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A Keepers Tale

© Cederwyn Whitefurr

21st January, 2024

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A Keepers Tale

Cedar looked down at the clipboard he held, then up at his boss, then back down at the clipboard, one hooflet on his pale furred paw tracing over the words written there, his wide expressionate eyes widening even further as his leaf-like ears twitched backwards, his furred lips curling slightly, making the mule deer's upper muzzle wrinkle.

“Sir... you have to be kidding me - “ Cedar protested, letting the clipboard fall onto the table before him.

steepling his fingers on the desk, the head keeper shook his head.

“No, I'm not. Scarlet is a young, relatively inexperienced Keeper. You've been with us twenty years -"

With an exasperated sigh, then a nervous laugh, Cedar smiled weakly.

“So, I've got the job, wonderful...thanks..."

Raising his eyebrow, the Head Keeper stared across the desk at the deer.

Cedar tried to wipe the expression off his muzzle and utterly failed. In twenty years, the mule deer could be read like an open book by his employer.

“Sir," Cedar protested. “This...job... I mean, I understand why it has to be done, but – aren't you throwing that young red fox vixen into the deep end? I mean – collecting blood samples from the almost mature stags, fine..."

Raising an eyebrow, the man merely stared at Cedar.

“Collecting seminal fluid for spermatozoa and motility..."

Cedar's voice trailed away, and his inner ears started to turn a salmon color.

“Think you're not up to it?"

Come the chuckle from across the table.

“Really? Where's the hangup? She's smart, studying hard, and from her test scores – she'll be an excellent Keeper! A Keeper's lot isn't glamorous; it's not all smiles and leading tours you know!"

Cedar began tapping a cloven hoof, which, thankfully, was sheathed in a leather hoof-0boot, but his disquiet remained before he muttered quietly.

“Sir, I just don't think - “

“Scarlet is studying Animal Husbandry, this will be an excellent moment for her to learn from, your example!"

Cedar's voice caught in his throat, his muzzle falling open and his ears slicking backward at his employer's unintended double-entendre.

Catching himself, the man chuckled and shook his head.

“I misspoke, I apologize. No, the orders stand. Scarlet is curious and learning, a kind, a gentle person like you is just the perfect candidate. It's not like you haven't done this before -"

Cedar sighed and picked up the clipboard, looking back down at it, before he turned and left, closing the door quietly behind him.

*

Scarlet, her hazel eyes glimmering from beneath the baseball cap that adorned her head, clutched her dark-furred paws before herself, nervously stepping from one-foot paw to the other. Her triangular ears, poking through the cap, twitched along with her white-tipped tail.

As her ears pricked forward, a smile spread across her lips and she watched as her partner for today rounded the corner and walked up to her.

“Ms. Foxglove,"

Cedar looked down at her, and then a smile of his own touched his lips.

“Sir?"

Scarlet's natural charm and enthusiasm filled her voice.

Cedar shook his head slowly, then tipped his cap back slightly, as he turned the page on the clipboard he held and read a few lines, muttering under his breath.

“It says here, you're in your second year as a Keeper – still studying, and from what I see here, you're a valuable and diligent employee. Well done, now, we're in for a real treat today..."

Scarlet's ears caught the subtle nuance as Cedar said real and she frowned slightly.

“Today, we're going to be doing some rather..."

Cedar's ears betrayed the blush and he coughed delicately, turning his head away.

“I've been given the task of blood samples and seminal collection. Have you any experience in this area?"

It took Scarlet a moment before her eyes widened and she shook her head.

“No, sir. I have read some articles, but never actually had hands-on experience. So, I hope I won't make any mistakes, I assume you've got our -"

Cedar nodded slowly, then began walking, the vixen following in his hoof steps.

“We're to go to the Whitetail enclosure. I need to get what we need first, now, since you're learning – I'll be handling them at first, they're used to me. As they've just reached sexual maturity, they can be a little anxious. We'll employ proper safety equipment and procedures, of course. You get the wonderful job of collecting the seminal fluid. I assume you won't have a problem with this?"

Behind him, Scarlet twitched and hid her nervous giggle behind a cough, before she became serious-faced and followed along inquisitively.

*

Cedar sedated the last stag, watching as it stumbled slightly, then its eyes turned glazed and it slowly knelt down, then lay down.

“Time, let's get to work -"

Giving the electro-probe a quick clean with an alcohol wipe, he applied a generous amount of lube and lifted the buck's tail. Easing it forwards, he maneuvered it gently until it hit the stop mark.

“I don't think you'll need that - “ Scarlet murmured, as she knelt down, the artificial vagina held in one paw, her other hand on the stag's sheath.

“Oh?" Cedar asked, glancing over at her.

With a grin, Scarlet applied four-finger pressure on the buck's belly, and to Cedar's surprise, the stag fully presented his penis. Expertly, Scarlet slid the collection device over it and using her thumb, touched another point. To Cedar's surprise, the stag snapped his hips forward, his ejaculate spurting and being collected.

“How - “

Cedar was speechless, both surprised and confused in equal measure.

“Pressure points – all animals have them," Scarlet laughed delicately. “It's a hobby of mine, learning manipulation to ease pain and taught muscles,,like massage, so why use such..."

Gesturing at the probe, attached to the wires that'd stimulate the buck's prostate, Scarlet shook her head.

“Paws on approach is much more gentle, wouldn't you think so? I mean, I don't mean to tell you your job – sir..." Scarlet's ears twitched backward as she suddenly realized who she was addressing.

Cedar grunted, then shuddered, still surprised at what Scarlet had demonstrated.

“I – do not fully approve of your methodology," He began, then a slow smile spread across his muzzle. “Yet I can not fault your results – it does save time, doesn't it? Could you teach others this... technique?"

Scarlet flushed, then giggled shyly – a moment passing between them. “I'd prefer..."

Cedar's eyebrows raised, and he loosened his khaki collar before swallowing and flicking his left ear, a little perplexed.

“Urgh!" Scarlet exploded in exasperation, then burst into delicate laughter, looking at Cedar with a teasing expression he didn't quite comprehend.

“Are all mule deer, this dense?" Scarlet smirked, then shook her head playfully, her brush of a tail wagging. “We've worked together since I first came to the sanctuary! We've seen things and done things... Now, are you going to keep scratching that adorable head of yours – or will we finish the job?"

Cedar frowned, then administered the anti-reversal injection, gently rubbing the injection spot on the buck, before stepping away as it began to stir and twitch, coming around slowly.

“We're finished, A-32- “ Cedar looked down at his clipboard. “Was the last..."

Grinning at him, Scarlet stepped forward, then playfully poked Cedar's leathery nose pad, ticking it with her fingertips. “One stag remains..."

“Oh... OH..." Cedar gasped, his muzzle falling open, his ears moving from a pale pink right through salmon into a deep scarlet red. “You're lovely, and all - “

Scarlet's tail frizzled and she snickered then stepped up onto her toe-tips and kissed him playfully on the lips. “What? Scared of what I can do with... these?"

Cedar laughed nervously, giving a gentle kiss to her lips in return, his breath catching in his throat as he felt the gentle pulse of electricity against his stomach. Looking down, he watched as Scarlet waggled the probe back and forth, raising an eyebrow.

“I'd love to know – if this works as well on a Mule, as it does on a White..."

Cedar shuddered and blushed, looking away before Scarlet snickered again took him by the hand, and led him into the off-limit deer enclosure. He carried the probe in its protective case, while Scarlet slung the satchel with the samples. Once out of sight, and having triple-checked they wouldn't be disturbed, Scarlet hung the satchel on a hook and grinned at Cedar, who swallowed and began unbuttoning his khaki shirt.

“I've always wondered - “ Scarlet murmured, as she turned away, looking playfully over her shoulder at Cedar. “If half the rumors are..."

Her words trailed off, as her muzzle fell open as Cedar dropped his trousers, revealing his pale furred testicles and long sheath – much longer and thicker than the Whitetail's they had obtained their specimens from.

“They don't call us Mule's, because of our larger than normal ears my dear - “ Cedar playfully teased, then gestured at himself.

With a quiver and a convulsive swallow, Scarlet stripped herself off, then turned about, placing her hands on her furred hips and looking up at him.

“Test subject, quite a handsome buck, species, Odocoileus hemionus..."

Cedar watched, as Scarlet crouched down, then tenderly cupped his scrotum in one paw, using the four fingers of her other one experimentally on his sheath. He shuddered and giggled nervously, shaking his head.

“Excellent, you've studied your Latin names! Now – how about..."

With a high-pitched inhalation of breath, Cedar suddenly felt Scarlet's fingers move, then she giggled as almost instantly, a good nine inches of Cervid penis sprang into full erection.

“I told you..." Scarlet giggled.

Cedar slumped back against the wall, as Scarlet carefully squirted lube into both paws, then wrapped her now sticky fingers around his firm, already dribbling length and carefully stroked up and down.

“I'll start easy - “ Scarlet's voice trailed upwards, as she interlaced her fingers, ensuring the lube covered from sheath base to penile tip.

Cedar squirmed and gurgled, his hooflets rattling against the back wall as he grit his teeth, fighting the instincts that flared within him.

“Easy there - “ Scarlet growled playfully, one paw picking up the artificial vagina, before she looked at it and slid it down over his penis tip. “Just breathe and..."

With a squeal, Cedar snapped his hips forward sheathing himself well inside the device – about a third of his length thrust into the condom-like collection sleeve. Scarlet's eyes went wide like dinner plates, as she saw him ejaculate in powerful spurts, a good six times the volume amount even the most virile of whitetail had provided.

“Woah - “ Scarlet gasped, then laughed nervously.

“Nnngh - “ Cedar gurgled, his body trembling, before he started to slide downwards.

“Uh uh, on your knees and paws bucky, we're not done yet -" Scarlet giggled. “I still got to test this probe – after all, how can I work out how to do it, if I don't get practical experience?"

Gasping and wheezing, Cedar maneuvered himself, then he shuddered as the device was removed, Scarlet taking the sample and sealing it, before she applied another collection sleeve and pushed it firmly back onto his length – making the Mule deer shudder and moan. Walking behind him, she unfastened the probe protective case, picked it up, and then gave a generous covering of lube.

“Tail up!" Scarlet giggled, playfully pinching the tip.

Cedar looked back over his shoulder, his eyes wide and expression nervous, as with care and careful movements, Scarlet slid the device inside him, twisting and turning it as she went, until she heard a grunt and Cedar's nervous giggle floated back to her.

“Woah up, I'm not a damn horse - “ He playfully snorted. “Back about...an inch and a half and... oh..."

Scarlet's mischievous smirk spread from one ear to the other, as she placed a latex-gloved paw on his rump, the other touching the dial.

“Three or four for a White, right?" Scarlet muttered.

“Nnngh...yes..." Cedar shuddered, aroused and nervous in equal measure, expecting Scarlet to start with a low setting.

“Like...this?"

Scarlet turned it to four, and Cedar grunted and moaned, the electro-stimulation of his prostate making him snap his hips forward, instantly ejaculating again as he clenched his jaws shut, his muffled groans making Scarlet grin wider.

“Or..." Scarlet's fingers clicked the dial over again and again.

Cedar's spine curled downwards with a loud crackling, his head thrown back as pulse after pulse of the electrical stimulation sent their waves through his body, causing the expected result...

Orgasm after explosive orgasm was torn from him, as Scarlet watched, wide-eyed and bemused – until at last, his scrotum pulled tight against his groin, Cedar gurgled and fell onto his side, his eyes rolling back in his head and he lapsed into exhausted sleep before his head thumped down on the hay.

“Wow..."

Scarlet turned off the machine, and slid the probe free, cleaning it vigorously with a few alcohol wipes and packing it away. Curious, she slid the artificial vagina free with a wet slurp, then wrinkled her nose as sticky Cervid ejaculate spilled over her gloves. He hadn't just filled the collection sleeve – no small effort there, but the excess had become stuck inside the device.

“I always wondered - “ Scarlet murmured, as she slipped off the collection sleeve and looked at the device itself, before shaking her head. “That is going to need some decent cleaning before next use..."

Putting the specimen she'd originally collected, Scarlet discarded the other, much fuller one in the refuse, before she shook her head, peeling the lube-slick gloves off her paws and discarding them as well. Closing the protective case, she gently shook Cedar's shoulder, before frowning and shaking much more violently, resorting to leaning in and all but shouting into his ear...all to no effect...

“Oh...oh dear - “ Scarlet giggled nervously, then glanced around and picked up the case and then the satchel with the deer semen and blood samples. “He works too hard, deserves a nice long... nap..."

*

Scarlet let herself into the head Keeper's office, then took a seat, placing her paws on her lap.

“Ms. Foxglove," He spoke quietly. “I was expecting Mr. Hart – is he..."

With her infectious smile, Scarlet's tail swished from side to side, as she tilted her head and giggled shyly. “Sorry, sir – he sends his apologies, he's a little – overwhelmed right now."

“I see, so, how did it go? Get the samples?"

“Yes, sir – they've been sent off to the lab. “I'm assured, they'll be back in a few days, I imagine the results will be quite interesting..."

“Excellent, excellent – you show much promise Ms. Foxglove, I expect to see big things in your future, here with us."

“Thank you, sir – I've gained quite the experience here, it's been quite interesting. Did you know, that with the proper stimulation, a buck can achieve nearly ten ejaculations? I had no idea -"

Scarlet smiled innocently, her brush of a tail swishing back and forth, as her employer just stared at her from across the desk, raising an eyebrow.

“Must...be some buck..." He mused, then shook his head. “It's not even close to rut yet... I think we've found our new breeder."

“Oh, he measures up, sir - “ Scarlet nodded, fighting to suppress the mischievous smirk that wanted to spread across her furred lips. “I think he might be a bit much for the does, though, he's – quite a stag. I might have accidentally overdone the examination, my apologies, I left him sleeping like a fawn in the stables, and he was - resting comfortably...."

“Oh, oh, okay - “ He murmured, then nodded, oblivious. “I guess you've learned something today, a new skill to add to your already impressive knowledge."

Scarlet smiled and nodded, her expression one of pure innocence. “Oh, yes sir, I'm sure future studies will be quite enjoyable. You could say, it will really be an eye-opening experience, I'm certain!."

END