren, who scooted a little bit to one side, so Niko could slide off of the top of him and in against his side. "I serve on the Air Force base where they were testing the vaccine, and I agreed to be a test candidate. The two men who were injected with it died immediately, but I and the other female officer seemed fine. At first. Within a few days of it, I started feeling, well, pardon my saying so, sir, but I started feeling horny all the time. The other female officer as well." Aisling smirked over at Niko. "Permission to swear freely is habitually granted in this home, 2nd Lieutenant. In fact, Andy likes a girl with a filthy mouth," she giggled, slapping his thigh. He wilted a little bit, but then nodded in confirmation to Niko. "It's true." "Duly noted, sir," Niko answered. "Anyway, they didn't know about the side effects during the early testing stages, but it started to become pretty fucking apparent to them when I would continually get all fidgety. I tried to resist as long as I could, but eventually I was jilling off in bathroom stalls every chance I could get. Within a week or two, they had an answer, and the program was born." "The Air Force developed the vaccine?" "You think those morons in private research were going to do it this fast? Hell no." Niko snuggled in, trying to get as comfortable as possible pressed up against his chest. "So they figured out that they could introduce the vaccine to men by sexual contact with a vaccinated woman, and that it seemed to help quell the insane need to fuck all the time that women given the vaccine were feeling." "If you were one of the first people to be given the vaccine, then why weren't you partnered up with someone immediately?" Lauren asked. "I wasn't fond of being subservient to a man, so I told them I wanted someone who would keep me on equal ground. But because the nature of my work with Air Force, I also needed someone who would have Top Secret level clearance." Andy's eyes widened. "I sure as hell don't have that." "No, you don't, but you'd mostly been vetted for it Your friend Phil Pak has been trying to get you to come and work with him for a long while, so they'd done all the legwork, and decided to call it good enough." "I also happen to have a mess of partners, Niko. Are you sure that's going to be okay?" "It's all been taken care of, otherwise they wouldn't have sent me here." Niko's eyes suddenly widened. "Oh my god, I haven't even introduced myself to your other partners." Aisling winked at her. "You had hard fucking to do, love. I'm Aisling Blake, I'm from Dublin originally. Everyone around here calls me Ash. I do graphic design." She shook Niko's hand, but Niko pulled her over Andy's head and pressed a kiss against Aisling's lips above him, one which Ash was perfectly happy to reciprocate. "And who's the giantess surfer behind me?" Niko said, pulling back and turning around. "Lauren Herron. I'm a personal trainer for the '49ers." "An Irish girl and an Aussie. About time you got some American blood in this mix." Andy laughed. "That's what my roommate's partner Lily said." "Where are you from, Niko?" "The Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. I'm half Lakota, one quarter Mexican and one quarter Japanese. I know, it's quite the cocktail, but we've all got stories." It was nearly noon when they all got out of bed. Niko was the youngest of all of them, only twenty two. Ash was twenty seven, Lauren thirty five and Andy himself just shy of forty. Andy was worried that Niko might consider him too old, but Niko assured him that his age was not a concern for her. As a matter of fact, she liked older men. She found younger men too emotionally volatile for her tastes. She'd actually read one of his books, but the problem was that it was "The Trouble With Were Bears," the book he was least proud of. She'd said she found the main character interesting, but the plot rather confusing. He assured her the other ones were better, and she seemed eager to read them. The fuck lust, as Niko described it, would be with the girls for the rest of their lives. The longer they went without reconnecting with Andy, the more their judgment would be compromised, the harder it would be to think clearly. They would become like junkies in need of a fix. They would be easily agitated, quick tempered and even violent if they felt it would get them back to their pusher “ Andy. When Niko had arrived at Andy's condo, she had been so out of it that even now she couldn't recall the events he related back to her. Her first memory in weeks had been being in bed with him this morning, even as she crawled atop of him. She knew that he was her mate. She wasn't sure how she knew that, but she could feel it, sense it. And when he'd had his third orgasm inside of her within less than a day, the imprinting had finally settled in and peeled back the cloud from her consciousness. While Lauren was on leave until the pandemic had receded, Niko would be working from the condo. Although she was a qualified pilot, her service in the Air Force was as a data analyst, and a secure connection was being set up on site for her to use. Until then, she had a bit of a break. It was a Saturday, and the girls decided they wanted to work on their tans. The condo had a small back yard that was fenced off. While the neighbors in the condos on either side would be able to peer down and see them, the girls had decided to sunbathe topless. Lily had even decided to join them, although she bitched about the heat, which was pushing over a hundred. Andy spent the afternoon filling Eric in on all the information he'd gotten over the last two days “ what Phil had told him, what Niko had told him, all of it. Eric, in return, had filled in Andy with what he'd learned from work over the last few weeks. While Lily, Andy and Eric all knew who Eric worked for, they'd been a little bit vague with the girls, always joking that Eric worked for a think tank that didn't do anything interesting, but soon they were going to have to fill them in. Eric worked for a company called Long Thought Research and Development, but the truth of the matter was that they were a remote analyst cell for the CIA. Long Thought handled problems that were overwhelming in the abstract and deadly in application “ they were responsible for terrorist profiling, weapons migration modeling, political theater simulations and a whole lot more. Over the last few weeks, they'd been working on building a new model, one which had Eric worried. Theoretically, every member of Long Thought was supposed to be sectioned off, working on only a singular aspect of the problem so that no one analyst could get an idea of what the simulation was intended to determine. It was supposedly to avoid confirmation bias, but Eric had considered that explanation bullshit as of late. So he'd done a little bit of data gathering from his coworkers on the sly, and come up with a working theory. The model was designed to see how the world's new normal would pan out if 37.5% of the male population of Earth died out to a pandemic. This pandemic. Niko had wandered in before the rest of the girls, while Andy and Eric stood in the kitchen, staring at one another. Then she'd offered her own information, to help talk Andy out of what he'd been thinking about. Because Andy had been thinking about going to the press. She'd explained to him that for the time being, all of the information had to remain secret, or a nationwide panic would ensue. The vaccine that the Air Force had developed was starting to be deployed to major metropolitan areas on a very specific basis. And when a mayor, a governor, a representative or a senator had put up a fuss, Niko hinted that that particular politician had been exposed to the virus and then offered a choice “ they could take the vaccine, and be mated for life to one (or in some cases many) person, or they could deny the vaccine worked, and would be allowed to die. Only one governor had chosen to decline the vaccine, and while the Air Force had respected their wishes, they didn't allow the governor to tell anyone about the vaccine and its side effects. They did allow the governor to die, though. Niko explained to the two men that there were probably only a hundred or so people in the country with the full picture of what was going on, and that was by design, because already the virus was starting to take its toll on other countries. While some countries had done excellent jobs at containing the spread of it, others were on the verge of collapse. And the CIA was debating on what countries were worth saving and which weren't. England, Ireland and Australia were already in the process of being brought up to speed about the vaccine, but the complete details were only being given to them on an as needed basis. The pairing program had been confirmed to the outside world, but the side effects of the vaccine had been kept hush hush. On some level, the Air Force was convinced that foreign governments would laugh themselves at being told that the vaccine had crazy sexual side effects until they had gotten a chance to experience them for themselves. "Shit," Andy grumbled. "The ex-journalist in me feel like I'm sitting on the story of the century here, and I can't tell anybody." Niko squeezed his hand softly. "You're a good man, Andy Rook, which is why I'm happy to be mated to you, but you have to consider the ramifications of what would happen if you revealed all of this to the public." "The whole goddamn world would explode," Eric sighed. "I know. I've seen the data. And that's not the worst of it." "What's the worst of it then?" Andy asked. "The worst of it is that we're going to have to let a billion men die off for the planet to stabilize. It's going to be the biggest culling since World War Two, and even that wasn't a drop in the bucket compared to what this is." The three stood in silence for a long time. "How does anyone make these kinds of decisions?" Andy whispered. "You don't have to. We don't have to," Niko said, wrapping an arm around him. "You can't save the whole world, Andy, but you can save us. Hell, you've already saved those two amazing women out there. And they've been so nice to me, even though I apparently fucked you at your desk before even introducing myself." She blushed a little. "I still don't remember that. Did you watch, Eric?" Eric laughed, lifting the Collins glass full of scotch to his lips. "Are you kidding? Lily would've kicked the shit out of me if I did." "Oh, I dunno," Andy chuckled. "If you asked, she might let you watch." "Well, I don't intend to ask. She already has me waking up sore most mornings." "That's just the exercise from all the fucking you're doing," Andy said. "You're out of practice, just like me, and hell, I've got three women to satisfy." "Soon to be four," Niko giggled. "I'm sure it's every man's dream." "I'm just waiting for the first big fight to occur, because I know it's coming sooner or later." "That's future Andy's problem," Niko said, turning his face down so she could kiss him for a moment. "Besides, Ash made it pretty clear just because you're tired of giving me my medicine doesn't mean you get to skimp out on your promise to her." Andy groaned playfully. "I'm going to be running dry in a few days at this rate." "Oh I wouldn't worry too much about that, Andy," Eric said with a laugh. "The fall will probably kill you." "Yeah, well, you just keep thinking, Butch," Andy countered. "That's what you're good at." "What are the cats' names?" "The Russian blue is Muninn, and the black one is Huginn." "Odd names." "It's the name for Odin's two ravens, thought and wisdom," Eric said. "We were on a Norse mythology kick when we got them as kittens." "They friendly?" "Oh sure," Andy said. "They're just getting used to this many people being in the house at one time. If you put out their food enough times, they'll start cuddling up to you any chance they get. Ash decided she was going to befriend them right after she got here, and Muninn'll hop up into her lap when she's working at the table some days and just settle there. That's why Eric built her the foot rest, so she can put her legs up and Muninn'll sit there quietly." Niko looked back and forth between the two men for a minute. "How the hell were you two single before any of us showed up?" "Women don't like nerds," Eric grumbled. Andy raised a finger, arguing the point. "No, they like nerds alright, but they don't seem to understand that nerds like aggressive women and are terrible at making the first move. So nerds don't get the love they deserve." Niko looked out into the back yard, where the girls were gathering up their things, wrapping towels around their waists. "I dunno. You two seem to have done pretty well for yourselves at this point." Andy smirked, cocking his head to one side. "Sure, but luck is like the weather. Wait a few minutes and it'll change." A storm of bad luck was, indeed, just over the horizon. Chapter 8 The next few days involved a lot of time getting settled, as Andy learned more about the girls who now shared his life. They also spent time learning about each other. Andy spent time trying to get some writing done on another Druid Gunslinger novel, and when he got into a zone, the girls made a pact not to disturb him, especially if he started typing away badly. That gave them plenty of time to dig into each other's history, and the girls began to scheme and plan. They took great fun in learning each other's turn ons and offs, and to figure out how to quell their own wild desires, to try new experiences. The girls also took an interest in reading the seven books Andy had written in the Druid Gunslinger series, with Aisling going so far as to even mock up a movie poster for one of them, which delighted Andy to no end. It was starting to become obvious that the condo wasn't designed to hold this many people, however. At night, things were fine because everyone was packed in their beds, but during the day, people were having to work around one another. Aisling and Niko set up their laptops at the dining room table, while Lauren spent much of the day either working out in the backyard, or reading in a deck chair. Andy and Eric each had their own desk, Andy's in the dining room and Eric's in the living room. Lily seemed perfectly comfortable coding in the living room on the couch. When Andy's last partner showed up, she would have to either share space in the backyard or the couch in the living room. The dining room table might fit a third workspace, but it would be a very tight fit. There had been nice surprises, however. Both Lauren and Aisling were excellent cooks, each with radically different styles. Lauren focused on healthy cooking, while Ash was the master of lush, savory cooking that threatened waistlines just from the very smell of it. The cats had taken well to their new housemates, keeping themselves entertained while everyone was working. From time to time, they would hop onto people's laps, or walk across their laptops, but for the most part, they were just happy to have people to be around who might be willing to pet them in a spare moment. But they were starting to feel the limitations of the condo, and the heat wasn't helping. They had fans running nonstop, but the condo didn't have centralized air conditioning. When it had just been the two of them, they were able to manage by closing the windows and drawing the drapes, because the condo was nicely shaded by trees. But with six people, that wasn't holding up as well. By the time it started to cool down in the evening, a light funk had started to fill the place. And there was still one more person to show up. The camaraderie between them all had helped diffuse the tension, even as they delved into each other's past. Andy had gotten to know some of Aisling's siblings, especially Dermot, who had refused to let Andy off the line the first time they'd talked until he'd promised to send him an advance reader copy of "High Noon At Stonehenge," the upcoming Druid Gunslinger book that had started Andy down this whole journey. Turning on the news every night had been hard to watch, simply because it didn't jibe with the information they had at their own fingertips. As Phil had predicted, the government was doing its best to downplay the casualties, reporting false numbers to make it sound like everything was under control. And while reports of the vaccination program were starting to get out to the masses, nobody was talking about the side effects. Why, Andy kept asking himself, why oh why was nobody talking about the side effects? They were wrapping up a day's worth of work when Niko looked over at Andy with a soft smile. Aisling and Lauren had headed upstairs a few minutes earlier. "I've sort of been monopolizing you for a few days, Andy, so Ash and Lauren have a little surprise cooked up for you while I work late tonight. I'll be up in a few hours to crawl into bed, but you should go up to your room and enjoy what they've got up their sleeves." "You okay with that?" Andy said. He'd been navigating a whirlwind of emotions since the girls had come into his life, and was doing his best to make sure nobody ever felt left out, and that everyone also got a turn being the center of attention. "Oh relax. If I wasn't, I wouldn't have said so. And I did demand a mess of attention when I got here, so it's only fair I tap out of a couple of play sessions. Gimme a kiss and then go have your fun." She tilted her head upward as he smiled and leaned down, pressing his lips against hers. He'd meant to give her a quick kiss, but she folded her hand against the back of his neck and pulled him in to make it much more intense, practically searing him with the heat. "And Lauren's going to be a little nervous, and you're going to want to go easy on her. Don't, okay? She wants what she's offering, so don't deny her that. You'll know what she wants. Give it to her." "Yes ma'am." He offered her a mock salute and she reached over and swatted his ass. "Don't be a smartass. Now get your butt upstairs." Andy shutdown his desktop and then headed up the stairs. The door to his room was closed. Eric and Lily had been in their room for about an hour already, and he could hear the sounds of moans behind their closed door. Lily and Eric both started and ended their days earlier than Andy and his girls. Whenever a door was closed in the house, the rule was that you always knocked. So there was Andy, once again, knocking on the door to his own bedroom. "Come on in, luv," Aisling said. Andy stepped into his own bedroom, and saw Aisling sitting on the corner of the bed. On her knees on the floor next to her was Lauren, with her hands folded together in front of her. She wore absolutely nothing, except for a collar attached to a leash, the end of which was in Aisling's hand. He closed the door behind himself, feeling Huginn skitter in just before he did. "So what's all this then?" "Well love," Aisling said, "Lauren has a request. A couple of requests, actually. Don't you, slut?" Lauren licked her lips nervously, not speaking, but nodding in agreement. Aisling took the leash by the midpoint and used the end to give Lauren a smack on the back like a mock lash. "I asked you a question, Lauren. Answer me." "Sorry, Mistress," Lauren said. "Yes, Master, your slut would like to make a coupla humble requests, if that's good." What Niko had told him just a few minutes rung in his ears once more before he spoke. "You may ask. Whether I'll grant them or not remains to be seen, but if you don't ask, you risk nothing, you gain nothing. Speak." "Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. The other birds and I were talkin', and Aisl, Mistress Aisling was telling' us about her first time being taken in the back, an' I wanted to have a go at it." "Taken in the back?" Aisling gave her another playful smack with the leash end. "What did I tell you, whore? Speak plainly and dirty, otherwise he's not going to know what you want." "The ass, sir. I wanna be fucked in the ass." "That's one request. What's the other?" Andy said, moving a little closer to the two women. "You've been so wonderful and kind with me, Andy, but I want to see the other side of ya. I wanna rough go at it. Pull me hair, spank my ass, pinch me nips, ride my hard, pound me hard, make it hurt. Don't break me, but take me right up to that edge." Andy reached down and pinched one of Lauren's nipples between his fingertips, his grip holding firm and clamping even tighter than he would've normally. He expected to hear a whimper of pain from Lauren, but instead, a deep throated moan poured from her, and her hips almost rutted forward. "That what you're looking for?" "Fuck yes, Master." "If you want to be fucked in the ass, Lauren, you're going to need to get my cock good and slick. Going in dry would do some damage." Aisling giggled a little bit, and reached behind her, grabbing a tube of lubricant, handing it down to Lauren. Andy peeled his shirt off and felt Lauren's hands prying his jeans open, nearly ripping them down his legs. It wasn't until she'd gotten them down there that she realized he was still wearing his shoes from having walked out to the mailbox earlier. "Oh, you useless cunt, girl," Lauren said to herself. "Forgot to get his runners off." He certainly didn't go easy on her, and she certainly seemed to enjoy herself. Niko had slipped into bed with them an hour or so later, and the four of them drifted off to sleep. But it wasn't going to be a long and restful night for Andy. There was a knock on the door in the middle of the night. Aisling and Lauren were on his left and Niko was on his right, so he only had to move past her to get to the door. He saw her stir a little when he crawled out of bed, but he was able to avoid disturbing her too much. He pulled on a pair of boxers, tugged on a t shirt and opened the door to his room to see Eric and Lily standing outside. Eric curled his fingers at Andy to come out of his room. Andy nodded and stepped out into the hallway, then followed Eric and Lily downstairs to the living room. "Andy, we," Lily started, then paused, then started again, "I need your help." "Help?" Andy said, looking over at Eric. "What kind of help can I provide? I'm a writer, for fuck sake." "My roommate, well, my former roommate, she was given the vaccine, but,” Lily motioned for Andy to sit on the couch, so he did. "Look, Jenny's a nice girl. She's a little naive, and occasionally she's a bit daft, but she's a nice girl. She wasn't prepared for this." "Prepared for what?" Andy said. "What's happening?" "They delivered her to the man who was supposed to be her partner, and he took a swing at her, said he wanted to put her in her place before he'd let her have a taste of his seed. He tried to hit her, the fucking bastard. But Jenny's been studying aikido since she was six, and she broke his arm defending herself and ran. Even as horny as she was, she wasn't going to let someone push her around. So she fled and she's in hiding, and I can't let that stand, so we need to go and get her." "Go get her? Go and get her? And do what with her?" "I don't know, alright?" Lily said, raising her voice for a second. "I'm thinking we can take her to one of my coworkers and pair them up." "Isn't the government doing match ups? Aren't they going to be pissed that she isn't with who she's supposed to be?" "Look at me, Andy," Lily said, pointing her fingertips at her eyes. "Do I look like I give a shit what the government thinks? They didn't even do a proper check on the guy they were connecting her to. They paired her up with some abusive asshole with a history of violence towards partners. That isn't going to fly, okay?" "Let's go get her, and then we can figure out what to do with her, okay?" Eric suggested. "I'm sure one of us is going to regret this," Andy said, heading back upstairs to grab his socks and shoes. Before the plague had hit, even at three in the morning, there would've been at least a few cars on the road, but now, everyone was staying at home nearly all the time, which meant the freeway felt like a ghost town. That was for the best, because despite it not raining that much in the Bay Area, tonight it was pouring like a flood was coming. And people in the Bay were terrible drivers in the rain. It wasn't a short drive, and after a bit, Andy started to get a bit nervous. "How far up into the hills are we going, Lily? We're more than half way up to San Francisco at this point." "She's up here in Hillsborough, camped out in someone's vacant house since she fled from the asshole. I'm more worried that the cops have shown up to haul her ass to jail." "Or us," Eric said., They're gonna arrest us for being out under curfew." "Quit whining, baby," Lily said to him. "Right up there, on the left, 2885." There were in a very posh neighborhood in Hillsborough, with mansions on either side of them. There was plenty of space in between the houses, something that was mostly at a premium in the Bay. "You wait here with the engine running, Andy, in case we have to bolt quickly. Eric and I will be right back with her." Lily and Eric hopped out of the car, closing the doors and heading over to the house, and left Andy to wait. A minute or so later, a helicopter flew overhead, low and with a spotlight shining down, but it was off to the side and the beam of light cut through some back yard three or four streets over. Andy wasn't sure if they were looking for Lily's friend Jenny or not, but he hoped the police had other things on their mind. The wait was nearly unbearable. After ten minutes, Eric and Lily came back out of the house, a third person between them, hanging on, covered in a blanket it looked like had probably been stolen from whatever house she'd been hiding in. Eric held open the door and Lily loaded the woman into Andy's back seat before Lily ushered the girl into the car, crawling in after her as Eric slid into the front passenger's seat. "I think the cops are close, Andy," Lily hissed at him. "Fucking drive already!" As soon as both doors slammed shut, Andy's foot was off the brake and the car was in motion. It was hard to look back behind him, but after a few blocks he had to stop at a red light and glanced over his shoulder as he had to wait, and saw a familiar face resting her head in Lily's lap. "Jesus Lily, you didn't say your roommate was Jenny Carnero!" "Who's Jenny Carnero?" Eric asked. "She's the goddamn weather forecaster for channel 2." "How the hell would you know that?" Lily asked. "Neither of you strike me as Fox News watchers." "It's the only thing they had on over at 24 Hour Fitness when I went to work out, so I saw her all the time." "It was a job, Andy," Lily said. "I also didn't expect you to hold a grudge." "It's not that, Lily," Andy sighed. "She's going to be noticed missing. It's not like she's somebody we can just keep hidden without people knowing where she is. The minute she goes into work, the guy she's supposed to be with will know where to fucking find her, and that means they'll come for her." "By that point, she'll already be imprinted on someone, so it won't fucking matter," Lily growled. "And it won't be that asshole who tried to hit her." The girl whimpered, her head squirming in Lily's lap. "Lily," she whined, "Lily, it hurts. Need cock." "Soon, Jenny, soon. It won't be long." "Not long, Now," Jenny said, her voice starting to sound almost violent. "Give cock." "Oh shit, her nose is bleeding," Eric said, his eyes back on Jenny's face. "Just pull over and Andy can fuck her." "Excuse me, but I've already got three girls, and supposedly one more on the way. Why don't you fuck her?" "Because Lily says I can't." "Andy, stop the car," Lily said. "Eric, get back here." "But you said,” "I know what I fucking said, you little shit, but I'll have to fucking learn to deal with it, won't I? Get back here and let her suck you off while Andy's driving us home." Andy brought the car to a stop at the next red light, and Lily swapped places with Eric. As soon as Eric was sitting in the back seat, Jenny was practically ripping his pants off, fishing out his cock before slamming her mouth down on it. "Lily, are you sure about this?" Eric said, nervousness apparent in his voice. "Give it to her, Eric. She and I were good friends, we will be again. It'll just be an adjustment." Andy kept his eyes pointing forward for the rest of the drive as Eric got blown in his back seat. Chapter 9 The next day Andy was struggling to figure out a plan. He'd been running it around in his head for hours, trying to see some easy way through this, but he kept coming back to the same inevitable point “ he needed Phil's help. God, he was tired of having to ask Phil for help. "You're vexed, Andy," Niko said to him, placing her hand on his shoulder. He'd been sitting at his desk, and he looked back over his shoulder to her. "How can you tell?" "You've been looking at that computer screen for almost an hour and haven't typed a word, babe," she said, leaning in to kiss him on the cheek. "That's vexed. We haven't been together long, but I recognize when you're vexed. I do the same, when I'm thinking very hard about something. I stare and I fret, while I'm vexed." "You seem rather like a badass, Niko. You sure you're going to be okay, being saddled with a square like me?" She laughed. It was a sound he was quickly learning to love, confident and yet still somehow a little cheeky. "You've been keeping this house together despite all the chaos. That doesn't seem square to me." "You know I'm like a dozen years your elder, right?" "I won't tell anyone if you won't. So how can I help? What are you vexed by?" "Last night, our little voyage out, we brought back a new girl for Eric. She's Lily's former roommate. She was supposed to be with someone else, but apparently the man she was paired up with has a history of domestic abuse, and so Lily insisted we rescue her and paired her up with Eric so no one could pull her away." "So you're trying to figure out how to tell the government about how she's paired up with someone different? What makes you think they're even going to notice?" "She's a weather reporter on one of the local news stations, so people are going to notice. I think I've got a solution, but I just hate to do it. I feel like I'm always leaning on this friend to help us out." "Oh? Someone you've told me about?" "Phil. I've mentioned him. In fact, you should probably meet Phil. I'm just tired of constantly asking him for help." "Do you really ask him for help a bunch, or does it just feel like it and you're overreacting?" she grinned. "Probably the latter, but it doesn't always feel like that." Andy grabbed his phone and loaded up the Signal messenger app. He and Phil used it to keep their communication private. “Meet up in an hour at the usual spot? Almost immediately he got a response. “Make it 2. "Okay, looks like I've got a meeting set up. Phil's been our man on the inside for this whole pandemic. He works for a company that contracts for the military, and while he can't tell us exact details about what's going on, he can help paint in some of the corners. Phil will know how to get all this sorted out." "How long have you two known each other?" "Nearly 20 years? He's good people. Why don't you come with me?" "Sure, lemme go throw some pants on." A couple hours later, Andy and Niko had headed back to the park to meet up with Phil, who didn't bring Audrey with him. He was dressed wrapped in head to toe, much like he was the last time, a mask over his face and goggles over his eyes, with a ball cap pulled down over his jet black hair. Andy was dressed much the same. Niko didn't feel the need to wear goggles, and had her hair drawn back into a ponytail. Phil kept a good distance from them, pushing his vape pen behind his mask to take a drag from it, then tugged the mask down briefly to blow out a cloud of vapor into the air. "So what's the 911 call about, Andy?" "First, let me introduce you, "2nd Lieutenant Redwolf," Phil said, cutting him off. "Mr. Marcos," Niko replied. "Didn't know your name was Phil." "I'm surprised you even remember me, Redwolf. You were pretty out of it when I sort nudged you towards Andy." Andy cocked his head. "You sent her my way?" "She's part of our tribe, Andy. Geek cred through and through, and I figured it wouldn't hurt to have her kept in the family, so I just made a connection in the system. She had decent odds to end up with you anyway, but why take a chance, right?" "Guess I owe you one then, Mr. Marcos," Niko said. Phil swiped his hand in the air. "Then I'll call in that favor to insist you never, ever call me Mr. Marcos unless we're at work. Deal?" "I can make that promise." "This what you called me about, Andy?" Phil said, finally stepping a little further back, pulling off his mask so he could just continually draw from the vape pen. "Nah. I've got a bigger problem. So Eric's picked up a runaway." Phil frowned a little bit. "How do you mean?" "So Eric's partner, Lily. She had a roommate before the whole pandemic, name of Jenny. Now apparently Jenny was set up with some guy." "That's how it works, Andy." "I get that, Phil. But it turns out the guy she was set up with was some kind of domestic abuser." "Wait, what?" Phil scowled. "That sort of thing should've shown up before he got paired up with anyone." "I dunno. Maybe it didn't get reported before, maybe this was his first time and he was trying it on. But before Jenny could get imprinted on him, he tried to take a swing at her." "Fuck. She okay?" "She's got some self-defense training, so she got away from the guy unscathed and went into hiding." "You get the guy's name?" "I can have Eric send it to you. But that's not the big concern. The big concern is that once we rescued her, she imprinted onto Eric. And she's a talking head." "Shit," Phil said, taking another drag. "News?" "Weather." Phil swiped a hand back in the air again. "Send me her name. I'll get it taken care of. Don't even trip about it. That's the least of our problems right now." "Shit getting bad, sir, I mean Phil?" Niko asked. "You have no idea." "How bad?" Andy asked. "We're looking at ten to twenty before it's all done." "Ten to twenty million people dead? Jesus!" "No, percent. We're talking ten to twenty percent of America dead, mostly men. We're guessing it'll end up around sixty million dead before the vaccine's in full effect in the middle of next year." Phil took a heavy drag, and the news hung in the air like a guillotine's blade. "The news is going to break any day now how fatal the new mutation of the virus is getting, and then everything'll be crazy. The army's going to be deployed here on US soil and martial law's going to go into effect. President Pelosi's at least been quick about it, and she's bunkered down. News hasn't broken yet, but the orange gooomba died on the operating table a couple of hours ago. Looks like milquetoast will be next in a couple of days." "Forty or fifty million men dead? That's nearly half of the male population!" Niko said. "How the hell are we going to recover from that?" "We're going to have to pair up a lot more women with the remaining men, and encourage them to have a whole shitload of kids," Phil sighed. "But even with that, it's going to be a fucking mess for a generation. Which reminds me, when you go home, I want you to start packing up your things." "Packing?" Andy asked. "What do you mean?" "I mean, start figuring out the absolute minimum you would need to take with you if you had to leave in a hurry, and then get anything that might take a few minutes packed up. Anything else, just have it at the ready." "Should I be worried?" "Nah, but it wouldn't hurt to be a little prepared." "What's happening, Phil?" "I can't tell you that yet, but the world's gonna keep on changing, and it doesn't hurt to be ready for it." "Yeah, okay." "You'll actually be very happy after it happens, man. Trust me." "If you say so." "Trust Big Daddy Phil." Andy rolled his eyes. "I trust you about as far as I can throw you, and that ain't very far." "You'll see." His watch beeped and Phil turned it up to look at it. "I gotta get back into the office. Send me Eric's new girl's name and the guy she was supposed to be hooked up with, and I'll make a few edits into the system." "You know Phil, there are days it feels like you're seriously into some black bag shit." "Only some days?" Phil said, taking one final drag off his vape pen before blowing a huge cloud up and into the air. It smelled vaguely of cinnamon buns, Andy noted. "Then I gotta up my game again. I'll see you soon, brother." He pulled his mask back up and headed back to his car. Andy and Niko watched him go, stretching out a little bit. "So you worked with Phil, huh?" Andy asked her. Her face scrunched up a little. "I was part of their security detail until I got exposed to the virus and then got quarantined. When the symptoms started to get severe, they used us as test cases for vaccinations and tried to pair us off. They were having trouble finding someone to match me with, based on my stated preferences before I got drugged." Andy smirked a little behind his mask. "I knew I wasn't exactly what you were looking for." "You're a little older than I initially wanted, Andy, but I don't have any complaints now that I'm with you. I was also a bit leery about sharing a partner with anyone, but it seems like that's going to be S O P moving forward." "S O P?" "Standard Operating Procedure. If Mr. Mar” if Phil's right about those casualty numbers, they're going to have to pair up a Lot of women to individual men. I bet you're going to get a bunch more than just the one more you're expecting." "Jesus, that's a whole lot of personalities to keep in balance," Andy grumbled. "I dunno if I'm up to that." "You don't have to do it alone, stupid head," she teased. "You've got Ash and me to help manage the cavalcade of women you're going to be saddled with. We'll try and keep everyone from killing one another and manage your time, although we're definitely going to have to continue getting you into better shape." "Lauren's started in on that, but frankly, I probably need to eat better." "And cut down on the soda. You've got a full nest to look after." "This scares the shit out of me," he sighed, leaning his back against a tree. "You know that, right?" Niko strolled over to him, a coy playfulness to her stride, as she moved close. "I know how to relax you." Andy arched an eyebrow beneath the goggles. "What, here?" "Who's going to see?" "We're in a public park, Niko!" "Ask me if I give a fuck," she said, as she dropped down to her knees, nuzzling her face against the crotch of his jeans. "Alright," he laughed, "Niko, do you give a fuh " His sentence was cut off as she pressed her mouth down along the length of his cock until the head of it was pressed against the back of her throat. She held it there for a good moment, long enough that he could feel her suppressing her gag reflex, straining back tears before she drew her head back and gasped in a deep breath of air. A playful giggle rolled from her lips, saliva dripping from them. "No sir, I fucking do not. But the faster you give me what I want, the faster we can go home," she said, moving to kiss at his balls, suckling on his nuts for a moment before moving her lips back to wrap around the head of his cock. "Now hold my hair back and fuck my face." Andy reached down and grabbed her silky ponytail with one hand, the other moving to curl his fingers against the back of her head as he pushed her face back down onto his cock. In response, she let out a wanton moan onto his cock, her hands reaching back to grab his ass, helping push her lips down to the base of his shaft, his balls pressing right against her chin. His hand holding her ponytail pulled her back, sliding her lips back to the head of his cock before pushing her face back down again, feeling her fingernails sinking into his jeans a bit more in response. He could swear he saw her hips thrusting forward beneath him, her legs spread wide, her knees almost pressed to the inside of his ankles. The pace quickened, as he thrust forward into her face while tugging her down onto each shove, whimpers that sounded delighted shivering across his skin between the sloppy sounds. He finally pulled her head back, letting her pop her head off his cock, just in case she wanted to tell him to stop, tell him she'd changed her mind, or whatever. Instead, she turned her eyes up to him. "Don't fucking stop. Fuck my face. Gimme that load of hot cum right against the back of my fucking throat. Please?" Her brown eyes were peering up at him as she licked her lips, and he could feel her struggling to try and lean even closer to him. He started to pump his cock into her mouth again, and suddenly he felt one of her hands slide away from his hips. He could see it push down the front of her jeans, and almost immediately, it came back up again and raised into the air towards his face. Her fingers were glistening, practically soaked, and he could smell her cunt on them as he leaned forward to lick them clean. Just as he did, he felt his balls draw up and his hand on the back of her head pressed her face down to the base of his cock as that orgasm shredded through him. He knew his cum was blasting into her throat, and could feel her spasming and trembling against him. It still boggled his mind, knowing that his orgasm triggered one immediately in his partner, and far more intense than he'd ever been able to bring a woman to before. His hands let go, giving Niko back control as she drew back, groaning in a carnal sound he hadn't yet grown accustomed to. Instead of pulling away, though, she started licking up, making sure to catch any loose jism or spittle from his shaft, her gaze never once leaving his, as she smirked while her tongue slathered him up. "See? Don't you feel less vexed?" He couldn't help it and started laughing, and it was infectious, because she immediately began giggling with him, even while she was lapping up the last of his spunk. "Okay, yes, you got me, I am certainly less vexed. How about you?" Niko smirked a bit, giving his cock one final lick before she pulled his boxers and jeans back up, rezipping and buttoning them up for him. "By now, you have to understand that your sperm is like a magic formula to us, your partners. It's exactly what we need and want every day. It's like giving a junkie a fix. Of course I feel better." She tugged up his shirt and kissed his stomach before pulling herself back up onto her feet. "I'd have kissed you but, "I don't mind that you just blew me, Niko," Andy chuckled. "Oh, that's not it at all. I just didn't want to share," she said with a wink, tapping one of her fingertips on his nose. "Girl's gotta keep every drop to herself any chance she can. Normally we try and pass a little of each load around, but here I get one all to myself. So I'm savoring that taste lingering on my lips. But we should get back to the house." "Fair enough." As soon as they got back to the house, Lily was waiting for them by the garage door. "Are we okay?" Niko smiled at her and gave the plump girl a huge. "Andy's got you covered, don't worry." She rubbed her spiky hair and then headed into the house, leaving the two together. "So get me the jackass's name from Jenny, and I'll get it to our friend Phil, who'll make sure it gets entered into the record that he's a domestic abuser." "Hopefully that means he won't get paired with anyone then." "Well, based on what Phil said in the Discord channel a week or so back, it's more likely they'll pair him with someone who can beat the shit out of him," Andy sighed. "Or, someone who's into that kind of thing. People are into all sorts of weird things out here." "You don't have to tell me twice," Lily said, exhaling a deep breath. "Jenny's been nuzzled up to Eric all morning, practically unwilling to let him go. I wasn't planning on sharing him with anyone, but if I have to share him with someone, I guess Jenny will be okay." Andy realized a second later, his face must have given something away. "What's with that look? You heard something else from Phil, didn't you?" "Yeah, it's pretty fucking scary out there, Lil." He shook his head then looked up. "You're probably going to be sharing Eric with quite a few other women. Men are dying left and right, and they're going to have to figure out how to keep the country afloat. That means the traditional family unit design is out the fucking window." "How bad can it really be if they're keeping it quiet?" "It's about to boil over. The estimate is we're going to lose nearly half the men in America." Her eyes looked to him as if she was waiting for the joke. When it didn't come, and the silence had hung in the air an uncomfortably long time, she finally spoke again. "Half? Fucking half? Fucking Half?" "Yeah, I can't say I'm thrilled about it either, Lily. I've got a lot of guy friends, and the idea of half of them just being fucking gone isn't exactly news I wanted to hear when I got up this morning, but I got it anyway." Andy tossed his hands up into the air. "And we can't fucking tell anyone! The news will out in a few days, but we have to be quiet about it until it is. Also, apparently we need to start packing." "Packing? What for?" "I guess we're going to be moved at some point. I guess we'll find out soon enough." Soon enough came the very next day. Andy and his usual gang of friends had a Discord channel they hung out on regularly, and they'd been using it for news on each other. And Phil poked his head in just before noon with a simple message: "@DruidGun 15 minutes." The household had spent part of the da

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After a mere 5-month delay between recording and publishing, today we escape the cold and go back to June, and go LARPing with Muninn Myst! LARP, or Live Action Role Play, is where people get together in costume to act out scenarios. Amtgard is an organization that coordinates medieval and fantasy LARPing around the world, … Continue reading S3E37: LARPing with Muninn Myst of Amtgard The post S3E37: LARPing with Muninn Myst of Amtgard first appeared on Grendhill Media.

Libra is the bringer of the fall equinox and denotes serenity, beauty, and balance. Associated with the mentally and emotionally wrought Tarot cards 2-4 of Swords and its Queen, we are reminded to cultivate inner sanctuary through life's difficulties.To feel at home in the world, and to know that the land and the sky nurture and guard us, that we are held and protected. Perhaps we need to stand still for a moment to allow ourselves to feel the gift of peace that is ours. -Julia Jeffrey*Episode Art: The 2 of Swords from The Fountain Tarot superimposed over Esmerlize's 4 of Swords*Correction: Eliza here. I must be raven mad calling Odin's Huginn and Muninn crows. Oops. Apologies to all corvid folk.Acknowledgments & Mentions: Pholarcos Tarot, Carmen Sorrenti; Blood Moon Tarot, Sam Guay; The Crone Tarot, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince; The Carnival at the End of The World Tarot; Mary-El Tarot, Mary White; Shadowscapes Tarot, Stephanie Pui-Man Law & Barbara Moore; Spiritsong & Phantasma Tarots, Paulina Cassidy; Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Witch Sister Tarot, Julia Jeffrey; Harvest Moon, Neil Young8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram and Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop. We'd love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers', by Eliza/Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars', by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/8th-house-healers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's easy for mythical birds to capture the imagination, whether it's the phoenix rising from the ashes, or Aethon eternally pecking Prometheus' liver. And let's not forget Odin with his ravens, Huginn and Muninn, or Memory and Thought. In Norse myth, they travelled out into the world and flew back to Odin to report on what was happening. Not all mythical birds are benevolent, or even particularly well-known, as we shall see. Let's explore the phoenix, the Firebird, the martlet, and the Nachtkrapp in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/mythical-birds/ 'The Fire Bird - Russian Fairy Tales' by Irina Zheleznova: https://archive.org/details/the-fire-bird Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Fabulous Folklore Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/fabulous_folklore Enjoyed this episode and want to show your appreciation? Buy Icy a coffee to say 'thanks' at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Pre-recorded illustrated talks: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick/shop Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7 Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick 'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/ Find Icy on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/icysedgwick.bsky.social Tweet Icy at https://x.com/IcySedgwick

L'émission Front Page est une revue d'actualité qui s'intéresse à tout ce qui touche le monde de la bande dessinée américaine (comics) du côté des Etats-Unis comme de la France, ainsi qu'à ses adaptations tous médias confondus. Le podcast est une série régulière chez First Print et revient au rythme de trois épisodes par mois, hors contenus spéciaux. Ce Front Page est le premier podcast consacré à l'actualité comics du mois de mai 2024.Répondez à notre GRANDE ENQUÊTE ICILe podcast est sponsorisé par Pulps et on vous propose un "Focus Pulps" chaque mois ! Découvrez une sélection de comics VO à prix de lancement !Le Focus Pulps de mai 2024 : Aliens vs Avengers #1 / Hello Darkness #1/ TMNT #1, oh et puis Spider-Man : Reign II #1Si vous appréciez le travail fourni par l'équipe et que vous souhaitez soutenir le podcast, vous pouvez partager les émissions sur les réseaux sociaux et vous abonner à nos différents comptes, laisser des notes sur les différentes plateformes d'écoute, ou encore nous soutenir via notre page Tipeee. Très bonne écoute à vous, et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !LE PROGRAMMECOMICS - 04:45Dédicaces à venir chez Album, Alan Davis invité d'honneur de Japan ExpoExposition LUG par ses auteursLes séries d'horreur de Huginn & Muninn de retour en librairieTankers et ENIAC arrivent cet été aux éditions BlissHack/Slash : Back to School prévu en novembre 2024 chez HiComicsSomna et Barnstormers annoncés pour 2025 aux éditions Delcourt404 Graphic annonce déjà sa première sortie de 2025 : AnzueloRemote Space : Cliff Rathburn se la joue SF brutale chez ImageUn titre Jenny Spark par Tom King annoncé en DC Black LabelJeff Lemire annonce trois projets pour DC et une pause pour le Bone Orchard MythosJonathan Hickman et Greg Capullo sur Wolverine : RevengeRob Liefeld fait son baroud d'honneur sur DeadpoolTV - 1:38:20SyFy annonce une adaptation TV des comics Revival de Tim SeeleyChez Amazon, on abandonne Silk mais on commande Spider-Man NoirDes dates pour Agatha All Along et Daredevil : Born Again (et un changement de logo)CINEMA - 2:05:20Edgar Wright en discussions pour réaliser le Barbarella de Sydney SweeneyUn scénariste trouvé pour le reboot des X-Men chez Marvel StudiosSoutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur TipeeeHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Cela fait maintenant une douzaine d'années que l'auteur Jeffrey Brown a réinventé dans ses bandes dessinées l'univers de Star Wars, avec les séries Dark Vador & Fils ou l'Académie Jedi qui reprennent des moments du quotidien, de la parentalité et de l'enfance, dans l'univers de la Guerre des Etoiles. A l'occasion de la sortie de Le Mandalorien et l'Enfant aux éditions Huginn & Muninn, l'auteur couronné de deux Eisner était présent à Paris. Nous sommes donc allés à sa rencontre afin de lui poser quelques questions sur son travail, et la façon dont il est passé de ses comics underground à travailler sur une méga-licence telle que Star Wars.L'entretien est également à découvrir à l'écrit en VF pour les non-anglophones, via comicsblog.fr, et nous vous invitons à partager cet article ou le podcast si vous appréciez le travail que tout cela représente. Remerciements : Marie Fabbri.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Kathleen and Notus navigate the machinations of Carcosa in their own ways. Meanwhile, Rhett and Stasya must outfox Muninn and discover Walter Marchand's whereabouts. The fate of the sword can no longer be delayed in its coming to pass. Music Credits: Patreon (Baxter, King of the Kids) - Kevin MacLeod - J.S. Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze Three Chain Links - Magic Hour White Bat Audio - Deadly Force White Bat Audio - Void Gaze White Bat Audio - Knee Deep in the Dead White Bat Audio - Death Sentence Scott Buckley - Eidolon Fatal Injection - Untitled Sergey Cheremisinov - Train Kevin MacLeod - Georges Bizet: Habanera Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar and Voice on Microcassette Daniel Birch - Environmental Disaster Zone Kai Engel - Will I Ever See Another Sunrise? Arrives - Alexander Nakarada - Jack the Lumberer Three Chain Links - Let's go home, Snake. Naoya Sakamata - Ghost Dominates Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Rhett and Stasya are cornered by Muninn within their own shared psychic vision. Meanwhile, back in the real world (or what passes for it), Notus and Kathleen must separately determine a way to escape the subtle snares of Carcosa. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Blue Crystal Star - Lord of Dune Myuu - Cornered Muciojad - N O S E D I V E Kevin MacLeod - Black Bird Dark Fantasy Studio - Dead Roses Daniel Birch - Pain Dark Fantasy Studio - Xperience Daniel Birch - Echoes of Shadow and Light DEgITx - Minefield Nikol S. and Symphonic Band - The Shadows of Horror Kevin MacLeod - Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonia Number 5 Dark Fantasy Studio - Dungeon of Shadows Blue Crystal Star - Champion Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us 

This is the first response episode for my new segment "Ask Jewells Anything About Iceland". Thank you to everyone who sent in questions and if you would like to submit a question, you can do it here. Questions sent in from the listeners of the All Things Iceland Podcast 1. Can you please discuss some of the history of Ravens in Iceland. I was delighted to hear about some mischievous Ravens by Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, who were working in tandem to collect and confiscate tourist's goods. Do we know when they arrived in Iceland and how has their presence impacted Icelandic culture? There are several stories relating to Iceland that involve ravens. The first that pops into my mind has to do with Óðinn, the Norse God, that had two Ravens. They were named Huginn (thought) and Muninn (memory or mind). They flew around the world (Midgard) and brough back information to Óðinn. Because Norse people settled in Iceland, the belief and worship of Óðinn came with them.Another story that comes to mind is of Hrafna-Flóki. He was a Norse Viking that is said to have given Iceland its name. He didn't stay in Iceland because he encountered a very harsh winter where he almost didn't survive. However, before he left he went on top of a mountain in the fjord and saw that the fjord was packed with ice. Due to that, he called this place the land of ice or "Iceland". 2. Hello. We are taking a cruise out of Reykjavik with NCL and looking to arrive a few days early to explore. We will be renting a car with Go Car Rental and wanted to know the best way to get from their Reykjavik office to the cruise port in September upon our rental return? The cruise port is Skarfabakki. Thank you for your input! The easiest way to get from Go Car Rental Iceland's Skógarhlíð location in Reykjavík to Skarfabakki is to take a taxi. It is about 9 minutes by car, so it will not be very expensive. The name of a taxi company to use is Hreyfill. 3. If there was only one beautiful place in Iceland you could visit which one would it be? This is such a tough question. I know that only one place was requested but I will provide two. One is more remote and that is Eldgjá in the Icelandic highlands. The other is the Westman Islands, which is much easier to access. To learn about all of the places I enjoy around the country, including hidden gems, check out My Iceland Map. 4. Thank you for your informative entertaining podcast. Do you need to drive in order to fully enjoy Iceland? I'm a passenger princess and don't know how I would get around if I don't come with someone who drives. You can definitely be a passenger princess and still see Iceland. I suggest taking tours that are for small groups. It is more intimate than the big buses and you see as much of the country as you want. On this website you can find many day tour and multi-day tour options. 5. How do people in Iceland view the political climate in the US??? The answer to this can be long because it involves so many layers. In short, the Icelanders I have spoken to have often been confused about what is happening politically in the US. Not that they don't understand how the system operates but wondering why it is allowed to be the way it is. An example is that politics in the US is dominated by two parties. There is also a lot of extremism and it seems that politicians often want to pass laws or vote for laws that undermine the safety and rights of their constituents. 6. Can you please slow down and maybe even spell out that names of places you mention in your podcast? It's a wonderful podcast but it is so difficult to understand Icelandic names without seeing them in print (and even then it's difficult)! I totally understand that it can be hard to listen to the podcast and not understand how to spell the words I am saying in Icelandic. One of the reasons I write a lot of notes here on my website is so that you can reference it to see what the words look like...

I dette afsnit snakker Hasse og Lasse om månelandinger fra Astrobotics og JAXA, Marcus Wandts Muninn mission til den Internationale Rumstation og Ingenuity som ikke flyver mere :(   Husk at du altid kan sende os en mail med ris, ros og spørgsmål på modstjernerne@gmail.com   Billede af SLIM landeren fra JAXA: https://jda.jaxa.jp/result.php?lang=e&id=7e06883b03d41b4836ddfed96ea72a52   Billede af Ingenuity's brækket rotor: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade   Sidste billede af Ingenuity: https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandakooser/2024/02/05/nasa-mars-rover-captures-ingenuity-helicopter-in-final-resting-place/?sh=5690507130c7  

A DAS long-range team executes a precision strike on an important Fecundity site, but what unfolds from the assault suggests circumstances far more dire and strange than even Muninn had bargained for. Music Credits: White Bat Audio - Agent Cooper White Bat Audio - Patrol Bot White Bat Audio - Creeping Fog White Bat Audio - Bed of Razors White Bat Audio - Trinity THE WARHORSE - Call in the Ponies White Bat Audio - Get Out White Bat Audio - Enemy Three Chain Links - Into Darkness Zombie-Fish - ANNIHILATOR White Bat Audio - Lethal Little Creatures White Bat Audio - From Beyond the Stars White Bat Audio - Interdimensional Horrors Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt will soon be launched to the International Space Station for his first spaceflight mission. Marcus is the first member of ESA's astronaut class of 2022 to fly into space, as the opportunity came to fly on a commercial human spaceflight mission with Axiom Space. Hear from Marcus as he tells us all about his fast-track mission training in Europe and around the world, from intercultural teamwork to space science, and what he's most looking forward to during his Muninn mission. This is the first episode of our new ESA Explores podcast series introducing the ESA astronaut class of 2022. Find out more about Marcus on our ESA Exploration blog: https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/category/astronauts/marcus-wandt/ Music and audio editing by Denzel Lorge. Cover art by Gaël Nadaud.

@Jason.Sobkowicz professional life is marked by his 19 years of dedicated service with the @OntarioProvincialPolice , a tenure that speaks to his commitment to law and order. However, his career has not been without its challenges. Currently in a phase of recovery, Jason is bravely navigating the mental injuries incurred from the stresses of his demanding job, showcasing his resilience and strength.Outside of his police service, Jason immerses himself in the fulfilling world of hobby farming. His journey into homesteading reflects his desire to connect with the land and lead a self-sustaining lifestyle. This endeavor is complemented by his role as a devoted husband of 8 years and a father to three children, illustrating his dedication to family and home life.Martial arts play a significant role in Jason's life, where his avid passion is evident. This discipline not only serves as a physical outlet but also as a mental and spiritual practice, contributing to his overall well-being. Jason's commitment to martial arts mirrors his broader interest in physical fitness, as he is also a lifelong outdoorsman, athletics enthusiast, and an avid runner.Jason's intellectual pursuits are no less impressive. A heavy bookworm, his interests span consciousness, reality, the human mind, physics, and the nature of everything. His deep passion for these subjects positions him as a wisdom seeker and an amateur philosopher, always eager to explore and understand the world's complexities.In his latest venture, Jason steps into the world of podcasting. His first endeavor, #Talkingtohorses, has now evolved into ‘The Raven Chronicles with Muninn and Huginn', co-hosted with John.Through this platform, Jason aims to help others overcome mental health trauma and inspire them with his own path to greatness. His goal is not just to share his story but to empower others to become the best versions of themselves.

Spéciale Halloween avec le livre "Godzilla : La grande histoire du roi des monstres" de Graham Skipper (Huginn et Muninn). On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg. Cela fait près de soixante-dix ans que GODZILLA règne sur la pop culture. Né au Japon, il a imposé partout dans le monde sa massive silhouette. Tantôt destructeur, tantôt protecteur, il rappelle à l'ordre le genre humain dès que celui-ci s'obstine dans l'autodestruction, agissant en cela comme une allégorie de mère-nature. Pour la toute première fois, les studios Toho ont ouvert leurs archives afin de réaliser ce livre unique et officiel où l'on retrouve la filmographie complète du kaij? suprême, depuis le premier film de 1954 jusqu'au dernier long-métrage des studios hollywoodiens de 2021, mais également ses multiples adaptations dérivées, qu'elles soient télévisées, littéraires ou vidéoludiques. Rempli d'anecdotes peu connues et richement illustré de plus de 350 documents iconographiques rares et inédits, cet ouvrage officiel retrace l'histoire complète de cette franchise culte. Le talk-show culturel de Jérôme Colin. Avec, dès 11h30, La Bagarre dans la Discothèque, un jeu musical complétement décalé où la créativité et la mauvaise foi font loi. À partir de midi, avec une belle bande de chroniqueurs, ils explorent ensemble tous les pans de la culture belge et internationale sans sacralisation, pour découvrir avec simplicité, passion et humour. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 11h30 à 13h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

"Machins, Machines" d'Hélène Maquet : La radio DKE38, soutien technologique du régime nazi... Gilles Marchand pour son roman "Le Soldat désaccordé", lauréat du Prix des Libraires 2023 (Aux Forges de Vulcain). Les sorties BD avec Xavier Vanbuggenhout : - « Inoubliables » de Fabien Toulmé (Dupuis) - « Les Évaporés » d'Isao Moutte, d'après le roman de Thomas B. Reverdy (Sarbacane) - « Le fils de Pan » de Fabrizio Dori (Sarbacane) Spéciale Halloween avec la sortie d'un coffret collector de "Massacre à la Tronçonneuse", un film de Tobe Hooper sortie en 1974, chez Carlotta Films. Au fin fond du Texas, des habitants font une découverte macabre : leur cimetière vient d'être profané et les cadavres exposés sous forme de trophées. Pendant ce temps, cinq amis traversent la région à bord d'un minibus. Ils croisent en chemin la route d'un auto-stoppeur et décident de le prendre à bord. Mais lorsque les jeunes gens s'aperçoivent que l'individu a un comportement inquiétant et menaçant, ils finissent par s'en débarrasser. Bientôt à court d'essence, le groupe décide d'aller visiter une vieille maison abandonnée, appartenant aux grands-parents de deux d'entre eux. Chacun leur tour, les cinq amis vont être attirés par la maison voisine. La rencontre avec ses étranges habitants va leur être fatale... Et aussi le livre "Godzilla : La grande histoire du roi des monstres" de Graham Skipper (Huginn et Muninn). Cela fait près de soixante-dix ans que GODZILLA règne sur la pop culture. Né au Japon, il a imposé partout dans le monde sa massive silhouette. Tantôt destructeur, tantôt protecteur, il rappelle à l'ordre le genre humain dès que celui-ci s'obstine dans l'autodestruction, agissant en cela comme une allégorie de mère-nature. Pour la toute première fois, les studios Toho ont ouvert leurs archives afin de réaliser ce livre unique et officiel où l'on retrouve la filmographie complète du kaij? suprême, depuis le premier film de 1954 jusqu'au dernier long-métrage des studios hollywoodiens de 2021, mais également ses multiples adaptations dérivées, qu'elles soient télévisées, littéraires ou vidéoludiques. Rempli d'anecdotes peu connues et richement illustré de plus de 350 documents iconographiques rares et inédits, cet ouvrage officiel retrace l'histoire complète de cette franchise culte. On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg. Feuilleton "Tu t'appelles comment ?" de Valentine Jongen, qui décline un prénom en musique à travers le temps et les styles. Aujourd'hui : César. Le talk-show culturel de Jérôme Colin. Avec, dès 11h30, La Bagarre dans la Discothèque, un jeu musical complétement décalé où la créativité et la mauvaise foi font loi. À partir de midi, avec une belle bande de chroniqueurs, ils explorent ensemble tous les pans de la culture belge et internationale sans sacralisation, pour découvrir avec simplicité, passion et humour. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 11h30 à 13h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

C'est un mythe, créateur de légendes, Frank Miller signe avec Sin City l'une de ses oeuvres les plus mémorables. Fruit de son imaginaire, nourri par le roman noir et ses aspirations littéraires, Sin City synthétise les cauchemars de cet univers simpliste, dans cette ville aux clichés titubants. A l'occasion de la réédition de Sin City chez Huginn & Muninn, Comics Pick revient sur Sin City, ce chef d'oeuvre des années 90. Entre relecture et premier contact avec l'oeuvre, que peut-donc nous apporter Sin City, 30 ans après sa création ? Si cette émission vous a plu, vous pouvez nous soutenir en partageant l'émission sur les réseaux X  et Instagram .  Un grand merci à vous tous pour le soutien que vous pouvez apporter à l'émission, à votre écoute régulière. On se retrouve dès la semaine prochaine pour une nouvelle découverte !

L'émission Front Page est une revue d'actualité qui s'intéresse à tout ce qui touche le monde de la bande dessinée américaine (comics) du côté des Etats-Unis comme de la France, ainsi qu'à ses adaptations tous médias confondus. Le podcast est une série régulière chez First Print et revient au rythme de trois épisodes par mois, hors contenus spéciaux. Ce Front Page est le second podcast consacré à l'actualité comics du mois de septembre 2023.  Si vous appréciez le travail fourni par l'équipe et que vous souhaitez soutenir le podcast, vous pouvez partager les émissions sur les réseaux sociaux et vous abonner à nos différents comptes, laisser des notes sur les différentes plateformes d'écoute, ou encore nous soutenir via notre page Tipeee. Très bonne écoute à vous, et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !   Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur Tipeee   Le Programme  COMICS - 04:30  A soutenir : La cité des Merveilles chez KI, Den chez Délirium  Jeff Lemire présent à Paris en novembre 2023 !  Echolands gagne le prix comics ACBD  Les suites des titres horrifiques de Huginn & Muninn arrivent en octobre 2023  Charles Soule se met aux vampire de l'espace avec The Bloody Dozen  Liam Sharp au travail sur des comics Spawn avec un air de Conan  Rick Remender signe en exclusivité chez Image Comics !  Marvel tease beaucoup de titres pour janvier 2024  Fables : le grand duel entre Bill Willingham et DC Comics  TV - 1:23:40  Une bande annonce pour Kite-Man, le spin-off d'Harley Quinn  CINEMA - 1:29:30  Lion-Girl : mais qu'est-ce que c'est que ce truc ?  Le film El Muerto annulé pour de bon ?   Le point grève (Steven DeKnight et syndicat des VFX)  Enfin un premier trailer pour Aquaman & Le Royaume Perdu

Avec l'été et une période peut-être (insistons sur le "peut-être") plus calme, on a un poil plus de temps pour vous faire nos retours sur des lectures comics VF, avec des sorties ma foi plus ou moins récentes. Qu'à cela ne tienne, l'important c'est que Back Issues soit de retour une fois de plus ! Alors on vous invite à vous détendre, écouter l'émission et qui sait ? Passer en librairie par après ?   Vous lisez quoi, vous, cet été ?   Au programme, un ensemble de comics d'horreur sortis chez Huginn & Muninn, et deux titres d'auteurs remarqués chez Urban Comics. Ne vous inquiétez pas : on variera les plaisirs dès la prochaine émission (qui arrive tout bientôt) puisque notre but est toujours de montrer la diversité des genres et des albums parmi le plus grand nombre de maisons d'édition. N'hésitez pas à nous faire part de vos retours sur les comics VF présentés, nous dire ce que vous avez lu ou ce que vous recommandez, d'ailleurs, et on espère que l'écoute vous sera agréable !   Si c'est le cas n'hésitez pas à le faire savoir simplement en partageant l'émission, en mettant des étoiles sur les plateformes d'écoute, et pourquoi pas en nous aidant à pérenniser le podcast avec Tipeee ! Et surtout : lisez des comics !   Le Programme  Les liens vous renvoient chez notre partenaire Comics Zone. Une commande chez eux marquera votre soutien à un libraire indépendant, et nous filera aussi un petit coup de pouce !  Killadelphia Tome 1 - 03:08  The Silver Coin Tome 1 - 15:20  Plot Holes - 25:35  Ice Cream Man Tome 1 - 38:40  Primordial - 47:35    Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur Tipeee

Le 4 mai est un jour spécial pour les amoureux de Star wars. Nous fêtons le "May the fourth", c'est la célébration de l'univers imaginé par George Lucas. Cette année, la librairie Easter Egg, nous ont invité à célébrer l'événement autour d'une belle soirée animée par Faye et Diane.  Elles ont proposé un quiz, mais également une discussion autour de l'héritage de Leia que nous sommes heureux de vous partager dans cet épisode spécial.   L'héritage de la princesse Leia Au cours de cette discussion, Faye et Diane ont dressé le portrait de Leia ainsi que de son interprète, la regrettée Carrie Fisher. L'actrice et son personnage n'ont fait qu'une jusqu'à son dernier souffle en 2016. Leia n'est pas une princesse comme les autres, intelligente et indépendante, elle a aussi une foi inébranlable dans l'espoir même si la situation semble en être dépourvue. Cette icône de la pop-culture a inspiré beaucoup de petites filles, d'actrices et d'artistes.   Les femmes de la galaxie Star wars   Depuis le début de l'univers étendu et bien avant le rachat de Lucasfilm par Disney, la galaxie avait beaucoup d'héroïnes d'une grande richesse.  Sith, Jedi, contrebandières, on les retrouve partout. Disney a permis de remettre sur le devant de la scène l'univers qui n'était plus vu que par les fans de la première heure. Que ce soit dans des séries animées comme The Clone wars ou encore Rebels ainsi que dans de nouveaux longs métrages, l'héritage de Leia est toujours présent et reste une étincelle de création. Les petites filles d'hier font découvrir à celles d'aujourd'hui de fortes femmes et attachantes qui comprennent bien les enjeux du monde dans lequel elles évoluent.   En conclusion : Merci de nous avoir écoutées et encore merci à toutes les personnes qui ont participé à la soirée.  Je remercie Easter Egg et Diane pour l'invitation.  Nous remercions également le bar les Castors, 12 rue des Trésoriers de la bourse à Montpellier, de nous avoir reçues. Pour terminer, nous remercions nos partenaires qui nous ont permis de proposer de beaux cadeaux pour les participants au quiz :   Panini Comics dont vous pouvez retrouver une nouvelle collection autour de Star Wars à 6.99 € contenant notre coup de cœur pour Darth Maul, fils de Dathomir ainsi que d'excellents récits autour de Dark Vador et les rebelles.   Huginn & Muninn qui nous a fait découvrir le premier numéro de Star Wars : la revue ainsi que le magnifique Artbook sur la saison 2 de The Mandalorian.   Et enfin,  Pocket qui propose beaucoup de romans autour des héroïnes de cette galaxie très lointaine. Nous vous conseillons les récits de Claudia Gray consacrés à Leia ainsi que les livres de E.K Johnson sur Padmé et Ahsoka.   Si vous êtes sur Montpellier, vous pouvez retrouver ma sélection à la librairie Easter Egg, 11 rue des sœurs noires.  Retrouvez les autres épisodes de Retour vers les étoiles sur ce lien : https://jamesetfaye.fr/category/les-podcasts/retour-vers-les-etoiles/ Écouter et suivre Geek en série sur : https://linktr.ee/geekenserie Découvrir nos autres productions : https://linktr.ee/jamesetfaye Nous soutenir grâce à : Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/james-et-faye Et retrouver toute notre actu sur : Le site internet : http://jamesetfaye.fr/   construction

Cette semaine l'équipe enfile son costume de membres de la Batfamily pour discuter de Batman beyond the white knight de Sean Murphy disponible chez Urban comics. Comicsdiscovery newsOn parle des news comics et ciné de la semaine du 08 mai 2023 : - Une batnews dans laquelle on parle de l'arrêt définitif du kiosque Urban Huginn & Muninn reprend Sin City de Franck Miller Orson Welles devient héros de comics qui se bat contre des aliens Le jeu vidéo autour de l'univers Shadowman de chez Valiant Des comics dans l'univers de Désenchantée la série Netflix de Matt Groening Jonathan Hickman fait renaitre de ses cendres l'univers Ultimate chez Marvel Une réédition des histoires de Richard Corben autour de l'univers d'Edgar Allan Poe chez Delirium Jim Lee est promu Président, Publisher et Chief Créative Officer de chez Dc Comics On parle de X-men 97 le renouveau du dessin animé X-men des années 90Puis nous passons à la check-list des sorties comics de la semaine par Angèle. N'oubliez pas que vous pouvez retrouver Jules & Tom sur la chaîne de Jules & Nico : https://www.youtube.com/@julesetnico Le mot de la finComme toujours nous vous invitons à venir partager votre avis avec nous que vous soyez d'accord ou non, ça nous fait toujours plaisir d'échanger avec vous. Si vous avez envie de nous écouter en live, c'est le mardi soir à 21h sur notre chaîne Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Si vous aimez les mangas, n'oubliez pas notre émission MangaDiscovery : https://linktr.ee/mangadiscovery Vous pouvez nous retrouver sur nos réseaux sociaux :Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ComicsDiscovery/Twitter : https://twitter.com/comicsdiscoveryInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/comicsdiscovery/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jamesetfaye Vous pouvez nous écouter sur :Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2Qb8ffDAusha : https://podcast.ausha.co/comicsdiscoveryItunes : https://apple.co/2zw9H1QDeezer : https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/55279 Sans oublier le replay en vidéo sur :Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@ComicsDiscovery/Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Si vous voulez nous soutenir vous pouvez le faire sur :Tipeee: https://fr.tipeee.com/james-et-faye Vous pouvez venir discuter avec nous sur notre serveur discord :Discord : http://discordapp.com/invite/GsBTkDS Et pour retrouver tout notre contenu vous avez notre site web :Le site de James & Faye : https://jamesetfaye.fr/

Dans ce nouvel épisode de La Pause Enchantée je reçois Amélie, éditrice des produits Star Wars au sein d'Huginn et Muninn. Ensemble, nous revenons sur la création de la Revue, un MOOC dédié à l'univers Star Wars et dont le second numéro sort aujourd'hui ! Bonne écoute et au premier lundi du mois de juin pour un épisode assez personnel qui me sortira de ma zone de confort ! 

Au sommaire de cette spéciale sorties bouquins : -Retour en compagnie de son auteur Pascal Françaix sur CAMP ! VOLUME 3 : SOAP OPERA & CAMP GAY paru chez Marest Editeur ;-Évocation, avec Pascal Françaix, du film HARLOW LA BLONDE PLATINE (1965) de Gordon Douglas disponible chez Carlotta Films ;-Chronique de LA MAISON d'Emma Becker (Flammarion) ainsi que sur son adaptation cinématographique au titre éponyme réalisée par Anissa Bonnefont (éditée par Rezo Films, distribuée par ESC Distribution) ;-Échanges autour de quelques BD, à savoir, ICE CREAM MAN de W. Maxwell Prince, Chris O'Halloran, Martin Morazzo (Huginn & Muninn), NOT ALL ROBOTS de Mike Deodato Jr, Mark Russell, Lee Loughridge (éditions Delcourt) et FRIDAY de Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin et Muntsa Vicente (Glénat). Bonne écoute à toutes et tous !

Allez, on reprend notre série de podcasts SuperFriends puisqu'en 2023, nous n'aurons définitivement de cesse d'aller à la rencontre des personnes qui font vivre la pop culture par leur travail ! On démarre la cuvée de l'année en allant à la rencontre du prolifique Aleksi Briclot dont vous avez très certainement pu admirer les travaux au cours des dix dernières années, que vous soyez amateurs de comics, de cartes Magic, que vous ayez joué à Remember Me du studio Dontnod ou que vous regardiez les films de Marvel Studios. Tout ça ? Hé oui !   Aleksi Briclot est sur First Print !   L'artiste français est un véritable touche à tout opérant dans de multiples domaines du divertissement et des imaginaires : illustration, bande dessinée, cinéma, jeu vidéo, concept art, on pourrait retracer l'ensemble de ses travaux pendant des heures, mais c'est déjà avec ce podcast d'1h30 que vous pourrez vous faire une idée de la façon de fonctionner d'Aleksi Briclot.   Un podcast que l'on lie pour sa publication à une certaine actualité, puisque l'artiste propose en ce moment même une campagne pour le financement d'un énorme artbook dédié à ses dix dernières années de travail, Multiverse : The Art of Aleksi Briclot, qui arrivera aux éditions Huginn & Muninn, spécialisées dans l'édition de beaux livres.   Pour soutenir le projet Multiverse : The Art of Aleksi Briclot, c'est par là !!  On vous rappelle que vous pouvez de votre côté soutenir le podcast et faire découvrir les travaux de ceux qui y passent en commentant les émissions, en partageant les podcasts et en nous soutenant à votre mesure sur notre page Tipeee. Très bonne écoute et à bientôt pour la suite de nos émissions !    Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur Tipeee

Journaliste et critique série officiant notamment pour le site Le Point Pop et le festival emblématique Série Mania, Marion Miclet aime explorer ce qui rend ces fictions si intéressantes. Une passion qui l'amène sur le terrain, dans les lieux même du tournage de nos séries emblématiques et que vous pouvez retrouver dans ses deux guides de voyage atypiques, BINGE WATCHING New York et London aux éditions Huggin et Muninn. Marion nous parle pour cette septième case de notre calendrier de l'avent de Russian Doll créée par Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler et Leslye Headland et disponible sur Netflix. Bonne écoute à tous et à toutes ! Suivre notre invitée :• Le site de Marion• Ses guides de voyage BINGE WATCHING• Les articles série de Marion chez L'Éclaireur Nous suivre :• Twitter• Instagram• Facebook

L'objet Pop de Nicolas Herman : Le panneau Hollywood. Les 40 ans de la sortie de "E.T., l'extra-terrestre" de Steven Spielberg. Le film est sorti en France le 1er décembre 1982. À cette occasion, Huginn & Muninn publie « E.T. L'Extra-terrestre, l'Histoire illustrée du film culte » de Caseen Gaines. On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg. Une soucoupe volante atterrit en pleine nuit près de Los Angeles. Quelques extraterrestres, envoyés sur Terre en mission d'exploration botanique, sortent de l'engin, mais un des leurs s'aventure au-delà de la clairière où se trouve la navette. Celui-ci se dirige alors vers la ville. C'est sa première découverte de la civilisation humaine. Bientôt traquée par des militaires et abandonnée par les siens, cette petite créature apeurée se nommant E.T. se réfugie dans une résidence de banlieue. Elliot, un garçon de dix ans, le découvre et lui construit un abri dans son armoire. Rapprochés par un échange télépathique, les deux êtres ne tardent pas à devenir amis. Aidé par sa soeur Gertie et son frère aîné Michael, Elliot va alors tenter de garder la présence d'E.T. secrète. "Machins Machines" d'Hélène Maquet : « Caps Lock : comment le capitalisme s'est emparé du design graphique ».

Les 40 ans de la sortie de "E.T., l'extra-terrestre" de Steven Spielberg. Le film est sorti en France le 1er décembre 1982. À cette occasion, Huginn et Muninn publie « E.T. L'Extra-terrestre, l'Histoire illustrée du film culte » de Caseen Gaines. On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg. Une soucoupe volante atterrit en pleine nuit près de Los Angeles. Quelques extraterrestres, envoyés sur Terre en mission d'exploration botanique, sortent de l'engin, mais un des leurs s'aventure au-delà de la clairière où se trouve la navette. Celui-ci se dirige alors vers la ville. C'est sa première découverte de la civilisation humaine. Bientôt traquée par des militaires et abandonnée par les siens, cette petite créature apeurée se nommant E.T. se réfugie dans une résidence de banlieue. Elliot, un garçon de dix ans, le découvre et lui construit un abri dans son armoire. Rapprochés par un échange télépathique, les deux êtres ne tardent pas à devenir amis. Aidé par sa soeur Gertie et son frère aîné Michael, Elliot va alors tenter de garder la présence d'E.T. secrète.

L'objet Pop de Nicolas Herman : Le panneau Hollywood. Les 40 ans de la sortie de "E.T., l'extra-terrestre" de Steven Spielberg. Le film est sorti en France le 1er décembre 1982. À cette occasion, Huginn et Muninn publie « E.T. L'Extra-terrestre, l'Histoire illustrée du film culte » de Caseen Gaines. On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg. Une soucoupe volante atterrit en pleine nuit près de Los Angeles. Quelques extraterrestres, envoyés sur Terre en mission d'exploration botanique, sortent de l'engin, mais un des leurs s'aventure au-delà de la clairière où se trouve la navette. Celui-ci se dirige alors vers la ville. C'est sa première découverte de la civilisation humaine. Bientôt traquée par des militaires et abandonnée par les siens, cette petite créature apeurée se nommant E.T. se réfugie dans une résidence de banlieue. Elliot, un garçon de dix ans, le découvre et lui construit un abri dans son armoire. Rapprochés par un échange télépathique, les deux êtres ne tardent pas à devenir amis. Aidé par sa soeur Gertie et son frère aîné Michael, Elliot va alors tenter de garder la présence d'E.T. secrète. "Machins Machines" d'Hélène Maquet : « Caps Lock : comment le capitalisme s'est emparé du design graphique ».

Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Antarès, Les Survivants, Neptune, le podcast revient sur l'univers d'Aldébaran imaginé par Leo aux éditions Dargaud. Découvriez les coulisses de cette franchise culte de SF avec le journaliste Chistophe Quillien.  Bien plus qu'un univers  Débutée en 1994 avec La Catastrophe, Aldébaran continue de conquérir le cœur des amoureux de la science-fiction depuis bientôt 30 ans. Écologiste, féministe, mais aussi familiale, cette saga, qui répond au genre du planet opera, surprend par son imagination débordante. Rarement une bande dessinée aura été aussi loin dans sa représentation de la faune et la flore. Les animaux, souvent monstrueux, inventés par le dessinateur Leo restent en mémoire. Avec sa science-fiction humaniste, mais aussi politique qui parait totalement crédible, l'œuvre du brésilien fait penser au travail de Kim Stanley Robinson, mais aussi d'Ursula K. Le Guin. Divisés en 26 volumes de 6 cycles (Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Antarès, Les Survivants, Retour sur Aldébaran, Neptune), Les Mondes d'Aldébaran narrent les aventures de Kim, rare héroïne du 9e art à ne pas verser dans le manichéisme.  Dans son encyclopédie illustrée disponible chez Huginn & Muninn, le journaliste Christophe Quillien interroge Léo sur sa façon de découper les histoires : "Le découpage est l'étape que je préfère : j'assiste à la naissance d'une histoire. Celle que j'aime le moins, c'est l'encrage. Même s'il donne son style définitif à la planche c'est vraiment fastidieux. Mais quand je reçois l'album imprimé, c'est magique ! Lorsque je suis sur le point d'achever un cycle, je suis déjà en train de réfléchir au suivant. Je jtter quelques idées sur le papier, j'attaque le découpage pour voir si ces idées tiennent la route. Il m'est arrivé une fois de mettre à la poubelle tout un scénario et de repartir de zéro. C'était pour le troisième tome de Retour sur Adélbaran. J'avais passé deux mois à réaliser les crayonnés avant de m'apercevoir, en relisant les 60 pages d'une traite que l'histoire ne prenait pas. La fin n'était pas satisfaisante. J'ai donc tout réécrit et je n'ai gardé que trois ou quatre planches crayonnées. La sorte de l'album a été retardée, mais le plus dur pour moi, c'était de jetter deux mois de travail à la poubelle." 

Lancée en 1998, la revue Comic Box, spécialisée sur le domaine des comics, avait connu une fin que l'on pensait définitive en 2017, à l'issue de 104 numéros publiés (sans compter les hors-série). Cinq ans plus tard, le magazine est de retour sous une forme mook aux éditions Huginn & Muninn. Pour célébrer cette nouvelle résurrection, nous ne pouvions manquer le passage récent sur Paris de son rédacteur en chef, Xavier Fournier (avec qui nous avions déjà pu nous entretenir sur les questions de la presse spécialisée comics en France), pour un nouvel épisode de notre format SuperFriends !  Nouvelle aventure pour Comic Box  Confortablement installé dans notre studio/salon, Xavier Fournier a pris de son temps pour nous expliquer les rouages et les coulisses du retour de Comic Box en 2022, cinq ans après son dernier arrêt. On abordera notamment les questions de la temporalité de la presse papier par rapport au web, la façon de travailler avec toute l'équipe rédactionnelle, les contraintes ou au contraire les nouvelles libertés offertes par le format mook (croisement entre magazine et book) et la façon dont il faut penser les sommaires avec un rythme de parution tel que celui de la revue.   Si vous appréciez le travail fourni avec le podcast First Print, n'hésitez pas à le faire savoir en partageant et commentant les podcasts, mais aussi en apportant votre soutien sur notre page Tipeee, ouverte à toute contribution, partout et tout le temps ! Très bonne écoute à vous et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !  Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur Tipeee

Thoughts and memories abound as ravens follow a lad to high school; woodland critters come across a secret village; we take a peaceful pause from our stressful lives; a character has the best day of his life, again; and two brothers go on a quest for freedom. From symbolsage.com- Huginn and Muninn are the two black ravens most commonly associated with the wise but also war-frenzied god Odin. Their names roughly translate from Old Norse as Thought and Memory (intellectual thought – hugr, and emotional thought, desire, and emotion – muninn). Stories begin around the 7:25 mark.

Injustement mis de côté, déprécié, Incognito est le titre mal aimé créé par Brubaker et Sean Philipps. Est-ce qu'on vous a déjà parlé de Brubaker ? Son duo parfait avec Sean Philipps les a mené à créer nombre d'oeuvres considérés. Et si vous ne vous y êtes jamais intéressé, allez-y ! Aujourd'hui, on s'intéresse aux dossiers obscurs, à leur création la moins appréciée. Aujourd'hui, on parle d'Incognito. Incognito aurait-il mieux de le rester ? Peut-être. Ce titre reste une oeuvre difficile à aborder, notamment pas l'étrange simplicité de son histoire. Chose peu courante de la part des deux artistes. ComicsPick se fait une joie d'entrer dans la bataille. Mais pour cela, nous accueillons également un invité. Ancien collègue de chez DCPlanet.fr, Claygan nous rejoint le temps d'une petite heure. Et il ne vient pas les mains vides ! Il amène sa sélection, une sélection de qualité, puisqu'il a choisi de vous parler de Daytripper. Un programme aux petits oignons On commencera par vous parler d'une série d'oeuvres passionnantes. Daytripper, dans un premier temps. Une oeuvre poétique, colorée, à la fois philosophique, mais aussi absolument simple et facile d'accès. Une oeuvre chaleureuse et mélancolique, la définition même de "chill" à travers un récit complet. Knightwing vous présentera ensuite Once & Future, ce titre décomplexé écrit par Kieron Gillen et dessiné par le très apprécié Dan Mora ! Action lourde en prévision, accrochez-vous. Pourquoi s'arrêter en si bon chemin ? Balmung débarque avec cette petite trouvaille, cette merveille qu'est Nocturnals. Un titre édité par Huginn & Muninn à défendre et dont il FAUT parler. C'est LA claque graphique du mois ! Le cas Incognito Evidemment, une intégrale Ed Brubaker et Sean Philipps se devait de se trouver parmi notre sélection. Encore une merveille à ranger dans cette succession de chefs d'oeuvre ? Pas tout à fait. Incognito prend le pari d'explorer le super-héros aux nombreux vices. A user de grandes lignes déjà connues, Ed Brubaker se perd un peu. Le souci, Incognito n'est ni un bon, ni un mauvais comics. On tente de vous apporter des réponses, malgré la présence de nombreuses critiques négatives qui sillonnent chez les lecteurs de la première édition française. Comme toujours, on vous invite à vous abonner, sur les plateformes et sur les réseaux sociaux. On se fait un plaisir de vous répondre et de partager avec vous nos lectures comics.  Un grand merci à vous pour vos commentaires et votre écoute régulière !Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Les sorties BD de Xavier Vanbuggenhout : - « Contre ma conscience » de Hannah Brinkmann (Éditions Presque Lune) - « Roxane vend ses culottes » de Maybelline Skvortzoff aux (Éditions Tanibis) - « Violette contre Diablotin » d'Emilie Clarke (Biscoto) Spéciale Mamoru Hosoda, à l'occasion de la sortie du livre "Tout l'art de Mamoru Hosoda", sorti en juin dernier chez Huginn et Muninn. Considéré comme le digne successeur de Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosoda est le nouveau maître du cinéma d'animation japonais. Cofondateur du Studio Chizu, l'un des plus importants du Japon, titulaire de nombreuses récompenses à travers le monde, ce scénariste, animateur et réalisateur d'exception se dévoile comme jamais dans ce livre officiel. Comprenant des interviews exclusives, des centaines d'images inédites (croquis préparatoires, storyboards, peintures d'arrière-plan, etc.), cet artbook raconte toute la création d'un univers réaliste et sensible. La Traversée du Temps (2006), Summer Wars (2009), Les Enfants Loups (2012), Le Garçon et la Bête (2015), Mirai, ma petite soeur (2008) et Belle (2020), et de nombreux autres oeuvres sont à découvrir grâce à ce véritable voyage dans l'esprit de l'homme qui animait la vie. Gros succès cet été pour "Les Minions 2 : Il était une fois Gru". L'occasion de revenir sur les Studios Illumination (Les Minions, Tous en scène, Moi, moche et méchant, Le Grinch, Comme des bêtes...), société de production de films d'animation, filiale d'Universal Pictures, basée à Paris, leader européen dans l'industrie des longs métrages d'animation, à l'occasion de la sortie du livre "Hommage à Illumination – De Paris à Hollywood, les Minions à la conquête du monde !" de Claire-France Thévenon chez Ynnis Éditions. De Gru, l'un des plus célèbres méchants animés et ses fidèles acolytes les Minions, au koala Buster Moon en passant par l'infâme Grinch, le studio Illumination signe des films d'animation aussi burlesques qu'originaux. Le trait d'union entre ces œuvres, outre leur succès retentissant au box-office mondial, n'est autre qu'un producteur qui a bousculé les codes : Chris Meledandri. C'est de l'association entre Illumination et la société française d'effets spéciaux Mac Guff qu'est né le premier film de la saga prolifique Moi, moche et méchant. Produire du cinéma d'animation entre Hollywood et Paris, un véritable pari fondé sur une collaboration d'abord incongrue, vite devenue fructueuse. Film après film, l'identité du studio se dessine, et Illumination peut aujourd'hui se targuer d'avoir réinventé le divertissement familial autour d'anti-héros comiques et attachants. On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg. "Machins Machines" d'Hélène Maquet : L'écriture cursive est-elle en train de disparaître ?

Spéciale Mamoru Hosoda, à l'occasion de la sortie du livre "Tout l'art de Mamoru Hosoda", sorti en juin dernier chez Huginn et Muninn. Considéré comme le digne successeur de Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosoda est le nouveau maître du cinéma d'animation japonais. Cofondateur du Studio Chizu, l'un des plus importants du Japon, titulaire de nombreuses récompenses à travers le monde, ce scénariste, animateur et réalisateur d'exception se dévoile comme jamais dans ce livre officiel. Comprenant des interviews exclusives, des centaines d'images inédites (croquis préparatoires, storyboards, peintures d'arrière-plan, etc.), cet artbook raconte toute la création d'un univers réaliste et sensible. La Traversée du Temps (2006), Summer Wars (2009), Les Enfants Loups (2012), Le Garçon et la Bête (2015), Mirai, ma petite soeur (2008) et Belle (2020), et de nombreux autres oeuvres sont à découvrir grâce à ce véritable voyage dans l'esprit de l'homme qui animait la vie. On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg.

Rosangela Bonsignorio"Festival della Comunicazione"Camogl, dall'8 all'11 settembre 2022http://www.festivalcomunicazione.it/Festival della Comunicazione 2022:
uno sguardo prospettico sulla libertà,
 dalle origini al nostro futuro
Dall'8 all'11 settembre a Camogli oltre 100 eventi gratuiti, prenotazioni dalle 12:00 del 29 agosto.
Libertà è quella forza atavica e indomita, istintiva e viscerale, che muove i nostri gesti più profondi e i nostri desideri. È quella condizione che ci consente di esprimere chi siamo nel profondo e di manifestare agli altri la nostra identità e la nostra individualità, oltre qualsiasi forma di costrizione e di condizionamento, oltre quei vincoli che, nati per garantire la libertà, spesso finiscono per schiacciarla sotto il loro peso.Prende le mosse da questo tema la nona edizione del Festival della Comunicazione, la più grande di sempre da giovedì 8 a domenica 11 settembre a Camogli, in un viaggio lungo quattro giorni e articolato in più di 100 appuntamenti per esplorare i mille volti della Libertà dalle sue origini fino al tempo presente, gettando uno sguardo sul futuro. Tutto attraverso la lente dei diversi saperi e il principio guida della contaminazione tra le discipline, grazie al contributo di oltre 160 ospiti protagonisti della cultura italiana contemporanea, con la direzione di Danco Singer e Rosangela Bonsignorio e l'ispirazione del padre nobile del Festival Umberto Eco.Nell'età della polarizzazione e delle bolle informative, della ricerca di risposte senza più fiducia nella guida degli esperti e senza mediazioni, dell'esaltazione dell'individualismo, dell'insofferenza verso gli obblighi etici e verso il rispetto delle libertà altrui, non c'è libertà senza ricordo, senza quella consapevolezza che viene dal confronto aperto e dalla possibilità di dare espressione alle forme più varie di pensiero, di amore, di fede e di ragione. Così l'indagine a tutto tondo sul significato e sul valore della libertà attraverso il tempo, attraverso lo spazio e attraverso le culture umane parte dall'esplorazione di quel passato comune da cui tutti veniamo, per comprendere a fondo a che punto siamo nella società dell'oggi e soprattutto per individuare le vie che potremo percorrere, mettendo assieme i linguaggi della storia, dell'arte, della creatività, della sociologia, della musica, dell'economia, dell'innovazione e della scienza, tra memoria, coscienza di sé e coscienza dell'altro.In un programma variegato e caleidoscopico, nuovi e vecchi amici del Festival della Comunicazione porteranno sui cinque palchi camoglini la propria visione su come il passato abbia dato forma al nostro essere odierno. Alessandro Barbero, con una delle sue ineguagliabili narrazioni storiche in un confronto con i giorni nostri, esplorerà l'evoluzione attraverso i secoli del significato di essere liberi, con la sua lectio di inaugurazione “Libertà va cercando”. L'appuntamento sarà anche l'occasione per ricordare, insieme ai direttori, Piero Angela, amatissimo ospite fisso e appassionato del Festival a cui è dedicato anche uno speciale su festivalcomunicazione.it. Dalla scienza alla storia, verso un passato più contiguo alla contemporaneità, Marcello Flores e Giovanni Gozzini si interrogheranno sul “Perché il fascismo è nato in Italia?”, guidati nel loro dialogo da Aldo Cazzullo che poi sullo stesso fil rouge con Moni Ovadia e Giovanna Famulari condurrà lo spettacolo “Il duce delinquente”, per raccontare come Mussolini abbia compiuto azioni vergognose già ben prima del 1938. Fino ad arrivare a un tema tanto classico quanto drammaticamente attuale come “Chi comincia la guerra? Manuale per principianti e non”, con Franco Cardini e Giovanni Gozzini, per spaziare dall'antichità fino all'attualità in Ucraina. E poi di nuovo uno zoom all'indietro attraverso centinaia di migliaia di anni di storia, con Guido Barbujani, Stefano Allievi e Silvia Ferrara a mettere insieme genetica, sociologia e linguistica per raccontare (nell'amatissimo appuntamento Homo sapiens) “la lunga marcia” dell'umanità, iniziata dall'Africa 200mila anni fa e tuttora in corso, che ha lasciato un'impronta profonda su quasi tutto: le nostre differenze biologiche, le nostre culture e le nostre società.Con gli occhi attenti sul presente, “Libertà di informare: ma l'indipendenza non è equidistanza” è la lectio con cui Enrico Mentana estenderà il tema al mondo del giornalismo, quindi alla giustizia con Gherardo Colombo e “L'armonia, il male, la libertà. Riflessioni sull'essere umano”. Poi ai media di ieri e di oggi con Aldo Grasso intervistato da Monica Maggioni a proposito de “La televisione spiegata al popolo”, il conflitto che assume la forma mediatica con “Guerra e informazione” con Furio Colombo, Carlo Rognoni e Luca Ubaldeschi, fino al cabaret, alla scrittura, alla televisione e alla radio con il Premio Comunicazione 2022 consegnato a Luciana Littizzetto, che con la sua contagiosa simpatia e il suo modo provocatorio e irriverente di comunicare – libero da ogni costrizione – è capace di raccontare l'attualità con lucido umorismo. E il Festival sarà anche un viaggio in giro per il mondo alla scoperta del senso attuale della libertà in società ed economie profondamente diverse, dalla Cina con Giada Messetti alla California con Francesco Costa, dalla Francia con Gilles Gressani, Stefania Giannini e Mara Gergolet a “Navigare nell'interregno” fino a chiederci “A cosa serve l'America?” in un reading di Federico e Jacopo Rampini. Per l'Italia interverranno, a proposito di libertà a cavallo tra economia e politica, Carlo Cottarelli, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo e venerdì 9 settembre – a poche ore dal blocco preelettorale dei sondaggi – Nando Pagnoncelli con Ferruccio de Bortoli darà in diretta in anteprima gli ultimi dati Ipsos sulle previsioni di voto.Il Festival della Comunicazione, organizzato da Frame in collaborazione con il Comune di Camogli, è reso possibile anche grazie al supporto di Regione Liguria, Teatro Sociale di Camogli, Camera di Commercio di Genova, Bank of America e Ascot, assieme ai partner tecnologici Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Università di Genova, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare e Human Technopole, e a sponsor privati tra cui il main partner FS italiane, i main sponsor Banca Passadore, Basko, Bmw, Generali, Lavazza, Enel, Audible, Eni, Weber Shandwick e Iren, e i gold: Msc, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, MyEdu e Snam.Il programma dettagliato del Festival con i singoli eventi, le date, gli orari e le location è disponibile su festivalcomunicazione.it. Tutti gli eventi del Festival della Comunicazione sono gratuiti fino a esaurimento posti. Rosangela Bonsignorio"Preferisco il rumore del vento"Il Canneto Editorehttps://www.cannetoeditore.it/Matti e Edo si conoscono il primo giorno di scuola, si piacciono e cominciano a frequentarsi con alterne fortune. Una storia come tante? Forse. Ma la famiglia di Edo è tutto tranne che normale e Matti ha un gatto chiacchierone disposto a fare qualsiasi cosa per lei. Edo ha quattordici anni, comprende il linguaggio degli animali, all'occorrenza sa volare, anche se solo per brevi tratte. Non ha idea di chi sia suo padre, di certo un umano. Vive con la madre, la valchiria Tora, e Muninn, il corvo che gli ha regalato Odino. Sono tempi difficili per le divinità degli antichi vichinghi: nessuno crede più in loro e piano piano Thor e tanti altri hanno preferito invecchiare come gli umani e spegnersi. Abituati a essere adorati, non si sono rassegnati all'oblio. Incuriositi dai racconti di Edo, Odino, sommo tra gli dèi, Loki, dio dell'inganno e Freya, dea dell'amore, decidono di avventurarsi di nuovo nel mondo, dopo secoli di esilio su un'isola sperduta al largo della DanimarcaIL POSTO DELLE PAROLEAscoltare fa Pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Pensiez-vous que nous allions prendre des vacances ? Hé bien non ! Jamais, jamaaaaais, vous entendez ? L'actualité du début du mois d'août s'est montrée particulièrement chargée pour une période dite "de calme", alors nous prenons sans broncher nos micros pour vous faire un Front Page de notre cru, avec l'accent du Sud qui s'invite (on ne sait pas trop pourquoi, mais bon, c'est comme ça) !   De l'actualité comics en veux-tu en voilà !  Au programme, quelques sorties comics en VF et en VO pour l'automne arrivant, pas mal de développements mis en route du côté de la télévision, et bien évidemment le gros, gros dossier que constitue le bordel ambiant chez Warner Bros, dont on a l'impression qu'il ne s'est en fait jamais arrêté depuis au moins six-sept ans. Tout ce la et bien plus, c'est à dérouler dans notre débrief de l'actualité, on espère que vous l'apprécierez ! Vous pouvez réagir aux sujets dans les commentaires, partager le podcast sur les réseaux sociaux, et nous soutenir sur Tipeee pour qu'on soit plus sereins que Warner. Bonne écoute et à bientôt pour la prochaine émission !  Le Programme  COMICS - 01:40  Locust, Kill Lock et Hokus Pokus en financement participatif chez Komics Initiative Delcourt annonce une intégrale de L'étrange vie de Nobody Owens Huginn & Muninn annoncent Nocturnals de Dan Brereton Le sommaire de LowReader Tome 2 se dévoile Mark Millar annonce Big Game (Pepe Larraz) et la suite de Nemesis (Jorge Jimenez) Mark Millar va-t-il sauver l'industrie avec Night Club ? Il se passe quoi exactement chez Valiant ? Behold, Behemoth, de l'horreur à venir chez Boom! Studios Mark Russell nous emmène sur Mars avec Ablaze Comics Planet Hulk : Worldbreaker annoncé chez Marvel Comics Des one-shots pour Thanos et Black Panther également au programme cet automne Et surtout, une nouvelle série Deadpool !  TV - 1:15:50  Netflix annonce des adaptations de Mind MGMT et Bang! De Matt Kindt Les séries Green Lantern et Constantine a priori en bonne voie pour HBO Max The Franchise, un pilote commandé par HBO IDW annonce le développement de cinq de ses comics en séries TV  CINEMA - 1:40:15  Eternals 2 est bel et bien en développement apparemment Lady Gaga confirmée pour Joker : Folie à Deux (et Zazie Beetz sûrement) Warner Bros : annulation de Batgirl, le gros point sur l'avenir DC Films (avec Black Canary, Blue Beetle, Strange Adventures, le plan sur dix ans, etc)  Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur Tipeee

Le soleil tape fort et on a une émission rafraîchissante à vous proposer ! Bienvenue dans ce nouvel épisode de Front Page, votre revue d'actualité spécialisée sur tout ce qui passe dans le monde des comics et de leurs adaptations. On vous le dit, vous êtes parés pour un bon moment instructif et détente à la fois. En route !  L'actualité comics estivale bât son plein !  Entre les annonces faites autour de nos chers éditeurs VF, et une plus large partie consacrée aux écrans (la faute à de nombreuses annonces et trailers), l'actualité comics se montre toujours aussi vivante dans ce nouveau numéro de Front Page ! On espère que notre cocktail d'analyse et de digression (avec des imitations par ci par là) vous plaira tout autant que nous avons eu plaisir à l'enregistrer ! Et si tel est le cas, n'hésitez pas à réagir aux différents sujets, à partager les podcasts sur les réseaux sociaux, et à contribuer à notre développement grâce à votre soutien sur notre page Tipeee ! Très bonne écoute, et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !  Le Programme  COMICS - 01:25  Une campagne Ulule pour Giant Days (Akileos) et pour la collection 9eme Art Panorama (Bubble) Komics Initiative et 404 Comics annoncent leur invités pour Japan Expo (Amazing) Annoncé chez Urban : Refrigerator full of Heads, Catwoman Lonely City, Une soif légitime de vengeance, Saga Tome 10 Puis ça réédite Daytripper et Seven to Eternity en Urban, aussi Super-vilains, parodie décalée à venir chez Fluide Glacial Les éditions Rackham abandonnent Sin City Huginn & Muninn préparent une intégrale du Madman de Milke Allred Patton Oswalt poursuit les comics avec Minor Threats chez Dark Horse Bill Jemas quitte AWA Studios pour fonder Be Good Studios (avec des NFTs) Bruce Campbell écrit du Sg. Rock vs Army of the Dead Marvel passe full exclusif avec Penguin Random House  TV - 54:25  Netflix annonce Masters of the Universe : Revolution De premières images pour l'adaptation de Paper Girls Un trailer pour Locke & Key saison 3 Un trailer pour Warrior Nun saison 2 Un trailer pour The Sandman, surtout TMNT : Shredder's Revenge sort cette semaine !  CINEMA - 1:12:45  Tahar Rahim embarque dans la galère Madame Web Uma Thurman et Henry Golding rejoignent The Old Guard 2 Joker : Folie à Deux par Todd Phillips officiellement annoncé Un film Thunderbolts en préparation par Jake Schreier Spider-Man : No Way Home ressort en version longue à l'automne Enfin un trailer pour Black Adam  --Soutenez nous sur Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/first-print  Ne manquez aucun rendez-vous : https://podcast.ausha.co/firstprintfra   Retrouvez nous sur Facebook : https://facebook.com/FirstPrintFRA  sur Instragram : https://www.instagram.com/firstprintfra  et sur Twitter : https://twitter.com/FirstPrintFRA

L'avantage du temps qui passe vite, c'est que vous n'avez pas beaucoup à attendre pour retrouver nos formats Front Page, votre rendez-vous trimensuel pour décortiquer avec passion et humour l'actualité des comics ! On reprend les micros et on vous emmène une fois de plus dans l'une de ces émissions que vous appréciez tant (si, si, on le sait) !  Qui a dit qu'il n'y avait pas d'actualité comics ?   Certainement pas nous, et vous le savez ! On trouve toujours plaisir à vous faire une sélection de ce qui nous plaît (ou déplaît un peu) dans l'actualité comics et adaptations, avec ce nouveau numéro du Front Page ! En compagnie de Sire Corentin, nous espérons que cette émission (un poil plus courte qu'à l'habitude) saura vous contenter pour aborder sereinement le quatrième mois de cette année 2022 ! Si le travail et les efforts fournis vous parlent, alors sachez que vous pouvez tout simplement a) le faire savoir b) partager les podcasts autour de vous et sur vos réseaux sociaux et c) contribuer à notre avenir en finançant le podcast sur notre page Tipeee. Chaque geste compte, et nous comptons sur vous. Mais en attendant : bonne écoute, merci de nous écouter, et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !  Le Programme  COMICS - 01:50  Une exposition autour de l'anthologie Punch! de Kinaye Editions Black RIver, nouvelle maison d'éditions comics chez Editis Usagi Yojimbo va être réédité aux éditions Paquet 25:21 La série Doc Frankenstein des Wachovski disponible chez Huginn & Muninn 27:34 Un relaunch pour le Batman Bimestriel d'Urban Comics Zestworld, le concurrent de Substack, dévoile son line-up DC annonce une nouvelle compétition “Round Robin”  TV - 58:00  La série Samurai Rabbit arrive fin avril sur Netflix Pourquoi existe-t-il une version light de Falcon & Winter Soldier ?  CINEMA - 1:12:40  L'adaptation de Nova se met en branle chez Marvel Studios Le projet Black Hawks n'est toujours pas éteint chez Warner Bros Sharon Stone a le rôle de la méchante pour le film Blue Beetle L'adaptation de Black embauche Gerard McMurray à la réalisation  --Soutenez nous sur Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/first-print  Ne manquez aucun rendez-vous : https://podcast.ausha.co/firstprintfra   Retrouvez nous sur Facebook : https://facebook.com/FirstPrintFRA  sur Instragram : https://www.instagram.com/firstprintfra  et sur Twitter : https://twitter.com/FirstPrintFRA 

Nous vous proposons dans ce nouvel épisode de Comicsdiscovery, une relecture plutôt musclé du mythe de Frankenstein par l'équipe de Matrix. Nous vous parlons de Doc Frankenstein par les sœurs Wachowski disponible Huggins & Muninn. Comme d'habitude on commence avec les news :-L'habituelle MudaisonNews-Une double dose de Batnews-A new challenger approaches : Black River-Deux news autour d'Usagi Yojimbo et Yojimbot-Le film Blue Beetle trouve son antagoniste-Le Marvel Studio qui lancerait un projet Nova-Le pilote de la série Disney + Moon KnightPuis on enchaine avec la checklist des sortie comics de la semaine par Faye et James. Le titre de la semaine: Doc Frankenstein Pendant la production de Matrix, Lily et Lana Wachowsky accompagné de leurs collaborateurs et amis Steve Skroce au dessin et Geoff Darrow pour les couverture, s'amusent pour se changer les idées à réinventer l'histoire de la créature de Frankenstein. Le résultat est une créatures immortelle parcourant les siècles en essayant d'aider les autres, tout en échappant à l'armée catholique. Un défouloir ou un divertissement prétentieux ?C'est un grand défouloir que nous propose les sœurs. Ça tire de partout, des explosions, des répliques colorées, on se retrouve dans une œuvre bac à sable où l'on sent que les Wachowski ne se prennent pas aux sérieux et s'amusent à faire tout et n'importe quoi. Leurs thèmes habituels sont là, comme l'acceptation de l'autre ou bien encore l'amour. Ils sont cependant traités de façon pas du tout sérieuses. Pourtant c'est un titre qui nous a divisé justement à cause de ce ton débridé. Réussite ou raté ? À vous de vous faire votre opinion.Si vous voulez voir Vincent sur Twitch voici sa chaine : https://www.twitch.tv/titoupeinture Le mot de la fin Comme toujours nous vous invitons à venir partager votre avis avec nous que vous soyez d'accord ou non, ça nous fait toujours plaisir d'échanger avec vous. Si vous avez envie de nous écouter en live, c'est le mardi soir à 20h sur notre chaîne Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Si vous aimez les mangas, n'oubliez pas notre émission MangaDiscovery : https://linktr.ee/mangadiscovery Vous pouvez nous retrouver sur nos réseaux sociaux :Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ComicsDiscovery/Twitter : https://twitter.com/comicsdiscoveryInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/comicsdiscovery/ Vous pouvez nous écouter sur :Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2Qb8ffDAusha : https://podcast.ausha.co/comicsdiscoveryItunes : https://apple.co/2zw9H1QDeezer : https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/55279 Sans oublier le replay en vidéo sur :Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/ComicsDiscoveryTwitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Si vous voulez nous soutenir vous pouvez le faire sur :Tipeee: https://fr.tipeee.com/james-et-faye Vous pouvez venir discuter avec nous sur notre serveur discord :Discord : http://discordapp.com/invite/GsBTkDS Et pour retrouver tout notre contenu vous avez notre site web :Le site de James & Faye : https://jamesetfaye.fr/

Today's guest deejay is Damián Schneider, one-half of Munknörr. I discovered Munknörr by way of Heilung. In the beforetimes, a friend posted a link to Heilung's new album, Futha, on Facebook. I listened to a few songs and scoffed that Heilung was a Nordic version of Enya. But Heilung's costumes captured my imagination, and I went back and listened to their album in its entirety and became a fan. So much so that I went to perform when they were in Los Angeles. Heilung we're excellent! I was transported to an age undreamt of for the next hour or so. Heilung looked like Nordic shamans and cheiftans. Aside from the band, there were a dozen warriors and shield maidens. Antlers adorned microphone stands. Some of the audience dressed almost as provocatively as I saw on stage. Spotify started to serve up music much like Heilung on my Discover Weekly playlist within a few weeks. It dawned on me that what Heilung called amplified history was a genre. And that's how I came across Munknörr. Munknörr means “the ship of the mind,” and this music on today's show will transport you to other worlds and times. If you're new to Munknörr, today's show is an excellent place to start. Damián's mix explores their many singles and albums. Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Darren McClure. See you then. Munknörr “Sigel” Munknörr “Laguz” Munknörr “Uruz” Munknörr “Deyja” Munknörr “Andi (feat Sigurboði)” Munknörr “Huginn and Muninn" Munknörr “Heimdallr” Munknörr “Othila” Munknörr “Wolf Spirit” Munknörr “Thurisaz” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/soundwavemix/message

Cette semaine on a sortit les lunettes noires et nos manteau en cuir pour plonger dans la Matrice pour découvrir ses secrets. Nous vous parlons dans cet épisode des comics Matrix édité dans un beau volume par Huginn et Muninn. Avant de prendre la pillule rouge quelques news:-la batnews un peu comics pour une fois-la sardou news encore une fois surprenante-Les news autour du Disney + day-Un film Gorilaz sur Netflix-Diamond qui se fait hacker-Henry Cavill qui veut remettre le costume de Superman-Une série What If ? en comics de retour chez MarvelPuis on passe a la checklist des sorties comics de la semaine par Vincent et James. Le titre de la semaine: MatrixEn 1999 est apparu sur nos écrans un film inattendu qui a laissé sa marque dans la pop culture ainsi que dans l'histoire du cinéma: Matrix.Lana et lily Wachowski proposait un film riche de part ses thématiques philosophiques , psychologiques et qui offrait également une critique de la société . Matrix c'est aussi une prouesses technologiques comme le fameux Bullet time. Un divertissement époustouflant qui lance un univers profond. Enter the MatrixEn parallèle de la production de la trilogie les sœurs décident d'explorer l'univers au travers de différents support: Animation, Jeux vidéo et comics. Elles réunissent une belle équipe d'auteurs dont elles apprécient le travail et les laissent libres de raconter leurs propres histoires se déroulant dans la matrice.Si vous alliez sur le site officiel what is Matrix ,vous pouviez trouver à l'époque ces comics après une petite recherche. le lapin blancCes comics Matrix sont parfaits pour les fans qui ont aimé le fameux Animatrix, qui utilisait la même idée dans différents courts métrages réalisés par différents studio japonais. On essaye de comprendre ce qu'est la Matrix, pourquoi certains en sortent, bref c'est un beau prolongement de l'univers et de ses thèmes. Cet ouvrage rempli de bonus s'adresse aux fans et peut laissé de côté ceux qui ne connaissent pas trop les films, pour les autres c'est un beau cadeaux. En plus:Si vous voulez approfondir on vous conseille les deux épisodes de Mr Bobine consacré au film et son impact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhfZSLYOxL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmb_7-RtCdA Le livre: Lilly et lana Wachowski la grande émancipation de Erwan Desbois chez Playlist societyLe rockyrama hors série de Matrix Le mot de la finComme toujours nous vous invitons à venir partager votre avis avec nous que vous soyez d'accord ou non, ça nous fait toujours plaisir d'échanger avec vous. Si vous avez envie de nous écouter en live, c'est le mardi soir à 20h sur notre chaîne Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Vous pouvez nous retrouver sur nos réseaux sociaux :Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ComicsDiscovery/Twitter : https://twitter.com/comicsdiscoveryInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/comicsdiscovery/ Vous pouvez nous écouter sur :Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2Qb8ffDAusha : https://podcast.ausha.co/comicsdiscoveryItunes : https://apple.co/2zw9H1QDeezer : https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/55279 Sans oublier le replay en vidéo sur :Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/ComicsDiscoveryTwitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Si vous voulez nous soutenir vous pouvez le faire sur :Tipeee: https://fr.tipeee.com/james-et-faye Vous pouvez venir discuter avec nous sur notre serveur discord :Discord : http://discordapp.com/invite/GsBTkDS Et pour retrouver tout notre contenu vous avez notre site web :Le site de James & Faye : https://jamesetfaye.fr/

Peut-être avez vous profité du 11 novembre pour vous prendre un loooong weekend de quatre jours ? Par ici, on a saisi l'occasion une fois de plus pour prendre nos micros et débriefer l'actualité comics récente, du début du mois de novembre 2021. C'est dire qu'il s'en passe des choses, du côté des comics comme des adaptations... Alors, en route !  Une actualité comics qui réchauffe  Entre les différents projets à soutenir en VF, les annonces venues de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique, l'actualité comics est toujours très vivante. En ce sens, Front Page poursuit plus que jamais sa mission d'information, d'analyse et de divertissement avec cette nouvelle émission à ranger dans la durée standard d'une paire d'heures. De quoi vous accompagner, quel que soit le moment de la journée !   On espère qu'après plus d'un an à nous écouter, les podcasts continuent de vous plaire. N'hésitez pas à réagir aux différents sujets, quels qu'ils soient, dans notre espace commentaire ou sur les réseaux sociaux. Vous avez aussi la possibilité de partager nos podcasts (sans modération), ou de contribuer à notre aventure grâce à notre page Tipeee. Merci en tous les cas de nous écouter, et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !  Le Programme  COMICS - 01:50  Crowdfunfding : Parias Tome 2, Piracy, et un projet Marvel Studios chez Huginn & Muninn  Super-héros : science ou fiction annoncé aux éditions DeBoeck Delirium détaille son programme de (belles) rééditions pour novembre 2021 Urban Comics doit retirer The Authority : les année Stormwatch T2 de la circulation Stillwater de Chip Zdarsky arrive chez Delcourt Comics en début d'année 2022 La pénurie de papiers pose des soucis aux éditeurs L'ambitieux The Bone Orchard Mythos de Jeff Lemire et Andrea Sorrentino Bad Idea veut envoyer des cailloux à ses lecteurs les plus fidèles Geoff Darrow au travail sur une nouvelle mini-série Shaolin Cowboy Si Spurrier et Matias Bergara se retrouvent pour Step by Bloody Step Le rachat de Simon & Shuster par PRH potentiellement bloqué Mark Waid planche sur un bouquin How to Create Comics the Marvel Way Devil's Reign fait au final 26 numéros, lol  TV - 1:30:54  Todd McFarlane ouvre une branche séries TV avec Thumbs et Macfarland  CINEMA - 1:37:30  Le retour des Marvel One-Shots encore teasé Marvel Studios défend son montage des Eternels Letitia Wright pose des soucis pour le tournage de Black Panther : Wakanda Forever  --Soutenez nous sur Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/first-print  Ne manquez aucun rendez-vous : https://podcast.ausha.co/firstprintfra   Retrouvez nous sur Facebook : https://facebook.com/FirstPrintFRA  sur Instragram : https://www.instagram.com/firstprintfra  et sur Twitter : https://twitter.com/FirstPrintFRA 

Cette semaine dans Comicsdiscovery, nous vous parlons de Hard Boiled de Franck Miller et Geof Darrow. Un titre à ne pas mettre entre toutes les mains mais un beaux travail d'édition par Futuropolis. Pour commencer les petites news comics de la semaine :-Une double Batnews improvisé au dernier moment-Une histoire de Sardou qui prolonge Halloween-Bill Murray qui rejoint le casting d'Antman et une anedocte un peu connu-Un nouveau trailer de Morbius assez cringe-La pénurie de papier qui va mener une possible augmentation des comics-Une nouvelle série en creator owned pour Elsa Charretier et Tom King-Bliss Comics sort Ninjack de Matt Kindt en intégrale-Huginn & Muninn va faire un crowdfunding pour un livre sur la construction du MCUOn enchaine avec la checklist des sorties comics de la semaine par Faye et Lena On discute un peu avec notre invité Zouzeman, un vidéaste passionné et passionnant qui parle de son amour des comics.N'hésitez pas a jeter un œil a sa chaîne : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCenhNNOtxdMfVX9itYBwKYA Hard BoiledHard boiled vous propulse dans un monde futuriste plutôt sombre. nous suivons un collecteur d'impôt qui se révèle être un robot ultra violent. Qui est il ? Que veut t'il? ce sont des questions auxquels nous essayons de répondre. Autant le dire tout de suite c'est un titre qui nous a divisé mais qui nous a permis d'avoir des échanges intéressants. Cyber punkUne des réussites de ce titre c'est avant tout le travail graphique de Darrow. Il nous propose un monde cyber punk, violent et sans moralité. On peut dire que c'est un monde qui a perdu son humanité. On s'arrête souvent sur ses cases pour admirer les détails qu'il place habilement et qui donne du corps à cet univers tourmenté.L'élément de division viens du scénario. Il est assez confus et vide pour certains et rempli de réflexion sur la nature humaine et son avenir pour d'autres. Miller complète t'il le travail de Darrow ou le gache t'il ? c'est également une piste de réflexion que nous nous sommes posés. Au finalMême si nous n'avons pas le même avis, Hard boiled ne vous laissera pas indifférent rien que pour ses dessins et le très bel objet que nous propose Futuropolis, une belle Bd grand format qui met à l'honneur le travail de l'artiste. Le mot de la finComme toujours nous vous invitons à venir partager votre avis avec nous que vous soyez d'accord ou non, ça nous fait toujours plaisir d'échanger avec vous. Si vous avez envie de nous écouter en live, c'est le mardi soir à 20h sur notre chaîne Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Vous pouvez nous retrouver sur nos réseaux sociaux :Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ComicsDiscovery/Twitter : https://twitter.com/comicsdiscoveryInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/comicsdiscovery/ Vous pouvez nous écouter sur :Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2Qb8ffDAusha : https://podcast.ausha.co/comicsdiscoveryItunes : https://apple.co/2zw9H1QDeezer : https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/55279 Sans oublier le replay en vidéo sur :Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/ComicsDiscoveryTwitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Si vous voulez nous soutenir vous pouvez le faire sur :Tipeee: https://fr.tipeee.com/james-et-faye Vous pouvez venir discuter avec nous sur notre serveur discord :Discord : http://discordapp.com/invite/GsBTkDS Et pour retrouver tout notre contenu vous avez notre site web :Le site de James & Faye : https://jamesetfaye.fr/

Olá, Ouvintes! Falaremos hoje sobre “Sigmata: Este Sinal mata Fascistas”, RPG que está sendo trazido pela Huginn&Muninn através da plataforma do Catarse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anúncios Citados neste Episódio: Assinatura da Revista NOM Meeple Divino Giant Heroes Estante 42 Editora Alarde Vaquinha RPG Por Trás do Escudo Lições: Rubro e Roxo na Vitrine NN Financiamento Como Fazer Amigos e Enfrentar Alienígenas Financiamento Valkíria - A Fonte da Juventude Financiamento Glitter Hearts Conheça nossa Vitrine NN! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faixas Gratuitas e CreativeCommons usadas neste episódio. • STAR WARS - CANTINA BAND (DJ AG REMIX) – por DJ AG • STAR WARS – STAR WARS BINARY SUNSET – por DJ AG

11. september 2018 Umsjón: Þórður Helgi Þórðarson. Gestur: Diljá Ámundadóttir Diljá mætti með nokkuð mjúkan níu lista, tilvalin á sunnudagsmorgni. Diljá talaði um árin í Hollandi en bjó þar hálfa níuna. Muninn á hollenskum og íslenskum unglingum og hversu erfitt það var að halda sambandi við sína bestu vini milli landa fyrir tima internets. Í þessum þætti reynum við að finna perlur tíunda áratugar síðustu aldar. Lögin sem voru vinsæl en hafa horfið af spilunarlistum útvarpsstöðva og annara miðla. Nokkrir íslenskir tónlistaráhugamenn rifja skemmtilegar minningar, sögur og perlur sem erum þeim kærar og eiga heima á hvaða níu spilunarlista heimsins.

Dans ce #47 : de nouveaux moments de bravoure : des news high tech, un dossier sur les séries tv, l'interview de Rodolphe Lachat de Huggin et Muninn et bien plus encore! numéro spécial Star Wars!