"Remind me again how you got massage parlor out of us talking about explosives?" I asked Sapphire as she held the door open for us after making sure it was clear inside.
"Explosions mean combat and combat means stress especially for someone who isn't use to it. So a relaxing massage." She replied as if it was the most natural thing.
I couldn't really fault her logic there although how this would be a good date remained to be seen as most of the stories I've ever heard of them seem to involve falling asleep.
"Okay ground rules." Sapphire began looking at the other two. "Just so there's no grumbling or trying to swoon for extra attention. First, only the one on a date gets to speak unless John is in danger. Just so each of us get a time in the spotlight."
Aria said Quimaru both nodded.
"Second the one on the date is still to do their job, this doesn't excuse them just because."
Again more nods.
"Third John gets the final say on if anything progresses further."
That one they all looked at me for confirmation.
"I have a feeling it won't be hard for you girls to push me into wanting to go further." I said sarcastically.
"New third rule then. No pushing it further untill we're back in our dorm." Sapphire reiterated.
That got a agreement form the girls especially Quimaru who pointed out they could all try ganging up on me afterwards. Aria quickly pointed out we could be eliminated from that if they broke any of the rules and that promptly shut her up. That just left me with the mental image of them all trying to strip me.
Seemingly happy with the rules Sapphire turned to the front desk where a cat woman with orange fur smiled at us. "Hello there welcome to Nanamarilas zero gravity massage parlor. How can I help?"
Before Sapphire could say anything I blurted out. "Could you say nyah for me?"
The hostess looked at me unsure but kept her smile. "Nyyyah?"
Not quite but I'll take it. I couldn't help it, there was a real life cat girl in front of me.
"It's a human thing." Sapphire said quickly as an excuse.
"Oh I've never met one before it's a pleasure to meet you." She said with all the kindness a hostess needs.
I was almost disappointed she didn't purr her words. Wait bad thoughts, bad thoughts.
"Pleasure to meet you as well." I replied extremely happy my voice didn't break.
"We would like to purchase a room for two if ones available. However my other two companions will be required to enter as well but they won't be participating." Sapphire said trying to get back on track.
"Of course." The cat woman replied with. "Don't worry we fully know the rules Acolytes and their guards follow and will be happy to accommodate."
That was great. Wait did she say zero gravity? I might have missed that being distracted by the whole nyah thing but how does that work?
"Great." Sapphire placed her thumb on a screen between her and the cat woman that beeped happily.
"Payment successful, if you would please follow me." The hostess asked coming around and leading us down some stairs I hadn't noticed previously.
True to her words she was pretty confident in the rules as she kept a decent gap between herself and me while even stepping to the side so Aria was between us when she showed us a door that lead to our changing room. That being said most of my interactions with the alien women so far was other Acolytes and their guards so it was a little different to actually be shown the typical interactions of a none guard for once. That being said this was more of a commercial interaction so not something I should expect from everyone.
Quimaru was the one to search the room for us before we entered. Once she had we all piled in with the cat woman waiting at the door.
"A set of clothes compatible with the zero gravity environment are located in the baskets." She said pointing to the far wall that was filled with honeycomb holes with various items inside. "If one doesn't fit your anatomy please ring for assistance, otherwise the room next door contains your massage and will be available for an hour once the door is first opened. For those not participating there are magnetic lock footwear that will keep you grounded. Please note any slug based weaponry will fail once the zero gravity engines are engaged."
She gave us a second before adding. "Please note that any sex is strictly against the rules and will include additional fees."
With that she bowed and closed the door giving us some privacy. Aria instantly went to the door and leaned against it blocking anyone from entering. Quimaru however looked at me like she was trying to ask a question without breaking the first rule. It was kinda adorable and I acted clueless as she got more and more aggressive with her miming.
"Nyah?" Sapphire finally asked after she took enjoyed Quimarus display.
"Earth fantasy." I answered. "Catgirls are a hot topic in the anime fandom. It's become a trend of sorts to make them say nyah or meow at the end of their sentences."
"Why?" Sapphire pressed.
"Beats me. It's just cute I guess and people like it so authors put it in to get more sales." I said with a shrug.
"Do lamia have anything like that?" Sapphire inquired while the other two listened in.
"Sort of. You pronounce your S's with a little hiss. That's about it, and before you ask. No to angels and I've not read anything about Zodathaks, Quimarus species is new to me." I hoped that answered her questions. "Now how about we get changed?"
Sapphire of course proceeded to try and pronounce a few different words with S's completely ignoring my question.
"She sells sea shells on the sea shore." I said slowly. "Try saying that."
"Sssshe shells sea shells on the ssseee floor." Sapphire repeated noticing her blunders she tried again not doing and better the second time.
I stopped her. "You don't need to change Sapphire I think it's cute."
That had the desired effect as she blushed bright red. To try and hide this she brought up my previous question and indicated to the honeycomb wall.
Following her lead as she handed me a towel with a belt to keep it somewhat in place, I stripped down and wrapped it around my hips only giving Sapphire a quick glance when she too was naked. Sapphire had an extra towel to cover her chest much to my disappointment.
We were suppose to leave our clothes in the lockers according to traditional rules of the establishment but guards and especially Acolytes were not allowed to leave them unattended because they acted like ID in some regards. If they were taken unknowingly the person who took them could access areas that would normally be off limits to them. Luckily for us all that really ment was Aria put them in her own storage but it was interesting to know.
Slightly embarrassed I followed Sapphire into the next room once again waiting with Aria and Quimaru until Sapphire gave the all clear. It had a rather different effect watching her roam around a room in only a towel.
Locking the door behind us I noticed a timer above it counting down. The numbers were still foreign to me but I understood enough.
Aria and Quimaru fitted themselves into what I presumed were the magnetic boots without a word after Aria made sure she could remove them into her inventory while they were on. It would be an easy way of letting them escape if something happened and I briefly had the thought that handcuffs would be useless on her. Hell anything would be unavailable to contain her if she could just pull parts of the wall plating off at will. Need to remember to test her capacity.
"Now John have you ever been in zero gravity before?" Sapphire asked.
I turned back to her as she held a small remote in her hand that I didn't remember her picking up.
"Ummm no. The closest I've been to space before this was on a plane sitting on my ass for hours." I replied.
"Okay that's fine." She said offering the tip of her tail that slid around my wrist. "It will be simpler if we were connected so we don't separate too much. But I should warn you, without gravity your towel will not stay down just don't be surprised."
My mind went in circles looking between Aria then Sapphire then Quimaru before stopping on my lamias own. This might make focusing on the massage a little bit hard.
Sensing my gaze Sapphires tongue came out. "Focus John. I would like you to experience this for now. That can be done later."
I nodded a little too eagerly. Sapphire just rolled her eyes and turned a little dial on the remote.
Slowly I felt myself getting lighter. Not completely weightless but light enough that I started to move like the astronauts in the moon landing. It was strangely enjoyable jumping and falling like I had the feather fall spell from DND.
That was until I didn't come back down. The gravity now completely off my first reaction was to grip Sapphires tail to anchor myself in some way. My lamia smiled as I spun around until my feet were pointed to the ceiling, the towel stayed in place thankfully but I didn't doubt I'd flashed the other two in my confusion.
Unlike my display Sapphire calmly waited as she rose up to meet me using her tail to pull me in close as her tongue darted out. A slight glazed look crossed her features and I had to remind her no sex in here. As much as that pained me to say out loud.
Sapphire gave my abdomen a brush with her hands more for herself than anything before wrapping her tail more securely around my hips. This had the beneficial perk of putting our chests together. Trying my absolute best not to grab them I settled for holding her hips by sneaking them under the belt.
"You are making this very hard John." Sapphire growled under her breath copying me with her hand that wasn't holding the remote.
"Poor choice of words." I growled back making sure she felt the part of me I was referring to against her own labia underneath her towel.
The glazed looked to her eyes returned as my lamia let out a hiss. "Empress give me the strength to resist temptation."
That just made me want to tease her more as we spun in the air. I saw the other two below us now as I looked up creating this feeling of disorientation, it helped to have Sapphire to ground myself against and the feeling soon passed. We were also staying perfectly in the middle of the room so it wasn't completely zero gravity as that would have us bouncing around the room.
"You okay John?" Sapphire asked once I could actually focus again.
"Yeah." I answered. "Just getting use to it."
Admittedly this had derailed the arousal that was building between us but that was probably for the best.
"So how does the massage part of all this work?" I asked focusing on Sapphires face and not the floor, walls and ceiling that changed positions every couple of seconds.
"Oh that's easy." Sapphire placed the remote on the top of her tail and grabbed me with both hands. "Just relax."
Quite a hard thing to do. I kept that thought to myself however, trusting my lamia. Sapphire hummed happily and I heard a click as she pressed something.
As soon as she did a deep thrum sounded from the walls slowly ramping up. I held on tightly the Sapphires hips trying to relax but the unfamiliarity of it all was getting to me.
I was about to ask what was suppose to happen when the thrum turned into a vibration that seemed to ripple over my skin.
"Oh." I let out as the muscles along my back reflexively tensed then went slack.
"That's better John. Just enjoy it." Sapphire whisper into my ear.
I wasn't not expecting the massage to be in this form. Dialing up the frequency Sapphire pulled us in close as the waves passed over our backs and riverbeated through our bodies against one another.
I couldn't help the groan that escaped my lips. It felt strange I'll admit but it was effective. Each pulse over my body seemed to help sink into this calm euphoria and any parts that seemed to resist were focused on. Deep tissue proved to be no match and I almost let go of Sapphire.
Luckily my lamia wasn't as easily taken by the feeling and held us together, I could almost see it focusing more heavily on her than it was on me but chalked that up to her mutation and possibly her scales.
"T-tiiissshhh iiiiiiissss nnniiiiccce." I tried to get out the vibrations forced my voice to join its rhythm.
Sapphire just smiled and let go with her hands. She kept her tail firmly around my hips but pushed our chests away from each other. The moment we separated I felt the vibrations against my chest and belly. I couldn't help throwing my arms out so they could get the same treatment.
This was not what I was expecting but dam I was not disappointed, alien technology was really useful. Part of me almost missed Sapphires hardened nipples shaking underneath her towel but I definitely saved that image for later. Not that I could have done anything about it with how everything seemed to shake in all the good ways.
I felt my eyes roll into my skull as I just embraced it all, I just felt floppy and so out of touch with everything. Sapphire helped at that point by grabbing my hands and uncurling her tail. This brought me back as suddenly instead of feeling scales around my hips I only felt air.
"This isn't even the best part." Sapphire giggled as we were suspended with only our arms touching, our lower half's were pointed to opposing walls and I was suddenly more nervous.
Sapphire just giggled again and manipulated the remote with her tail. Something I was endlessly thankful for as I didn't want to let go of her at all. Something about not feeling the ground beneath me was really concerning.
The vibrations changed from something that seemed to push down on my skin to something that seemed to react with my skeleton. I almost pulled back in shock, something Sapphire noticed and changed the frequency back.
"Don't like that one?" She asked somehow speaking perfectly.
"N-n-nooo." I tried to get out but abandoned talking as my teeth started chattering. Instead I shook my head.
"That's okay this one's my favorite."
This time a warmth seemed to push its way down my spine in the more traditional way I would expect a massage to followed closely by a cold pressure that finished with another wave of warmth. This one was much better.
I fell into a trance as Sapphire cycled better the two different forms occasionally changing our position so a different side was focused while enjoying rubbing her body up against my own.
All too soon the massaging vibrations stopped and gravity returned. It wasn't instant as that would have been problematic but a slow descent until our feet were on the ground. Both the other girls were waiting and for good reason. As soon as my legs touched the ground and gravity returned to full strength my legs gave out. Luckily Aria was there to catch me.
"Easy John. Get your legs back under you." She said softly.
"Does that count as speaking during a date?" Quimaru whispered to Sapphire who was doing better than I was but I could still make out the slight shake in her tail as she tried to remain upright.
Sapphire shook her head. "Johns safety. Though yours might."
Quimaru quickly clamped her hands over her mouth to stop saying anything more.
I managed to finally stand without my knees buckling although Aria still stayed very close, if that was because she thought I might fall again or something else I couldn't tell.
"That was definitely a new experience." I said to Sapphire quickly adding when she looked slightly afraid I didn't like it. "But one I would gladly do again. Earth definitely has nothing like that."
"I'm glad you liked it. My Lakatera." She said back with a blush.
Aria was helpful enough to whisper in my ear. "Lamias nestmate."
I nodded my thanks before going over to my lamia and kissing her. "My Lakatera as well."
That got a burst of laughter from all three of them as apparently it was only ment to refer to the male of a lamias family not the females.
"Fine, fine." I called laughing along with them. "So Aria what have you got planned for your date?"
Was I trying to distract them with a new subject? Yes.
"Oh it's Quimaru next." Aria replied. "She's paying for my date so long as she can go next."
"Yippee! My date idea you're going to love and it does have a closing time so I needed to go next or have to wait till tomorrow!" My Zodathak cried out having understood that Sapphires date was technically over and she could speak.
"I'm looking forward to it."