A Simple Punishment 3
She accepted the terms of her punishment. With great hesitation... The little green kobold seemed to think of the experience as a wonderful dream. Akava would realize that blossom in her soul that loved the praise and attention would only grow. She would be in display in the garden with the other exhibits. She would soon find more in the garden than she anticipated as the kobolds happily tend to the statues.
Akava's heart raced as she was going to be put on display for everyone's enjoyment. Like a barmaid tart that had a run of bad luck. She was about to open her mouth to change her mind on her punishment, but she couldn't move her mouth. Geiger had flicked a drop of the solution onto her. The bottle shattered in his hand into white sand that dissolved to nothing before it hit the floor.
In a panic, she tried to move her muscles, but every part of her body was relaxing. Her eyes were fixed on a point between the two observers. Gieger mumbled another incantation in dethek, a language of the mountain dwarves. Akava felt warm and content. Like she had just woken up from a wonderful sleep and didn't want to move. Her entire body was suspended in this sensation.
“The spell's taken effect." Geiger dabbed his finger into a black solution and rubbed runes onto Akava's chest. The runes blended and melded to her scales spreading slowly across her body replacing her scales with polished obsidian stone. The dragonborn would have reeled back in pleasure if she weren't restrained by the spell's bind.
Geiger twisted her head slightly to look in a different direction. The sharp change of sight made her feel a bit dizzy, she was now looking down at the human's chest. He seemed to have complete control over her body as he moved her arm to another location. He let out more disappointed sounds and vanished from her view.
“How about this…" The kobold moved the dragonborns appendage to a new location.
“No, I don't care for that, how about this…" Geiger picked up both her legs and spread them wide up in the air.
Akava was mortified as she felt open air on her vent. The dragonborn was posed spreading her legs to the world. She hung like that for a minute letting her mind stew in the precarious sensation of having her vent spread in full view of the light before the kobold interjected. “Master, we already have enough vulgar displays."
“Right as always Zolla." He caressed Zolla's muzzle and kissed it. She bucked her hips. When he pulled away a slight moan exited her snout. “How about this…"
Akava's body was pushed back down in a more dignified pose. Clutching the strap to her chest and looking to the right. The spell was becoming more complete as he had a harder time moving each limb. She saw a glimpse of her arm in shiny stone form. It felt fantastic, every sensation waved through her body like a stone cast into a still pond. The nest mother was correct about the experience. The kobold let out a gleeful chirp when he finished moving her.
Akava couldn't see exactly what she looked like. Luckily Geiger produced a hand mirror to show off his work. Through a hazy mind of clouded sensations, she saw that she was sitting like a painting of a noblewoman in a baron's manner. Legs pushed together and talons to the side. Her right claw clutched the strap while her left claw held the chair. She couldn't show any emotions, but she was happy with the results. If she was to be naked at least she could hold onto a scrap of dignity. Then without warning the human pulled up Akava's left claw and plunged it between her thighs. The shock of pleasure buzzed her mind directly through her stone privates.
Zolla praised the action “That's beautiful master. Dignity and lewdness. I like it."
He manipulated her digits in between her thighs further pushing them into her stone entrance. The fog of pleasure turned into a tornado that trapped her mind as her digits were forced upon her clitoris. Ecstasy filled her vision with white light.
The feeling passed slowly. Tingling rippled through her stone body in a post-orgasm bliss. She regained her sight. The room came back into focus through a grey stone haze. The nest mother was gone, and Geiger was now dressed. She could only see his upper half. He wore an apron and a thick leather tunic. Stone cutter's tools occupied the pockets of the apron. Beads of sweat dripped from his chiseled features. She wondered how long it had been.
Akava's sense of time had become distorted as the human moved in a blur around her. He would occasionally slow down to normal speed as he got close to her. There was a silver knife in his hand aimed at the top of her head.
She wanted to close her eyes thinking it was going to cut her. She heard scraping stone. It echoed into her ears loudly as if she were underwater. Small dust of stone fell across her face. She was entirely at his mercy. Then the sensations renewed. Just like the message he gave her, it felt wonderful. Deep tissue massage that lasted even after he finished with that part of her body.
She had no idea what Geiger was doing but she felt revitalized. He used the silver knife around her entire body and when he got to her lower back, she lost her sight again. The years of pain she had endured her entire life had unraveled in an instance in a white-hot flash.
Again, her vision returned to her sometime later. Still trapped in the room relaxed in her prison of a stone body. Geiger was blurring around the room at supersonic speed. She couldn't track what he was doing until he approached her again. He held a white gem in his left hand and placed his right hand on her forehead head and closed his eyes.
“If you can hear me open your mind to me." His eyes danced under the lids and then he released his grip. “Glad to see you are conscious. You were lost for about a week."
Akava didn't care at this point. She was content in her prison. He stepped away and became a blur. She could only make out shapes at this point. A large glass pillar was pulled into the room about as tall as her. The kobolds that helped bring it in were nothing more than a wavey singular figure. Then all movement stopped.
Geiger touched her forehead. His warm touch slowly passed through the stone and filled her entire being. He spoke softly and pulled out some discarded scales he gathered from her. He tossed them at the pillar, they sizzled once they made contact. The pillar was an ice block. He sat there for an entire day speaking softly and tracing his fingers on her forehead.
The ice melted slowly, drip by drip. By some trick of the light, a figure could be seen inside. Dark scaled flesh slowly arose out of the block. Akava was stunned when the figure's head was revealed. It was her. The figure's horns arched in front of her face in the same fashion. Then her torso was revealed, a feminine shape. It looked like a mirrored reflection stepped into the world.
The simulacrum fell to the ground with a wet thud. Only her scales were different, pristine. Like black quicksilver, they shifted and moved. Light from the candles ignited every ounce of her dark beauty. Akava was stunned that dragonborn hide could look like that. The wide-hipped dragonborn shook from the cold and coughed up a gout of water. Geiger handed her a warm towel and welcomed her to the world.
“Akava, welcome to the material plane. I'm Geiger your master."
The groggy copy stood up sharply when she heard the word master. She blinked several times waiting for the next order. The size difference between the human and the dragonborn was significant. She was about two feet taller than him. Practically dwarfing the human in size and width. The simulacrum spoke bowing her head to Geiger. “Thank you, master. I'm yours to command." She even shared the same voice. The human reached up and touched her head and rubbed her horn. The stone Akava half expected the feeling to transfer to her but to her disappointment, there was no warm caress.
The simulacrum embraced the touch and leaned into it. “What would you ask of me master."
“See this statue, you love this statue. You will do everything to protect her."
The simulacrum stared at the statue and smiled. “Yes master, I understand.
“The Middlemen want to kill her. You will take her place and fulfill my plans."
She bared her teeth when Geiger mentioned the Middlemen. Akava wondered if her memories were magically planted in the look-a-like. The curious stare never ended. Then the simulacrum turned toward Geiger. “Master. Before I do this mission, can I ask for one thing in return?"
“What is it?"
Her jaw opened and began to kiss the human. Akava could only watch in trapped wonderment. A powerful leg wrapped around the human pressing him close to her body. He let the tongue enter his mouth, and wet kissing sounds resonated in the room. The copy moaned and gyrated on the human. She caressed Geiger with a deep passion. What was possessing her mimic to do these acts? Did he plant desire into the clone?
Akava wished time would speed up as her doppelganger started to strip the man. She could hear chuffing moans emanating from her nostrils. Akava often made those noises when she was particularly excited to masturbate. The simulacrum was begging to be fucked. She crouched down low, legs spread wide to level her head with his pelvis. Geiger was already erect by the time she slipped off his underwear. The hard member slapped her snout as it was freed. A large toothy smile of pure lust spread on her face.
Her draconic tongue slipped out and massaged the member licking the pre-cum before it dripped to the floor. Geiger was pressed against the wall, His hands clutching each horn on the simulacrum. He entered her mouth and face fucked her with the little room she allowed him to have. She stopped moving and pulled away with ease letting his member throb in the air impatiently. He was left breathless wanting more.
Akava didn't know where her copy got these skills. The captured voyeur could only watch on with impatience wanting to see the beautiful, scaled copy work over the gorgeous man. She wasn't disappointed. The large dragonborn pulled up both his arms with one claw. Geiger was left hanging naked in the air pinned to the wall with one arm. Her massive draconic talon pressed near his head demonstrating her flexibility. She was lined up perfectly over his erect member. She pressed her tight desperate hole onto him.
Geiger moaned loudly throwing his head back. Akava's clone took advantage of this and pressed her tongue inside his open mouth. She thrummed in a deep roar as she moved her hips back and forth on the man. Akava herself knew she was orgasming by the swaying of the tip of the tail. The twitch waved up to the base of her back. The passion was held for a moment and the dragonborn pulled away. There was an audible pop as his deflated cock escaped her vent. Cum oozed out as she dropped her leg.
“That was an amazing display of skills." Geiger held his chest panting heavily.
“Only the best for master." The simulacrum said with a serrated smile on her muzzle. “Thank you for letting me experience the joy of life before I am terminated."
The copy turned toward the statue. She caressed the trapped Dragonborn and kissed her on the tip of her muzzle. “I hope you enjoyed the show. Now you know what you can experience once you've done your time. I will protect you and keep you safe. It's my purpose."
Akava didn't know what that purpose was, the tingling sensation of her copy kissing her had a delayed resonance in her stone body. The simulacrum started to gather up the discarded clothing and gear. They had laid untouched for over a week. One by one the duplicate strapped herself in the armor. Geiger handed her the old daggers and gave her a farewell kiss on the side of her muzzle.
There was a sadness in the simulacrum's eyes as she looked back at her stone counterpart. “I'm going to die in your place."
To watch a twin come into existence and then leave in an hour would have left Akava speechless… If she wasn't already a speechless stone statue. Geiger rolled his shoulders and left the room leaving behind his clothes. Time started to speed up as he walked away in a pale blur.
A few other events happened as time danced in the statue's eyes. Geiger returned to write scrolls down and then leave when she assumed night fell. She wished she could at least see the sunlight to get a picture of how many days it had been. Then without warning, she was surrounded by several kobolds. The green-scaled bodies wore the traditional white dress that was common in the castle. They hoisted her up with surprising ease, she could feel their tiny claws touch her hips and legs as they carried her out of the room.
They spoke to each other about the current events of the keep. Akava had no context as it was in the middle of their conversation. To her, it just sounded like run-of-the-mill gossip. 'Do you think he likes me?' 'That exhibit needs to be cleaned and polished.' 'I can't wait to finish this book.'
She passed through the main bedchamber. It was empty. The braziers were cold and dead. The bed was comprised of piles of red pillows. Flakes of scales were scattered in the dragon's nest. Thoughts of the copper dragon fled her mind as moonlight hit her eyes. Cool air caressed her stone body. She wanted to take a deep breath of the freeing chilly air but there were no lungs to take in the breath. They placed her on a pedestal surrounded by green garden hedges.
“There you go. Master will be pleased with how many guests you bring in." One of the green kobolds exclaimed to her. “My name is Khee. I'm the garden's headmistress. I'm in charge of the care for the exhibits and the garden. Nest mother said you were being punished. But I think you are probably loving it in there." The kobold smiled with a draconic grin. Everything Akava knew about kobolds was constantly questioned. The little Khee fidgeted with her horn ring spinning it clockwise before she turned to the other kobolds.
“Alright. Get to work young ones. Nest mother wants this place sparkling for our new friend."
The other kobolds nodded in unison and bustled around cleaning up loose branches and fallen leaves. They blurred around hypnotically around Akava's perch. The kobolds were quite efficient. Once the sun rose, they rested.
The sun. She never felt something like this on her bare body before. It pierced her with heat. Practically soaking up the rays of sunshine like a rag. Pure bliss. Her profession always had her skulking around in the dark. No wonder the master of the keep mentioned her need for more sunlight, it was something she never knew would feel so fantastic.
A few kobolds joined her sunbathing. Their garments allowed the light to be absorbed. Her time since slowed as they sat with her. A pleasant surprise as she wanted to enjoy this feeling as long as possible.
“Hey, you want to see what I have?" One kobold said to the others sitting on the grass. They stood and dusted themselves off to see what the little kobold held. She opened her claw and revealed a white eight-sided gem. The same one that Geiger held in his hand when he checked up on her. The other kobolds were shocked to see the jewel.
“Where did you get that?" “Is it safe to use?"
A few questioned her decision to take something like this. She didn't answer them and jumped up to the dragonborn's lap. She reached up high and touched Akava's forehead with her other claw. Akava played along and opened her mind so that the kobold could read it. The jewel glowed and Akava thought quickly about all the different topics that she wanted to ask about. She wondered about her current situation or if her doppelganger succeeded in her mission. The kobold squinted in pain. Something was getting through, but she pulled her claw away and started to breathe heavily.
“What did you see?"
Once she caught her breath she peered at her friends and then the statue. “It was too much. It felt like shouting." Akava was disappointed, she wanted the kobold to try again. This time she would focus on just one question. That attempt didn't happen as the kobolds dispersed before the guests arrived. The lone statue hoped that she didn't scare her from attempting such a feat again. Having company on such a warm summer day would've been fantastic.
Guests arrived in a blur as time-shifted. Humans dressed in fancy outfits and gaudy costumes. Time slowed to a crawl again as they approached her nude body. The nudity was entirely a background thought to the warm summer day. Weeks of having a claw buried in her privates shredded the little shame she had left. In this strange castle nearly naked dragonkin was just business as usual.
However, she wasn't used to the praising comments on her beauty. It ignited something in her she never felt before. Her very soul was stoked. The many humans in her past told her she was ugly and slimy. If she managed to find an accepting inn to stay in, they forced her to pay extra to clean her scales from the sheets. Needless to say, these humans were different. They admired her. They said how gorgeous her scale pattern was and she was a real standard of beauty for her race. One patron said her beauty matched a golden dragonborn from the east. Akava fluttered at the praise. Between the warm sunshine and the guests peering at her body, she looked forward to the following days as the guests left the plaza.
A week passed. She grew used to the routine. She would watch in silence as the kobolds worked throughout the night. When the sun rose, she welcomed the warm embrace with the kobolds who basked next to her. They would speak their one-sided conversation with her and share their studies. Akava enjoyed this as time nearly stood still for her.
Akava learned their hierarchy quickly. The grand master Geiger ruled the small valley kingdom, followed by the great masters and mistresses who were the dragons, then the colony's nest mother, and then there was the headmistresses and masters. Khee oversaw the garden team. There were three entire colonies of kobolds living under the protection of the grand master. Akava had never seen any of them pass by in her stone prison.
The kobold that had the mind-reading gem took a real shine to the trapped dragonborn. The kobold's name was Zeir. She had just turned of age to enter the garden. A newbie, she was quite lazy with her work. Mostly spent her time on Akava's lap talking about whatever popped into her mind.
Akava grew fond of the little one. Zeir would clean her stone flesh. The oils they used reignited the pleasure she felt during the massage Geiger gave her. The way she chirped every time she started talking was cute. Zeir attempted to read her mind a few times, but each result left the kobold breathless. There was a look of fear on her muzzle. This distressed the stone dragonborn. Akava tried everything to try and mitigate the thoughts being transferred.
That was the case until Geiger appeared one morning while everyone was basking. Gliding forward on the grass wearing a regal robe with a fine leather vest peeking under the robe's curtains. Probably the most clothed Akava has ever seen the man.
The kobolds stood and lined up bowing as he passed. He touched each of their heads with a simple glide of his hand. He held a gem in his hand and then pressed Akava's forehead. She did her best to communicate through the tide of her thoughts and asked in common 'How are you?' It was a simple question.
Geiger laughed loudly startling the kobold line. “I'm doing splendid dear. I'm here to check on you." The gem grew blindingly white. Akava wished she could close her eyes from the glare. To have at least a little control over her vision would help. Though, a statue with moving eyes would be incredibly creepy to the guests.
The human spoke up while he thumbed the gem, “Hmm I see." His warm touch left Akava's forehead as he turned toward the kobolds. “You have one of my gems?"
Akava wondered how he found out. She, in no way, thought of betraying the little kobold. Zeir fidgeted digging her talons into the dirt, embarrassment flaring on her nostrils. Her clutchmates stepped away from her to avoid catching the flames of their master's wrath. His shadow stood imposing over her.
“Well, I…" She fumbled over her words. The master was patient and waited for her to speak. He silently thumbed the crystal in his hand. “I found it in the hedge garden. L-last week."
Geiger was stunned for a moment. He looked up to the sky and then slapped his forehead. “Oh, blasted me! It must have fallen from my trousers when Frathra and I flew." Then he spoke softly to the young kobold, “You were using it incorrectly, by the way. You must hold the gem with these digits." He clasped her claw and pulled on her index and middle claw around the top half of the gem. “It may only read minds of those willing. You can't force it."
He examined her little claw and then backed away. “Well, you recovered my lost gem, I see no harm in you keeping it."
“R-really!"
“But… Promise me one thing. Never use that gem to read any other exhibit."
“Y-yes, sir." Zeir swallowed holding the gem like she was taught.
“Promise?"
“I promise grand master." Zeir did a curtsy, tugging on the transparent dress with the grace of a princess.
The human patted her on the head a final time, “Good. Akava is under no extra enchantments. The other exhibits are overflowing with feelings that could seriously injure you. Their great minds need to be preoccupied."
“Like great mistress Evrey?" One of the other kobolds chimed in.
“Correct. True dragons have great passions that need to be sated so that I may touch their souls and perform the ritual."
“The bonding ritual that ties the primordial soul to the enlighten soul." Zeir quoted. She was currently learning about the different souls that inhabit every being. Akava got to learn a little second-hand as the kobolds spoke about their studies. Enlightened souls were created by the newer gods while the primordial dragonkin souls were created by the much older dragon gods.
“Correct again. You will turn out to be a fine sorceress when you get older."
Zeir beamed with pride, still fumbling with the gem in her claw.
After she learned to properly use the gem the questions started. Their favorite question to ask was 'What is it like outside the keep?' They would gather around Akava and beg her to share her life from the outside world. Akava admired their innocence. They had a skewed view of mankind. This was understandable as their ruler was benevolent to the little lizards. Even the human guards that worked inside the keep worked well with the short dragonkin.
Akava obliged but she did her best to censor many of the tales. She shared enough to keep them entertained, old bar tales of goblin hoards being vanquished, and orc slavers decimated. The following mornings would be a wonderful pastime for Zeir and her cluchmates. The crowd grew as she told them about some of the heists she pulled off in her past, minus the parts where she cuts throats and watch them bleed out. Their smiles and laughs rivaled the comfort of the sun itself.